Las Chicas Cafe - Balaclava, St Kilda, Windsor

"Las Chicas pumps all week... Friendly staff stay composed when the going gets hectic, delivering generous breakfasts from a menu split into healthy, vegetarian and non-veg.

You might try carrot and date loaf with pistachio ricotta; shallot omelette with enoki mushrooms and sesame spinach; or leg ham, brie and roasted tomato omelette. Lunch offers main-meal salads (like smoked trout with capers) and tempting sangers (the roast pumpkin with caramelised onion is a fave).

The coffee is fab, and with a courtyard perfect for lazy summer Sundays. Las Chicas has it all – and more."

Cheap Eats guide 2011

"Atmosphere driven and remains the place to be seen. Sharp, unpretentious service and genuine dietary concern - from gluten-free to soy and even "bikini blow-out" options. All the boys are committed to quality coffee and skilfully operate the espresso machine creating creamy soy caffee lattes, reminiscent of indulgent choc-caramel desserts, or long blacks redolent of chocolate and blueberries."

2011 Melbourne Coffee Review Top 100

"Breakfast is king at Las Chicas and four pages of its menu are devoted to the most important meal of the day..."

The Age - Top 10 best-value breakfasts

"By the time we browse the extensive breakfast menu, which could well be one of Melbournes longest - with vegetarian and bikini blowout options - our coffee has arrived. And it's good!"

The Age - M Magazine

"Easily one of the best Breakfast place in Melbourne. The food at La Chicas is unparalleled, it is sexy, inventive and most importantly, tasty...."

Melbourne's Best Cheap Eats blog

“Las Excellent!! Big menu, all day breakfast (I ate @ 3:40pm) friendly service, great coffee, well priced and cool venue... Enough said. What more could u want?”

Urbanspoon

"It's hipster Balaclava through and through: a grunge-chic cafe with cool-but-kind staff, an energetic vibe and an eclectic bunch of regulars. The food's inventive and breakfast is king.

Highlights? Smoky-sweet pumpkin polenta bread with zesty house-made baked beans, buttery spinach and a poached egg; a bacon-and-egg brekkie burrito smothered in garlicky guacamole; or an omelette of shallot and enoki mushroom with soy dipping sauce. Nine-to-fivers come for stacked sangers and great coffee. Argentinian alfajores (caramel-filled, chocolate-coated biscuits), a sun-speckled rear courtyard and a kid-friendly attitude make this a best brunch contender."

Cheap Eats guide 2010