Cafes with outdoor seating in Carlton

Cafes with outdoor seating in Carlton, ranked

1. #1Stevies Little Shop for a takeaway lunch with tables outside

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Barwell Park, 2 min walk

   Stevies Little Shop is a corner store on Willison Road with outdoor tables and a fridge of ready-made meals. Recent visitors mention the chicken salad more than anything else. The BLT, stacked with bacon and spinach, is one visitor's pick. It is open every day from 6am to 2pm, and it also sells local produce and frozen family dinners to take home. The nearest park, Barwell Park, lies in Bexley two minutes away.

2. #2The Fork on Bellevue for a big breakfast on the covered deck

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 West Street Reserve, 2 min walk

   The Fork on Bellevue has a covered outdoor deck beside its indoor seating, and dogs are allowed at the outside tables. Early risers can arrive at 5:30am on weekdays, and Saturdays run from 7am to 1pm. The hangover brekky burger is built with a fried egg and bacon, served on a sesame bun with salad. Kids can choose a non-spicy chicken wrap, and the baby chinos come up often in visitors' notes. West Street Reserve sits two minutes from the door.

3. #3Unfiltered for fusion brunch and tables where dogs are allowed

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Stell Reserve, 2 min walk

   Unfiltered has outdoor tables where dogs are allowed, and its indoor room is bright and calm enough for laptop work. It opens at 6am on weekdays and at 7am at weekends, and shuts at 3pm. Beef brisket tostadas are the dish to order, and the menu moves between styles, from a falafel bowl to a katsu poke bowl. Visitors give the coffee good marks, and the drinks list adds a matcha latte and a Vietnamese cold brew. Stell Reserve is the park closest to its door.

4. #4flourbomb for a vegetarian lunch and a sweet stop

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 West Street Reserve, 3 min walk

   On Planthurst Road, flourbomb pairs a bakehouse counter with tables outside where dogs are allowed. It opens Monday to Friday from 5:30am to 3:30pm and has no weekend hours, so plan a weekday visit. The menu leans Middle Eastern, with wraps made to order, a vegetarian wrap, and manoush. For a sit-down meal, the grilled chicken skewers come with haloumi, labneh and warm pita. The case holds ham and cheese croissants, slices and macarons for a sweet order to take away.

5. #5Sweet Marie's Cafe for bánh mì and a low-cost breakfast with a dog

   $🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Stell Reserve, 1 min walk

   Sweet Marie's Cafe sits in the lowest price band on this page, with outdoor tables where dogs are allowed. The bánh mì draws the most praise, and the chicken version is the one to order. A hearty plate of eggs, bacon and sausages with toast suits a long morning outside, and a bacon and egg roll wins praise too. It opens at 5:30am on weekdays and Saturdays, and at 6am on Sundays. A minute of walking brings you to Stell Reserve.

6. #6LOB Cafe for early takeaway coffee near Carlton station

   $🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Stell Reserve, 1 min walk

   LOB Cafe on Jubilee Avenue has tables outside where dogs are welcome, a few minutes from the station. Its 5am weekday start suits a coffee before the train, and it closes at 2pm. Cold brew and a single-origin coffee are on the menu, and a regular who grabs a takeaway every morning calls the coffee consistently good. Vegetarian options sit on the menu at every meal. Prices are among the lowest on this page.

7. #7Pantry eleveneleven for latte art and family breakfasts

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Stell Reserve, 2 min walk

   Pantry eleveneleven has outdoor seating, high chairs and a kids' menu, which makes it the cafe on this page most set up for families with young children. It opens every day at 7am and closes at 3pm. The lattes are the thing to order for the latte art alone, and one diner called the art exceptional. The salmon sourdough, with soft-boiled eggs and capers, is a plate to try. The mango and biscoff muffins can be taken away, and Stell Reserve lies two minutes off.

8. #8Dilly's Cafe for big lattes in a sunny room

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Stell Reserve, 2 min walk

   Dilly's Cafe has outdoor seating, and its room catches the afternoon sun. Its hours are 5am to 3pm on weekdays, with 6am starts on Saturdays and 7am on Sundays. Lattes arrive in large cups, and one visitor said theirs was the biggest they had seen. Regulars like the acai bowl for its look and price, and the cabinet sweets draw praise too. Children are catered for with a separate kids' menu.

Compare cafes with outdoor seating in Carlton

The table compares price, brunch, outdoor seating, dog policy and weekend opening for each cafe.

How we picked cafes with outdoor seating in Carlton

Cafes are ordered by a combined score that gives more weight to places with more feedback, then by the facts that matter for outdoor seating: tables outside, whether dogs are allowed at them, and whether the cafe serves brunch and opens at weekends. Each pick's food and coffee comes from what its visitors say. A park sits within a short walk of every cafe on the list.