Top 8 Healthy Cafes and Restaurants in Melbourne

Shoku Iku is one of the best healthy cafes in Melbourne, with everything on the menu low in sugar, grain-free and vegan. Owner and head chef Yoko Inoue is a master blender, macrobiotic and raw living food expert and enthusiast. She started Shoku Iku through her passion of wanting to create a holistic haven. Studying macrobiotic philosophy and culinary skills at Japan’s famed Kushi institute, Yoko has brought her learnings to the inner-city of Melbourne. You can dine in at Shoku Iku with items like organic, raw & sustainable salads, bowls & smoothies on the menu, and you can also order in-store or online from the functional food range and alchemy tonic blends.

Transformer Fitzroy is healthy Australian food at its finest. This Fitzroy eatery celebrates plant-based eating in a gorgeous and elevated setting. This isn’t a casual brunch spot, but rather a healthy fine-dining institute where you can enjoy meals like truffled chickpea Panisse, nutritional yeast and shaved macadamia. All of the produce on the menu is locally sourced and dairy-free – with seasonal wine too (if you’re feeling like a sneaky glass or two).

At Japanese eatery Nosh, the seasonal, nutrient-dense local produce takes lead, while the chefs balance this with impeccable house-made flavours. Discover real food with Japanese-inspired flavours that redefine what healthy food means. Using quality, fresh local ingredients with minimal intervention Nosh reinvents healthy comfort food with poke bowls, salad bowls, and healthy tacos on the menu. What makes Nosh particularly great for the health-conscious is how prominent meat and seafood are on the menu, so you’re sure to find a great protein-heavy meal.

If you’re after the best protein-rich meals, you can’t go past ready-made meal provider Food4Fitness. Designed and prepared by professional chefs, Food4Fitness meals make eating healthy effortless and satisfying. They cater for specific dietary requirements with custom meals that allow you to build meals that suit your own nutritional needs – including your protein requirements down to the last 0.05g.

Seedling Cafe is one of Melbourne’s leading gluten free healthy cafes. A totally whole food menu cooked with real ingredients, enjoy signature dishes like super smashed avo with Meredith goats’ cheese, housemade dukkah, rocket and beetroot hummus. Or, enjoy a rotating menu of superfood salads, or a simple takeaway turmeric latte, cold-pressed juice or green smoothie. Seedling also offers ready-made meals that make health-eating easy and effortless with 4 main meals and 2 desserts for $128.00.

If you’re after easy plant-based eating made healthy and delivered straight to your door, why not give Soulara a go? Abundant in trending and ‘everyday’ superfoods with unique health-promoting properties, Soulara meals offer a myriad of vitamins, minerals, protective antioxidants, and polyphenols – plant compounds with countless health benefits. Delivered ready-made and fresh, Soulara makes eating more plants a breeze.

Whether you’re after a wholefood veggie bowl, innovative stir-fry, or delicious smoothie, Vegie Bar has it all. With a plant-based fusion-menu, it’s definitely a popular haunt amongst Fitzroy locals. If you’re daring with your healthy foods, there are plenty of awesome flavour combinations on the menu to try, like chilli miso noodle salad and spiced chicken bao. If you love veggies and raw food, you’ll absolutely obsess over Vegie Bar.

With a mission to serve delicious, nourishing, everyday wholefoods that fuel our bodies, Heal.Thy Self Co. is healthy eating at its finest. Every dish is plant-based and organic, with plenty of natural and earthy flavours. We recommend giving the Antiox Acai a go for a clean eating brekkie meal, and for lunch the B.L.A.Thy Self with naturally smoked beechwood bacon, cos lettuce, avocado smash, tomato & kewpie mayo between grilled sourdough.

Popular healthy Melbourne cafe Combi Elwood gets its name from the free-spirited Kombi van. The team at this Elwood eatery are constantly bringing the goods with clean and raw food rich in flavour and nutrients. From raw dishes like their Organic Acai Bowl and their Blue Moon Smoothie, there are also plenty of savoury items like a Spicy Pumpkin toasted sandwich. All in all, their menu focuses on wholesome, healthy and fresh food. They are big on using raw, organic and natural ingredients, with their superfood bowls and smoothies made from superior quality ingredients that are nutrient-dense, fresh, natural and raw.

Serotonin Melbourne is a sanctuary to escape from the busyness of life. Serotonin Eatery is unique in the way it integrates a nourishing eatery, exercise centre and education platform all in one. With a plant-based menu featuring big raw bowls like Nutrition Bomb with poached egg, hummus & sauerkraut, broccoli, spiced roast veggies, pesto roasted chickpeas, spinach, tomatoes and kale – you know you’re in for a good and healthy time at Serotonin.