Little Ivy Coffee & Tea

Little Ivy Coffee & Tea is a North Melbourne café with a broad all-day offering spanning coffee, tea, Vietnamese drinks, cold beverages, light meals, sweets and retail beans. The venue supports both dine-in and pick-up, and its online ordering page allows customers to place pre-orders for collection from 4 Courtney Street. With a 4.8 Google rating from 90 reviews, it has also attracted strong feedback from local customers.

Coffee drinkers can stick with familiar café staples including flat whites, cappuccinos, lattes, long blacks, mochas, matcha lattes and iced coffees. There is also a dedicated Vietnamese coffee selection, with Cafe Bac Xiu, Cafe Den and Cafe Sua Da available hot or iced. Tea drinkers have options across chai, Earl Grey, English Breakfast, green, peppermint, chamomile and lemongrass ginger, alongside fruit tea combinations such as lemon and pink guava green tea, peach green tea, and passion fruit jasmine green tea. Fresh milk teas, milk teas and soda drinks add a more varied choice for anyone after something beyond a standard café order.

The food menu makes Little Ivy useful for more than a quick coffee. Its savoury range includes baguettes, sandwiches, croissants, pizza, bacon and egg cheese muffins, rice dishes and banh mi with chicken, crispy pork, fried eggs or tofu. The Chicken Walnut Baguette and the crispy pork banh mi offer more substantial options, while the rice section includes egg, chicken, crispy pork and tofu variations. Lighter choices include fruit salad, yoghurt with muesli, yoghurt with mango and passionfruit, and yoghurt with mixed berries.

For a sweet accompaniment, the cabinet-style selection listed online includes almond, chocolate, pistachio and plain croissants, banana bread, banana walnut bread, Danish pastries and muffins. Drinks can be made more indulgent with a range of milkshakes, including chocolate, cookies and cream, mango and passionfruit, matcha, mixed berries, strawberry, taro and vanilla, as well as named smoothies and fresh fruit juice. Little Ivy also sells its house blend and Vietnamese beans in several sizes, making it suitable for a takeaway coffee stop, a casual dine-in meal, or picking up beans and something to eat for home.