Olmate's Southbank: Sangas & Coffee

Olmate's Southbank is a sandwich cafe in Melbourne's Arts Precinct, serving familiar cafe favourites with more distinctive flavour combinations. The focus is on freshly prepared sangas made with quality ingredients, alongside coffee from Melbourne roaster Reverence, whose blends and single-origin beans are used at the cafe.

The Roast Beef Rogan Josh sanga is one of the more substantial choices, pairing spice-crusted beef with mint and coriander chutney and a rogan josh dipping sauce. The Meatball Sub combines beef and pork meatballs with spicy sugo, smoked scamorza, parmesan and basil. For a lighter option, the Chicken Salad sanga brings together celery, pickled red onion, carrot, cucumber and garlic mayonnaise.

There is also a catering menu for office events or a picnic in the park, making the venue relevant beyond an individual lunch or coffee stop. With its Southbank location and clear emphasis on sandwiches, coffee and catering, Olmate's suits Arts Precinct visitors, nearby workers and small groups looking for an easy meal. The cafe is at 20 Kavanagh Street, Southbank.