Replete Providore - Reviews & Awards

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Reviews

Cheap Eats Guide

2009

Replete’s owner may have changed but the kitchen still pumps out it’s famed ricotta hot cakes with lemon curd and strawberry at a mighty rate, satisfying the hordes that throng this little café

Cheap Eats Guide

2008

If you're addicted to Replete's celebrated ricotta hotcakes with lemon curd and strawberries, then breathe easy - they're still here and they're still fab

Food and Wine Atlas of Australia 2007 - Savour Australia

Gourmet Traveller 2007 Australian Restaurant Guide, 'Best cafés'

Replete Providore continues to defy it's location with steady crowds coming for brilliant food and coffee.

The Foodies Guide to Melbourne and Regional Victoria 2007

They've mastered the knack of providing good café service, excellent baking, selected groceries and take home food at Replete, which explains why it's such a popular meeting place for Hawthorn locals...
Allan Campion and Michele Curtis

The Age–Epicure

Oct 31 2006

Here's the tip - Get a hamper... Two of our favourites spotted in town recently are the "Front runner" and "Best in Field" hampers from Replete Providore in Hawthorn. At Replete, you choose from goodies such as rolled rare roast porterhouse with hot English mayo and shredded vegetables; soft herb roulade with ricotta and parmesan; Victoria's best chocolate fudge brownie...
Necia Wilden

Progress Leader, 'Party pieces'

Oct 24 2006

Article on finger food by Marinella Padula

Herald Sun

October 2006

Reviewed by Donna Coutts

Vogue Entertaining and Travelling

Feb/March 2006

"You need to be quick out of the blocks to snare a weekend brunch table at Replete Providore. Otherwise, come during the week fro a leisurely corn fritter and bacon stack with avocado salsa, or ricotta hotcakes with strawberries and lemon curd. Lunches, pastries and take-home meals offer other reasons to visit."

Good Food Guide, 'Ten Breakfast spots in Melbourne'

2006

Cheap Eats Guide

2006

Winner of Top three chocolate brownie in Victoria.
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The Age-Epicure

November 29 2005

Reviewed by Emma Miller

The Age-Epicure

November 22 2005

"Weekends are chaotic down here for good reason: the food is original, creative and well cooked. New twists on old favourites, great coffee and juice make this brunch capital of the inner east."
John Lethlean

Melbourne Weekly Magazine

October 5 2005

Sameway Magazine

March 16 2005

Cheap Eats Guide, Winner of best breakfast dish of the year in Melbourne

2005

"If you lived near Replete and had the funds, you'd rarely visit your own kitchen. Well, maybe the microwave. This daytime place offers beautiful brekkies"
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The Age, 'Take five brunch spots'

March 14 2005

"At weekends it's packed with breakfasting singles, couples, mates and families. The menu suits them all. Anklebiters get busy with Coco Pops and sprinkle-covered babycinos while adults tuck into liberal serves of chorizo-studded Spanish omelette."
Roslyn Grundy

Gourmet Traveller, 2005 Australian Restaurant Guide 'Best Cafes'

2005

Roslyn Grundy rates Replete amongst Australia's best cafes

The Age-Epicure, 'The Winners'

March 1 2005

Reviewed by Patrick Witton

Mietta's, Australian Restaurant Guide

2005/2006

"This cafe/foodstore makes soups, stews and pastas to take home and reheat as well as providing a nice atmosphere in which to consume their breakfasts and other cafe fare. Menu changes often and often provides new and interesting dishes."

Voyeur Magazine, 'Wining & Dining'

October 2004

"Replete Providore in Hawthorn is the kind of café every suburb needs. A wide-roving menu, smiley staff and a cabinet and freezer stacked with take-home treats - Replete is definitely a hit with the 'hood'. Be sure to try the date and orange scones dripping with lemon-zest butter."
Roslyn Grundy

The Age-Epicure

August 2004

Reviewed by John Lethlean

Cheap Eats Guide

2004 Edition

"If only every suburb could boast a local like this. Breakfast can be refined (fruit compote with organic yoghurt) or formidable (eggs with slow-roasted tomatoes, shrooms, spinach, hash browns and beans)."
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Herald Sun, 'City Style'

Feb 17 2004

"Fresh, tasty, wholesome meals, snacks and sweets to eat in or take home. Mum never made it quite this good."
Score: 16/20
Donna Coutts

A Taste of Life, Bundoora Dining Guide

2003/2004

Cheap Eats Guide

2003 Edition

"The name gives a clue to the abundance on offer in this renovated Victorian corner shop. But 'replete' doesn't convey the imagination, passion and attention to detail that Auckland sisters Michelle and Justine Wilson devote to their food."
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