Lindt Cafe Melbourne

Lindt Chocolat Cafe
271 Collins St.
Melbourne, 3000
Ph: (03) 9667 0900


I have a somewhat unhealthy obsession with Lindt milk chocolate. It is my favourite chocolate ever, and I absolutely love it in all its forms - Lindor balls, in those big gold bars, the 100g bars you get at the supermarket, and especially the hexagonal piccoli pieces (that I used to buy in the industrial-sized 2.5 kg bags). I love the super-creamy taste, the smooth texture, and the sweet hint of caramel you get when you bake pieces of it in a cookie and they get just a little bit burnt - wonderful.

So, there was a bit of crazy-excitement when I realised that the Lindt Cafe had opened in Melbourne. As I recall, I was driving to work (at some ungodly hour of the morning) when I saw a bus-shelter ad announcing its arrival. Weeeeeeeeeeeeee! Now I have no need to go up to Sydney (except when Wicked moves there later this year).

The earliest time I could arrange to visit was Sunday arvo, before we caught the matinee session of Avenue Q (the last day too!). When we arrived at 1:30, there was a huge line, which was moving verrrry slowly. There was also a big cold gusty wind blowing in through the entrance - not a fun place to wait. However, we managed to get a table after only 10 minutes (we could skip the queue because the bigger groups in front of us had to wait for a bigger table to be free, but we only needed a table for 2).


I really liked the fit-out - even though it was crowded in there, the high ceilings made it feel spacious and breezy.

Unfortunately they were out of delices (AKA macarons) and cerise (AKA Black Forest cake) so we chose from other parts of the menu. According to our waitress, the whole weekend's worth of delices sold out on Friday!

Ok... so we may have gone a little bit overboard...

Despite how busy it was, our food and drinks came out pretty quickly (but not all at once) - I was impressed.

White Chocolate Eclair - $7.00

Sandra ordered the white eclair, and I had a sneaky taste. The cream inside was really nice, as was the vanilla-flecked white chocolate topping, but the pastry itself wasn't that great - it wasn't as light and fluffy as I like choux pastry to be.

For my drink, it had to be milk hot chocolate.
Milk hot chocolate - $6.50 (eeek!)

Mmm... melted milk Lindt for my hot choccy

It's a cute idea to have the chocolate and milk separate, but just mixing melted chocolate and hot milk doesn't necessarily make the best hot chocolate, in my opinion, as the finished product is never intense enough. And anyway, I love Lindt melted milk choc so much I'd just drink it straight from the jug if there weren't anyone around to see. Hehe.

Milk Chocolate Mocha - $5.50.

Super, duper rich. A little too rich, when combined with the white chocolate eclair.

I ordered the waffle!!!!!!!
Waffles with vanilla ice-cream and dark chocolate sauce - $15.00

Yum...! The waffle was both crispy and fluffy, and the vanilla ice-cream was creamily delicious. I love the fact that it's Lindt's own ice-cream. This was definitely the highlight of the afternoon. The waffle, by itself (i.e. not ordered with alongside crazy amounts of hot chocolate and cookies), would be a perfect treat - decadent but not too rich.

After all that, I was absolutely stuffed, and couldn't finish the chocolate cookie I'd also ordered (yes, I went waaay overboard), so like an Asian mum I wrapped it up in a napkin and stashed it in my handbag.

Chocolate Sablé - chocolate shortbread studded with Lindt Excellence 70% chocolate - $4

I ate it later that night - it had a pleasant short and crumbly texture, and was still a little bit soft on the inside, with generous chunks of dark chocolate. The only problem with it was that it was quite salty. I know a touch of salt makes chocolate desserts pop, but I found the salt a bit too strong - I like it to complement the chocolate, not overpower it.

We had a lovely afternoon at the Lindt cafe, but I'm not in a rush to head back. It's still too crowded, and very expensive. All up we spent $41, including a $3.80 service charge (for Sundays). Apart from the delicious waffle, I didn't think the food was that much better than other cafes around town. Similarly, the drinks we ordered weren't as good as you'd expect them to be for that price. For now I'll keep getting my Lindt milk-fix from the good old 2.5 kilo bag.

Lindt Chocolat Cafe
271 Collins St.
Melbourne, 3000
Ph: (03) 9667 0900


I have a somewhat unhealthy obsession with Lindt milk chocolate. It is my favourite chocolate ever, and I absolutely love it in all its forms - Lindor balls, in those big gold bars, the 100g bars you get at the supermarket, and especially the hexagonal piccoli pieces (that I used to buy in the industrial-sized 2.5 kg bags). I love the super-creamy taste, the smooth texture, and the sweet hint of caramel you get when you bake pieces of it in a cookie and they get just a little bit burnt - wonderful.

So, there was a bit of crazy-excitement when I realised that the Lindt Cafe had opened in Melbourne. As I recall, I was driving to work (at some ungodly hour of the morning) when I saw a bus-shelter ad announcing its arrival. Weeeeeeeeeeeeee! Now I have no need to go up to Sydney (except when Wicked moves there later this year).

The earliest time I could arrange to visit was Sunday arvo, before we caught the matinee session of Avenue Q (the last day too!). When we arrived at 1:30, there was a huge line, which was moving verrrry slowly. There was also a big cold gusty wind blowing in through the entrance - not a fun place to wait. However, we managed to get a table after only 10 minutes (we could skip the queue because the bigger groups in front of us had to wait for a bigger table to be free, but we only needed a table for 2).


I really liked the fit-out - even though it was crowded in there, the high ceilings made it feel spacious and breezy.

Unfortunately they were out of delices (AKA macarons) and cerise (AKA Black Forest cake) so we chose from other parts of the menu. According to our waitress, the whole weekend's worth of delices sold out on Friday!

Ok... so we may have gone a little bit overboard...

Despite how busy it was, our food and drinks came out pretty quickly (but not all at once) - I was impressed.

White Chocolate Eclair - $7.00

Sandra ordered the white eclair, and I had a sneaky taste. The cream inside was really nice, as was the vanilla-flecked white chocolate topping, but the pastry itself wasn't that great - it wasn't as light and fluffy as I like choux pastry to be.

For my drink, it had to be milk hot chocolate.
Milk hot chocolate - $6.50 (eeek!)

Mmm... melted milk Lindt for my hot choccy

It's a cute idea to have the chocolate and milk separate, but just mixing melted chocolate and hot milk doesn't necessarily make the best hot chocolate, in my opinion, as the finished product is never intense enough. And anyway, I love Lindt melted milk choc so much I'd just drink it straight from the jug if there weren't anyone around to see. Hehe.

Milk Chocolate Mocha - $5.50.

Super, duper rich. A little too rich, when combined with the white chocolate eclair.

I ordered the waffle!!!!!!!
Waffles with vanilla ice-cream and dark chocolate sauce - $15.00

Yum...! The waffle was both crispy and fluffy, and the vanilla ice-cream was creamily delicious. I love the fact that it's Lindt's own ice-cream. This was definitely the highlight of the afternoon. The waffle, by itself (i.e. not ordered with alongside crazy amounts of hot chocolate and cookies), would be a perfect treat - decadent but not too rich.

After all that, I was absolutely stuffed, and couldn't finish the chocolate cookie I'd also ordered (yes, I went waaay overboard), so like an Asian mum I wrapped it up in a napkin and stashed it in my handbag.

Chocolate Sablé - chocolate shortbread studded with Lindt Excellence 70% chocolate - $4

I ate it later that night - it had a pleasant short and crumbly texture, and was still a little bit soft on the inside, with generous chunks of dark chocolate. The only problem with it was that it was quite salty. I know a touch of salt makes chocolate desserts pop, but I found the salt a bit too strong - I like it to complement the chocolate, not overpower it.

We had a lovely afternoon at the Lindt cafe, but I'm not in a rush to head back. It's still too crowded, and very expensive. All up we spent $41, including a $3.80 service charge (for Sundays). Apart from the delicious waffle, I didn't think the food was that much better than other cafes around town. Similarly, the drinks we ordered weren't as good as you'd expect them to be for that price. For now I'll keep getting my Lindt milk-fix from the good old 2.5 kilo bag.