103-107 Errol St, North Melbourne VIC 3051
Ph (03) 9326 7749
Dench bakery bread? Check. Phrases such as “smashed avocado” adorning the menu? Check. Cheeky, preppily attired staff? Check. Sounds like a fast-track to white Melbournian breakfast nirvana, doesn’t it? Well Auction Rooms do OK. The building is just gorgeous, and has been decorated just right. Even though this place gets quite busy on weekends, there is plenty of space to sit, although I’m not sure offering two very hung over boozehags a space at the end of a table that also seated loud children was a good idea!
The breakfasts were very good indeed. As was the coffee and fresh juice. I did go for the poached eggs with smashed avocado, I was curious to see what smashed avocado specifically entailed. Well, I can tell you, it is avocado, that has been smushed up pretty decently, but is not smooth enough to be called guacamole or some other 90’s sounding word. I’d be keen to check it out for lunch too, as the menu items looked pretty delectable. The staff were good too, except when it started raining a little and we asked if we could be moved inside. This seemed to be a huge problem, and we didn’t really think it was an unreasonable request. So if you go, and it’s getting cloudy and looks like it might rain, wait for an inside table (or cop the ones with kids crawling all over it), because they will not move you if it starts to rain!!
It does look really cool.
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