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Tyler’s Milkbar

This venue is a finalist for best family-friendly cafes in Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Tyler’s carrot cake.
1 / 8Tyler’s carrot cake.Penny Stephens
It’s all about nostalgia at Tyler’s.
2 / 8It’s all about nostalgia at Tyler’s.Justin McManus
Top of the morning burger.
3 / 8Top of the morning burger.Penny Stephens
Honest scrambled eggs.
4 / 8Honest scrambled eggs.Penny Stephens
Milkshakes are just one of the milk bar staples at Tyler’s.
5 / 8Milkshakes are just one of the milk bar staples at Tyler’s.Supplied
Auntie Margie toastie.
6 / 8Auntie Margie toastie.Penny Stephens
Inside the cafe-general store.
7 / 8Inside the cafe-general store.Tom Dowling
Bacon and egg muffin.
8 / 8Bacon and egg muffin.Supplied

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Jumbo milkshakes come in old-school metal cups and hefty salad sangers require two hands at this family-run milk bar and cafe. Well-loved card games and books keep little hands busy in the gnome-studded garden as adults tackle French onion toast, a tumble of meaty mushrooms and gooey Maffra cheddar that’s a star of the unpretentious menu. Grown-up Monte Carlo biscuits with raspberry-grappa jam are baked fresh.

Good to know: Staff happily split the giant shakes on request.

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