Ripe-Australian Produce

Awesome food. Best hot chocolate you’ll ever have. Great staff & most importantly the front veranda is a dog friendly place. Highly recommend a visit to Ripe.

Awful customer service. I have stepped through the doors twice and have exited just as quickly. I have never been greeted once by the ten staff members working, but instead ignored. As someone who works in hospitality, this is definitely not the way to get customers in.

Love the orange flavoured cake and lindt hot choc. Lovely treat

Nestled amongst the tea shops and clothing stores in Sassafras is a converted old wooden building trading as «Ripe».
We used to come to ripe under the old owners, who departed a couple of years back. Since then my affair with Ripe has dwindled a bit, however I decided to head there for breakfast on my birthday this year.
We grabbed a chair at the large share table by the fire, which in a Melbourne June was a very good place in the world to be. Although the menu reads like a bit of an exercise in uppity wordsmithery, the food is what keeps me coming back.
As a vegetarian, my choice here is limited, which is a little surprising. However I ordered the Vegetarian platter, and was treated to portions of quiche, a small bowl of soup and other tasty morsels to warm me up.
The coffee is always fantastic here, and it’s become a tradition of mine to order a boutique beer to have after breakfast, of which they have a small but consistant selection.
New owners don’t mean a lot of change in terms of the feel and service at Ripe. Both are fantastic, and although our relationship isn’t what it used to be, I’m still a fan.