Café do Monte

This charming Parisian-style eatery is well off the beaten track and is known primarily as a lunch spot. With its intimate, laid-back ambiance and Tabasco-hued, ad-hoc styled interior, this is a popular haunt with young arty types and those with a slightly bohemian slant on life. That said, it's common to see family groups chatting around tables, kids in tow. The walls are plastered with trendy black and white photographs, obscure theatre posters and some excellent line drawings of the establishment itself, sketched by appreciative regulars. The menu rustles up French favourites like croque monsieur that positively oozes fresh melted cheese, and a pretty good version of an English breakfast. Brunch is the ideal way of experiencing the kitchen's fancy plate work, but Café do Monte is also hugely appealing after dark when there's even the occasional live music gig.