• Skip to content
  • City of Melbourne
  • Create a listing
  • Subscribe
  • Favourites
  • What's on homepage
  • Favourites
    • Home
    • Explore things to do
      • Free things to do
      • Family and kids
      • Theatre and shows
      • Music, concerts, and gigs
      • Entertainment
      • Comedy
      • Film
      • Sport
      • Attractions and sights
      • Major events
      • Exhibitions
      • Festivals
      • Aboriginal Melbourne
      • Walks and itineraries
      • Explore all things to do
      What's on
      • Today
      • This weekend
      • This week
      • This month
      Guides
      • What's free in Melbourne this month
      • Things to do in Melbourne at night
      • Melbourne's best blockbuster events
      • Read more things to do guides
    • Eat and Drink
      • Restaurants
      • Cafes
      • Takeaway
      • Bars and pubs
      • Dining events
      • Dining deals
      • Explore all eat and drink
      Guides
      • Melbourne's best new restaurants you might have missed
      • Melbourne's best cheap eats
      • The ultimate guide to Melbourne's hidden bars
      • Read more eat and drink guides
    • Shopping
      • Fashion
      • Accessories
      • Specialty food
      • Gifts and homewares
      • Technology and entertainment
      • Sport and outdoor
      • Explore all shopping
      Guides
      • Melbourne's most iconic shops
      • Melbourne's most instagrammable shops
      • Rare shops you can only find in Melbourne
      • Read more shopping guides
    • Planning your visit
      • Visiting Melbourne
      • Where to stay
      • Accessible Melbourne
      • Visitor Centres
      • Travel essentials
      Getting around Melbourne
      • Public transport
      • Cycling
      • Driving and parking
      • Taxis and rideshares
      • Maps
      • Walks and itineraries
      Guides
      • How to spend 24 hours in Melbourne
      • The best new hotels in Melbourne
      • Melbourne's accessible and wheelchair-friendly attractions
      • Read more visitor info guides
    • Create a listing
    • Contact us
    • Subscribe

What are you looking for?

Primary category
Secondary categories for primary category Anything
Secondary categories for primary category Things to do
Secondary categories for primary category Eat and drink
Secondary categories for primary category Shopping
Secondary categories for primary category Hotels
Secondary categories for primary category Guides
List of Accessibility Features

When are you visiting?

Date shortcuts
Calendar

Where do you want to look?

Locations
What are you looking for?
Anything
Anytime Anywhere
  • Two smiling cafe staff holding green drinks in front of a wall of green plants inside a cafe.
  • A plate of food and folded flat bread on a table in a cafe.
  • A bowl of breakfast porridge garnished with nuts, stewed fruits and flower petals.
  • Green plants on a window ledge inside a bright cafe.

Rathdowne & Reeves Cafe

  • Cafe
  • Takeaway

Established in 2017, Rathdowne & Reeves is a family run business and all their food and sweet treats are made in-house.

They use the finest produce, fruit and vegetables, all sourced locally. Located opposite the Carlton Baths and underneath Rathdowne Place Aged Care, everyone is made to feel welcome at this friendly cafe.

The plant-filled, light and open cafe space is a haven for people to meet, in particular people living with dementia to experience a feeling of belonging to the vibrant Carlton community.

Hours

Day Times
Monday
  • 6.30am - 4pm 6.30am - 4pm
Tuesday
  • 6.30am - 4pm 6.30am - 4pm
Wednesday
  • 6.30am - 4pm 6.30am - 4pm
Thursday
  • 6.30am - 4pm 6.30am - 4pm
Friday
  • 6.30am - 4pm 6.30am - 4pm
Saturday
  • 7am - 4pm 7am - 4pm
Sunday
  • 7am - 4pm 7am - 4pm

Location

Rathdowne & Reeves Cafe
497 Rathdowne St
Carlton 3053

Open in maps location for Rathdowne & Reeves Cafe

Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9240 7056
  • email address: randrcafe@mail.com
Facebook page for Rathdowne & Reeves Cafe Instagram page for Rathdowne & Reeves Cafe

Accessibility

  • Accessible toilets
  • Mobility access
  • Service animals

All accessibility information is self-reported by the listing owner. It has not been verified by the City of Melbourne.

Only In The City

Only in this City of Ours
The best brunch spots in Melbourne

The best brunch spots in Melbourne

Find bottomless brunch, Japanese breakfast sets, Sunday brunch spots and more.

  • Coffee
  • Cafe
Melbourne's best cafes that open late

Melbourne's best cafes that open late

These Melbourne cafes are open late for evening coffee runs.

  • Coffee
  • Cafe
A laneway lover’s guide to Guildford Lane

A laneway lover’s guide to Guildford Lane

Seek out cycling gear, brunch at Krimper and more hidden gems in this iconic laneway.

  • Hidden gem
  • Cafe

Discover more

Ten Square Cafe

Ten Square Cafe

A cosy, food-focused cafe serving specialty coffee, modern Australian breakfast, brunch and lunch.

  • Cafe
  • Takeaway
Silo No 9

Silo No 9

A heritage cafe in a historic grain silo, now home to Detroit-style pizza.

  • Cafe
  • Takeaway
Oh! Banh Mi

Oh! Banh Mi

At Equitable Place – fresh, fast and full of Vietnamese flavour with modern twists.

  • Takeaway
  • Seating area
Oh! Banh Mi

Oh! Banh Mi

Go-to lunch spot at 500 Bourke St, bringing an elevated twist to Vietnam’s street food classic.

  • Takeaway
  • Seating area
Envelope Icon

Subscribe to What’s On Melbourne

Sign up to receive updates on what to see and do in Melbourne.

Subscribe now
Australian Aboriginal Flag Torres Strait Islander Flag

The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

We accept the invitation in the Uluru Statement from the Heart and are committed to walking together to build a better future. For more information, visit Aboriginal Melbourne.

Create a listing
Contact What's On Melbourne
  • What's On Facebook page
  • What's On Instagram page
  • What's On TikTok page
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy
  • Accessibility
© 2026 City of Melbourne
City of Melbourne home page