The best porridge dishes in Melbourne

Everyone knows that porridge is good for you, but sometimes health tastes a little boring. The Grain Store's seasonally flavoured porridge is basically dessert for breakfast where apples cooked with cinnamon are married with rhubarb and is topped off with orange yoghurt and oreo crumbs. 

You’ll be handed an extensive coffee menu as soon as you’re seated at this Fitzroy roastery-café. The caffeine game is strong here, but so are their porridge. The steel-cut oats are less processed than the standard oat, so is nutty and pleasantly chewy, then embellished with dragon fruit and tea-soaked oats with mango foam, compressed watermelon and chia crumble.

Please note: Industry Beans is currently running at a restricted capacity under government restrictions and isn't serving porridge. Please check with the venue directly for the most up to date information on its menu offerings.

The south-side sister to Top Paddock and Higher Ground boasts glossy-mag interiors, Small Batch coffee and ambitious café fare. The citrus polenta porridge with caramelised orange and cocoa nut clusters is gaining Insta-fame for its jaffa-like flavours. Don’t spend too long agonising over filters: demolish it while it's still warm.

Please note: Kettle Black is currently only doing takeaway and isn't serving porridge. Please check with the venue directly for the most up to date information on its menu offerings.

A favourite among the locals, this Fitzroy café is pushing a healthy breakfast that looks like dessert. The chia pudding changes often, but currently it's served with seasonal fruit, mixed berry compote, puffed rice, seed cereal and topped with raspberry coconut yoghurt.

Please note: Stagger Lee's is currently only doing takeaway and isn't serving porridge. Please check with the venue directly for the most up to date information on its menu offerings.

You know all about its famous hotcakes, but there's no harm in keeping things simple with its chia and brown rice flake porridge. In true Top Paddock style, they'll adorn bowls with slow-roasted quince, a winter fruit compote, honey roasted pecans and cinnamon- jammy, sticky and perfumed in all the right places.

Please note: Top Paddock is currently only doing takeaway and isn't serving porridge. Please check with the venue directly for the most up to date information on its menu offerings.