Correction (1 October 2026): an earlier version of this page was a generic suburb profile, not a brunch guide. It gave Ashwood an unsourced score out of ten, a rent estimate and an author profile we could not stand behind, and its only food picks were a pizza restaurant and two takeaway shops, not one brunch cafe. It has been rewritten. Every cafe below was checked on 1 October 2026 against at least two independent sources, including its own website or menu wherever one exists, and every price was copied from the cafe’s own menu.
For brunch in Ashwood itself, the two cafes to know are Stocksville on Cleveland Road and Hyde n Seek on Yertchuk Avenue. If you want a priced menu before you leave home, four more cafes sit in the neighbouring suburbs of Chadstone, Ashburton and Mount Waverley, and two of them publish every price.
Ashwood is a quiet one. It sits 14 km south-east of the CBD in the City of Monash, it had 7,154 residents at the 2021 census, and it shares the 3147 postcode with Ashburton next door. Its shops sit in a strip on Warrigal Road and a smaller cluster where High Street Road meets Cleveland Road, so the brunch map is short and specific.
Each pick gets a roaster line (only when the cafe names one), the order, and a sweet-or-savoury call. Hours are as listed on 1 October 2026, so give them a squiz before you head out.
The quick picks
| If you’re after | Head to | The order | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brunch on a croissant, in Ashwood | Stocksville, Ashwood | Hot Chilli Scramble | Not published |
| Moroccan-spiced eggs, in Ashwood | Hyde n Seek, Ashwood | Moroccan eggs | Not published |
| A big Mediterranean plate | The Silver Linings, Chadstone | Mediterranean breakfast | $27 |
| A breakfast burrito and a workshop | Habitat Cafe, Ashburton | Breaky Burrito | Not published |
| An early start, from 6:30am | Miss Ash, Ashburton | Ask at the counter | Not published |
| French toast with a twist | Son of Tucci, Mount Waverley | French toast | $25 |
Stocksville — 3 Cleveland Rd, Ashwood VIC 3147
The name is a piece of local history. Ashwood’s old Stocksville Post Office sat on Cleveland Road from 1955 until 1993, and the cafe’s blurb in the Waverley District Netball Association sponsor directory says its fit-out takes its cue from it. The menu on its DoorDash store reads like a proper brunch card: a Hot Chilli Scramble (spicy scrambled eggs, grilled chorizo, thyme mushroom and chilli oil on a toasted croissant), a Zucchini Corn Stack of fritters with a poached egg, smashed avo and whipped feta, and the Bigville Breakfast for the hungry. AGFG lists 7am to 3pm on weekdays and 8am to 3pm on weekends.
Roaster: FiveSenses, per that sponsor blurb. The current delivery menu sells a “signature blend” without naming who roasts it.
Sweet or savoury? Savoury. The croissant base is the twist.
The order: Hot Chilli Scramble. We only quote prices from a cafe’s own menu, and the only Stocksville menu we could find online is the delivery one, so check the price at the counter.
Hyde n Seek — 6 Yertchuk Ave, Ashwood VIC 3147
The second Ashwood pick, on Yertchuk Avenue. The Urban List’s directory entry describes a menu infused with Moroccan and Turkish spices, and the Australian Good Food Guide says it is best known for its Moroccan eggs: poached in a capsicum and tomato sauce with parsley and sesame seeds, with hummus and flatbread on the side. Think of it as a cousin of shakshuka. AGFG lists halal options and a pet-friendly setup, and hours of 7:30am to 4pm on weekdays, 8am to 3pm on Saturday and 9am to 3pm on Sunday. The Urban List shows the same hours, but Restaurant Guru’s listing shows earlier closes (2pm on Mondays, 3pm Tuesday to Friday), so ring ahead if you’re cutting it fine.
Roaster: not stated.
Sweet or savoury? Savoury: the Moroccan eggs are its best-known dish.
The order: the Moroccan eggs. We could not reach a website or a priced menu of its own, so there’s no price here.
The Silver Linings — 53 Batesford Rd, Chadstone VIC 3148
A Chadstone cafe with its full menu, prices included, on its own site. The Mediterranean breakfast is $27: a house potato and leek croquette, blistered halloumi, sujuk (a spiced dry sausage), mushrooms, labneh, roasted tomato, muhammara and poached eggs with dukkah. The chilli scramble is $22 and plain free-range eggs on toast are $12.50. Its own site lists 7am to 4pm on weekdays and 8am to 4pm on weekends. One flag: the menu file on its site was last saved in June 2023, so confirm prices at the counter.
Roaster: not stated.
Sweet or savoury? Sweet tooths get the Sweet Tooth, $23: a double stack of blueberry and ricotta hotcakes with poached pear, mango sorbet, berries and cotton candy. Savoury goes Mediterranean.
The order: Mediterranean breakfast, $27.
Habitat Cafe — 40F Victory Blvd, Ashburton VIC 3147
A brunch cafe on Victory Boulevard in Ashburton that doubles as a community space: its own site says it hosts afternoon and evening workshops “to craft, draw, make, sing and everything in between”. The Australian Good Food Guide names its Breaky Burrito as the dish it’s best known for. Its site lists 7am to 3pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 3pm on weekends, and asks you to ring to book a brunch table while online booking is still on the way.
Roaster: not stated.
Sweet or savoury? Savoury. A burrito is the brunch you can eat with one hand.
The order: the Breaky Burrito. We found no menu or prices online.
Miss Ash — 283 High St, Ashburton VIC 3147
“Ashburton’s Little European”, in its own words, on the High Street strip. The site promises classic breakfast dishes, salads, home-made pastas, seafood, and pastries and cakes straight from the oven. It’s the early riser of this list: it lists 6:30am to 3pm Monday to Saturday and 7am to 3pm on Sunday. There’s also a window on the Anniversary Trail for smoothies, fresh juices and, its words, “a cheeky cocktail”.
Roaster: not stated.
Sweet or savoury? Your call. The pastries and cakes cover sweet, the breakfast dishes savoury.
The order: ask at the counter. We found no priced menu online.
Son of Tucci — 5 Hamilton Walk, Mount Waverley VIC 3149
A Mount Waverley cafe with a full all-day menu and every price on its own site. The French toast is $25 and takes a Thai turn: Thai milk tea custard, mango pearls, almond crumb, vanilla ice cream and a pandan milk sauce. Feed the Beast is the big plate at $31 (bacon, chorizo, mushroom, hash brown, smashed avo and a poached egg on toast). The harissa shakshuka eggs, baked with meatballs, feta and black beans, are $24. Eggs your way are $14, and fruit toast is $8.50. Hours: 7am to 4pm on weekdays, 8am to 4pm on weekends.
Roaster: not stated.
Sweet or savoury? Sweet. The Thai milk tea French toast is the one you won’t find elsewhere on this list.
The order: French toast, $25.
Quick answers
Where can I get brunch in Ashwood?
Two cafes are inside the suburb: Stocksville at 3 Cleveland Road and Hyde n Seek at 6 Yertchuk Avenue. In the neighbouring suburbs are The Silver Linings in Chadstone, Habitat Cafe and Miss Ash in Ashburton, and Son of Tucci in Mount Waverley.
Is there an Ashwood cafe menu online?
Stocksville’s current menu is on its DoorDash store page, with dishes such as the Hot Chilli Scramble, the Zucchini Corn Stack and the Bigville Breakfast. We could not reach a website or menu of Hyde n Seek’s own. Nearby, The Silver Linings and Son of Tucci publish priced menus on their own websites.
Which of these cafes are open on Sundays?
All six list Sunday hours. Stocksville lists 8am to 3pm and Hyde n Seek 9am to 3pm (per the Australian Good Food Guide); Habitat Cafe 8am to 3pm, Miss Ash 7am to 3pm, and The Silver Linings and Son of Tucci 8am to 4pm (per their own websites). Hours change, so check before you go.
Why is the Ashwood cafe called Stocksville?
Ashwood once had a Stocksville Post Office on Cleveland Road, open from 1955 until 1993. The cafe’s blurb in the Waverley District Netball Association sponsor directory says its interior takes inspiration from that history.
What is the cheapest brunch on this list?
Of the prices on this page, the lowest is fruit toast at Son of Tucci, $8.50. For eggs, The Silver Linings lists free-range eggs on toast at $12.50, and Son of Tucci’s eggs your way are $14.
How we checked
On 1 October 2026 we read each cafe’s own website, menu or ordering listing, and confirmed every address at a second, independent source: the Australian Good Food Guide, The Urban List, Curateria or the cafe’s DoorDash store page; the one exception is Habitat Cafe, whose street address appears only on AGFG (its own site matches by name and phone but prints no address). Prices were copied exactly as printed from The Silver Linings’ menu PDF and Son of Tucci’s menu page; we did not use delivery-app prices. Stocksville and Hyde n Seek have no website we could reach (Stocksville’s old domain no longer resolves), so their dishes come from the DoorDash menu and the AGFG and Urban List entries, credited where used. Hours are as listed on 1 October 2026 and can change. Ashwood’s population, location and post office history are from Wikipedia. The photos are illustrative, from Unsplash: they show the kind of dish, not the cafe’s own food.
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Sources
- Stocksville: AGFG, DoorDash store page and the Waverley District Netball Association directory
- Hyde n Seek: AGFG and The Urban List; conflicting hours at Restaurant Guru
- The Silver Linings: thesilverlinings.com.au and its food menu; address also at Curateria
- Habitat Cafe: habitatcafe.com.au and its workshops page; address at AGFG
- Miss Ash: missashburton.com.au; address also at AGFG
- Son of Tucci: menu; address also at AGFG
- Ashwood location, population and post office history: Wikipedia
