The West Vic breakfast club: The best big brekky plates in the patch

Whether you're after a classic fry-up or a more modern brekky loaded with house-made extras, these West Vic cafes are serving breakfasts that go well beyond eggs on toast.

Tosca Browns

This cafe offers a classic take on the big breakfast, with garlic mushrooms, roast tomato, bacon, hash browns, chipolata sausage and eggs on toast, cooked whichever way you like.

Price: $28

Where: 211 Gray Street, Hamilton

Hours: Mon-Fri: 7:30am-3pm, Sat-Sun: 8am-3pm

Cornerstone Cafe

Cornerstone's version keeps things traditional, with two eggs your way, bacon, roasted tomato, breakfast chipolata, spinach, mushrooms and house relish served on sourdough.

Price: $31

Where: 206 South Street, Ballarat Central

Hours: Mon-Fri: 6:30am-3pm, Sat-Sun: 8am-2pm

Bohemia Cafe and Bar

Available in two sizes, the Big Bro and Little Bro breakfast features bacon, free-range eggs, chipolatas, hash browns, mushrooms, roast tomato and smashed avocado on sourdough.

Price: Big Bro: $28.90, Little Bro: $23.90

Where: 127 Kepler Street, Warrnambool

Hours: Mon-Sat: 7am-4pm, Sun: 8am-4pm

Koko Avenue

The Big Koko Breakfast includes eggs your way, bacon, pork chipolatas, garlic mushrooms, a hash brown, house-made corn fritters, spinach and roast tomatoes on sourdough. The corn fritters add something a little different.

Price: $28

Where: Shop 13, 1-49 Raglan Parade, Warrnambool

Hours: Mon-Fri: 8am-4pm, Sat-Sun: 8am-3pm

Home Grown Port Fairy

This coastal take on a big breakfast combines two soft-poached eggs on toast with bacon, chorizo, potato rosti, baked beans, roasted tomato and sauteed greens.

Price: $36

Where: 2/32 Bank Street, Port Fairy

Hours: Thurs-Mon: 8:30am-2pm

Grassroots Deli Cafe

Grassroots keeps things simple but well-priced with free-range eggs cooked your way, bacon, chorizo, mushrooms and roast tomato on toasted sourdough.

Price: $25

Where: 28 Lord Street, Port Campbell

Hours: Mon-Sat: 8am-3pm, Sun: 8am-2:30pm

Tin Roof 

Tin Roof's breakfast adds a twist with two eggs cooked to your liking with bacon, grilled tomato, a pesto-stuffed mushroom, pork and fennel sausage, wilted spinach, hash brown and sourdough. 

Price: $31

Where: 302 Macarthur Street, Soldiers Hill, Ballarat

Hours: Mon-Fri: 7:30am-3pm, Sat-Sun: 8am-3pm

Bahloo

Rather than relying on hash browns and chipolatas, Bahloo’s version swaps in southern-style beans and breakfast potato alongside the usual staples.

Price: $25

Where: 85 Cliff Street, Portland

Hours: Mon-Fri 7:30am-3:30pm, Sat-Sun: 8am-3:30pm

Header image: Tin Roof Ballarat and Home Grown Port Fairy