Correction (5 October 2026): an earlier version of this page listed places and details we could not stand behind. It has been rewritten from scratch: every place below was confirmed at two independent sources on 5 October 2026, and every price was copied from the page it was published on.
Nothing on this page is a secret, and we would rather say so than dress a shop up as a mystery. None of the sources we read, including the venues’ own pages, describes any of these four as hard to find. What they have in common is smaller: none is an anchor tenant, and each is on the public record at more than one source.
Three sit inside Mernda Town Centre at 180 Riverdale Boulevard, and one is on Breadalbane Avenue. Each entry says how to find it from a named address and where its hours came from, because on several of these the sources disagree.
The quick picks
| If you’re after | Head to | Order this | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| A juice and smoothie bar with a patisserie and coffee bar, per its own site | Supa Ntral (Mernda) | see below | not printed here |
| A coffee-and-nuts shop the centre files under Fresh Food, listed open until 9:00pm on Fridays | Fresh Nuts & Coffee | see below | not printed here |
| Fish and chips with a family pack that AGFG describes | Theo’s Fish & Chips | see below | not printed here |
| A bakery menu that prints a zaatar item at $3.50 | Zet & Zaatar Bakery (Mernda Town Centre) | Zaatar | $3.50 |
Supa Ntral (Mernda) — Mernda Town Centre, 180 Riverdale Boulevard, Mernda VIC 3754
The Spuntino Group’s site describes it as “Freshly made juices & smoothies, with a twist from our patisserie and coffee bar!”, and the brand’s own site title reads “Supantral | Juice & Smoothie bar | Coffee & Patisserie”. The group’s page does not print a street address for Mernda, so the location comes from the Mernda Town Centre directory and OpenStreetMap. The brand’s own site prints “Shop T9, 1410 Plenty Road Mernda VIC 3754”, which differs from the centre’s address, so confirm before you go.
Per the operator’s website, hours are Monday to Friday from 7am to 3pm and Saturday and Sunday from 7am to 4pm, with the kitchen closing at 3. The Mernda Town Centre directory lists a tile called SupaNtral as Monday to Sunday 7:00am to 5:00pm. We found no menu or prices.
The tell: the name is spelled three ways, as Supa Ntral on OpenStreetMap, SupaNtral in the centre directory and Supantral on the brand’s own site.
Fresh Nuts & Coffee — Mernda Town Centre, 180 Riverdale Boulevard, Mernda VIC 3754
The Mernda Town Centre store directory lists Fresh Nuts & Coffee under Fresh Food. The directory’s opening hours are Monday to Thursday 9:00am to 5:30pm, Friday 9:00am to 9:00pm, Saturday 9:00am to 5:00pm and Sunday 10:00am to 4:00pm.
We found no website, menu or prices of its own, so this page says nothing about what it sells beyond its name. That makes the centre directory the single source for its hours, and a good reason to check on the day.
On the record: the store directory is the only source we have for its hours, and the shop number is not printed there.
Theo’s Fish & Chips — 2/40 Breadalbane Avenue, Mernda VIC 3754
AGFG lists Theo’s at 2/40 Breadalbane Avenue and tags it “Takeaway”, “Halal Options”, “Vegetarian Options” and “Seafood”. Its family pack is described as “four pieces of flake, four potato cakes, four dim sims, large chips and a bottle of soft drink”. Flake is the usual Australian chip-shop name for shark fillet, and a potato cake is a battered slice of potato, so that order covers the standard Melbourne chip-shop line-up.
AGFG is our only hours source: Monday and Wednesday to Sunday 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM, and closed on Tuesday. The venue’s own ordering site loads with JavaScript, so we could not read hours or prices from it. AGFG lists Delivery, but OpenStreetMap tags delivery as no, so ask before you count on it.
Find it: unit 2 at 40 Breadalbane Avenue, per both AGFG and OpenStreetMap.
Zet & Zaatar Bakery (Mernda Town Centre) — T36/180 Riverdale Boulevard, Mernda VIC 3754
The brand’s own site gives the Mernda store as T36 at Mernda Town Centre, 180 Riverdale Boulevard, and the centre directory lists the same address. The centre directory gives hours of 6:30am to 4:00pm every day. The brand’s home page describes “BARISTA COFFEE Crafted with our signature Medici Blend” and “HANDCRAFTED BURGERS & FRESH WRAPS Flame-grilled burgers, fresh wraps, and bold flavours inspired by the Middle East.”
Zaatar is a dried thyme-and-sesame herb blend that bakeries bake onto flatbread, and sujuk is a spiced sausage, which helps when reading the list below. The same menu prints Plain Eggs at $11.90 and a Long Black at $4.00.
On the menu (copied from zetandzaatar.com.au/menu-6 on 5 October 2026):
- Zaatar: $3.50
- Cheese Pie: $5.50
- Hot Dog: $6.90
- Sujuk, Egg and Cheese: $8.50
Find it: shop T36 inside Mernda Town Centre, per the brand’s own site.
Quick answers
Are there really hidden places in Mernda?
We could not document any as hidden. None of the sources we read calls any of these four hard to find, so this page lists four smaller places that are on the record at more than one source.
Which of these places are inside Mernda Town Centre?
Supa Ntral, Fresh Nuts & Coffee and Zet & Zaatar Bakery are listed at Mernda Town Centre, 180 Riverdale Boulevard. Theo’s Fish & Chips is at 2/40 Breadalbane Avenue.
Which one opens earliest?
Zet & Zaatar’s centre-directory hours start at 6:30am every day, and Supa Ntral’s operator site starts at 7am. Both sources can change, so check on the day.
Which of the four is closed on a Tuesday?
AGFG lists Theo’s Fish & Chips as closed on Tuesday and open 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM the other six days. It is the only hours source we have for that venue.
How we checked
We checked every place on this page against at least two independent sources on 5 October 2026: OpenStreetMap, merndatowncentre.au, the places’ own websites, supantral.com.au and the Australian Good Food Guide. Every price is copied exactly as printed on the page linked under Sources, on 5 October 2026. Menus, prices and opening hours change, so check with the venue before you go.
Seen something out of date? Email [email protected] with the page link and what has changed, and we will check it again.
Sources
- Supa Ntral (Mernda): openstreetmap.org/10566587784, merndatowncentre.au/stores, spuntinogroup.com.au, supantral.com.au
- Fresh Nuts & Coffee: openstreetmap.org/11365746491, merndatowncentre.au/stores
- Theo’s Fish & Chips: openstreetmap.org/5331409079, agfg.com.au/theos-fish-chips-90868, theosfishandchips.com.au
- Zet & Zaatar Bakery (Mernda Town Centre): zetandzaatar.com.au/our-locations, merndatowncentre.au/stores, zetandzaatar.com.au/menu-6, zetandzaatar.com.au
