You want brunch in Templestowe Lower without driving in circles between Macedon Road, High Street, and Templestowe village. Start with Regretless for the safest cafe pick, then use the shortlist below when you need ratings, bakery backup, or a bigger local gamble.
The Verdict
Regretless - Low Carb Pleasure is the pick if you only want one brunch decision. It is actually in Templestowe Lower, it has the only explicit price marker in the source list at mid-range, and its 4.6 rating across 347 Google reviews gives it enough local volume to trust more than a tiny perfect score. The address, 401/200 High Street, also makes it easier to justify as a Templestowe Lower brunch stop than the Anderson Street and James Street options over in Templestowe proper.
If you care more about rating than review depth, ketabestan is the obvious challenger: 5/5 from 78 reviews at 63 Chatsworth Quadrant. That is a strong local signal, and it beats the three-review 5/5 listings like Bedouin Habibi and The Deck Cafe for confidence. Two Doors Cafe is the safer broader-market alternative with 4.8/5 from 304 reviews, but it sits at 37 Anderson Street in Templestowe, so it is not the first choice if the brief is genuinely Templestowe Lower. Don’t treat Zonnies, Metropolis Pizza, Boof Pizza and Sandwich, or Asian Delight as your first brunch move unless your group has already given up on eggs-and-coffee logic; those are useful food backups, not the cleanest brunch answer.
Local Reality
Templestowe Lower brunch is not one neat cafe strip. The useful venues are scattered: High Street for Regretless, Macedon Road for Egons Cake Shop & Bakery, Asian Delight Templestowe, and Bao Mi Templestowe Lower, Chatsworth Quadrant for ketabestan, and then a separate Templestowe cluster around Anderson Street and James Street. That means the best choice depends less on what looks highest-rated and more on where you already are.
If you are near Macedon Road, Egons Cake Shop & Bakery is the practical bakery-style backup, with 4.6/5 from 80 reviews at 15 Macedon Road. Bao Mi Templestowe Lower is close by at 12 Macedon Road and has a bigger review base, 4.5/5 from 180 reviews, which makes it a useful casual option when cafe brunch is not the mood. If you are drifting toward Templestowe village, Two Doors Cafe on Anderson Street has the stronger cafe-style review count, while Reyhoon Restaurant, Zonnies, Metropolis Pizza, and Boof Pizza and Sandwich give that James Street and Anderson Street area more non-brunch food coverage.
Skip this list if you need a single walkable brunch strip with ten obvious choices in a row. Templestowe Lower is more of a drive-and-decide suburb. If you are west of Fitzsimons Lane or already closer to the river end, you may find it simpler to head toward nearby Templestowe or Doncaster rather than forcing a Templestowe Lower-only answer.
Who This Suits
If you are a low-fuss local, pick Regretless - Low Carb Pleasure: mid-range, local, and backed by 347 reviews. If you are a ratings hunter, pick ketabestan, because 5/5 from 78 reviews is the strongest perfect-score signal here. If you are meeting someone closer to Templestowe village, pick Two Doors Cafe for the 304-review cafe option on Anderson Street. If you are doing bakery-and-coffee rather than a sit-down brunch, pick Egons Cake Shop & Bakery on Macedon Road. If you have a mixed group that may abandon brunch for something savoury, keep Bao Mi Templestowe Lower, Reyhoon Restaurant, or Boof Pizza and Sandwich in reserve.
On cost, the cleanest thing to say is this: the source data only marks Regretless as mid-range, and the rest of the venues do not carry a price field in the supplied list. So use Regretless when you want a known price expectation, and treat the others as check-before-you-go options rather than assuming they sit in the same bracket.
Time of day matters because the suburb is spread out. A quick weekday stop can work around High Street or Macedon Road, but a weekend group brunch needs a more deliberate pick before you leave home. If the weather is bad, the difference between High Street, Macedon Road, Anderson Street, James Street, Williamsons Road, and Fitzsimons Lane feels bigger than it looks on a map.
What to Do Next
Make Regretless your first brunch stop, use ketabestan when you want the highest-rated local gamble, and keep Two Doors Cafe for the Templestowe village fallback. For the broader suburb read, use the Templestowe Lower suburb guide.
| Venue | Rating | Reviews | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| ketabestan | 5/5 | 78 | — |
| Bedouin Habibi | 5/5 | 3 | — |
| The Deck Cafe | 5/5 | 3 | — |
| Two Doors Cafe | 4.8/5 | 304 | — |
| Manningham Uniting Church & Community Centre | 4.8/5 | 34 | — |
| Reyhoon Restaurant | 4.7/5 | 172 | — |
| Zonnies - Pizza & Pasta - Templestowe | 4.7/5 | 122 | — |
| Metropolis Pizza | 4.7/5 | 120 | — |
| Boof Pizza and Sandwich | 4.6/5 | 452 | — |
| Regretless - Low Carb Pleasure | 4.6/5 | 347 | Mid-range |
| Egons Cake Shop & Bakery | 4.6/5 | 80 | — |
| Asian Delight Templestowe | 4.6/5 | 11 | — |
| Water Tunnel Cafe | 4.6/5 | 10 | — |
| Ajani Neighbourhood House | 4.6/5 | 5 | — |
| Bao Mi Templestowe Lower | 4.5/5 | 180 | — |
About This Guide
Every venue in this guide is a verified, currently operating business sourced from Google Places API. Data last refreshed: 2026-03-31. If a venue has closed or moved, let us know.
