Opening times

Duffs Café is open for breakfast, lunch, morning and afternoon teas seven days a week from 10am.

Evening meals are served Thursday to Saturday.

To make a reservation or to plan your next event, call us on 03 5232 2229.

Taste the Seasons

Duffs Café is a haven for those who appreciate first class regional produce, prepared in a simple, creative style.

The tempting menu changes with the seasons.

Both the menu and extensive daily specials board reflect the dynamic nature of contemporary Australian fusion cuisine, plus a broad choice of aromatic ethnic dishes from around the globe.

Fully licensed, Duffs specialises in handmade wines from the region, and keeps pace with modern dietary requirements.

There are cosy lounges where you can curl up with the day’s paper or latest magazine and enjoy a Duffs speciality – great coffee plus delectable cakes and slices.

Duffs’ chefs take pride in preparing most everything in their kitchen from first principles – red wine reductions, pastries, sauces, and curry pastes – and their regulars appreciate these authentic flavours.

In recognition of this, Duffs Café has been nominated for Golden Plate Awards for three consecutive years and has won a Highly Commended. These annual awards recognise and reward the pinnacle of value, service and culinary endeavour.

When the sun’s shining Chloe’s Garden, a laid-back alfresco dining area at Duffs, is a relaxing hideaway.

Fresh flowers on every table, all home-grown in the Stewart family’s garden, are a highlight of every visit to Duffs Café.

Built by the Colac branch of the Order of Oddfellows in 1891, Duffs Café began its life as a place for IOOF lodge members and a civic hall used for everything from social and educational activities to sports. It later operated as Ray Duff Panel Works, before being transformed from a panelbeaters’ to a café in the 1990s.