Sunshine’s hidden gem! Friendly & popular with the locals. Delicious vegan options & a cozing little cafe’. Definately not my last visit. All our dishes share a unique taste, I’m thinking it’s got to be in the cheese! Loved the savoury feta truffles in the Persian breakfast. Everything came out spectacular. Sunday vibes definite win this morning! Go!!

ORDERED: Banquet ($48.00pp) 🥯  Selection of 2 Dips *or more depending on quantity of people. Served with Persian flat bread, Felafels, Dolmeh, Shirazi Salad. 🍛  Choice of two mains *or more depending on quantity of people. We got to try all the mains: 1. Adas Polo: lentil rice, caramelized onions, sultanas with shirazi salad 2. Fesenjun: sweet and sour slow-cooked chicken stew, in walnut-pomegranate sauce, served with saffron barberries rice 3. Vegan Fesenjun: sweet and sour tofu stew, in a walnut-pomegranate sauce served with saffron barberries rice 4. Ghormeh Sabzi: slow cooked lamb, Persian dried lime, kidney beans and herbs, served with saffron barberries rice 5. Gheymeh: slow cooked lamb, Persian dried lime, lentils, grilled eggplant and tomato, served with saffron barberries rice. 🍦  Selection of sweets (1 per person). We chose Persian saffron pistachio ice cream. + Saffron tea Spent $60.80pp. REVIEW: We went in a group of 5, allowing us try all of the mains through the banquet! The Persian flat bread along with the plethora of dips was amazing. Generous amounts of Persian flat bread filled the breadth of our table, while the moist and crunchy felafel kept us going. We were so full by the end of entree but we managed to somehow squeeze in the mains. The mains came with an abundance of curries. Our table's favourite happened to be everyone's favourites as well - Fesehnjun (chicken) and the Gheymeh (slow cooked lamb with lentils). These were easily consumed, not heavily saturated with flavour, and absolutely delicious. The Vegan Fesenjun was good, but the Ghormeh Sabzi had too much 'beany' taste to it. We didn't realise we also got basmati saffron and white rice. With the Adas Polo, there was way too many carbs. Somehow, Salamatea seemed prepared for this occasion and gave us takeaway boxes to pack everything away to bring home. Dessert was a clean way to finish. I love the pistachio ice cream from Indian desserts, but Salamatea's version is slightly different. Coming in a glass cup, it comes partially melted so it becomes of a slurry. Nonetheless, still a refreshing way to finish the food. Saffron tea was unique and overpowering. Wouldn't recommend having this with food because its honeyed thick texture fought for dominance with a lot of the flavours I was pulling with the food. Definitely consider the sour cherry tea if you'd like something to drink. This reminds me of the asian Plum juice - very refreshing and delicious. Service was really friendly from the Asian waitress. I was particularly impressed with their mission as being a social enterprise restaurant by providing employment for refuges and people seeking asylum. Follow that with 20% off for refugee and asylum seekers. Love to see a place that contributes to the community as well as giving us an opportunity to try Persian food.

Best Persian food in Melbourne. Absolutely enjoyed our meals (Gheymeh, Adas polo, Eggplant dip). Great service, generous portions and super friendly staff. They also have a dog friendly outdoor dining area (fresh water bowl for dogs provided). Highly recommended and will definitely going back.

Such a great place to try Persian foods! The staff are very welcoming and friendly. The coffee was really good and the foods were really delicious and made of fresh high quality ingredients. I would 100% recommend this great cafe and I wish I could give them more than 5 stars! Thank Cafe Sunshine Team

Absolutely memorable food. Delicious, delicate, sumptuous. Highly recommend the Persian breakfast and Fesunjun. Top it off with an extra cherry tea and you’ll be feeling refreshed and relaxed. The staff were all lovely too. Thank you for a great experience!

The coffee here is outstanding. They use a high quality brand and bean which rotates on a regular basis. If you are a coffee aficionado then this is the place for you. The menu is breakfast food focuses and mainly vegetarian and vegan. The only meat on the menu is bacon. Try the fetta omelette! 🤌 The staff are friendly, welcoming and hospitable. Food is of a great standard too. Thanks to all!

This gem of a café is somewhat hidden in the Sunshine station precinct. Interior decoration is tasteful and tables are of a good size to accommodate the generous dishes. We had the Persian Breakfast and the Potato Pockets. Both meals were delicious, fresh and prettily presented. The sour cherry tea was much favoured. A tempting array of desserts was on display, but we were sated from the breakfast menu. Staff a well-trained, polite and very handsome. Read their website for an appreciation of their social enterprise creds.

In a word: Authentic. Everything here is made with love. The combination of sweet and savoury in each dish is masterfully done. While you’re here give the homemade chai latte a try, you won’t be disappointed!

I literally cannot rave about this Cafe enough! Everything was absolute perfection, with the stand outs being the beautifully spiced chai latte, the crispy yet soft falafels and the incredibly delicious olives! The service was on point, with lovely staff and the food was brought out quickly. Please try this place and support the great work they're doing in the community- you won't be disappointed!

What a great cafe. I really enjoyed their food, tea and service. I enjoyed the Persian tomato omelette and Persian black tea. Very delicious. Staff is very friendly. I highly recommend this place to everyone who wants to try some extraordinary food, not very common but delicious.

My husband and I had some time to kill before catching a movie at Village Cinemas, Sunshine. And this spot immediately caught our eye for hanging out and grabbing some good food. It's a really short distance away from Sunshine Market, and the food was insane. The variety of dips, and especially the customisability afforded to us blew our minds. We had a platter with lavash bread, mushrooms, an eggplant dip, olives soaked in pomegranate juice and other spices, hummus, halloumi and sambuseh. The portions were on point, and we were pleasantly full after the meal. We finished with desserts – baklava and a pistachio dessert with a marshmallow-ey texture, tasting mildly like rosewater. Great stuff! The drinks on the side we're really refreshing too. The Saharbat Albaloo, in particular, warrants a shoutout. Really, really fresh! Will definitely go back for more when in the area!

This was our second time visiting. The first time we were unable to order any food as although we had arrived at 9.05am for breakfast (which is the advertised opening time online) we were abruptly told that the kitchen opens at 10am and were not offered a seat. So we left and had to eat elsewhere. Today we came by for the second time in the afternoon instead for takeaway. For $30 we received a platter of falafel and a small container of rolled vine leaves The vine leaves are smaller in size and taste quite sweet and tangy which is quite pleasant however can be overpowering if not eaten with a side dish of perhaps rice/bread and/or a dip. The falafel were unique in flavor (different spices to the usual lebanese/middle eastern style falafel but still pleasant). Very different to any other traditional falafel we have tried before. I would describe the taste as being quite similar to indian/pakistani flavours of spice. They were fresh however a little on the oily side. Good crunch on the outside though. I was quite surprised to receive the falafel without any small side dip of hummus or flat bread or pickles etc. Id never ordered and received falafel without sides before anywhere else so was surprised to receive them this way. The reason for the 3 stars is because of our experience with the initial service we received as well as the advertised business hours not being an accurate reflection of the kitchen opening hours. As well as the value for money. We love falafel and have always received at the minimum a small hummus dip or lebanese/flat bread with our falafel so were disappointed in what we received this time. We had to stop by elsewhere and purchase flatbread and sides. We hope this can be improved for customers in the future.

@salamateahouse 📍Sunshine 🥔 Persian Sambuse Plate: Fried Potato Pockets, Relish, Yogurt and Shirazi Salad 🧆Felafel Plate: Beetroot and Hummus Dip, Fried Halloumi, Shirazi Salad, Lavash Bread 🫒 Olives 🍄 Mushrooms Cafe Salamatea is a social enterprise cafe and restaurant serving delicious Persian food located in the heart of Sunshine. Their mission is to provide employment and training for refugees and people seeking asylum. 🤝🏽 Founder Hamed Allahyari was born in Iran’s capital, Tehran, and migrated to Australia in 2012. He previously ran cooking classes with @freetofeedmelbourne, a not-for-profit social enterprise cooking school. Both the coffee and chai were beautiful. Everything on the menu is homemade. The Potato Pockets were spicy and crispy, the Falafels were perfectly soft inside and hard on the outside. Everything was served on the cutest plates and platters. A wholesome place to dine, where flavour is guaranteed. They also have a cookbook, available online from most retailers or in store. I will be attempting some of those recipes, but will be back again to try their dinner menu! They offer refugees and asylum seekers a 20% discount.

Exceptional Persian food.. perfect, moist felafel, and the hummus has garlicky depth & perfect texture. Smoked eggplant peaking through the omelette balanced with the fresh herbs (dill especially). Really enjoyable, try it out!

Thoroughly enjoyed my visit. Wonderful staff. Relaxed atmosphere. Unique menu included vegan options. Coffee was great. 5 stars. Happy days.

The food here was absolutely incredible and the people working there were super kind. I ordered the ghormeh sabzi with a side of yogurt to put on top of it. It reminded me so much of the one my friends Persian mom would make for us.

Devine Persian food in the heart of Sunshine. I was fortunate enough to discover this place prior to lockdown and this is my first dine in meal since. However, they do offer takeaway and online ordering. Super tasty food. Highly recommended! Great service. Love their falafels, fesenjun (chicken stew) and sambuse (Iranian spicy potato samosa) - certainly our go-to’s. Also love their sour cherry beverages.

Had breakfast here this morning, lovely waitress who was very welcoming. Strong coffee (they make their own almond milk!) the big breakfast is DELICIOUS, a nice change from the typical western. As an added bonus, this is a social enterprise which supports refugees and asylum seekers!

I visited here for the first time 2 years ago. This place was very busy then. But great coffee and food were also amazing. And while Melbourne was locked down, it was the only place where I could enjoy delicious coffee. It's a place that I want to know only about in Melbourne. And I tried Persian food for the first time in my life and it was a great experience. Highly recommend☆☆☆☆☆ (Ps. Please don't be too famous. Because this is a place that only I want to know in Melbourne)

Got given the Salamati cookbook as a gift for Christmas and had to visit and taste the menu from the chef's hands. What a fantastic, affordable and downright delicious place to eat. We ordered the Mirza ghasemi omelette, Persian sambuse plate and hummus with lavosh- all seasoned perfectly. Vegetarian and vegan friendly too, so everyone can enjoy this amazing place! Can't wait to come back for dinner, and hopefully get my recipe book signed!

2 alcoholic drinks, 2 entrees and 2 mains was $104. Food was not spicy. Lamb curry with red beans was more sour. Sweet and sour chicken was more sweet. Smoked eggplant was cold and had some flavour and texture. Normal bread was nice. GF bread was not so. Saffron drinks were nicely balanced. Pastries looked nice but was quite expensive.

Absolutely incredible. No wonder it is a must try in West Melbourne. Great staff, nice ambience, and delicious food that will have you licking your plate. Very affordable as well. If you are looking for something new, given this hidden gem a try.

Came here for lunch and had a lovely dining experience and delicious food. Staff are friendly, cafe feels homely and casual with lots of variety on the menu. Falafels were crunchy on the outside and moist on the inside (perfection!) and complemented nicely with the refreshing salad and hommus and beetroot dips. The fried potato pockets has a fantastic crunch as you bite into the delicious potato filling. Yum! Loved the Saffron tea which was a nice mix of sweet and savoury. Gheymeh had a nice combination of lamb and lentils in a tomato sauce, like a mild curry which I enjoyed with the saffron rice. The toilet has a fun yet zen atmosphere, worth visiting while you are here. Looking forward to coming back to try more menu items.

Hands Down one of the best Cafe in Melbourne ,let alone sunshine. Amazing, tasty, authentic & organic home made food. Highly recommended. The owner is absolutely a nice person who take pride in what he does which is bringing joy and happiness to people's table with the delicious food and atmosphere he creates for customers. Prices are so cheap for what you get. Will definitely be back .

My first time having Persian food. Everything was amazingly delicious. I loved the fesenjun - the rich flavours and tender chicken went perfectly with the rice. The sour cherry tea (which was surprisingly sweet in a nice way) was also excellent.

Food is absolutely delicious - very fresh and spices etc in the food work so well together. Tastes like it's been made with a lot of thought and care. Lovely atmosphere in cafe, plus staff are lovely. Highly, highly recommend. Def will be a regular for us!

A nice small space for a good food and coffee. Food is really good and I really liked the breakfast.

The food here is always incredible, as is the service... I love visiting when I am in Sunshine. The cherry tea is one of the best things I've ever tasted. I talked about it for literally a straight week after my first visit. I was therefore overjoyed to learn that you can buy it in a bottle to take home. I put it a dash of it in prosecco sometimes...nom!!

Maybe the best falafel wrap I've ever had! We will be back here in a heartbeat

Amazing! The food is amazing! x10000 The team is Amazing × 10000 Must Try! will go back for dinner soon..

Wow, such a beautiful little Cafe. It is what small coffee shops should look and feel like. Little corner shop with such a soulful atmosphere. I had an Almond flat white and a Persian baklava, 10 out of 10. More importantly, the staff were friendly and very welcoming. 💯❤️💯❤️💯❤️💯

If you are in Melbourne and you haven’t had a feast at this Persian cafe , you are really missing out. @salamateahouse has some delectable persian dishes, authentic made and served with love by their chef❤️ Everything is beautiful about this place, the cause(They support asylum workers and refugees) , The food , The vibe. Its pure love🌻

I have just watched you and your tea house on sunrise what a fantastic sole you have. What you do for your community, refugees and local people is absolutely amazing and life changing. Well done congratulations your a amazing person and business. TO ALL SUPPORT THIS BUSINESS. They deserve this. Best of luck Michael KALLWEIT.

The most amazing food I’ve eaten for a long time. Beautiful creative recipes. The sour cherry tea & rose petal covered vegan balls were incredible. Lovely people who run it. Highly recommend.

One of the best places to get your omelet and falafel cravings sorted. Food quality is great, serving portions is really good and service is outstanding. The experience from when you order all the way once you are done eating worth going back.