Café · 7 Geils Court, Deakin
The friendly café your office already loves
Breakfast from 6:30am, lunch till 2:30pm, coffee all day. Rated 4.5 stars across 371 Google reviews — the highest-rated of Deakin's established cafés.
Functions · Private hire
After three, the whole room is yours
Christmas parties, retirement send-offs and team celebrations for up to 100 guests — canapés from our kitchen, drinks from our bar, ten minutes from the Parliamentary Triangle.
Cafe. Functions. Nice people.
Three ways to make us yours
One kitchen, one courtyard, one team — working for your morning coffee, your office morning tea, and your end-of-year party.
Café, daily
Free-range eggs every way, the D&M rosti stack, seafood laksa, gluten-free marked across the menu — and coffee worth crossing the suburb for.
See the menu →Functions, after hours
A designed interior and landscaped courtyard, privately yours for up to 100 guests. Canapés, cocktails and staff all done in-house.
Plan your event →Catering, delivered
Morning tea, brunch or lunch for the office — prepared fresh the same day. The easiest way to be popular at work.
Order for the office →The room after three
The venue nobody knew Deakin had
Every December, someone in your office has to find a venue that fits forty people and a government-team budget — and looks like it cost more. This is that room: sage-panelled walls, hanging greenery, a landscaped courtyard, and a kitchen and bar that never leave the building.
- Up to 100 guests, canapé style
- Interior + courtyard spaces
- Canapés from our own kitchen
- Cocktails, ACT wines & local beers
- Free precinct parking at the door
- 10 minutes from the Triangle
"Every visit to Deakin & Me is a fantastic experience. The service is genuinely above and beyond. Every staff member is welcoming, polite, happy, and smiling."
— EXCEL Sports Management, Google reviewFrom the winter menu
Worth leaving the desk for
The D&M 28
Crispy potato rosti, smoked bacon, roasted button mushrooms, avocado, juicy tomatoes & baby spinach with two free-range poached eggs.
Cornish Breakfast 28
Confit pork belly, charred cider puree, poached egg, pickled leeks, butterbean & caperberry salad with sourdough.
Seafood Laksa 32
Barramundi fillet, broccolini, bamboo & noodle salad in a red coconut laksa broth.
"Absolutely love how they have gluten free options marked on the menu!"
— Google reviewVisit
Find the courtyard
Tucked into Geils Court off Kent Street — five minutes from the hospital, ten from the Triangle, with parking at the door.
Kitchen until 2:30pm · Functions by arrangement
Functions at Deakin & Me
Your party, one email away
A unique, intimate venue for corporate events and private celebrations — up to 100 guests, canapé style, with the kitchen, bar and team all in-house.
How it works
Tell us the date. We do the rest.
You won't be juggling a hall, a caterer and a bottle-shop run. The room, the food, the drinks and the staff are one booking — which is why the organiser gets to enjoy the party too.
Christmas parties
The end-of-year party that fits a sensible budget and still feels generous. Book early — December goes first.
Retirements & farewells
A proper send-off: speeches in the courtyard, canapés circulating, nobody stacking chairs at the end.
Team celebrations
Project wrap-ups, EOFY drinks, milestone mornings — daytime or evening, sized to your team.
Private occasions
Birthdays, engagements, christenings and the family lunches that outgrew the dining room.
"Every visit to Deakin & Me is a fantastic experience. The service is genuinely above and beyond."
— EXCEL Sports Management, Google reviewFunction enquiry
Check your date
Tell us the shape of your event and we'll come back with availability, a canapé menu and a clear price — usually within one business day.
Office catering
Your meeting, our delicious food
Morning tea, brunch or lunch delivered to the office — prepared fresh in our kitchen the same morning.
Start with a morning tea.
End with the Christmas party.
Most of our function bookings started as a catering order — one good morning tea and suddenly you're the person who "knows a place". With catering like ours, you'll be in good hands: just sit back and enjoy the event.
Contact
Say hello
Table for two or party for eighty — call, write, or drop in. There's parking at the door and a dog-friendly courtyard.
Sat–Sun 7:30am–2:30pm
Kitchen until 2:30pm · Functions by arrangement