Chilli crisp in Melbourne
Rising
Searches in Melbourne are up 45% (Aug to Oct 2026 against Aug to Oct 2025), though too few of the same cafes have it to read a change (3, against 2 in the 90 days before).
At least 10 cafes had it in the last 90 days, and either the number of the same cafes with it grew by a quarter or more on the 90 days before (counting only cafes we have read through both periods, and at least 10 of them), or it is new among them, or Melbourne searches rose by a quarter or more while those cafes held steady.
The stages run Emerging, Rising, Peaking, Mainstream, Fading. A trend can skip a stage or move back.
31Melbourne cafe menus list it
1,010Melbourne searches in Oct 2026
Crunchy chilli oil full of fried chilli, garlic and shallot, spooned over eggs, toast and noodles.
Is chilli crisp still growing in Melbourne?
Yes, it's rising.
Melbourne searches a month
Feb 2025
1,010 searches, the busiest month.
Mar 2025
Searches up by half on Dec 2024.
May 2026
First Melbourne cafe post or review in our data.
Tap a number for what changed then.
How Melbourne compares
Share of each city's own cafes with it, last 90 days.
Melbourne's share of Australia's searches
18%Aug to Oct 2026Down from 20% in Aug to Oct 2025 (the green tick).Cafes posting it
Per 1,000 cafes that posted that month, in Melbourne.Of the cafes in Melbourne that posted anything that month, how many posted chilli crisp, per 1,000 of them.
It is a share, not a count, so it does not grow just because we follow more cafes. It only grows when more of the cafes we follow take it up.
The month in progress shows here once it is complete, so a part month never reads as a drop. A month with too few cafes posting is left out.
5.4 per 1,000 in Oct 2026
On menus
Cafe menus listing it now, Melbourne.
31 cafe menus
We started reading cafe menus in late 2026. Cafes adding and dropping it each month show here once the first whole month of menu reads is in.
Melbourne, Australia and the world
Searches in Oct 2026, circles sized to match.
What chilli crisp goes on
Every cafe menu that names chilli crisp is sorted into one kind of dish by its words: a burger, a toastie and a wrap are all "burgers, sandwiches & wraps".
Each shop counts once, under the dish we list it for below, so a cafe with chilli crisp on several dishes shows under one of them.
The usual price is the middle price of those menus, with a chain's price counted once so one chain can't set it, shown when at least three cafes list a price.
- Toast, eggs & brunch plates19 cafes
Chilli Scrambled Eggs
- Burgers, sandwiches & wraps4 cafes
Saigon Sando
- Pita, flatbread & focaccia3 cafes
Breakfast Tacos
- Salads & bowls1 cafe
Coconut Chicken Salad
- Snacks & sides1 cafe
Hot Honey Haloumi
- Other dishes3 cafes
What it's paired with
Cafes whose menu line names it alongside chilli crisp
- Eggs10
- Prawns & seafood4
- Avocado2
- Salami & pepperoni2
One dish can name several, so these overlap.
Where to get chilli crisp in Melbourne
38 Melbourne cafes: 31 on their menus, 7 from posts.
Showing 10 of 38 cafes, A to Z
- Arcadia Cafe And BarPrice not on the menu
- Brunswick FoodstorePrice not on the menu
- Butterfly House on Milne$20
- Café de GracieUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Canteen Eats at MAPhPrice not on the menu
- Canteen Eats at Myuna FarmPrice not on the menu
- Code FivePrice not on the menu
- Commonfolk MorningtonPrice not on the menu
- Field Day PantryUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Harrow and Harvest CafePrice not on the menu
Melbourne cafes with Chilli crisp on their menus or in their posts.
How chilli crisp spread across Melbourne
37suburbs with cafes posting it
By Nov 2026 (so far)
Each bar is the Melbourne cafes with a post or customer review of it that month; Nov 2026 is not over yet, so its bar is so far.
25 suburbs are known only from a menu, which we can't date, so they count in the last month.
Where it's biggest
Each bar is the share of an area's cafes posting it in the last 90 days, from cafe and customer posts only. Tap an area to see it.
Chilli crisp Melbourne FAQs
Chilli crisp is on 31 Melbourne cafe menus and has been posted by cafes in 37 Melbourne suburbs, while Melbourne searches for it rose 45% (Aug to Oct 2026 against Aug to Oct 2025).
What is chilli crisp?
Crunchy chilli oil full of fried chilli, garlic and shallot, spooned over eggs, toast and noodles. In all our data to 14 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 41 Melbourne cafes across 37 suburbs, in posts, customer reviews and menus. The 38 in "Where to get one" are the cafes with it on their current menu or in a cafe or creator post.
What do cafes put chilli crisp on?
Across 31 cafe menus in Melbourne that list chilli crisp as of 14 Nov 2026, the most common dishes are toast, eggs & brunch plates (19 cafes), burgers, sandwiches & wraps (4 cafes) and pita, flatbread & focaccia (3 cafes). It is most often paired with eggs and prawns & seafood.
Where can I get chilli crisp in Melbourne?
It is on 31 Melbourne cafe menus right now, including Butterfly House on Milne in Mont Albert North, Sons Of Mary in Brighton, Arcadia Cafe And Bar in Fitzroy and Brunswick Foodstore in Brunswick. 7 more cafes have posted it, though it is not on their current menu. The "Where to get one" list on this page has every one, with the price where the menu gives one, links to the menu or post, and directions. Menus change, so check with the cafe before you go.
What else is chilli crisp called?
Melbourne cafes also sell chilli crisp as "crispy chilli oil" and "chilli crunch". The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend, from cafes' own posts and menus.
Where in Australia is chilli crisp biggest?
It is on a bigger share of Adelaide cafes: 3% against Melbourne's 1.8%, over the last 90 days.
Is chilli crisp getting more popular in Melbourne?
Yes. The Froth rates chilli crisp as Rising as of 14 Nov 2026: searches in Melbourne are up 45% (Aug to Oct 2026 against Aug to Oct 2025), though too few of the same cafes have it to read a change (3, against 2 in the 90 days before). In the 90 days to 14 Nov 2026, 1.8% of the Melbourne cafes we see well (an Instagram post or a current menu in that time) had it. Among the 1,224 cafes we have followed through both periods, 3 of the same cafes had it, against 2 in the 90 days before. Melbourne searches for it were up 45% in Aug to Oct 2026 compared with Aug to Oct 2025.
How many people search for chilli crisp in Melbourne?
There were 1,010 searches for chilli crisp in Melbourne in Oct 2026, with all its names added up. Across the 23 months we have, from Dec 2024 to Oct 2026, it ranged from 490 searches (Dec 2024) to 1,010 (Feb 2025). These are monthly estimates of search demand in Melbourne.
When did chilli crisp first show up in Melbourne cafes?
The earliest Melbourne cafe post or customer review about chilli crisp that The Froth has is from 1 May 2026. We only see what we collect, so that is when we first saw it, not when it started: it may have been sold earlier, here or elsewhere.
How does The Froth count this?
A cafe counts for chilli crisp from the first public post or customer review we found about it, the cafe's own post or a customer's, and while it is on the cafe's current menu. Shares are of the cafes we see well: those with an Instagram post or a current menu in the same 90 days, a chain counting once. A change compares the same cafes in the last 90 days with the 90 before, only among cafes we have followed through both, so newly added cafes never look like growth. The 90 days end on the latest day with cafe posts or reviews (14 Nov 2026), not today. Searches are monthly search demand in Melbourne with all of a trend's names added up. Captions stay private; we only link to public posts. The full method is on our "How we track cafe trends" page.