Hot honey in Melbourne
Rising
Searches in Melbourne are up 56% (Aug to Oct 2026 against Aug to Oct 2025), though too few of the same cafes have it to read a change (7, against 8 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.
69Melbourne cafe menus list it
3,600Melbourne searches in Oct 2026
Honey with chilli through it, drizzled over fried chicken, halloumi, pizza and toast.
Is hot honey still growing in Melbourne?
Yes, it's rising.
Melbourne searches a month
Mar 2025
Searches up by half on Dec 2024.
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
20%Aug to Oct 2026The same as 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 hot honey, 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.
12 per 1,000 in Oct 2026, 2.3× vs Jun 2026
On menus
Cafe menus listing it now, Melbourne.
69 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 hot honey goes on
Every cafe menu that names hot honey 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 hot honey 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.
- Burgers, sandwiches & wraps15 cafesUsually $26.25 ·
Hot Honey Chicken Burger
- Toast, eggs & brunch plates14 cafesUsually $23 ·
Fritters
- Fried chicken plates9 cafesUsually $19.45 ·
Chicken
- Pasta & mains8 cafes
Gamberi Chilli Honey
- Snacks & sides8 cafesUsually $19 ·
Halloumi w. Hot Honey
- Waffles, bakes & sweets3 cafes
Honey Chicken Waffles
- Other dishes12 cafesUsually $18
What it's paired with
Cafes whose menu line names it alongside hot honey
- Chicken20
- Halloumi15
- Salami & pepperoni9
- Avocado8
- Prawns & seafood7
- Cheese4
- Eggs3
- Bacon & pork2
One dish can name several, so these overlap.
Where to get hot honey in Melbourne
99 Melbourne cafes: 69 on their menus, 30 from posts.
What it costs
The usual price on each kind of dish, in Melbourne
- Burgers & sandwiches$26.25$18.50$29.50
- Toast & eggs$23$23$26.75
- Fried chicken$19.45$17.27$25.55
- Snacks & sides$19$17.60$23.20
Bars share one scale, $17.27 to $29.50: the band is where most cafes sit, the dot the usual price.
Showing 10 of 99 cafes, A to Z
- Amara Coffee$26.50
- Andiamo PaninoUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Arcadia Cafe And BarPrice not on the menu
- Auction Rooms Cafe | Coffee North MelbournePrice not on the menu
- Augie's Place - Dog Friendly Cafe & Licenced BarUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Baba’s Deli Ivanhoe$17
- Baked Since 95$21
- Basq - Essendon Fields$29
- Beurre Cakes & PastriesUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Blairgowrie CafeUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
Melbourne cafes with Hot honey on their menus or in their posts.
How hot honey spread across Melbourne
71suburbs 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.
33 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.
Hot honey Melbourne FAQs
Hot honey is on 69 Melbourne cafe menus and has been posted by cafes in 71 Melbourne suburbs, while Melbourne searches for it rose 56% (Aug to Oct 2026 against Aug to Oct 2025).
What is hot honey?
Honey with chilli through it, drizzled over fried chicken, halloumi, pizza and toast. In all our data to 14 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 86 Melbourne cafes across 71 suburbs, in posts, customer reviews and menus. The 99 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 hot honey on?
Across 69 cafe menus in Melbourne that list hot honey as of 14 Nov 2026, the most common dishes are burgers, sandwiches & wraps (15 cafes), toast, eggs & brunch plates (14 cafes) and fried chicken plates (9 cafes). It is most often paired with chicken and halloumi.
How much is a hot honey burger or sandwich in Melbourne?
The usual price of a hot honey burger or sandwich in Melbourne is $26.25 as of 14 Nov 2026, and most cafes charge between $18.50 and $29.50, from 6 cafes that list a price (a chain counted once). Prices differ a lot from one kind of dish to another, so this page gives the usual price for each rather than one average.
Where can I get hot honey in Melbourne?
It is on 69 Melbourne cafe menus right now, including Q Barbeque Mulgrave in Mulgrave, Baba’s Deli Ivanhoe in Ivanhoe, Bodega On High in Berwick and Hector's Deli in Richmond. 30 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.
Is hot honey getting more popular in Melbourne?
Yes. The Froth rates hot honey as Rising as of 14 Nov 2026: searches in Melbourne are up 56% (Aug to Oct 2026 against Aug to Oct 2025), though too few of the same cafes have it to read a change (7, against 8 in the 90 days before). In the 90 days to 14 Nov 2026, 3.7% 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, 7 of the same cafes had it, against 8 in the 90 days before. Melbourne searches for it were up 56% in Aug to Oct 2026 compared with Aug to Oct 2025.
Where in Australia is hot honey biggest?
It is on a bigger share of Gold Coast cafes: 7.7% against Melbourne's 3.7%, over the last 90 days.
How many people search for hot honey in Melbourne?
There were 3,600 searches for hot honey 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 1,000 searches (Feb 2025) to 6,600 (Mar 2025). These are monthly estimates of search demand in Melbourne.
When did hot honey first show up in Melbourne cafes?
The earliest Melbourne cafe post or customer review about hot honey that The Froth has is from 16 Aug 2024. 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 hot honey 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.