A Garden Salad in Melbourne costs $8.65 at the median café — −6.2% below the national median of $9.22.
A Garden Salad in Melbourne costs $8.65 at the median café, based on 135 priced menus in the October 2026 reading. The middle half of cafés charge between $6.00 and $12.00.
Melbourne's median of $8.65 sits −6.2% below the national median of $9.22.
Of the regions we read in Melbourne, Baw Baw is cheapest at $9.00 and Maribyrnong is dearest at $9.00.
Across Melbourne, 80% of cafés charge between $5.00 and $16.00 for a Garden Salad. Prices refresh with the April 2027 reading.
This is the Melbourne reading of the Garden Salad Index — part of the full Melbourne reading. Medians, not means; every number ships with its sample size. Next reading: April 2027.