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NOTE: World Beat Cafe is now closed and has been replaced by the Morning Star Cafe.

So this Sunday after church, my wife and I went looking for a new place to eat lunch. We ended up at the World Beat Cafe on Wickham Road not knowing anything about it except it supposedly had good sangria. As it turns out, World Beat Cafe is a tapas restaurant (I know right, in Melbourne?). They have a huge menu and some single meals as well. When we arrived they were serving their all-you-can-eat brunch ($18 p/person or $30 p/person to get the open bar). Since we didn’t feel like that much food (or spending that much money) we decided to stick with lunch.

My wife and I ordered the Bao Bao Platter ($25), a water, a tea (~$2), and a glass of sangria ($5). The platter comes with your choice of 5 tapas from an appetizer-like menu and a grilled meats category. We got the BBQ Guava Ribs, Terryaki Chicken, Chimichuri Steak, Drunken Tropical Chicken Spring Rolls, and the Bruschetta (our waiter hooked us up since this wasn’t a normal choice). The food was served in this really cool wooden segmented bowl with a little hibachi grill in the middle. Our food came with a guava sauce for the spring rolls, a pineapple salsa for the ribs, and a chimichuri sauce for the steak. The hibachi had a little too much oil in it and the flames were a little wild towards the end of the meal, but the presentation was really cool.

Our waiter, Jeff, was awesome and had some great recommendations for us. We didn’t get a chance to try the flatbreads or salads or desserts, but we’re definitely gonna go back. The food was of a great quality, the menu was creative, and the restaurant was in a nice space. My wife doesn’t like tapas, so for her to want to go back, I’m definitely for visiting the World Beat Cafe again.

World Beat Cafe is located at 3700 N. Wickham Rd., Melbourne, FL 32935.