The Resistance Bar & Cafe

04/11/2026

Your drive-thru burger just got insecure. 👀

DILL DADDY 🌶️
Hot chicken. Creamy dill ranch. Daddy issues.

3 weeks only. Come get some. 😏

01/11/2026

Life’s too short for sad, squashed burgers in cardboard boxes.

Meet DILL DADDY. 🔥

Nashville hot chicken, creamy house-made dill ranch, melted cheese, pickles and crunchy iceberg.

A little messy. As a proper burger should be.

Only here for 3 weeks. Skip the drive-thru. Come see us in Hawthorn.

30/10/2026

30/10/2026

DADDY’S HOME. DON’T GET ATTACHED. 😏

Crispy Nashville hot chicken, a dangerous amount of creamy dill ranch, and our freshly baked house bun.

Meet DILL DADDY. The latest troublemaker at The Resistance.

Mild or hot. Your call.

Available NOW for just 3 weeks in Hawthorn, Melbourne. Then he’s gone.

29/10/2026

Hot Head from The Resistance Burgers & Cafe 👌

28/10/2026

Your next three-week obsession has a name. DILL DADDY. 🌶️

Hot, crispy, creamy and a little bit naughty.

Our latest limited-edition Nashville hot chicken burger has officially landed. And this one’s worth getting your hands dirty for.

Available NOW for just 3 weeks. At The Resistance, Hawthorn.

25/10/2026

SAY WHAT AGAIN. 🍔

Big Kahuna. Final day. No sequels.

Get your hands on it before it becomes another Tarantino classic.

23/10/2026

The problem with ordering a Cheeky Chicken? Good luck ordering something else next time.

Your next chicken burger obsession is waiting in Hawthorn, Melbourne.

20/10/2026

sun’s out. plans cancelled. burgers instead.

wednesday at resistance.

19/10/2026

Greetings from The Resistance 🙏 Last week was amazing. Thank you for the love ❤️

17/10/2026

The best isn’t always the most popular. We built The Resistance to challenge that.

11 years of doing things our way. No shortcuts. No fake hype. Just good food and a little rebellion.

15/10/2026

Friday called. We told it to make it a double. 🍸

Good cocktails, good music, and absolutely no reason to rush home.

Your Friday night starts at The Resistance, Hawthorn.

15/10/2026

18 ingredients to make a burger bun? Mate, it’s bread. Not a science experiment.

Ours has seven. Made fresh, in-house, every single day.

If I wouldn’t feed it to my own kids, why the hell would I feed it to you?

We don’t make burgers for the masses. We make them for people who give a damn about what they eat.

Rebels eat here. ✊

📍 The Resistance, Hawthorn, Melbourne.

14/10/2026

Just another day making your diet tomorrow’s problem.

Hawthorn, you know where to find us.

13/10/2026

McDonald’s, Hungry Jack’s, Wendy’s…

Thanks for lowering the bar. Makes our job much easier 😂

Proper beef. Proper buns. Proper burgers made like someone actually gives a s**t.

If you’re in Hawthorn, skip the drive-thru.

12/10/2026

Mornings at The Resistance 🙂 Killer Toasties and Proper Coffee ❤️

11/10/2026

Have a Hot Day 🍔❤️

10/10/2026

I spent years thinking I’d left accounting behind to make burgers. Turns out, I brought a lot more from Sri Lanka than I realised.

The way we build flavours. The layers. The complexity. The obsession with getting things right. Never cutting corners.

Even making just 150 house-made buns a day instead of chasing bigger numbers.

None of it was really a business strategy. It’s just how I grew up understanding good food.

11 years into The Resistance, I’m only just connecting the dots.

Sri Lankan roots. Melbourne burgers. Made properly, right here in Hawthorn.

08/10/2026

🍹Green Day : Tequila, Passion Fruit, Lime 👌

07/10/2026

We could’ve made it less spicy.

We didn’t.

Nashville Hot Bird 🌶️

07/10/2026

The Big Kahuna is here.

Beef, double cheddar, bacon, grilled pineapple, sticky teriyaki glaze, sweet & spicy sauce, and a chunky jalapeño-onion cream cheese spread — all in our house-made bun.

Sweet, smoky, creamy, a little spicy, and properly loaded.

Single or double beef.

Limited time at The Resistance, Hawthorn.

06/10/2026

We bake 150 buns 🍔 in house everyday which means we can only serve 150 burgers a day. Quality over quantity always 😊

Open Tuesday to Sunday @ 412 Burwood Rd Hawthorn ❤️

05/10/2026

Out Tomorrow 😊 Our Next Limited Edition Burger 🍔