Best Breakfast in Sydney

Breakfast is the closest thing we have to a national cuisine. Here we pay tribute to Sydney’s best; places shaping the very definition of the pre-midday meal. Others we’ve selected for consistent performance – they’ve nailed the classics and learnt how to handle the crowds that follow.

Some are big, some are small. Some are secluded neighbourhood prizes, others pull customers from across the city. But they all have one thing in common: they represent the best morning dining Sydney has to offer.

Little Jean

Produce-forward bistro dining, in the morning.

1 Kiaora Road
Double Bay NSW

Bread & Circus

Health-focused food doesn't usually taste this good.

21 Fountain Street
Alexandria NSW 2015

Dead Ringer

Bottomless mimosas and grilled mackerel on weekend mornings.

413 Bourke Street
Surry Hills NSW 2010

The Grounds of the City

Ordinary, extraordinary and everything in between in a 1920s theme-park like setting.

The Galeries 500 George Street
Sydney NSW 2000

Saga

Cake for breakfast? There's also breakfast rice, corn pudding and freshly baked English muffins.

178 Enmore Road
Enmore NSW 2042

Shuk

The best of Israel on a plate.

2 Mitchell Street
North Bondi NSW 2026

Rising Sun Workshop

For breakfast ramen with a buttered-toast broth, bacon and eggs.

1c Whateley Street
Newtown NSW 2042

Lucky Suzie

Do as a Malaysian would: get kaya toast and dip it in either soft boiled eggs or a black coffee.

78 Stanley Street
Darlinghurst NSW 2010

ACME

$50 for four courses.

60 Bayswater Road
Rushcutters Bay NSW 2011

Paramount Coffee Project

An espresso tonic and a jambalaya here is just about the perfect meal.

80 Commonwealth Street
Surry Hills NSW 2010

Three Williams Cafe

Everything from vegan bowls to French toast with chocolate cookie crumbs and toffee sauce.

613a Elizabeth St
Redfern NSW 2016

Efendy

A full Turkish spread – thick, granular and heavily caffeinated coffee included.

79 Elliott Street (corner of Darling Street)
Balmain NSW 2041

Cavalier Specialty Coffee

The most creative, well-executed menu anywhere on the Lower North Shore.

34 Oxley Street
St Leonards NSW 2065

Yellow

On weekend mornings it ditches vegetarian fine dining for buckwheat waffles and truffle scrambled eggs.

57 Macleay Street
Potts Point NSW 2011

Circa Specialty Coffee

The best breakfast in Parramatta.

21 Wentworth Street
Parramatta NSW 2150

Blackwood Pantry

Try French toast with Szechuan poached peaches.

5/33 Surf Lane
Cronulla NSW 2230

Hills Bros

Indonesian-inspired meals and coffee from Reuben Hills.

5 Martin Place
Sydney NSW 2000

Wolfe and Co.

It's sloppy as hell, but hot damn that breakfast burger is good.

538 Old Northern Road
Dural NSW 2158

Brickfields

Straight from the oven to your plate.

206 Cleveland Street
Chippendale NSW 2008

Devon Cafe

Rich, flavoursome, completely ignorant of cuisine boundaries and incredibly innovative. Also at Barangaroo.

76 Devonshire Street
Surry Hills NSW 2010

Edition Coffee Roasters

Nordic meets Japanese for a rare collaboration.

265 Liverpool Street (Corner Crown)
Darlinghurst NSW 2010

Reuben Hills

Breakfasts with a hint of Central and South America.

61 Albion Street
Surry Hills NSW 2011

Fratelli Paradiso

Polished Italian breakfasts on a well-heeled street.

Bakery 12-16 Challis Avenue
Potts Point NSW 2011

Three Blue Ducks Bronte

Former fine-dining chefs lighting up Bronte and Rosebery.

141-143 Macpherson Street
Bronte NSW 2024

Brewtown Newtown

Coffee and pastries made in-house.

6-8 O'Connell Street
Newtown NSW

Cornersmith

Unpretentious, ethical and creative.

314 Illawarra Road
Marrickville NSW 2204

Two Chaps

Mediterranean-influenced, vegetarian breakfasts and outstanding vegan doughnuts.

122 Chapel Street
Marrickville NSW 2204

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Little Jean

Bread & Circus

Dead Ringer

The Grounds of the City

Saga

Shuk

Rising Sun Workshop

Lucky Suzie

ACME

Paramount Coffee Project

Three Williams Cafe

Efendy

Cavalier Specialty Coffee

Yellow

Circa Specialty Coffee

Blackwood Pantry

Hills Bros

Wolfe and Co.

Brickfields

Devon Cafe

Edition Coffee Roasters

Reuben Hills

Fratelli Paradiso

Three Blue Ducks Bronte

Brewtown Newtown

Cornersmith

Two Chaps

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