Best Cafes in Darlinghurst
Darlinghurst and its mass of small bars might feel most alive at night, but the area isn't lacking when it comes to daytime options, either. After all, this is where Bill Granger first introduced Sydneysiders to the pleasures of smashed avo and ricotta hotcakes. Bills remains one of the suburb's best cafes, though it has some serious competition, as this list illustrates.
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Guide to Darlinghurst
Best Restaurants in Darlinghurst
Best Cafes in Surry Hills
Best Cafes in Paddington
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Bills Darlinghurst
At one time, the breakfasts at Bill Granger’s sun-drenched cafe were the yardstick by which all the city’s cafes were measured. This blonde-wood institution still hits with avo on Iggy’s bread, poached eggs with elevated sides and ricotta hotcakes.
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Ovo Cafe
A small, easy-to-miss cafe serving incredible Brazilian cakes and home-style meals.
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Fable Coffee Sydney
Expect rainbow-coloured brunches and a showcase of NSW produce.
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Sandoitchi
A buzzing cafe doing riffs on Japan’s most famous convenience store item: the katsu sando. The one here is staked with cabbage, pickled carrots, American cheese and more. And considering the size, it’s bang for your buck. Expect katsu salad bowls, smoothies and Single O coffee, too.
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The Bunker
A carefully considered hole-in-the-wall cafe.
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Don't Doughnuts
A shop that sells inventive sourdough-brioche doughnuts by a classically trained pastry chef. Traditional flavours are playfully twisted here – there’s a Vegemite-spiked salted butterscotch and another filled with Basque cheesecake.
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Stop Valve Espresso & Bar
An industrial car-park cafe.
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Latteria
A busy hole-in-the-wall cafe.
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AP Bread & Wine
Every location of this innovative bakery is different, but this is the most different of them all – it serves dinner. Grab your usual morning pastries, then return for wines by the glass, creative snacks and house-made pastas.
