The Best New Cafes in Sydney
This is our edit of Melbourne’s best new cafes, updated monthly. Some are highly invested in serving excellent food and following the latest coffee trends, while others are just trying to become great neighbourhood catch-up spots. Here’s where we’re going for coffee, pastries and all-day eats right now.
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Theeca
By day, head to the light-filled cafe for viral hotcakes and dinner for brunch (like meatball pasta). Then, on the right nights, unwind with a glass of vino, share plates and good company (read: house-made tiramisu).
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Bote
Tucked into one corner of the historic Manly Boatshed, this on-the-water digs is peak Northern Beaches. Come for coffee from Mecca, pastries from Staple and cookies from Butter Boy.
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Cafe Cressida
Part Paris cafe, part LA hotel, this playful spot from the owners of Ursula’s in Paddington is here whatever time of day you need it. Come early for a classic big breakfast, or later on for pasta and salads. It’s all elegant.
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Myra’s Kitchen
Come for the freshly fried falafels as they are, or pocket them up with veggies and lemony skoldalia. Stay for a yarn with the owner-chef-server who’s doing it all himself.
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Taguan
Lattes arrive swirled with delicately sweet ube, banana ketchup jazzes up bacon and egg rolls, and toasties are stuffed with slow-cooked beef pares. And family-recipe adobo and tokwa especial are keeping it traditional.
Cafe
Petit Loulou
Make a pitstop for sweet fruit-topped tarts and rotisserie chicken baguettes, plus those signature plain croissants made with French butter and a chocolatey city exclusive.
Restaurant
Sana
The fast-casual eatery delivers bowls and rolls, like a 24-hour slow-roasted lamb doused with house-made green herb salsa and garlic dressing. Plus, house-made prebiotic sodas.
Shop
Sydney Daifuku Store
Stretchy sheets of mochi are made fresh daily at this little North Shore mochi counter, then wrapped around fruit, bean pastes and cream. There are five flavours to choose from and each orb is so soft, you can cut it with a piece of string.
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AP Quay
It’s croissants and a riff on that Tokyo-style egg muffin until the meat’s ready. Then get Whole Beast porchetta and rotisserie-drip spuds.
