Jetblack coffee lounge, Cremorne
Danes coffee, 1/271 Military rd, Cremorne. A lot fits into a small space here - there’s tea and coffee on sale, along with a range of bodum and t2 products, coffee courses coming up, and wireless internet for $4 per hour (or $10 for 3 hours).
As [...]
Pastizzi café, newtown
Numero uno coffee. 523 King St, Newtown. Wooden furniture, lots of natural light, and an impressively friendly owner combine to make a place that’s a pleasure to visit. Specializing in pastizzi, this café usually has options for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Coffee is good too: separate grinder for [...]
Salty dog seafood café and gallery, coolongolook
Segafredo coffee. For kilometres heading north there are signs detailing the menu of this converted church on the pacific highway. Dedicated to fresh seafood, and providing travellers with a pleasant spot to rest, sadly the coffee for me wasn’t up to standard.
There’s something [...]
Fig and bean takeaway cafe, sawtell
Peak coffee (roasted in port macquarie). First ave, sawtell: near the cinema. Outdoor furniture indoors, a range of fish-and-chip shop fare, along with some more fancy salads, gourmet pies and sushi options.
Coffee is ground to order, and takes a long while to arrive - [...]
Myalla café, bulahdelah
Amore coffee. Stroud st, Bulahdelah. A house with a café that has taken over not just the house, but the front yard as well! Staff are quiet and efficient, going about their business with a polished air.
This is an “order at counter, take table number” kind of [...]
Biscotti bar, wynyard
Aroma coffee. 36 clarence st, sydney. Some natural light creeps in from between the skyscrapers in this part of the city. This place has a sense of style about it. The staff are a little cheeky with the customers, if that’s something that appeals.
Seating is in [...]
Kafa espresso bar, surry hills
Campos coffee. Commonwealth st, surry hills. The large, communal table is the first thing you notice on arriving, even more than the polished concrete floor or bright green walls: it seats 12 comfortably. Staff are friendly, and in the crowded surry hills café space, it’s [...]
La petite crème, darlinghurst
La petit crème coffee. 118 darlinghurst rd, darlinghurst. Standing room only on a sunday afternoon, we wait for others to gain atable in this darlinghurst institution. Their special breakfast, at $18 comes with fried eggs, bacon, sausage, toast, *cereal*, fresh OJ, and coffee or tea.
Coffee is [...]
Sloanes café, paddington
Allpress espresso. Paved floor, large courtyard out the back, and cheery staff. Not a place for those in a hurry, but if you have some leisure time, a pleasant spot to spend some time.
Coffee is hot, but not too hot, and has all the hallmarks of well-made [...]
Wall café, surry hills.
Genovese coffee. This looks like a place made by designers, for designers: there are design magazines on the wall, the espreso bar area is made of concrete, not some other kind of shop-fitting material, and there are a choice of different types of seats, not least [...]
Café bolle, chinatown sydney
Danes coffee. 394 sussex st, sydney. Velour stools, tiles, neon: this place straddles the chinatown/sydney divide with part of its aesthetic coming from each. Staff are friendly, performing a quick upsize attempt, but cheerfully making me a regular decaf latte instead.
Coffee is surprisingly good: the milk [...]
Vivo café, wynyard
Primo coffee. 388 george st, sydney. Much more cheery in atmosphere than you’d think possible from a café with no access to the sun. Friendly, helpful staff who remember regular customers by name and by order. It even has a wi-fi hotspot.
Coffee takes a while, and if [...]
Apartment café, sydney
Karmee coffee. 155 macquarie st, sydney. Lots of glass, and lots of natural light in this upmarket city cafe at the base of an apartment complex. There are four staff behind the “kitchen in the round”, and another two or three waiting tables.
Coffee takes a while, but [...]
Café monz, cronulla
Mokador coffee. Shop 4, perryman pl, cronulla beach. The outdoor tables (mostly) have water views, and all can hear the ocean. A big range of breakfast choices, q little expensive, but big serves.
Coffee is slow in coming out, and it’s served hot - too hot to pick [...]
Supreme grind, st james
Campos coffee. 99 Elizabeth st, Sydney. This is a by-the-numbers cafe for the city: the usual suits as customers, a standard issue menu with some specials - the breakfast seems cheaper than most - and some friendly-enough staff.
Coffee, though, is really good: though the barista doesn’t [...]
Central coffee co, central station: sydney
Campos coffee. Near the intersection of devonshire st and chalmers st. A kiosk setting that squeezes in some outdoor seating near central station. Early morning buskers fill the air with jazz, somehow distracting from the din of peak hour trains nearby.
Coffee is ready quite [...]
Crema espresso bar, sydney
Allpress espresso. 37/51 elizabet st, sydney. I spotted this out-of-the-way place only because I saw some people with allpress cups floating around on the street nearby.
The café itself is foodcourt- style, but with seating indoor and out. There are separate prices for eat in or takeaway, [...]
Mecca espresso, circular quay
Mecca espresso coffee. 1 alfred st, circular quay. Open just a few weeks, this is another stall under a glass roof that’s open to the air. With a sandwich board and other signage indicating the high critical acclaim for the other Mecca (king st), this otherwise [...]
Blend on george espresso and sandwich bar, circular quay
Piazza d’oro coffee. 200-210 george st, circular quay. Two shops next to each other share the same signage. Coffee orders are shouted across the open space, along with order numbers: not the most tranquil place in the world! When your [...]
Montea’s at the goldsburough, pyrmont
Voodoo espresso. More of a sandwich shop or corner store than a café, there’s a choice of indoor or outdoor seating. A good range of sandwich fillings are on offer, along with a generous wedge of banana bread for the sweet tooth.
Coffee - there’s no [...]