Who prepares the best coffee in Sydney? The secrets behind a good coffee house can be a bit of a difficult problem, so we’re here to help!
There’s plenty of talented roasters around Sydney and the surrounding area, so here’s your moment, coffee folks in the know! If you’re sick of using a coffee machine, share the top cafes in the city for great java below.
Make sure you explain why your favoured bean-purveyors are so fantastic. The city’s fellow caffeine addicts will thank you.
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Hey hey
Best place in Sydney to have coffe is Indigo Cafe at Double Bay and is a great place to eat.
Shop 6, Transvaal Avenue
Double Bay, NSW 2028
Telephone: 02 – 9363 5966
My favourite coffee is at Bacio which is on the ground floor of the QVB building in Sydney. Great place to also sit and admire the beautiful building and watch shoppers in action!
Honestly, I wish I knew. I’m tired of spending money on coffee which tastes burnt. I hope more people comment with nice places.
I love the Zoo Bar at Bondi junction
Grumpy Baker’s on Oxford St, Darlinghurst
Cordial, 130 Carillon Ave in Newtown.
My boyfriend and I went there every weekend for a good year or so before we moved overseas. The coffee is fantastic, staff are really friendly and the food is excellent as well. I love that it’s not on King Street so it doesn’t feel so crowded.
My favourites for really good coffee:
CBD: Mecca on King Street
CBD: Velluto Nero on Clarence Street
Surry Hills: Single Origin on Reservoir Street
Surry Hills: Koko on the corner of Holt/Devonshire
If you want strong like STRONG, go to Cafe Stories on Harris Street in Pyrmont. Those boys know how to make a brew that will take your head off.
I’m not one to go out for coffee very often, but my favourite place has to be Naked Espresso which operates out of the Basil Pizza shopfront (near the Marlborough Hotel on King Street) most hours.
While I believe it has great coffee, one of the main reasons I love the place is because the guy who runs it is morally opposed to dairy milk and uses a good quality soy milk in everything. This is probably a deal breaker for many, of course, but for those who don’t feel attacked by the presence of alternatives to animal products, it’s definitely worth checking out.
as someone who DOES drink coffee very frequently and a barista in a former life, I have the good fortune to have recently moved to within 1 block of AllPress Coffee.
Oh, yes.
it’s gotta be Campos on missenden rd (newtown)!! i would drive hours for their brew!
Grind coffee at Cronulla!
At the moment i am really loving Di Lorenzo Espresso in Neutral Bay, On Rangers Rd. DiLorenzo Caffe has got to be one of the best coffees going around at the moment! Check it out
The best coffee for me in Sydney is Coffee Alchemy in Marrickville, on Addison Rd. It’s open Tuesday to Saturday, 9am to 2pm, and it’s more a roastery than a coffee shop. They serve great espresso but their specialty is drip coffee; and believe me, it gives the best espresso a run for its money! The only other coffee shops in the same class in Sydney are Campos, Single Origin, and Mecca.
My friends recommend Mecca in the city, and Campos in Newtown (both mentioned above), I personally like Buzzbar in Newtown (King street, close to the station)
Cafe ISM! Wilson St, Newtown. A lovely way to while away an hour or two is to have a beautifully made coffee and sit in the cafe to watch the passers-by in Hollis park. They also do great food
Too hard so these are my favourite five
~Grumpy Baker-Oxford St
~Cafe Ism-Newtown
~Cafe Newtown-Newtown
~Single Origin-Surrey Hills
~Forbes and Burton-Darlinghurst
Single origin, campos and Mecca are all very good coffees! but i have also had a DiLorenzo Coffee at Neutral bay, it was beautiful!
Great idea Sydneyism. There is so much good coffee in Sydney we’re spoilt.
A couple of roaster mates do a great drop:
Neoma from Mars, Banksmeadow – http://www.neomacoffee.com.au/
Bay Coffee, Neutral Bay: http://www.baycoffee.com.au/index.html
I always find Latteria, Darlinghurst consistently good: http://www.yourrestaurants.com.au/guide/?action=venue&venue_url=latteria
These guys in Milsons Point take coffee seriously and its great: Mastro’s. Next to Ortofino Apartments 94 Alfred St Milsons Point
Single Origin Surry Hills: http://www.singleorigin.com.au/
I could go on!
Cheers
Tony
Naked Espresso, 126 King St in Newtown – fantastic coffee and they only use Bonsoy so great if you’re vegan or lactose intollerant. They also do amazing organic buckwheat pancakes and veg*n cooked breakfasts!
I’m one of those, I HAVE to have my morning coffee!
I have a couple favs – depending on where I am:
Camperdown – IRO Cafe, Missendon Rd (these guys also do a great brekkie!!)
City – Lovebite Cafe, Cnr Goulburn & Castlereagh Sts (but only open Mon-Fri)
cafe ish Albion street surry hills. Apparantley it takes 10 minutes to get the “perfect cup of coffee” and the barista ..Ai is her name is surly surly….but hey if you want a long black thats like “Grace Jones going down on you” thats where I would go.
And she goes down on me EVERY day!!!
Caffe’ Euro Blend – 165 parramatta rd stanmore- they roast their own and make a fab coffee on the premises.
Journeys bookshop/cafe – cnr trafalgar and booth st, annandale – quality coffee and free unwired internet
definitely Mecca on King ST CBD which I am happy to see has already been mentioned.
@gen SMH did a profile on Mecca: http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/good-living/purveyor-of-the-black-art/2009/05/25/1243103476580.html
I’ve been meaning to go and definitely have to bump it up now! :)
Def Campos in Newtown.
Cafe Giulia – Chippendale
Envy Cafe – Summer Hill
Southside – St Peters
Ten Buck Alley in Darlinghurst, a cosy spot and friendly staff to boot.
Definitely Mecca! the one around the corner 68 degress serves the worst coffee…
Best coffee ever is place call one origin coffee address 206 king st,newtown (crn brown st) sydney’ They coffee so amazing taste they roasted own coffee bean ‘ ….I gave scored 10/10 in quality and freshness of roasted beans , presentation, strength,aroma,taste,texture.mob 0432 32 9000
Nice promo there Josh for your own cafe. I know the internet’s all new and stuff…so here’s a tip…next time don’t use your own name if your trying to pretend to be just a regular member of the public. By all means use your real name…but declare your interests to be fair.
Another vote for Toby’s Estate and Campos
Mecca has the best coffee, its so fresh and the guys are very friendly and remember your coffee order! yes i agree that cafe 68 degrees espresso on Clarence St has bad coffee and bad service too, the owner / barista is so rude…!!
I love one origin coffee newtown’ 206 king st, newtown (crn brown st) best ethiopian sidamo
jasmine
TIm
I love ethoopian coffee especially coffee beans
from sidamo real choccolate taste and no bitter after taste.
@one origin cafe 206 king st, (crn brown st) nsw 2042
scored 15/10 best newtown
Helrina
one origin newtons so cool
Micheal
one origin newtown best coffee in town
coffee so fresh
The best coffee in newtown is called “one origin” strong without bitter after taste, price is reasonable with just 2 dollas per cup. Barista is really friendly, not just makin a coffee. Beside he talk and remember my favorite coffee even once visit. This place is just a small place compare with the other Café around Newtown, but coffee is Hugh gim em. 5 stars recommended.
I ithink the best coffee in newtown is “one origin” and the best barista myself very love the coffee beans they used(crn brown st. And king st.)
Okay we got the fucking point ya spammers. I will NOT go to One Origin and I will tell all my friends the same because you guys have deliberately misused this forum. Can’t any of us escape bullshit money-making ploys for five seconds?
It s up to u, cuz no one can force u to do or taste such things. They are just opinions. But one more thing, if that place is really good, you would never know cuz you never taste it. And that because just A bit of your mind. Just open, Mate
Dan
One origin coffee / good coffee
One origin newtown! not too bad bro.
Yer Nice work i think we get the point! SHit! definatley not going to one origin! what a joke!
do you think Jasmine knows that we can tell she has written four different comments from 4 different people, under the same name?
Far out
I love Euroespresso’s Cafe EuroBlend, Annandale seriously the best coffee I have ever had. My friend came from Italy and I took him to their cafe’, he thought it was amazing. I’m pretty sure they sell to other cafe’s and restaurants around sydney, ‘wheat’ in newtown sells their amazing coffee too!
@Belle
I agree with you! I love Cafe EuroBlend, beautiful coffee!
I’m sorry to those who like Campos, but I really dislike their coffee and their atmosphere..I didn’t get very friendly service.
The Little marrionette in Annandale,
if you can find it…
Campos is good but their blend will wear you down after a while so I dont go there anymore.
Mecca is on the top of my list (ristrettos the best)
Single origin in surry deserves honourable mention, however if they get the short asian guy or the girl to make the coffee, its a bit hit and miss. Their beans are good though and atmosphere second to none.
Bertoni’s at Balmain on Darling Street… great coffee
& Campos @ Newtown..
Little marionette in balmain and in annandale, best atmosphere to go with exceptional coffee
A few of my favs, all in Randwick:
Fresh Ground, Belmore Rd
Duke’s Lounge, Avoca St
Stack (ex Cafe 105), cnr Church & King Sts
The coffee at the Ritz Cinema isn’t half bad either, depending on whose making it.
My favourite coffee has to be from Fair Trade cafe in Glebe. Excellent coffee and they also have a loyalty card.
The Workshop on George st opposite QVB…..the new kid in town is shak’n it up!
My favourites are:
Bean Drinking in Crows Nest – They have the only SLAYER in NSW and do syphon and cold drip – YUM!
Mecca – King St, City – Great espresso and nice coffee off the Clover
Coffee trails
Shop 5, 2 lee st
Haymarket NSW 2000 (02) 9211 6555
so many good cafes been told! but my favorite cafe in sydeny hasn :(
nearby central station,(about 5 mins?)
coffee trails has two different beans, if it’s right, one is their house blend and the other one is single origin.
if you’re a coffee lover, especially a short black, it would be delightful to try two different short black.
and if you get ‘Sandy’ as a barista for your coffee, quality is guaranteed
recommend from young barista :)
Cafe ish moved from Albion Street over a year ago
Mmmm coffee alchemy at Plunge in Summer Hill!
Try Bravo Coffee, 177 Enmore Rd in Enmore. The shop’s been there for a little over 60 years so they must be doing something right.
Campos Coffee Newtown is always consistent on quality.
Toby Estate at Ultimo Harris street is also good but not always consistent on quality.
One last one theres this little coffee stall next to the Bayview Hotel in Gladesville an old Turkish guy runs it and he knows how to make a good coffee
The best chai latte believe it or not is Taren Point McCafe!
Best place to business over coffee Pablo and Rusty’s Lane Cove
Bean Drinking Crow Nest.
That should be Bean Drinking in Crows Nest.
One of my favourite coffee place in Kingscross is Maeda. It’s located in a small cafe alley near the fountain. The guy make really good coffee! I’ve also tried green tea latte and jelly espresso (sorry I’m not sure about the name). All very good. Hope it helps some coffee-lovers living around there!
Paddington Grind, Oxford St, Paddington. Superb!
the brewery espresso bar
64 erskine st sydney
Well I don’t know about Campos in Newtown but Campos in Falcon St Alexandria is by far the best coffee I’ve ever had. I now refuse to drink any other even to try. Not only is their coffee top class but the soy milk they use is the best you can get where you hardly notice the difference between it and cows milk—don’t know the brand though. Always consistent in taste and froth is perfect. And their iced coffees are also made to perfection–none of this sugary rubbish you get elsewhere. They are also very obliging with specific requests. Just would like to see more variety in their basic lunches and sweets.
Non CBD: Deus Ex Machina Cafe in Camperdown… have a coffee and stay for brekky. if you ask for crispy bacon, god love them, they actually deliver, unlike soooo many others
CBD: Lovebite Cafe, on Goulburn & Castlereagh.. and one or two of the baristas are eye candy as a bonus
Five Dock RSL Club
Bar Passalacqua on Marion Street at Leichhardt. I have NEVER had a bad coffee from them. Consistently excellent, great service, quick and well priced! Great nutella bombs too!