The 55 best cafés in Sydney right now

Haberfield is one of most proudly Italian suburbs in Sydney. And into this staunchly Italian scene bursts Happyfield, a bright yellow corner café slinging Canadian-style pancakes and Five Senses coffee. Co-owners Jesse Orleans (a native Canuck) and Chris Theodosi met while working at the Grounds of Alexandria where they hatched their plans for a proper, North American-style diner dedicated to pancakes and breakfast burgers. And here it is. Come hungry.

What is it? A specialty coffee house where banging coffee, slick design and ingredient-driven cooking come together.

Why we love it: Purveyors of excellent coffee and good times, Single O has been a pioneer of Sydney’s café scene since it opened with a bang in 2003. Found on a cool, industrial-style corner space on Reservoir Street in Surry Hills, this place pumps with both Sydneysiders and tourists from morning until it closes at 3pm. Sustainability has been at the heart of Single O since its inception, with the team committed to sourcing ethically and environmentally responsible beans. They also have a solar-powered roastery in Botany, co-created an innovative milk-on-tap system that swapped plastic milk bottles for 10L bladders – resulting in an 80 per cent reduction in plastic waste – and their current mission is to halve carbon emissions by 2026 and achieve Net Zero by 2030. How good’s that?

Time Out tip: Coffee fiend? Single O offers daily coffee flights, including the filter flight, which comes with a taste of three of their feature origins from their taps. It’s a great way to find out what your jam is.

Address: 60/64 Reservoir St, Surry Hills NSW 2010

Expect to pay: $5.50–$8 for a coffee, $16–$30 for a meal

What is it? A funky café on the Enmore side of Marrickville serving up banging breakfast and lunch, plus fun drinks (hello, medicinal mushroom–spiked hot choccy).

Why we love it: Superfreak comes from Michael Ico and Daniel Harrison, who are part of the team behind Newtown’s Soulmate and Petersham’s Splash – so they know what’s up. The guys have collaborated with Michaela Johansson, founder of the dreamy events and catering company Aplenty, to create a menu featuring rainbow brekkie plates, bright, zippy salads and lots of treats. The 30-seat space is sunlit and retro, with lots of considered knick-knacks and treasures.

Time Out tip: The glass cabinet is stocked with freshly baked sweet good to enjoy after your meal – or later in the sunshine.

Address: Shop 2/333a Enmore Rd, Marrickville NSW 2204

Expect to pay: Around $20–$25 per person, plus drinks

What is it? A beautiful, light-filled all-day eatery serving Middle Eastern and Mediterranean-inspired dishes overlooking Parramatta River.

Why we love it: Sitting on the patio under the forest-green and white-striped umbrellas, sun warming up for the day, surrounded by verdant parklands, is a prety great way to kick off the weekend. And it’s made even better with great coffee and breakfast, like the Mediterranean plate with spice-rich sujuk, soft pita, creamy labneh, pickled cucumbers and marinated tomatoes. Not a morning person? MISC is also open for lunch and dinner – and they can host your next big birthday bash.

Time Out tip: The folded schnitty, which features a succulent schnitty with sweet roasted toms, melted provolone cheese, slaw for freshness and crunchy aioli, is banging. Get that.

Address: Little Coogee, Parramatta Park, Byrnes Avenue, Parramatta NSW 2150

Expect to pay: $10–25 for brekkie

Coffeeroom Coogee isn’t about long, languorous Sunday brunches – but it has delicious Tuga pastries, sizzling paninis and single origin coffee. The sister of the Eastern Suburb’s bougiest public laundromat, Washroom, Coffeeroom opened its doors during the wintery depths of the pandemic, but despite all odds, they’ve managed to pull through. With very limited space and seating, this hidden treasure works best as a stop-off on the way to work or a weekend walk along the coast.

What is it? A Marrickville café – in the industrial Sydenham end of the suburb – known for it's fish sandwich.

Why we love it: The fish sandwich is good – think golden-crumbed fish with lashings of dill-packed tartare, a slice of American cheese and cucumber pickles between two slices of homemade focaccia. The rest of their sandwich menu (and the coffee) is great, too.

Time Out tip: Parking around this area can be hard, so get their fast on the Sydney Metro – get off at Sydenham, then it's a short walk to the corner of Meeks and Marrickville Roads. 

Address: 69 Meeks Rd, Marrickville NSW 2204 

Expect to pay: From $10-$25 for brekkie

What is it? Potts Point’s slick and tiny laneway café and the sibling to Piña across the road.

Why we love it: Don’t be deterred by looks – Room Ten pumps out some of the best coffee, breakfasts, salads and sandwiches in the inner city. There are fresh, zesty and healthy numbers if you wanna go down the green route (that’s you, grain salad with radish, avo, jammy egg and a cashew dressing), or if you're craving carbs, salt and fat – AKA all the good things in life – our pick is the breakfast mortadella roll. Lunch? The porchetta roll is ridiculously good.

Time Out tip: There’s only a handful of seats here and it gets super busy. The good news is you can call ahead and pick up.

Address: 10 Llankelly Pl, Potts Point NSW 2011

Expect to pay: Around $25 per person, plus drinks

What is it? An excellent food and coffee house in Parramatta serving up Middle Eastern-inspired breakfast plates. Circa Espresso is also the winner of Time Out’s People’s Choice Award for Best Café 2025.

Why we love it: We’re here for the Ottoman eggs – are you? So is everybody else. It's a day-starter that’s achieved cult status in this breakfast-loving town like few dishes can, and it proudly puts Parramatta on the map as a breakfast destination. Think: creamy, garlic-tinged labne layered with fried eggplant, chilli oil, crisp leeks and poached free-range eggs. Plus, we love the coffee that’s roasted in-house.

Time Out tip: Circa is a two-minute walk from the train station. Stop here for flavour and fuel before your day out exploring Parra.

Address: 21 Wentworth St, Parramatta NSW 2150

Expect to pay: Around $20–$30 per person, plus drinks

What is it? A kiosk-like café at the Fanny Durack Aquatic Centre (AKA Petersham Pool), which is in the glorious Petersham Park. The team behind some other epic Inner West cafés (Soulmate and Superfreak) are behind this poolside gem. 

Why we love it: Splash serves up big, nostalgic hits, including a bacon sarnie, and a chip butty with curry sauce. Our favourite thing on the menu is the fish sandwich (and we're not the only ones). It’s a huge fillet of golden-crumbed fish with slices of tomato and beetroot, onion, lettuce, American cheese and a creamy, dill-forward “Splash sauce” on thick-cut, spongy white bread. Their "Bradman burger" is also a winner.

Time Out tip: If you want to pair your visit to Splash with a dip in the pool, you’ll need to go during the warmer months. Fanny Durack Aquatic Centre closes for the cooler months. That doesn’t mean you can’t still head to Splash year-round and eat on the park side (they have an indoor dining room, and they'll also lend you a picnic rug if you want to eat in the park).

Address: 2A Station St, Fanny Durack Aquatic Centre, Petersham (Petersham Park) NSW 2049

Expect to pay: Around $12–$24 for a sandwich (of your dreams)

Judging by the weekend crowds in Llankelly Place, you’d think there’s a celebrity in town. In reality, it’s just the local line-up for a seat at Piña, Room Ten’s hipster sister café. The general rule of thumb on Piña’s all-day menu is that it serves breakfast and lunch classics with a touch of class. So, instead of scrambled eggs, you get super fluffy, chilli oil-infused scrambled eggs on an extra thick slab of toast. Piña’s side game is strong, and mixing and matching sides is all part of the fun. The spicy corn ribs, charred cabbage and salty hash browns are a vegetarian combo of legends.

All Purpose Bakery aka A.P. Bakery is found on top of Surry Hills' Paramount House Hotel. The licensed all–weather rooftop terrace serves up a selection of fancy pastries that change daily, banging brekkies, pizzas and breads made from ancient and artisanal grains, plus croissants stuffed to the brim with LP's Quality Meats ham with gruyere cheese.

Time Out tip: Come early to (try) and beat the crowds.

Sydney has a growing list of once-neglected heritage buildings that have been transformed into trendy eateries. Parramatta North's Havenstone is the latest addition to this list, set in a lovingly restored sandstone building from 1888. Today, this historic building and its sunny surroundings create a peaceful backdrop for all-day breakfast and lunch. The best bit? Your four-legged friends are welcome to come, too.

Don’t wait until the middle of the day to check out Manly café, Noon. And that’s because it’s probably the most exciting morning offering we’ve seen in the coastal town of late (and this is coming from a born-and-bred Northern Beaches local). Noon, by the team behind some of Manly’s best spots, is tucked one street back from the beach. Come for mince on toast, loaded B&E rolls, lots of sunshine and a retro fitout.

Time Out tip: Love Noon? Check out their other venues: fun-times-only Japanese-ish Sunset Sabi, pasta and vino haven Busta, and OG date-night spot, Chica Bonita.

This Potts Point café is big on pared-back interiors, good coffee and friendly service. They source their own green beans and roast their own coffee, and they'll do you a solid cold drip, a velvety smooth cap or a milky iced latte. Kick back on the blonde wooden bench and enjoy one with a croissant to kick-start your day on a positive note. You'll also find KeepCups for sale, native floral displays and take-home beans.

It doesn't get much more Inner West than this laid-back Marrickville haunt behind a roller door on Chapel Street, with plenty of exposed brick, communal tables, mismatched furniture and an entirely vegetarian menu. House-baked sourdough is a great place to start, but the made-from-scratch ethos is alive and well on each and every plate.

You will find dancing croissants, delightful food and fedora-donning locals sipping on Spritzes if you happen to head to 18 Queen St, Woollahra. That’s because Cafe Cressida – a casual café and restaurant by chef Phil Wood and wife Lis Davies, the team behind the award-winning Ursula’s Paddington – is now open inside the Musk Stick-pink Queens Court building. The duo worked with Sydney-based designer Larissa Leigh to bring their vision to life, drawing inspiration from the “many wonderful courtyard and terrace cafés and restaurants that make Paris such a beautiful place to visit,” said Wood. The sunny, mostly outdoor space, named after the couple's daughter, features striped awnings, colourful chairs, pops of greenery and a touch of whimsy.

So many things about Valentinas are surprising. Like its location, on a suburban stretch of Livingstone Road. You don't expect to find such a perfectly realised vision of mythological American dining in among the Federation homes. It’s also surprising that so many people want to get their hands on the crumbly, short, cathead biscuits with a heart attack’s worth of whipped maple butter and blueberry jam that even at 11am on a weekday there’s not a spare chair to be had and people milling on the footpath. The menu also features bronzed hunks of fried chicken sandwiched between golden biscuits and gravy with fries. And a breakfast sandwich packed with a juicy, rustic sausage patty, melted cheese and a fried egg served on an English muffin. There’s nothing on the menu here that Elvis himself wouldn’t consider a rounded start to the day, which is also to say that there is nothing here for Buddha bowl enthusiasts. And we love it.

With cracking coffee, flavour-packed plates, a relaxed, chic space and natural vino with snacks at sunset, Effie’s – a café by day and wine bar come Friday and Saturday nights – is the kind of place you wish was just around the corner (Manly and Fairlight locals, you’re lucky). The sunny, minimalist space is named after owners Aniella and Sam Batten’s second daughter, Effie. Are you an early riser? Grab a warm brew from Effie’s marble hole-in-the-wall window from 6am on weekdays and 6.30am on weekends, then head to nearby Manly Beach for an ocean swim.

Warm, kind and incredibly talented, Bill Granger changed the way Aussies eat brekkie (and he made the rest of the world take note) – and for that we will be forever grateful. Granger’s avo on toast, ricotta hotcakes and corn fritters are so good they've reached icon status. Come and get your hands on them in Darlinghurst, Surry Hills and Bondi, and remember why we first fell in love with Granger and his sunny food many moons ago.

Rolling Penny might come off as easy-going on the surface, but this is the kind of place where a bacon and egg roll means smoky speck, a free-range poachie, aioli, mixed leaves and housemade tomato relish on a Brickfields milk bun. And that is exactly why we love it.

“A Portuguese oasis in Petersham,” is what Jose Silva and wife Basia wanted to create with their corner-eatery Lunas, named after the couple’s daughter. And we’d say they’ve pretty much nailed it. The all-day café serves classic breakfasts with Portuguese flavours – think hotcakes with a Portuguese tart custard, cinnamon, raspberries and vanilla ice cream; and chorizo scrambled eggs with onion, sobrasada (cured sausage), chives, coriander, and gordal olives. Take a seat in the courtyard which overlooks the verdant garden, lush with herbs, citrus, fig and pomegranate trees.

Tita Carinderia is a Filipino café found on Marrickville's main drag serving tasty, home-style food with a side of kitsch. In case you’re wondering, ‘tita’ in Tagalog (the native language spoken in the Philippines) means aunt and this café pays homage to its owners’ late aunt, Tita Marlene. Come for home-style pandesal, a soft, fluffy bread roll that’s a Filipino staple, garlic fried rice topped with a sunny fried egg, tender pork adobo and a vibrant purple ube soft serve. 

You will have to combat Disneyland-like wait times, prams larger than a Smart car and squadrons of Instagrammers for a spot at this Alexandria theme park of a café, but there's nothing else quite like it. 

Legendary Melbourne coffee roaster Padre Coffee has made the move to the bright side, opening up its first ever Sydney concept store in Paddington’s Five Ways. Not sure what a concept store is? Basically, the new Padre Coffee space is a heaven for coffee lovers, with an espresso bar, self-serve taps for hot filter and cold brew, a retail section so you can shop Padre’s signature espresso blends and home-brewing equipment, and a whole section dedicated to learning and training – all under the one roof. Coffee geeks, drink your heart out.

Over the past decade Glebe's The Wedge has gained a loyal following for its boundary-pushing breakfasts (think: ‘The Lisbon Benedict’ with a hash brown, poached eggs, baccala (cod), bottarga and chorizo; and soufflé pancakes with poached fruit, Italian custard and an oat crumble), as well as the warm service and on-point coffee (Single O). It’s very much an integral part of the community, just like those markets, and if you haven't been here for breakfast yet, we recommend that you chop to it. Plus, it's now open for dinner, knocking out cracking Negronis. 

Sabrina Carpenter isn’t the only one keen on espresso of late, with The Grounds Coffee Factory, a mammoth coffee roastery and café dedicated to the perfect cup of joe, now open in South Eveleigh. A project six years in the making (thanks, Covid), The Ground Coffee Factory is the sibling to the world’s most Instagrammable eatery, The Grounds of Alexandria, as well as The Grounds of the City, and is set to take Sydney’s already-strong coffee game to a new, toasty high. Come for top-notch brews, fluffy hotcakes with maple syrup and bacon, and retro banana splits.

Bondi is a natural fit for Blackwood’s second outpost (its original location is in Cronulla), seamlessly fitting in with the suburb’s laid-back coastal charm. You’ll find the casual diner on a sun-kissed corner at the buzzing Seven Ways hubs on Glenayr Avenue. Here, you’ll see Bondi’s breakfast crowd bonding over blueberry and ricotta hotcakes; truffle chilli scrambled eggs; corn and zucchini fritters; or Blackwood’s can’t-take-off-the-menu Morning Glory egg, chorizo and kale spectacular.

Bacon and egg rolls are a dime a dozen in Sydney, but frequent flyers in the café breakfast game get very good at picking up the little differences that make the ordinary extraordinary – and a lot of it comes down to condiments. Sure, tomato or barbecue are your entry-level offerings, and Soulmate, a sleek, modern café on a sunny corner in Newtown’s backstreets, has them on the appropriately labeled ‘basic BAE roll’. But then, there’s the Soulmate BAE roll, which spices things up with sambal and then cools it off with a herb mayo between the soft leaves of a potato bun. If condiments don’t impress you much, there’s also the option to supersize your roll with a hash brown, extra bacon, a second egg or avocado.

The crew at Barrel One Coffee Roasters have finally burst their Northern Beaches bubble and opened a café south of the bridge. Loyal fans will be pleased to know that Potts Point is following suit of its siblings with deli-style sandwiches and bagels that give the Big Apple a run for its money. The pastrami bagel (by Brooklyn Boy) still reigns supreme and goes down well with a batch brew featuring Barrel One’s single origin of the day.

Christopher Thé took some time to contemplate his next move after leaving the award-winning Black Star Pastry – which he founded in 2008 – back in 2019. After massive success, including creating the world’s most Instagrammed cake, Thé retreated to his roots and found that he was at his happiest when cooking honest, joy-sparking food with a small team to a local community. That’s when his latest venture, a gorgeous café and cake shop called Hearthe was born. Found on Douglas Street in leafy, sleepy Stanmore, the sunny Art Deco-style space showcases local and native Aussie ingredients throughout Thé’s seasonal and brilliant menu.

Life’s good at Good Ways Deli. Found on Redfern’s Cooper Street, the sunny corner shop has been slinging fresh sambos, retro treats, good coffee and nostalgic drinks since it first opened back in 2021. The team bakes sourdough ciabatta using organic flour each morning, all pastries are made in house, and sandwiches are made fresh to order. Must try: Good Ways Deli’s famous kangaroo mortadella sanga which is loaded with Whole Beast Butchery kangaroo mortadella, LP’s Quality Meats salami cotto, ham, provolone cheese, pickles, white onion, iceberg lettuce and a special sauce. Be sure to keep room for a treat.  

Pillar is one of the only cafés in the Inner West that pours cult-followed boutique roaster Skittle Lane for their house-batch brews. They share the spotlight with a revolving catalogue of reserve filters from guest micro-roasters across Australia. Think big names like Market Lane and Stitch Coffee, alongside Melbourne roasters Bredda Coffee, Newav Coffee and Path.

Opened at the start of 2023 by the team behind next door's Butterboy and nearby Rollers Bakehouse, Norma’s Deli is named after owner James Sideris' grandmother. The all-day bakery, café, diner and grocer is found at a sprawling site that sits just below the Corso. Longtime Manly and Northern Beaches locals will know the space well – for years it was usually a discount or less-than-average souvenir shop. So to see the area snapped up by good hands is like a breath of fresh, salty, gorgeous air. Come for a cracking pork souvlaki; house-made goods like moussaka; freshly baked sourdough and Single O coffee.

Paramount is always pumping, and it's no mystery why. Not only is it housed in one of the city's sexiest Art Deco buildlings, in one of its buzziest neighbourhoods, but the team also has the food, coffee, design and service brief down to a science. On the menu, there's a bit of Japan, a tad of Korea, a hint of L.A. and a nod to the American South – and that's exactly what makes it the kind of Sydney café we can't get enough of.

Daniel Blackman is the OG founder of one of Sydney’s best cafés, Potts Point’s Room Ten. Now, along with partner Faye Montalban, he’s opened up another spot in Darlinghurst called Kaska, with a focus on house-made ingredients and local produce. Brunch, anyone? Come for generous servings, hearty flavours, and fresh, seasonal produce. Oh, and the  ‘best ploughman's in town’, with smoked leg ham, cheddar cheese, jammy egg, house-made pickles and sourdough.

The finger bun of childhood memories has been given a makeover at Humble, the cult bakery and café on Holt Street, Surry Hills. Humble is from the all-star team behind Porteño, Wyno X Bodega and Bastardo, which all happen to be found on the same drag (if this was a game of Monopoly, the Porteño group would be making it rain). It's not all about the humble finger bun, however, as you can get your hands on seriously good sandwiches, treats and coffee here. And if you're lucky, you may even nab a seat outside to enjoy them.

How lucky are we that one of the best bakeries in town doubles as one of the best cafés? Grab a window seat and gorge yourself on all the ace pastries, from croissants and dazzling Persian love cakes to addictive cheddar and chilli scones. Or, live large and conquer the almighty bacon or broccoli sangas. If carb loading is on the itinerary, make this your very first stop. There's also one in Marrickville.

This Surry Hills stayer slays it across the board, so expect a queue that's every bit as long at peak hour as it was back when they unlocked the doors in 2012. But, know that the coffee (roasted upstairs) and Central and South American accented all-day eats (think chilaquiles and huevos divorciados) are absolutely worth it. Bonus points for the immaculate industrial fitout.

Make friends with Ken and come to this cracking European-style deli and café slinging hearty brunches, delicious sandwiches on freshly baked baguettes, cured meats and cheeses and pastries. Basically, it’s exactly the sort of food you want to munch on while people-watching in Rushcutters Bay.

White Rabbit is a café that has proved so popular that it’s made like a bunny and procreated in Drummoyne, Double Bay and, now, Marrickville. Yet while White Rabbit has become a little chain of sorts, there's nothing cookie-cutter about these family-owned cafés (except for their delicious monster dark chocolate and sea salt cookies) – each spot caters to its local community and vibe. The Marrickville outpost serves up a delicious parmesan- and herb-crusted chicken sanga with brown butter aioli, cabbage, fennel slaw and pickles on sourdough. They also have an on-site bakery shop serving up Sonoma bread and great pastries for you to take home.

One Another is the neighbourhood café that every suburb longs for. Everything on the shapeshifting all-day breakfast menu is well priced, and seasonal produce at peak freshness is always a guarantee. In autumn, that might mean an elegant spin on fruit toast with tender cubes of spiced apple, ricotta and rosemary. Come spring, asparagus appears alongside perfectly poached eggs, crisp potatoes and rich miso butter. The Sample coffee is on point, as are the irresistible housemade pastries. Good morning, indeed.

The striking, dramatic and very pared-back Scandi-Japanese aesthetic here is impressive enough, but then out comes that signature soufflé pancake: whipped to within an inch of its life, risen high in the oven like a phoenix and finished with toppings that range from mango, peach and cream cheese to sencha cream, rhubarb and elderflower. The dish has a 20-minute wait time, but boy is that time well spent.

Sydney's never-ending love affair with ramen reaches all-time highs at this Newtown café-cum-motorcycle-repair-shop, where breakfast ramen is the order of the day. It’s a beautiful big bowl of rich, fatty buttered-toast-infused bone broth with bacon, tomato and an egg. Should you sleep in, there are three ramens to choose from at lunch (including a wicked vegetarian option), as well as dynamite katsu burgers. 

This Canberra import has made a name for itself sourcing and roasting some of the tippity top coffee in the country, and its minimal, miniscule Marrickville outlet is a caffeine fiend's paradise. There are separate menus of blends and single origins for black and white coffees and a pricey reserve list for filters, so don't hold back and nerd out hard – the staff know it all back to front and are more than happy to guide your journey. 

Ever wondered if there was somewhere out there you could find a croissant made with activated charcoal dough, piped with crème patissière and raspberry gel, dipped in caramelised white chocolate? Well, head to Manly and wonder no more. 

Nostalgia is alive and well at this Marrickville showstopper that references the look and feel of old-school milk bars and arthouse cinemas. The food side of the equation, meanwhile, takes a creative, globetrotting approach with options like Persian rice pilaf and pork cassoulet, while tricked-up sides (popcorn chicken, falafel) and housemade desserts sweeten the deal.

Harry's has proudly served the residents of Bondi since 1997, which is a medal-worthy achievement in its own right. So, too, are the famous Crispy Rolled Egg, spiced with black lentils and smoked paprika (with chorizo on the side FTW), and the house-cured pastrami salmon. 

The wood oven is the shining star at this Annandale bakery, café and general store, churning out loaves of sourdough, rye with malt molasses and caraway, and so-called gluten-free 'Life-changing Bread'. Order a Ploughman's Plate and soak in all that rustic, artisanal charm. 

If you want a lesson in how to shakshuka, hit up this long-lived modern Middle Eastern favourite in Redfern. Be warned: a visit might also make you crave falafel for breakfast for the rest of your days.

Craving a little slice of NYC in the CBD? Wedge yourself right between the teensy tables built into the bench outside of Regiment, order a bagel and a cared-for filter coffee and watch the world go by.

These coffee titans supply beans to dozens of quality establishments across town, but a pilgrimage to the Alexandria HQ is a must for any caffeine worshipper. Thankfully, the food is no afterthought either. 

Your morning coffee and toastie go the extra mile at Two Good Co Café. Housed within Darlinghurst’s Yirranma Place, this social enterprise café provides employment opportunities for vulnerable women, while serving wholesome menus curated by Sydney’s top celebrity chefs. You can eat well and feel good with freshly baked treats, toasties and seasonal salads from guest chefs like Matt Moran, Kylie Kwong and Neil Perry.

When we last went in to Three Blue Ducks Rosebery, the summer breakfast menu featured fancy takes on some breakfast staples – things like smashed avocado, preserved lemon and whipped ricotta bruschetta; and baked eggs with roasted tomato and onion sauce, chickpeas, Persian fetta, fermented chilli and sumac yoghurt – but also innovative breakfasts such as the king prawn and sambal scrambled eggs with sourdough, beansprout and herb salad and nuoc cham. Mouth watering yet?

We seem to be in an ongoing love affair with all things Italian, so why should breakfast be an exception? Enter Barbetta with its dashing good looks, cannoli and biscotti and a Carbonara Australiana scramble, complete with hearty cracks of black pepper, bacon and sharp pecorino.

Unlike their candy counterpart, Skittle Lane’s interiors stick to a more muted palette of blonde wood, black marble coffee bar and high, white ceilings. It's all very Nordic and elegant. But it ain’t just about Instagram-worthy interiors – these guys are dishing out full-bodied brews. Two large steely silver La Marzocco coffee machines pump out espressi, which are the exact right way to kick start your morning: rich, gentle and very well made. CBD workers know this, so there's a small line snaking out into the adjacent lobby. If you're after a big breakfast, go elsewhere, but they do whip up things on (and in between) toasted sourdough bread. Also try some breakfast dessert – the brioche bun with mascarpone is a perfect Fri-yay morning treat. There are also Skittle Lane cafés in Bondi Beach and Manly.