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El Sweetie Sweet Shop and Tea Salon
Photograph: El Sweetie Sweet Shop and Tea Salon

Granville area guide

Restaurants, shops and events in Granville

Written by
Emily Lloyd-Tait
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Although it’s possible that some history and disaster buffs know Granville best as the site of Australia’s most deadly train accident (83 people died in the 1977 derailment), these days you’re far more likely to associate this suburb of Western Sydney with Lebanese food or, depending on your hobbies, sprintcar racing at the Sydney Speedway track. Granville sits partially within Parramatta City and partially within the limits of the Cumberland Council, and if you live here you are more likely to be born overseas than locally, which is what gives Granville its international accent.

Restaurants in Granville

El Jannah

El Jannah

  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • price 1 of 4

Call it aioli, toum or skordalia, the popularity of garlic sauce extends to multiple countries and cuisines. Perhaps more than the chicken, the garlic sauce at...

Hawa Charcoal Chicken

Hawa Charcoal Chicken

  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • price 1 of 4

Granville might be known as the original home of El Jannah chicken but down the road you’ll also find Hawa, slick with red and black uniformed staff and the...

Dessert cafés in Granville

El Sweetie Sweet Shop and Tea Salon

El Sweetie Sweet Shop and Tea Salon

Both of the big, late night dessert shops in Granville sit conveniently close to each of the chicken shops, so if you’re eating at Hawa, El Sweetie is closer....

Abla’s Pastries

Abla’s Pastries

If you’re dieting or just generally lack will power, do not even think about walking into Abla’s Pastries. This late-night Lebanese cake shop is an Aladdin’s...

Bakeries in Granville

Beirut Bakery

Beirut Bakery

No, the bakery isn’t closed – the shop-front is just very misleading. You need to pop up the driveway and around the back to the little counter window where...

Mina Bakery

Mina Bakery

If you need a quick snack make Mina Bakery your first port of call. For two bucks you can get a crisp based thin pizza topped with za’atar and oregano...