Cafés with outdoor seating in Sydney
Terraces, courtyards, and pavement tables in Sydney. Specialty coffee with a seat in the open air.
18 cafés · Australia
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Mecca Coffee Alexandria
Paul Geshos founded Mecca in 2005 as a direct-trade pioneer, and the Alexandria roastery-cafe at 26 Bourke Road is…
Single O
Single O has anchored Surry Hills' coffee culture since 2003, pouring single-origin espresso and cold brew from a…
Toby's Estate Chippendale
Toby's Estate has been roasting specialty coffee since 2001, and their Chippendale flagship at 32-36 City Road was…
Good Ways Deli
Tom Pye, six years deep at Coffee Supreme, and Jordan McKenzie, ex Cornersmith and Cho Cho San, opened this sunny…
Rising Sun Workshop
Rising Sun at 1c Whateley Street is a communal motorcycle workshop and award-winning restaurant in a Newtown back…
Campos Coffee
Campos at 193 Missenden Road was one of the first cafes in Australia to build its identity entirely around…
Matinee Coffee
Matinee occupies a spacious 80-seat warehouse at 8/142 Addison Road with red velvet rope and fringe chandeliers…
Porch and Parlour
At 17-18/110 Ramsgate Avenue in North Bondi, Porch and Parlour has been one of the eastern suburbs' most consistent…
The Wedge Espresso
The Wedge at 53-55 Glebe Point Road has been Glebe's most dependable specialty stop for years, pulling Single O shots…
Axil Coffee Roasters
Melbourne's seven-time Australian Barista Championship winner arrived at 365 Crown Street in late 2025, bringing…
Doran Doran
Doran Doran at 137 Regent Street is a premium neighbourhood cafe by day and transforms at night into Little Korea,…
Genovese Coffee House
Genovese has roasted in Melbourne since 1970, and their Alexandria venue at 1-3 Lawrence Street brings that heritage…
Reuben Hills
Reuben Hills spans two levels at 61 Albion Street, with the roaster running upstairs and a full Latin-inspired…
Rocker Bondi
Rocker sits on the North Bondi headland with one of the most commanding ocean views of any Sydney cafe, making the…
Sonoma Glebe
Sonoma has been Sydney's reference-point artisan bakery since 2001, and the Glebe Point Road cafe brings their…
Soulmate Coffee
Soulmate occupies a sunny corner in Newtown's backstreets and has built a following through well-crafted breakfast…
The Grounds of Alexandria
Set in a sprawling 1920s industrial precinct at 2 Huntley Street, The Grounds is Sydney's most visited cafe…
Will & Co
Will and Co's Surry Hills home base is the production and creative centre behind one of Sydney's most widely…
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