Sydney's 20 Most Popular Cafes of 2023
Inner West coffee havens, bakeries that had you lining up around the corner and a stylish new opening inside a grocery store — these all made your list of the most clicked-on cafes for 2023.
Looking for a top-notch coffee? Or, maybe you're on the hunt for the best bagel in the city. Luckily, Sydney is flush with world-class cafes pushing the boundaries of this city's coffee culture and pairing their brews with tasty eats.
While it's always comforting to head to your local for your morning flatty, we're constantly on the lookout for the next great barista, and these are the Sydney cafes you've all been on the search for. We've compiled a list of the most clicked-on cafes throughout 2023 so that you can know where your peers have been finding those icy cold brews and next-level sambos.
Use this as a reflection on your best brekkies of the year — and a hitlist for all of your 2024 oat caps.
Image: Nikki To.
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CafeMaggio's Cafe
457 Miller Street, Cammeray
Come for the Italian pastries — stay for the brunch, pizza and pasta.
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CafeFirst Drop Cafe Marrickville
76A Edinburgh Road, Marrickville
Marrickville has welcomed an inner city stalwart into the fold.
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RestaurantBy Kai
45 Hutchinson Street, Surry Hills
This hole-in-the-wall cafe and takeaway eatery is a family-run independent smokehouse specialising in smoked trout.
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CafeEdition Haymarket
60 Darling Drive, Haymarket
Pair quality cuppas with innovative, Japanese-inspired brekkies at this inner city cafe.
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CafeFabbrica Bread Shop
733 Darling Street, Rozelle
The Ragazzi and Love, Tilly Devine crew turns its attention towards baked goods with this idyllic Rozelle bakery.
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CafeCelsius Coffee Co.
1/2 Holbrook Ave, Kirribilli
A harbourside cafe serving up rustic and Instagrammable breakfasts.
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CafeBar Mammoni
3 Loftus Lane, Sydney
Hinchcliff House's 30-seat walk-in-only bar and cafe is serving up morning coffees and afternoon cocktails.
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CafeValentinas
132 Livingstone Road, Marrickville
The charm of heartland American diners meets the best of Australian cafe culture at this much-hype Marrickville spot.
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RestaurantKen's Continental
40 Bayswater Road, Rushcutters Bay
The Bones Ramen team swaps noodles for deli meats and a strong brunch offering at its third Bayswater Road venue.
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CafeThe Grounds of Alexandria
Building 7A, 2 Huntley Street, Alexandria
The Grounds is innovative, idealist and a little bit chic — in the best possible way.
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CafeWhite Rabbit Marrickville
30 Llewellyn Street, Marrickville
White Rabbit brings Sonoma sourdough and XO chilli scrambled eggs to the former West Juliett space.
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CafeIndustry Beans York St
40 York Street, Sydney
The Melbourne coffee pioneer has brought its famed bubble tea-like cold brews to Sydney with its first outpost housed in the heart of the CBD.
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CafeSelf Raised Bread Shoppe
45 Jubilee Avenue, Carlton
After mastering the art of pizza dough, the My Mother's Cousin Team has moved on to baked goods with the goods.
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CafeGood Ways Deli Alexandria
81 Buckland Street, Alexandria
You'll find kangaroo mortadella sandwiches, Milo mocha and freshly baked loaves of bread at Good Ways Deli's Alexandria outpost.
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RestaurantBowery Lane
1 O'Connell Street, Sydney
New York and Sydney may be almost 10,000 miles apart, but this cafe restaurant brings them a little closer.
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CafeBrighter Coffee
102 Northumberland Avenue, Stanmore
This welcoming Stanmore cafe's kimchi toastie has a claim for one of the best toasted sandwiches in Sydney.
