Cafes For Breakfast & Lunch only, Sydney

Very Yummy breakfast .... at affordable prices. what makes this place special is the fantastic harbour views.

Good cheap lunches too...

Open Monday-Friday 7am-5pm

Favorite Dish: Poached eggs or eggs benedict or if its lunchtime pastas, fish or gourmet lamb pie!

This cafe was inside Martin Place train station and my friend and I, both volunteers at the World Youth Day just finished attending the special audience with Pope Benedict at the Domain and we were both hungry. We didn't have breakfast so we thought of scouting where to get brekky - hot food fast! We passed by this little cafe/take away shop and didn't think of going there . However, after looking at the other selections in the area, we went back there as the ladies manning the shop were very friendly and helpful. We said we wanted something hot and also easy to eat. One suggest the croissants and we saw cooked eggs, fried mushrooms, tomatoes, etc. SO we ordered egg and bacon on croissants and we were happy with the food!

Favorite Dish: The bacon and egg croissant was delicious because the croissant itself was freshly baked and really tasty, not to mention very filling. Coffee (decaf) was nice too and really hot, unlike ijn spme cafes where I get disappointed because the water seems to be not so hot when served!

Would highly recommend Playfair Cafe (Shop 21,The Rocks Centre (Playfair Street),THE ROCKS
NSW 2000, Australia, P: (02) 9251 3317. Went there every morning during our week long stay in Sydney. They do the best egg, bacon and cheese rolls and they are enormous just the thing to set off your busy day touring the city, also try the breakfast wraps (yummy). The cafe is also great if you are planning to visit the Rocks Markets at the weekend as its just a short walk from there and its also right next to the Tourist Information Centre.

Favorite Dish: Egg, bacon, cheese rolls

This is one of my favourite spots in the city to have lunch, morning tea or afternoon tea. It has a great location at the back of St James Station looking out onto Hyde Park & up towards the Archibald Fountain. You can also watch all the Chess players (check my Sydndy local customs tips for more info re these).

Now, location & ambience are only part of the total equation of course so let me tell you about the food & coffee. They are both good quality & no more than average price for decent quality food & coffee in Sydney

Favorite Dish: If I have lunch here I usually have the Atlantic Salmon with an accompanying green salad. It's not only a very tasty dish, but another opportunity to get my fill of those healthy omega 3 oils.

Of course to finish my meal I have my usual Mocha on Soy Milk & it is always a good quality cup of coffee here at Bar Quattro

This one falls into the category of being a "quickie tip". I don't have a lot of information on this little coffeeshop, no official address or phone number. But...

If you're in Sydney visiting Hyde Park, and you're in the mood for a mid-morning or even mid-afternoon cup of Joe, check out the little coffeeshop at the Elizabeth Street/Liverpool Street corner of the park. (Near the ANZAC Memorial)

This little shop really hit the spot one morning for us. We'd just returned from a jaunt down to Chinatown, and really needed some morning fuel to get through to lunch. Our continental brekkie at the Victoria Court had been quite a few hours earlier. : )

Our friend Aussiedoug has mentioned to us that this little shop had good muffins, pastries and (of course) coffee. And as always, Doug was on the mark.

Favorite Dish: Well, it's a coffeeshop, soooooo the proof in the pudding, so to speak, will be their coffee.

Darned good brew, folks. Hearty, flavorful and rich. As always, my wife had black (coffee, dark) and my daughter and I did cappuccino. We also had some freshly baked muffins for a "snackie".

Good stuff. If you need a refueling stop, I'd suggest giving this little stand a try. AND....there's public restrooms right next to them, which is always a welcome sight when you're out on city walkabout.

We arrived in Sydney at 7 am local time on a Friday morning. Much to our delight,clearing customs, passport control and quarantine took almost no time. We found ourselves ready to roll into Sydney by 7:30 am, and we ran into Tan of Tan's Tours.......another smooth transition. Long story short, we were AT the Victoria Court Hotel by 8:30 am. Our room wasn't quite available, but we checked in, and then went exploring the Potts Point area. We'd boarded a plan some17 hours earlier, and had only had minimal sleep. WE NEEDED A BIT OF COFFEE.

I saw a little place called the Craic Pott Cafe. Upon entry, I was informed of its proper pronunciation, "Crack-Pot Cafe". This irreverent little joint was just what we needed on our first hours in Sydney. They had several splended coffees and coffee-based drinks for purchase, along with fresh breads, muffins and such. You could even get a hot "brekkie", Aussie slang for breakfast. I wasn't quite ready for anything heavy, and neither were Bonnie and Sara, we just chose the simple stuff below.

And, the fellow behind the counter asked if we'd like to sit outside to enjoy our coffee. We looked at him a bit askew, as it was slightly chilly in the morning shade of Victoria Street. He said "no worries on the chill, mate. I'll start the heater." He then proceeded to fire up a lovely "over table" propane heater. So, we sat out in the fresh air, warm and toasty, enjoying our coffee.

The Craic Pott was a perfect start to our relationship with Australia. Informal, friendly, and maybe a little puckish. The guys running the place reminded me of that famous line from Crocodile Dundee, where Paul Hogan says "they're just kids having fun".

Favorite Dish: Well, we went for coffee and snacks. Bonnie had her usual black coffee, aka coffee dark in Oz. Being the most informed coffee aficionado in our family, her pronouncement of "very good" speaks for the family. Sara and I, being coffee lightweights, went with a cappuccino, which was also well done. For our snacks, we shared homemade banana-walnut muffins, and a few slices of homemade cinnamon raisin bread....nice and thick, hot from the toaster with butter. Ummmmm.

A small Bakery in Bondi which does a very tasty salad sandwich at a cheap price.

Favorite Dish: The salad sandwich, simple food which tastes wonderful.

And only $2.50- $3.50

The bakery foods look delicious, but I haven't tried them yet.

It's a small cafe that sells small pastry type pies(very yummy) called pastizes for 0.80 cents each.

Flavours of:

Chicken & Mushroom
Pea
Meat
Cheese(white, feta i think)
Spinach& cheese
Apple

Does good coffee as well.

Favorite Dish: It's a good idea to get there around lunch time coz
they sit the pie trays out once they're cooked so they can get cool.
Best to buy one of each that are sitting out to cool, check which are actually hot, they buy some more of the hot one's.
The cold pastizes, you can take home to reheat

Or buy them by the frozen dozen($8) & take the home to cook, yum!

~4 - 4:30 PM on a Saturday iz a great to to drop in for a bite.
A bit of a crowd so there's plenty of just cooked hot pastizes ready to be enjoyed.
Read the daily newspapers there or eat with friends.