Best brunch cafes in Annandale

Best brunch cafes in Annandale, ranked

1. #1Precinct37 for a big brunch with friends

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Badu Park, 2 min walk

   Precinct37 runs a wide brunch menu from 7am on Saturdays and Sundays, until 3:30pm. Order the banana bread special, a French toast plate with bacon, or the spicy BNE with chilli oil. Build-your-own breakfasts of eggs, toast, tomato and spinach suit a table with mixed tastes. Plates come out generous, and the kids' menu and vegetarian options make it workable for mixed tables.

   Best for: Big weekend groups and mixed tables

2. #2Nelson's Nest for eggs cooked to order

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Matheison Street Reserve, 2 min walk

   Nelson's Nest cooks its eggs to order at a small counter on Nelson Street. Ask for the poached eggs with fried tomato and crisp bacon, or the eggs on toast, which reviewers say is good value. Breakfast turns into lunch here, with sandwiches on bread rolls, salads and fresh orange juice. Weekend hours run 7am to 1:30pm on Saturdays and 7:30am to 1:30pm on Sundays, so an early brunch is easy to fit in.

   Best for: Cooked-to-order eggs and early starts

3. #3The Drop Espresso & Juice Bar for a jaffle and juice

   $🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Badu Park, 2 min walk

   The Drop Espresso & Juice Bar is a family-run cafe on Booth Street where the savoury jaffle is the dish to pick. Mashed potato, chorizo and cheese are the fillings people mention, and a sausage roll on the side suits a casual brunch. For something lighter, the acai-style bowl comes with banana, berries, kiwi, granola and chia. Saturdays it opens at 6am, and on Sundays it starts an hour later and closes at 3pm.

   Best for: Jaffles and a quick, cheap brunch

4. #4Cafe Booth for baked eggs in a cast-iron pan

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Hinsby Park, 4 min walk

   Cafe Booth runs a long brunch menu with a specials board, and its baked eggs are the dish to beat. The shakshuka arrives sizzling with feta and a crisp chorizo ring. Pumpkin and halloumi fritters and fluffy pancakes are the other dishes regulars come back for. Weekend hours run 7am to 2pm, and heaters warm the outside seats in winter.

   Best for: Long menu and outdoor tables

5. #5Urban Sips for a brunch before 8am

   $🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Badu Park, 1 min walk

   Urban Sips is the earliest brunch on this list, open from 5:30am every day. The menu covers breakfast, brunch and lunch, with soup, rose water lemonade and vegetarian plates. Kids have their own menu, and the outside tables take dogs. A customer who has gone for years says the staff make it welcoming.

   Best for: Early brunch and a kids menu

6. #6Trafalgar St Espresso for gluten-free brunch

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Matheison Street Reserve, 4 min walk

   Trafalgar St Espresso is the place to go for gluten-free brunch on this list, and a coeliac visitor found the choice worth the trip. Shakshuka and toasted croissants are the dishes diners mention most. The iced coffee with ice cream is the drink to pair with them, and it is served at the outdoor tables. Matheison Street Reserve sits four minutes' walk away, and weekend hours run 8am to 2:30pm.

   Best for: Gluten-free plates and weekend brunch

7. #7Cafe Claire for sweet brunch and pies

   $🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Nestor Park, 3 min walk

   Cafe Claire leans sweet at brunch, with rose pancakes, smashed avo and a triple mushroom sandwich on the menu. Pies and pastries pair well with the coffee, which visitors call excellent. Expect a tight room with only a few tables. It opens at 7am on weekends, closing at 2pm on Saturdays and noon on Sundays. Nestor Park is three minutes' walk off.

   Best for: Sweet brunch and pies

8. #8Meli for a family brunch with a playground nearby

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Hinsby Park, 1 min walk

   Meli has a kids section on the menu and a relaxed room for a long catch-up with friends. The chilli eggs are a savoury pick, and the rizogalo brings rice, fruit and almonds to the sweet side. The menu also has eggs benedict on sourdough and a double smash burger. Parents mention the icy poles. Hinsby Park is a single minute from the door, and weekend hours run 8am to 2:30pm.

   Best for: Family brunch and a playground stop

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How we picked best brunch cafes in Annandale

Cafes were ordered by how well they are liked, weighted by how many people have reviewed them, then checked for brunch on the menu, weekend hours, dogs inside or outside and outdoor tables. Cafe pages were read for their brunch dishes, and complaints appear only where several reviews agree. The table shows the details side by side.