Best brunch cafes in Auburn

Best brunch cafes in Auburn, ranked

1. #1NBA Grounds Cafe & training academy for a weekday brunch before 4pm

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Auburn Memorial Park, 2 min walk

   NBA Grounds Cafe & training academy opens at 6am on weekdays and closes at 4pm, so it is a weekday-only choice. Order the baklava toastie, a toasted pastry served with a long black. Customers say the coffee is consistently good, and the Turkish coffee is worth trying for something different. The room is small and calm, with tables outside. Auburn Memorial Park is two minutes away, handy before or after a coffee.

   Best for: Weekday brunch and Turkish coffee

2. #2Morning Owl for a weekend breakfast with a kids' menu

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 RAAF Site Park 1, 4 min walk

   Morning Owl opens at 8am on weekends and closes at 2pm, so plan an early breakfast. Try the brioche French toast with passionfruit cream, or the owl bagel and chilli bagel. Diners describe the Big Owl Breakfast as filling and tasty, with runny yolks. Families have a kids' menu and tables outside to work with. RAAF Site Park 1 sits about four minutes from the door.

   Best for: Weekend breakfast with children

3. #3Ottoman Haus cafe for a long Turkish breakfast spread

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Auburn Memorial Park, 6 min walk

   Ottoman Haus cafe serves a shared breakfast spread of menemen, feta, olives and bread, which suits a table that wants to share. Gozleme with a greens filling is the dish to order. It is open from 8am to 3pm on Saturdays and Sundays, and from 6am on weekdays. Visitors say the staff are polite and the room is clean. Ottoman Haus sits a leisurely six-minute stroll from Auburn Memorial Park.

   Best for: Shared Turkish breakfast on weekends

4. #4Turkuaz cafe for Turkish coffee and a table for dogs

   $🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Auburn Memorial Park, 3 min walk

   Turkuaz cafe is a good stop for Turkish coffee, which arrives with water and a sweet on the side. The lentil soup is served with warm bread made on the premises. Dogs can sit outside, which makes it a practical stop for dog owners. It is open Monday to Saturday from 8am to 4pm, so it is closed on Sundays. The nearest green space, Auburn Memorial Park, takes three minutes to reach.

   Best for: Turkish coffee with a dog

5. #5Cafe Bodrum for breakfast and a coffee and cake stop

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Auburn Memorial Park, 3 min walk

   Cafe Bodrum has a cake counter, and an orange poppy seed cake is one visitor's pick. Turkish coffee is the drink to order, and the shopfront advertises a signature blend. It opens at 6am on most days and at 7am on Sundays, closing at 3pm on weekends. A terrace sits out front, and vegetarian dishes are on the menu. Cafe Bodrum's terrace is minutes from the big green lawns of Auburn Memorial Park.

   Best for: Breakfast with cake and coffee

6. #6QUEENS CAFÈ for thin-crust pizza with a sweet topping

   $🌳 Auburn Memorial Park, 4 min walk

   QUEENS CAFÈ is known for a thin-crust pizza topped with Nutella, banana and strawberries, dusted with icing sugar. If you want something lighter, the acai with Nutella comes with strawberries, banana and granola. Doors open at 8am every day, and the cabinet by the counter holds pastries. The lunch crowd can walk over to Auburn Memorial Park in about four minutes. Recent visitors say the staff went out of their way when an order ran late.

   Best for: Pizza and acai for a quick lunch

7. #7The Rose Garden for a relaxed brunch between shops

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Auburn Park, 6 min walk

   The Rose Garden sits inside the Harvey Norman Flagship store at 250 Parramatta Rd, so it works as a stop on a shopping trip. Coffee is from Toby's Estate Coffee Roasters, and the cabinet holds doughnuts, muffins and lamingtons. Dogs can sit outside, and the cafe serves from 8:30am to 3pm each day. Auburn Park is a short stroll from the store entrance.

   Best for: Shopping break with coffee and sweets

8. #8Oliver Brown Auburn Central Shopping Centre for chocolate drinks between shops

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Auburn Memorial Park, 2 min walk

   Oliver Brown Auburn Central Shopping Centre is a chocolate cafe inside Auburn Central, and its chocolate Belgian waffle is the sweet choice. Visitors order iced chai and iced matcha. Weekend opening starts at 7am, and weekdays from 6:30am. Shoppers can reach Auburn Memorial Park in about two minutes. Some visitors had a drink forgotten or swapped, so check the order before leaving the counter.

   Best for: Chocolate and catch-ups at a table

Compare best brunch cafes in Auburn

The table below compares price, brunch, outdoor tables, dogs, weekend hours and the nearest park for each cafe.

How we picked best brunch cafes in Auburn

Cafes were ordered on customer feedback, with the number of customers who left it counted in. Brunch dishes, Saturday and Sunday opening, dogs allowed inside or outside, and tables outdoors were weighed too. Each cafe's menu notes were weighed too.