Best brunch cafes in Burwood

Best brunch cafes in Burwood, ranked

1. #1Pillar for a slow Sunday start over good coffee

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Sanders Reserve, 4 min walk

   Pillar opens at 9am on Sundays and closes at 1:30pm, with Saturday hours from 8am to 3pm. Breakfast, brunch and lunch are all served, and the glass case holds croissants and filled pastries for a sit-down morning. Order the cold brew, or a mocha that one visitor calls perfectly balanced. There is outdoor seating, and the entrance is step-free. After eating, a walk to Sanders Reserve takes about four minutes.

   Best for: A relaxed Sunday brunch with good coffee

2. #2Reborn Cafe for a brunch bowl on the outdoor plaza

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Woodstock Park, 5 min walk

   Belmore Street's Reborn Cafe opens at 6am on weekdays and 7am on weekends, with food until 3pm. One visitor singled out the chicken bowl, which comes with black rice and cherry tomatoes. Coffee gets praise, including an iced Vietnamese salted coffee made fresh to order. Tables sit on a paved plaza, and two recent visitors say service slows at busy times.

   Best for: A brunch bowl outdoors

3. #3Antique Cherry Cafe for a long brunch with the kids

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Sanders Reserve, 4 min walk

   Antique Cherry Cafe on Unity Place runs western brunch classics alongside Asian-style plates. Visitors single out the creamy chilli salmon pasta, tossed with spinach and paprika, and the ebi roll with tater tots. A kani and tamago croissant and a signature salad bowl are also on the menu. Weekend hours run from 8am to 3:30pm, and a kids menu and vegetarian options are available. The nearest green space is Sanders Reserve, four minutes away.

   Best for: Families and a slow weekend brunch

4. #4Charlie's On George Cafe for a big breakfast on a weekday morning

   $🌳 Burwood Park, 4 min walk

   On weekdays Charlie's On George Cafe starts at 6:30am, and Saturday trading runs 8am to 2pm. The big breakfast with egg Benedict is the plate to get, with a bacon and egg roll for a lighter order. Reviewers say the portions are big and the prices reasonable. A chicken and cheese burger with chips is the lunch order, and the flat white is the coffee to get. Takeaway is available as well as sit-down service.

   Best for: A sit-down breakfast before the day starts

5. #5T & B Cafe for a weekday toasted sandwich

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Burwood Park, 3 min walk

   T & B Cafe on Elsie Street opens at 6am on weekdays and closes at 2pm on Mondays and 1pm on Fridays. The listing shows no weekend hours, so plan on a weekday brunch. Toasted sandwiches and wraps come from the counter, and visitors name the toasted avo-loumi roll and the ricotta and spinach wrap. Vegetarian choices are available, and there are outdoor tables. Three minutes on foot brings you to Burwood Park.

   Best for: A quick weekday brunch to take away

6. #6De Vu Café for brunch with pork bánh mì and coconut coffee

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Woodstock Park, 5 min walk

   De Vu Café under the Burwood Arcade sign opens at 6am on Saturdays and 7am on Sundays, closing at 5:30pm on Saturdays and 4:30pm on Sundays. The menu covers breakfast, brunch and lunch, including crackling pork bánh mì with crisp bread. The De Vu Frosty, a creamy coconut coffee with caramel flan, gets named by two visitors. The Coco Matcha comes across as mellow, with little sugar. A picture menu board hangs at the front.

   Best for: Vietnamese brunch and a sweet coffee

7. #7Cafe 97 for a late brunch in the main street

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Burwood Park, 4 min walk

   Cafe 97 opens at 11am daily, so it suits a late brunch rather than an early one, and stays open until 10pm on weeknights and 11pm on Fridays and Saturdays. The bistro menu runs from breakfast to dinner, and one visitor praised the steak as perfectly cooked, served with chips and a side salad. Coffee and cake is a good pairing, though the coffee is called decent. The outdoor area has a pond and water feature. Burwood Park is four minutes away.

   Best for: A late brunch and an easy meal out

8. #8The Beanstalk Café for a weekday breakfast

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

   The Beanstalk Café on Railway Parade serves breakfast, brunch and lunch, but only on weekdays from 6am to 4:33pm. The spinach and cheese burek is the savoury pick, and the cinnamon roll and blueberry muffin are the sweet ones. Vegetarian choices are on the menu. Two reviewers found pastries stale or soft, so ask what came out fresh. The terrace out front has outdoor seating, and the cafe is step-free.

   Best for: A weekday breakfast with something sweet

Compare best brunch cafes in Burwood

The table shows price, weekend hours, outdoor tables and dogs for each brunch cafe, so you can see which suit a slow morning.

How we picked best brunch cafes in Burwood

Cafes are ordered by an average score, weighted by how many customers scored each one, and only cafes with brunch and listed hours qualify. For each one we read the dishes customers name, the weekend hours, and whether the room or the outdoor tables suit a slow morning. We only mention a downside when several visitors agree on it.