Best brunch cafes in Croydon Park

Best brunch cafes in Croydon Park, ranked

1. #1By George Coffee for bagels with salmon or smashed egg

   $🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Martin Reserve, 2 min walk

   By George Coffee opens at 6am on Saturdays and 6:30am on Sundays, and both days close at 2:30pm. Bagels come with cream cheese, salmon, smashed egg or halloumi, and they are the brunch order here. Anyone wanting something hot can go for the Mushroom Melt on toasted rye. The outdoor tables allow dogs, which suits a weekend brunch with a pet.

2. #2Garden House Cafe for hash browns and bruschetta

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Futsal Field, 2 min walk

   Garden House Cafe runs from 8am to 4:30pm, which suits a late brunch. Start with either bruschetta, the garden house version or the tomato and egg one, then add the love-heart hash browns with their tomato sauce. The egg taco arrives unwrapped, in a bowl with salad and flatbread. Two customers call the coffee some of the best they have had, and the kids' menu makes it easy to bring children along.

3. #3Beirut Bites Cafe for a breakfast board and flatbread

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Coronation Reserve, 4 min walk

   Beirut Bites Cafe is open from 6am on most days, and its Lebanese breakfast board is the dish to order for brunch. The board brings fresh bread, fried eggs and sujok to the table, and the manoush is praised as fresh and full of flavour. The menu also includes pizza. Visitors describe a welcoming, clean room with generous portions, though a few waited a long time for their orders in the past year. The nearest park, Coronation Reserve, is a short four-minute walk.

4. #4XS Espresso Croydon Park for a weekend brunch with shakes

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Martin Reserve, 4 min walk

   XS Espresso Croydon Park opens at 7am on Saturdays and Sundays and stays open until 10pm. Acai bowls and shakes are on the menu, and recent visitors praise the breakfast for fresh food and neat plating. Desserts sit on the same long list as breakfast and lunch, so a brunch can roll into dessert. Recent visitors also mention the friendly service.

Compare best brunch cafes in Croydon Park

The table below sets out brunch, outdoor seating, dog rules and weekend opening for each cafe on the list.

How we picked best brunch cafes in Croydon Park

Each cafe's feedback from customers sets the starting order, and a long run of it counts for more than a short one. Brunch on the menu and weekend hours come next. Then the dishes each cafe's own page singles out decide the order within the list. Dog rules and outdoor tables are listed in the table below.