Best brunch cafes in Engadine

Best brunch cafes in Engadine, ranked

1. #1Wall Street Espresso for a family breakfast and fritters

   $$🌳 Lantana Road Reserve, 2 min walk

   Wall Street Espresso is a relaxed cafe on Lantana Road, open from 7:30am on Sundays and from 6am on weekdays. Order the fritters with poached eggs and avocado, or the breakfast tacos if you want something bigger. Diners say the plates are big and the produce is fresh. Families and mixed groups both find something on the menu, including vegetarian dishes. Lantana Road Reserve is a two-minute stroll from the door.

   Best for: Family breakfast with fritters and eggs

2. #2Big Red Cafe for burgers, thick shakes and outdoor tables

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Engadine Town Park, 2 min walk

   Big Red Cafe is a casual spot on Station Street, open Monday to Saturday. It closes at 4:30pm on weekdays and at 2:30pm on Saturdays. Burgers and thick shakes are the orders customers name most. Breakfast plates, a brekkie burrito and a magic mushroom breakfast also come up, and gluten-free toast, muffins and cake are on the list. Seats are set out front, and Engadine Town Park is a short walk down the road.

   Best for: Burgers and shakes for families with kids

3. #3Picasso Bar for gluten-free breakfast and a quick coffee

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

   Picasso Bar is a small cafe on the Old Princes Highway, open from 7am on Sundays and Saturdays and from 6am on weekdays. Its homemade food is the main pull, with plenty of gluten-free choices. Try the acai bowl with fresh fruit, berries and granola, or a sausage roll with buttery pastry. Its alternative milks, macadamia and almond, earn praise alongside a good brew. Dogs can sit at the outside seating, and Dernacourt Reserve is a four-minute walk.

   Best for: Gluten-free breakfast and a coffee stop

4. #4Dose for smooth coffee and a dog-friendly breakfast

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

   Dose is on Cambrai Avenue, open from 5:30am on weekdays and Saturdays and from 7am on Sundays. Coffee is the main reason to come, and coffee drinkers call it smooth, rich and consistently good. Breakfast is fresh and generous. The toasted sourdough with chicken and spinach arrives wrapped in paper. Its street-side tables welcome dogs, and Logan Park sits a minute's walk from the door.

   Best for: Morning coffee with a dog

5. #5Cornerstone by Steam Brothers Coffee for creative brunch plates

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Engadine Town Park, 3 min walk

   Cornerstone by Steam Brothers Coffee is on Waratah Road and serves Steam Bros specialty coffee and teas. Order the chorizo scrambled eggs or the bacon and egg roll, which one diner called gourmet. An avocado dish with dukkah and a haloumi bowl with pearl barley and walnuts suit a slower lunch. Hours start at 6:30am on weekdays, 7am on Saturdays and 8am on Sundays, and the cafe closes at 2pm. Children order from a menu with crumbed chicken and fries. The outdoor seating works well for anyone bringing a dog.

   Best for: Creative weekend brunch for families

6. #6The Local Pantry for eggs Benedict and Biscoff drinks

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Engadine Town Park, 2 min walk

   The Local Pantry is on Waratah Road, open from 7am on weekdays and Saturdays and from 8am on Sundays. Breakfast leads the menu. The eggs Benedict come on sourdough with spinach and hash brown, and smashed avocado arrives on the side. Pancakes with crisp bacon make up the sweet side of the menu. Recent visitors name the Biscoff latte and the Biscoff cheesecake. The outside tables take dogs, and John Keenan Park and Engadine Town Park are both close by.

   Best for: Eggs Benedict and dessert with the kids

7. #7Board 'n' Barrel for cheap eats and sausage rolls

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Engadine Town Park, 3 min walk

   Station Street is home to Board 'n' Barrel, which has a balcony and serves breakfast through to lunch. Cheap eats make it a budget stop: the breakfast burger, the ham and cheese toastie and the mango smoothie. Two visitors name the house-made sausage rolls as the thing to order. Coffee drinkers call the cup the best in town, and staff get praise for their service. It is open weekdays from 5:30am to 4:30pm and on Saturdays until 1:30pm.

   Best for: Budget breakfast and coffee on Station Street

8. #8Corner Brew for bacon and egg rolls and fresh juice

   $🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Engadine Town Park, 2 min walk

   Corner Brew is on the Old Princes Highway, with outdoor seating and a front cabinet of sweet bakes. The bacon and egg roll is the dish recent visitors name, alongside a kale juice. The breakfast menu also runs to croissants with egg and bowls of oats, while lunch offers a chicken salad and a lamb burger on the specials board. Dogs are allowed outside. Open 6am to 4pm on weekdays and 7am to 2pm at weekends.

   Best for: Bacon and egg roll before work

Compare best brunch cafes in Engadine

The table below compares price, brunch, outdoor tables, dog policy, weekend trading and the nearest park for each pick.

How we picked best brunch cafes in Engadine

Cafes are ordered by what customers say about their food and coffee, weighted by how many customers have left feedback, so a few glowing comments count for less than steady praise. Each pick must serve brunch and open on weekends. Outdoor tables and dog policy are noted wherever the cafe lists them. Food and drink descriptions from each cafe's own listing shaped the order too.