Best brunch cafes in Epping

Best brunch cafes in Epping, ranked

1. #1Afterglow Eatery | Epping Cafe for a weekend brunch with matcha

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Mobbs Lane Reserve, 4 min walk

   Doors open at 6am on weekdays and 8am at weekends, so Afterglow Eatery | Epping Cafe covers an early start and a late breakfast alike. Diners come for the big breakfast and the pasta, and for the matcha latte. Outside seating takes dogs. Mobbs Lane Reserve is a short stroll away, about 4 minutes on foot.

   Best for: Matcha and a weekend brunch

2. #2Common Coffee for avocado toast and a short menu

   $🌳 Rockleigh Park, 4 min walk

   Common Coffee keeps early hours, from 7am on weekdays and 8am on Saturdays, closing at 1pm. Avocado toast is the dish customers name most, and the leek and Dutch carrot toast is the savoury second choice. Coffee is the main draw, with an Ethiopian V60 and an oat flatty among the drinks named. Rockleigh Park sits about 4 minutes on foot from the door.

   Best for: Avocado toast and a quick coffee

3. #3Java House Cafe for a calm weekend breakfast on the deck

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Boronia Park, 2 min walk

   Java House Cafe sits inside Boronia Grove Community Centre on Victoria Street, with a timber deck that overlooks Boronia Park. It serves breakfast and lunch every day, from 7:30am to 2:30pm, so weekend mornings are covered. Order the shakshuka, or try the steak and eggs or the fish and chips that diners mention. A matcha cloud drink is also on offer, which one diner found new. Boronia Park is only 2 minutes on foot from the deck.

   Best for: A slow breakfast on the deck

4. #4Yoonin Table for a relaxed breakfast and a soy milk coffee

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

   Rawson Street is home to Yoonin Table, which opens at 7am each day and shuts at 3pm. Customers praise the chicken katsu breakfast, with a crisp crust, and the big breakfast with grilled chicken and sunny-side eggs. The soy milk coffee is the drink to order for its latte art. Seating out front takes dogs, and the kids' menu suits families. Boronia Park lies about 4 minutes on foot from the shopfront.

   Best for: Breakfast with a soy milk coffee

5. #5Ellie’s Espresso Cafe and Bar for the Wagyu burger

   $$🌳 Rockleigh Park, 3 min walk

   Ellie’s Espresso Cafe and Bar is open from 6am on weekdays and 6:30am on Saturdays, closing at 4pm. The Wagyu burger is the dish to order, and customers say the portions are generous for fair prices. The seafood pasta in tomato sauce and the eggs Benedict on sourdough are other options.

   Best for: A burger or pasta for a longer lunch

6. #6C'est Bon Toastie Cafe for pork belly toasties

   $🌳 Rockleigh Park, 4 min walk

   Oxford Street is home to C'est Bon Toastie Cafe, where the menu is short: toasties first, then avocado toast. Diners name the pork belly and chicken toasties, and the avocado toast comes with a creamy drizzle and chives. It has no Monday hours, and it opens at 7am from Tuesday to Friday. Inside it is a quiet, snug room that gets crowded when busy. Rockleigh Park is around 4 minutes on foot.

   Best for: Toasties and a light breakfast

7. #749 Cafe Early Bird for an early breakfast on Beecroft Road

   $🌳 Boronia Park, 4 min walk

   49 Cafe Early Bird on Beecroft Road opens at 6am from Monday to Saturday, so it suits an early breakfast. Poached eggs on sourdough, which one regular orders, are the dish to try, and the portions are big. Coffee is the main draw, with lattes and a chai that come with latte art. Prices are reasonable. Boronia Park is a short walk over, around 4 minutes.

   Best for: An early breakfast with big portions

8. #8Vivace Cafe for acai bowls and dessert after brunch

   $🌳 Rockleigh Park, 3 min walk

   Vivace Cafe on Oxford Street stays open late, from 7am to 9pm on weeknights and until 9:30pm on Saturdays. Acai bowls and gelato are the dishes visitors name most, which suits a late brunch that turns into dessert. The coffee gets praise for being smooth and consistent. A few customers would like more fruit in the acai bowls at that price. After dessert, Rockleigh Park is about 3 minutes away on foot.

   Best for: Acai bowls and gelato after brunch

Compare best brunch cafes in Epping

The table compares price, brunch, outdoor seating, dog access and weekend hours for each cafe.

How we picked best brunch cafes in Epping

Cafes are ordered by a score that weighs customer feedback and how much of it there is, then checked for this topic: brunch on the menu, weekend hours, and what each cafe's own menu says about its food. Each cafe's text draws on its menu and on what its customers say, where several of them say the same thing. Cafes without brunch on the menu were left out of the list.