Best cafes in Auburn

Best cafes in Auburn, ranked

1. #1NBA Grounds Cafe & training academy for a weekday morning coffee

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Auburn Memorial Park, 2 min walk

   NBA Grounds Cafe & training academy leads the page for a weekday morning coffee. One customer says its Turkish coffee was the find they wanted. Regulars also call the coffee consistently good, and the baklava toastie, a toasted pastry served with a long black, is the dish to order. It opens at 6am from Monday to Friday and closes at 4pm, with no weekend hours. Auburn Memorial Park sits two minutes' walk from the door. The room is described as cosy and calm, which suits a quiet coffee.

   Best for: Weekday coffee and Turkish coffee

2. #2Morning Owl for a big breakfast or brunch with friends

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

   Morning Owl is the pick for breakfast and brunch on this page. Diners call the Big Owl Breakfast hearty, with eggs that have runny yolks, and say the ingredients are high quality. Order the brioche French toast with passionfruit cream, or the owl bagel. Coffee drinkers praise the coffee, and one says it is exactly how they like it. Weekday service begins at 7am, and Sunday trading ends at 2pm. Walkers can reach RAAF Site Park 1 in about four minutes.

   Best for: Big breakfasts and brunch with a group

3. #3Ottoman Haus cafe for a shared Turkish breakfast

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

   Ottoman Haus cafe on Auburn Road is the pick for a long, shared breakfast. The shared plate includes menemen, feta, olives, sausage and bread. Gozleme with greens is the dish to order. Weekday trading starts at 6am, and weekends begin at 8am. Allow six minutes on foot to reach Auburn Memorial Park. Customers say the staff are polite and the room is clean.

   Best for: Shared Turkish breakfasts

4. #4Turkuaz cafe for Turkish coffee with a dog outside

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

   Turkuaz cafe on Queen Street is the pick for a coffee stop with a dog. Dogs are allowed outside, and the cafe runs 8am to 4pm, Monday to Saturday. Customers like the Turkish coffee, which comes with water and Turkish delight on the side. Lentil soup gets a mention, and the bread is made in-house. The husband and wife team behind the counter are described as friendly and welcoming. The nearest park, Auburn Memorial Park, is a short walk of three minutes.

   Best for: Dog owners and Turkish coffee lovers

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

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Auburn Memorial Park, 3 min walk

   Cafe Bodrum on Mary Street is the stop for coffee with cake. Regulars say the coffee is great, and one names the Turkish coffee. The display includes orange poppy seed cake and pastries with icing sugar. It has a terrace out front and opens at 6am on weekdays, with weekend hours that close at 3pm. Staff are praised for friendly, hard-working service. Auburn Memorial Park is the park closest to Cafe Bodrum, across the walk of three minutes.

   Best for: A coffee and cake break

6. #6QUEENS CAFÈ for Nutella pizza and acai bowls

   $🌳 Auburn Memorial Park, 4 min walk

   QUEENS CAFÈ on Queen Street is the pick for pizza and acai. The thin-crust pizza with Nutella, banana and strawberries, dusted with icing sugar, is the one recent customers single out. Acai is served in a cup with fruit and granola, and cakes sit in the counter cabinet. Doors open at 8am daily and close at midnight. QUEENS CAFÈ sits a four-minute walk from Auburn Memorial Park.

   Best for: Pizza, acai and late breakfasts

7. #7The Rose Garden for a break from shopping

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

   Shoppers can stop at The Rose Garden, tucked into the Harvey Norman Flagship store on Parramatta Road. It serves Toby's Estate coffee alongside a cabinet of doughnuts, cupcakes, muffins, slices and lamingtons. Customers describe the portions as generous and the food as fresh and well presented. Dogs can sit outside. Weekdays run from 8:30am to 3pm, and Saturdays to 3:30pm. Walking from the store to Auburn Park takes about six minutes.

   Best for: Shoppers and a relaxed lunch

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

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Auburn Memorial Park, 2 min walk

   Oliver Brown Auburn Central Shopping Centre is the stop for a chocolate treat between shops. The menu includes a chocolate Belgian waffle, a bacon and egg roll, and iced chai and iced matcha drinks. Chocolate gifts such as pralines and grab bags are also for sale. Some customers praise the staff for staying friendly in busy times, while two customers had an order go wrong, with a drink forgotten or swapped. It opens at 6:30am on weekdays and from 7am to 11pm on weekends. The park in reach is Auburn Memorial Park, two minutes off.

   Best for: Chocolate lovers and catch-ups at a table

Compare best cafes in Auburn

The table below sets out price, brunch, outdoor seating, dogs and weekend trading for each cafe, with the nearest park.

How we picked best cafes in Auburn

The order follows each cafe's overall standing, weighted by how many customers have left feedback, so a cafe with plenty of feedback counts for more than one with only a little. Every cafe was tested against brunch, weekend trading, dog access and outdoor tables. We also read each cafe's own page for what it says about the food and coffee, and used only what those pages back up.