Best cafes in Burwood

Best cafes in Burwood, ranked

1. #1Pillar for specialty coffee and a quiet catch-up

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Sanders Reserve, 4 min walk

   Pillar is a small specialty coffee cafe on Unity Place, open from 7:30am on weekdays and 8am on Saturdays, with Sunday hours from 9am to 1:30pm. The coffee is the main draw: order the cold brew, or try an Italian-style espresso or a hand-drip. Beans come from Block Coffee Company, and guest roasters rotate through the menu. Pastries sit in a glass case, but the coffee list is the main draw. Sanders Reserve is a four-minute walk for a stroll after your drink.

   Best for: Coffee lovers and cold brew fans

2. #2Tea Spot for fruit teas and a drink you build yourself

   🌳 Woodstock Park, 5 min walk

   Tea Spot is a tea shop at 236 Burwood Road, open every day from 11am to 10pm. You choose a base, then the fruit flavour and toppings, so the drink is made to your order. Visitors name the fruit teas first, and one milk drink arrives topped with dried rose petals. Two recent visitors say the tea tastes weaker than it did before. Tea Spot is step-free, and Woodstock Park is about five minutes' walk, so a takeaway drink can go on a stroll.

   Best for: Milk tea and fruit tea fans

3. #3Reborn Cafe for fresh bowls and a quiet coffee

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Woodstock Park, 5 min walk

   Belmore Street holds Reborn Cafe, set off from the busy end of the centre, with a paved plaza for outdoor tables. It serves breakfast, brunch and lunch, from 6am on weekdays and 7am on weekends, until 3pm. The chicken Buddha bowl, with black rice, cherry tomatoes and cucumber, is the plate to order. Coffee drinkers should try the iced Vietnamese salted coffee, made to order with fresh salted cream. Two recent visitors say service slows at busy times, so come outside the peak hours.

   Best for: Quiet breakfast or lunch and fresh bowls

4. #4Charlie's On George Cafe for a sit-down breakfast

   $🌳 Burwood Park, 4 min walk

   Charlie's On George Cafe sits on the corner of George and Elsie streets. It opens at 6:30am on weekdays, and on Saturdays from 8am to 2pm. The big breakfast with egg Benedict is the one to order, along with the bacon and egg roll. The chicken and cheese burger with chips is the lunch choice. Visitors single out the flat white, and a lactose-free latte is available. A four-minute stroll brings you to Burwood Park.

   Best for: Sit-down breakfast and a flat white

5. #5T & B Cafe for a toasted sandwich and a takeaway coffee

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Burwood Park, 3 min walk

   At T & B Cafe on Elsie Street, the counter cabinet displays toasted sandwiches, wraps, muffins and donuts. Visitors praise the toasted avo-loumi roll and the ricotta and spinach wrap, and vegetarian options are on the menu. The coffee is brewed with Vittoria beans, and views split: one found it strong, another average. Hours run from 6am on weekdays, closing at 2pm on Mondays and 1pm on Fridays. Burwood Park is three minutes away.

   Best for: A quick breakfast or lunch to take away

6. #6Antique Cherry Cafe for a family brunch with a kids menu

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

   Antique Cherry Cafe on Unity Place serves western brunch classics beside Asian-style plates. The creamy chilli salmon pasta and the ebi roll are the orders to make, the second arriving in a basket with tater tots. Hours run from 8am to 3:30pm on weekends and Monday and Wednesday to Friday from 7:30am, and there is a kids menu. Bright outdoor seats and a styled room make it easy to linger with children. Sanders Reserve is four minutes away.

   Best for: Brunch with the family

7. #7The Beanstalk Café for a weekday pastry and a quick coffee

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

   The Beanstalk Café on Railway Parade keeps weekday hours only, from 6am to 4:33pm. Visitors name the spinach and cheese burek, the cinnamon roll and the almond croissant from the counter. One visitor says the team remembers regular orders, and staff come across as welcoming. Two reviewers found pastries stale or microwaved, so check the display first. The cafe is step-free, and dogs can sit on the terrace out front.

   Best for: A quick coffee and a pastry on a weekday

8. #8De Vu Café for a lunch of crackling pork bánh mì

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Woodstock Park, 5 min walk

   De Vu Café sits under the Burwood Arcade sign on Burwood Road. It opens at 6am on weekdays and at 7am on Sundays, closing at 4:30pm, with Saturday hours from 6am to 5:30pm. Order the crackling pork bánh mì, where the bread is crisp, or a vermicelli bowl with meat spring rolls. Visitors name the De Vu Frosty, a creamy coconut coffee with caramel flan. The indoor space is cosy, and the music stays low. Woodstock Park is five minutes' walk.

   Best for: Vietnamese lunch and cold drinks

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How we picked best cafes in Burwood

Cafes are ordered by an average score, weighted by how many customers scored each one, so a cafe with many comments counts for more than one with only a few. Among those, we kept the cafes whose listings and customer comments say something about this page's topic: coffee, food, weekend hours and outdoor seating. Each pick says something the others don't. Criticism appears only where several visitors raised the same point.