Best cafes in Double Bay

Best cafes in Double Bay, ranked

1. #1Elbon Coffee for beans to take home

   $🌳 Guilfoyle Park, 4 min walk

   Elbon Coffee is a roastery in an arcade off New South Head Road, and it is a takeaway shop rather than a cafe with seats. Buy a bag of house blend beans and brew them at home, or order a takeaway espresso while you wait. The counter also sells chocolates, cookies and seasonal European sweets that suit gift buying. It opens at 7am on weekdays and closes at 2pm on Saturdays, so weekday mornings are the easiest time to visit.

   Best for: Coffee beans and takeaway espresso

2. #2Wogga Wogga Cafe for a casual Greek lunch

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Foster Park, 4 min walk

   Wogga Wogga Cafe serves Greek food in Knox Arcade on Cross Street, and its lamb souvlaki combo with hot chips is the dish to order. Spanakopita and a chicken souvlaki wrap are the other favourites. Regulars come back for the coffee, which earns points on a loyalty card. Tables sit outside, and the cafe is open daily from 7am to 3pm, with Foster Park about four minutes on foot.

   Best for: Greek lunch with outdoor tables

3. #3Taka Tea Garden for green tea and matcha

   🌳 Guilfoyle Park, 3 min walk

   Taka Tea Garden is a tea shop on New South Head Road with a small room to sit down in. The menu is tea rather than food, with Japanese green teas such as sencha, gyokuro and houjicha, plus Taiwanese oolong. Customers name the gyokuro and the matcha as their favourites, and the owners are praised for knowing the teas well. It is open from 1pm to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday, so plan for after lunch.

   Best for: Green tea and matcha buyers

4. #4Redleaf Cafe for coffee and breakfast by the water

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Blackburn Gardens, 1 min walk

   Redleaf Cafe sits beside Murray Rose Pool on New South Head Road, and its outdoor tables look out over the harbour. Customers praise the coffee, and one picks the almond croissant to go with it. Breakfast and brunch sit alongside a kids' menu and vegetarian dishes, and frappes and smoothies are a big part of the menu. It opens at 7:30am and closes at 3pm on weekdays, and at 4pm on Sundays and Saturdays.

   Best for: Coffee and breakfast with a harbour view

5. #5Bake Bar for breakfast and baking to take away

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Foster Park, 5 min walk

   Bake Bar is an organic artisan bakery in Double Bay, and its shakshuka and rye toast are the breakfast dishes customers name. The chicken shawarma is the lunch pick. Customers can also find gluten-free and dairy-free sweets, including a chocolate cream slice. Dogs can sit at the outside tables, and the bakery opens at 6am on weekdays, so it suits an early start with the family.

   Best for: Breakfast, brunch and takeaway baking

6. #6White Rabbit Kiaora Place for French toast and egg muffins

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

   White Rabbit Kiaora Place on New South Head Road is the sit-down option in this group, with indoor and outdoor seating and table service. Order the cinnamon French toast or the egg and sausage muffin, which customers name as the dishes to order. The menu also has eggs Benedict, Turkish eggs and a ricotta pancake stack, with vegan and gluten-free options. It is open from 7am to 3:30pm every day.

   Best for: Sit-down breakfast with table service

7. #7White Rabbit on Cross Street for a weekend breakfast with kids

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Guilfoyle Park, 1 min walk

   White Rabbit on Cross Street is a casual cafe with a kids' menu and outdoor tables. Breakfast is the main menu, with eggs benedict with spinach, the WR famous granola bowl and a breakfast burger for a bigger appetite. At lunch, the schnitzel sandwich and Vietnamese chicken salad are the options to look at. Customers praise the patient service and the value for the price. Gluten-free bread is available, and the cafe is open from 7am to 3:30pm each day.

   Best for: Weekend breakfast and lunch with kids

8. #8FILOSOFY for an early breakfast and quick coffee

   $$🌳 Guilfoyle Park, 1 min walk

   FILOSOFY is a small coffee shop on Bay Street that opens earliest in this group, at 5:30am on weekdays. The frittata is the dish to order, and a quesadilla also draws praise. Coffee arrives on saucers, with latte art on the lattes and chocolate dusting on the cappuccinos. Guilfoyle Park is a short walk from the door, and the shop closes at 2pm each day.

   Best for: Early weekday breakfast

Compare best cafes in Double Bay

The table below compares price, brunch, outdoor seating, dogs and weekend opening for each cafe, along with the nearest park.

How we picked best cafes in Double Bay

The order weighs how well each cafe is liked against how many people have said so, so a cafe with steady praise can rank above one with fewer, stronger comments. For this page we also checked the food and coffee on each cafe's own page, weekend hours, outdoor tables, and whether dogs can sit inside or outside. Coffee and food are judged from what visitors say and what the menu lists.