Best cafes in Gladesville

Best cafes in Gladesville, ranked

1. #12 Doors Down for a slow weekend brunch

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Harding Memorial Playground, 6 min walk

   2 Doors Down on Victoria Road is the place for a long, slow brunch. Regulars order the Spanish chorizo omelette or the homemade pancakes, and the caramel oat latte is the coffee they name most. The plant-filled courtyard gives it a garden feel that few others on this list offer. It trades from 6am on Sundays until 2:30pm, and Harding Memorial Playground is about six minutes on foot.

2. #2Mr. Smith Espresso Bar for a quick morning coffee

   $🌳 Harding Memorial Playground, 7 min walk

   Mr Smith Espresso Bar sits on Victoria Road and opens at 6am, closing at noon on weekdays and Saturdays. Visitors come mainly for the espresso and for beans that two customers say are roasted locally. The almond latte gets the most mentions. It works as a takeaway stop before work, and Harding Memorial Playground lies seven minutes away.

3. #3All Good Plate and Co for a burger breakfast

   $$🌳 Harding Memorial Playground, 5 min walk

   All Good Plate and Co serves breakfast through lunch from 7am on most days, in a light room inside Shopping Village on Flagstaff Street. The halloumi and egg breakfast burger is the dish customers name first. Pasta and spaghetti also appear on the menu, and a kids menu and vegetarian dishes make it a good fit for families. It is five minutes on foot to Harding Memorial Playground.

4. #4CAV and Co Cafe for a bowl with outdoor tables

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Harding Memorial Playground, 7 min walk

   CAV and Co Cafe is a family-owned cafe on Pittwater Road with tables outside under an awning. Diners name the green bowl with prawns, feta and seeds at lunch, and the eggs benedict with salmon at breakfast. There is a kids menu and vegan options, and one customer says the coffee tastes balanced. Park access is through Harding Memorial Playground, seven minutes on foot.

5. #5Cafe Elation for pastries and a matcha latte

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Peel Park, 7 min walk

   Cafe Elation on Victoria Road has outdoor tables along its front, and dogs are allowed at those outside tables. Order the California toast, or a matcha latte that one visitor calls high quality and unsweetened. The pastries are fresh, and the special menu changes often, so repeat visits feel new. Peel Park is seven minutes away on foot.

6. #6Ergon 1 for a grilled chicken burger in the backyard

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Westminster Park, 4 min walk

   Ergon 1 is a Buffalo Road cafe for breakfast and lunch, and its backyard is where many guests sit outside. The grilled chicken burger is the order customers praise most, and the smashed avocado is also named. Prices sit below most of the cafes here, and flat whites come with latte art. Westminster Park is a four-minute walk, handy for a stop while a car is being serviced.

7. #7Muffin Break Gladesville for a takeaway quiche

   $🌳 Harding Memorial Playground, 6 min walk

   The Flagstaff Street bakery Muffin Break Gladesville fills its counter with quiches, muffins and sweet treats. The chicken and asparagus quiche and the crispy pork banh mi are the savoury picks, and the muffins are baked each morning. Visitors say the food comes out hot and the coffee is great. Walking to Harding Memorial Playground takes about six minutes.

8. #8College Street Kitchen for burgers and chips

   $🌳 Westminster Park, 7 min walk

   College Street Kitchen opens at 6:30am on weekdays and is not open at weekends. Burgers are the main order, and the beef burger in the combo comes with chips and a drink. Visitors also praise the mocha, which balances chocolate and coffee well, and staff are described as patient. Westminster Park is a seven-minute walk from the door.

Compare best cafes in Gladesville

The table below compares the picks on price, brunch, outdoor seating, dogs and weekend opening.

How we picked best cafes in Gladesville

Cafes were ordered by a weighted score that gives more say to cafes with more feedback behind them. Brunch on the menu, Saturday and Sunday trading, dogs inside or out, and tables outdoors were all checked. The write-ups draw on what each cafe's own page says about its food and coffee, and on what visitors repeat most often.