Best cafes in Haymarket

Best cafes in Haymarket, ranked

1. #16oz Coffee for a long black on a daily stop

   $🌳 Belmore Park, 3 min walk

   6oz Coffee sits in a rear shop on George Street and opens at 7am on weekdays, closing between 3pm and 4pm. Order a long black or a cappuccino. Customers call the espresso rich and well made, and the beans come from the PLAY roaster. Few seats are inside, and the menu for food is not known, so plan a meal elsewhere. Belmore Park is a three-minute stroll.

   Best for: Espresso and long black drinkers

2. #2Blue Moon Cakes & Coffee Thai Cafe for rich curries and stir-fries

   $$🌳 Chinese Garden of Friendship, 4 min walk

   Blue Moon Cakes & Coffee Thai Cafe on George Street serves Southern Thai curries, stir-fries and rice dishes, and opens from 9am to 10pm on most days. Order the crab curry with rice noodles or the pork curry, which diners describe as rich, spicy and authentic. Cakes sell alongside the savoury food, so it works for a sweet finish after dinner. Chinese Garden of Friendship is a four-minute stroll.

   Best for: Southern Thai lunch and shared meals

3. #3Haven Coffee for a busy morning milk coffee

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Chinese Garden of Friendship, 3 min walk

   Haven Coffee on Harbour Street opens at 7:30am on weekdays and 8am on weekends, and closes at 3:30pm. Order an oat cappuccino or the banana bread. Customers single out the latte art, and the room fills up in the morning. The cafe has outdoor tables in the sun. Chinese Garden of Friendship is a three-minute walk.

   Best for: Morning milk coffee and takeaway cups

4. #4Cafe Japanon Ultimo for a weekday matcha and rice bowl

   $🌳 UTS Alumni Green, 3 min walk

   Cafe Japanon Ultimo on Thomas Street serves breakfast and lunch on weekdays from 7am to 3:30pm. Order the karaage rice bowl, or the avocado on toast with eggs, which one visitor found well seasoned. Customers split on the coffee, so the matcha latte is the safer drink. Opinions on portion size are split. UTS Alumni Green sits three minutes from the door.

   Best for: Weekday matcha and a budget Japanese meal

5. #5Mama Cups for iced matcha with coconut foam

   $🌳 Belmore Park, 2 min walk

   Mama Cups on Pitt Street opens at 8am on weekdays and 10am on weekends. The menu is built around iced drinks, and the iced matcha with coconut cold foam is the one to order. The coconut foam iced coffee is the other favourite. Food is limited to baked goods, cookies and sandwiches, so treat it as a snack with your drink. Belmore Park is two minutes away on foot.

   Best for: Iced matcha and takeaway drinks

6. #6Issho Cafe - Tokyo Dessert House for matcha soufflé pancakes

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Belmore Park, 4 min walk

   Issho Cafe - Tokyo Dessert House on George Street is open from 9:30am to 11pm every day. Order the matcha soufflé pancakes, which customers call light and very good, or a whisked matcha drink. Savoury brunch dishes such as the egg sando and grilled wagyu don are on the menu too. Some gluten-free options are listed. Belmore Park is four minutes off on foot.

   Best for: Matcha desserts and casual brunch

7. #7Coop & Cart for toasted sourdough sandwiches

   $Outdoor seating🌳 UTS Alumni Green, 4 min walk

   Coop & Cart on Quay Street opens at 6am on weekdays only, and closes between 2:30pm and 3pm. Order the toasted sourdough sandwiches or the breakfast sandwich, and try the bacon toast. Customers describe the coffee as smooth and well balanced. The cafe has outdoor seating and suits families with children. UTS Alumni Green is four minutes' walk away.

   Best for: Breakfast sandwiches and families

8. #8Matcha-Ya for matcha soft serve and matcha soba

   $Outdoor seating🌳 MacArthur Park, 1 min walk

   Matcha-Ya opens at noon every day, closing at 9pm, or 10pm at the end of the week. Order the matcha or hojicha soft serve, the matcha soba, or the strong matcha latte. The lunch counter also packs a prawn katsu and chicken katsu combo for takeaway. It can be busy at lunchtime. MacArthur Park is a one-minute stroll from the door.

   Best for: Matcha dessert and takeaway lunch

Compare best cafes in Haymarket

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How we picked best cafes in Haymarket

Cafes were ordered by an overall score that gives more weight to a cafe many customers have weighed in on than one with a few. The next filter asked whether each place does more than coffee, what its food is known for, and whether it has a clear coffee focus. Descriptions follow what each cafe's own page and its customers say about the food and coffee.