Best cafes in Kogarah

Best cafes in Kogarah, ranked

1. #1ARANCINA 13TH for coffee and an Italian breakfast

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Edith Blake Reserve, 3 min walk

   ARANCINA 13TH sits on Belgrave Street beside the library, and it is the top pick here for coffee. Coffee drinkers call it the best in town, and visitors say complicated orders come out exactly as asked. The morning menu offers eggs benedict topped with mushrooms and bacon. Lunch leans Italian, with pasta, pizza and salads, and a three-minute stroll takes you to Edith Blake Reserve.

   Best for: Coffee and an Italian breakfast

2. #2Kay Geez Cafe for frappes and a fruit bowl

   $🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Tom Hanratty Reserve, 3 min walk

   Kay Geez Cafe is the place for a frappe. A matcha frappe impressed one visitor, and the coffee comes out fast and well made. Bowls with fresh fruit, granola and coconut sit alongside a protein-heavy bowl and kimchi fried eggs. Weekday hours run from 6am until 3:30pm, and Tom Hanratty Reserve sits a short walk off.

   Best for: Frappes and a healthy bowl

3. #3Cafe Agave for cheap fresh juice

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Edith Blake Reserve, 2 min walk

   Cafe Agave is a weekday cafe on Kensington Street, and fresh juice is what visitors come for. The juice is squeezed to order, generously sized and full of fruit, with plenty of vegetables to pick from. Chicken salad and tuna wraps are the usual pairing, and one visitor paid $9 for a juice and a tuna wrap together. It runs weekday trade from 7am to 5pm, with Edith Blake Reserve a two-minute walk off.

   Best for: Cheap juice and a wrap

4. #4Regency Cafe for pastries and a well-made latte

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Tom Hanratty Reserve, 3 min walk

   Regency Cafe is a small room on Regent Street, and its pastries are baked in store. Muffins sit beside almond croissants, and one visitor's favourite is the croissant. Regulars praise the latte for its rich flavour and neat latte art, and one recommends the iced mocha. It opens at 6am on weekdays and closes at 2:15pm, which suits a quick stop before a train.

   Best for: Pastries and a quick latte

5. #5Cannoleria Piccola & The Piccola Edit for cannoli filled to order

   $$🌳 Edith Blake Reserve, 4 min walk

   Cannoleria Piccola & The Piccola Edit is a small shop on Belgrave Street, and its cannoli are filled when you order them. Classic custard and chocolate are the ones to get, and visitors say the shells stay crisp if you eat them soon after filling. Cabinets also hold gelato, biscotti and shakes, and coffee is on the menu. The shop trades Tuesday to Friday, 10:30am to 3:30pm, and Edith Blake Reserve is four minutes on foot.

   Best for: Cannoli to take away

6. #6Culture Bean Cafe for a sit-down family meal

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Edith Blake Reserve, 5 min walk

   Culture Bean Cafe on Gray Street has table service, so it suits a longer breakfast or lunch. Diners keep ordering the hollandaise eggs, and soy lattes and piccolos are the coffee to pick from. Open all week, it is good for children, and Edith Blake Reserve lies five minutes off on foot.

   Best for: A sit-down family meal

7. #7Cafe 959 for generous plates and a kids' menu

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Edith Blake Reserve, 5 min walk

   Cafe 959 is in an older shopfront on Gray Street, and its plates are the generous kind. Breakfast wraps with a relish earn praise, and lamb souvlaki is the lunch order. The espresso and lattes are rich and aromatic. Daily hours run 6am to 3pm, a kids' menu is on offer, and the nearest park is five minutes away on foot.

   Best for: Generous plates for the family

8. #8The Laughing Goat Cafe for breakfast with a browse

   $$🌳 Kogarah Park, 3 min walk

   The Laughing Goat Cafe on Princes Highway shares its space with an antique shop, so you can look around after breakfast. Poached eggs on sourdough and avocado toast lead the plates, and visitors say the food looks as good as it tastes. The coffee is good enough to bring you back, especially at breakfast. Hours run 8am to 4pm every day, and Kogarah Park sits three minutes away on foot.

   Best for: A sit-down breakfast and a browse

Compare best cafes in Kogarah

The table sets the picks side by side on price, brunch, outdoor seating, dogs and weekend opening.

How we picked best cafes in Kogarah

Cafes are ranked on their reviews, weighted by how many reviews each one has, so a cafe with a few reviews cannot outrank one with many. For this overall page, the food and coffee facts count most: the breakfast and lunch menus, what each cafe does better than the others, and what each cafe's own page says about its food. Each pick was then checked against the others so that no two picks make the same case.