Best cafes in Leura

Best cafes in Leura, ranked

1. #1Sparrows for a relaxed breakfast with coffee and cake

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Rest Park, 3 min walk

   On Railway Parade, Sparrows is a little cafe that starts serving at 6am and stops at 2pm. The chicken, brie and cranberry toastie is the one to get here, and so is the Turkish bread. Coffee drinkers finish with a slice of cake after the meal. The room is small, so waits can build at busy times. Rest Park is handy for a wander once the meal is done.

2. #2The Laneway Sandwich & Espresso for a toastie and a muffin

   $🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Rest Park, 3 min walk

   Near the Leura post office, The Laneway Sandwich & Espresso is open Monday to Wednesday and Friday, 6:30am to 2pm. Toasties are the savoury order, and muffins and banana bread come up on several visits. One diner raved about the Stout BBQ brisket. Locals tend to pick it over the main-street cafes, and dogs can sit outside. Rest Park lies about three minutes off.

3. #3Gia Cafe and Restaurant for Sri Lankan curry and brunch

   $$🌳 Bloome Park, 3 min walk

   Gia Cafe and Restaurant on Leura Mall serves brunch in the morning and Sri Lankan curries at night. Diners go for the curry, a burger or the mushroom toastie with pickled red onion. The house-made chilli oil is worth asking about. Soft music and lots of daylight make the room feel calm. Evening hours run until 8pm from Thursday through Sunday, and Bloome Park is a three-minute walk.

4. #4Lily's Pad Cafe for all-day breakfast with the kids

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Rest Park, 2 min walk

   Lily's Pad Cafe on Grose Street has a garden setting and a courtyard, and it serves breakfast all day. The roast eggplant breakfast and the buttermilk pancakes are the dishes to name. Several meals come gluten free, and the kitchen bakes its own bread and cakes. There is a kids menu. Service slows at busy times and dishes sell out, so order early. Rest Park is two minutes from the door.

5. #5Bygone Beautys Treasured Teapot Museum and Tearooms for high tea and scones

   🌳 Rest Park, 2 min walk

   Bygone Beautys Treasured Teapot Museum and Tearooms is open daily from 10am to 5pm in a Leura cottage. The high tea is what most visitors come for, and the scones arrive warm with jam and cream. The tea list is wide, and one pot holds enough for three or four cups. Antiques and gifts sit beside the tables. Afterwards, Rest Park is two minutes away for a stroll.

6. #6Café Leura - Modern Australian Cafe Restaurant for all-day breakfast and a filling family meal

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Bloome Park, 3 min walk

   Café Leura - Modern Australian Cafe Restaurant serves all-day breakfast, brunch and lunch from 8am to 3pm every day, with tables outside. The menu mixes Greek dishes with burgers, fish and chips and salads. Visitors single out the mousaka, which one diner says has a gluten-free bechamel, and the lamb gyros, which came out tender. The chicken is halal, and there is a kids menu. Bloome Park is only minutes away on foot.

7. #7Red Door Cafe for pies at lunch

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Rest Park, 3 min walk

   Red Door Cafe on Leura Mall is known for its pies, and regulars name the chicken and leek and the beef. The goats cheese tart and a Portuguese chicken sandwich are the other orders worth making. Several diners praise the service, and the fresh bread and salads come up often. A diner who needed gluten free said the bread, made on the premises, held up well. It opens at 7am on weekdays and 8am at weekends, until 3pm.

8. #8The Picture House for a hearty lunch by the fire

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Bloome Park, 3 min walk

   Open 8am to 4pm daily, The Picture House on Leura Mall has a fireplace indoors and trees over its outdoor tables. Visitors go for the gnocchi with prawns or the mushroom risotto, which arrived hot on a cold day. Portions run big, and one visitor liked the egg and bacon roll, chilli paste included. Coffee is called great and a good match for the food. A lap of Bloome Park fits in easily before or after lunch.

Compare best cafes in Leura

The table below sets out price, brunch, outdoor tables, dog access and weekend hours for the cafes on this page.

How we picked best cafes in Leura

Each cafe is ranked on its overall score, weighted by how many people have left feedback, and then on the food and coffee that visitors describe. Dogs, outdoor tables, price and weekend hours come from each cafe's listing. A cafe with little said about its food stays lower on the page.