Best cafes in Millers Point

Best cafes in Millers Point, ranked

1. #1Brix & Beans Coffee House for a relaxed breakfast on the terrace

   $🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Clyne Reserve, 2 min walk

   Brix & Beans Coffee House is open from 7am on weekends and from 6:30am on weekdays. Regulars order the avocado toast with poached eggs, cherry tomatoes and feta more often than anything else. Flat whites and lattes are the usual drinks, and the list also covers teas, fresh juices and smoothies. Dogs can sit at the outdoor tables, but the room inside is small, so come early on a busy morning.

   Best for: Relaxed breakfast with a dog outside

2. #2CAVA for pasta and a long brunch with friends

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Hickson Park, 2 min walk

   CAVA opens at 6:30am every day and stays open until 9pm from Wednesday to Saturday. Order the rigatoni, a tomato pasta with chicken and parmesan, which diners single out above the rest. The brunch menu includes eggs Benedict on sourdough with bacon, and a kids' menu sits alongside it. Indoor and outdoor seating both suit a long sit with friends or family.

   Best for: Pasta lunch and a family brunch

3. #3Obsessive Coffee Disorder for a fried chicken sandwich and a good flat white

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Munn Reserve, 2 min walk

   Obsessive Coffee Disorder is open Monday to Friday from 6:30am to 3pm, so plan a weekday visit. Its fried chicken sandwich, with tomato and lettuce on soft white bread, is the order visitors come back for. Coffee drinkers praise the coffee across several visits, and the service gets good marks, with recent customers calling the staff friendly.

   Best for: Weekday coffee and a chicken sandwich

4. #4Zupano Espresso_Bar for a bacon and egg roll before lunch

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 The Paddock, 2 min walk

   Zupano Espresso_Bar opens at 7am every day and closes at 3:30pm, serving breakfast through to lunch. Breakfast here is built around the bacon and egg roll, which diners name most. Regulars say the oat piccolo is the coffee to get, and the family-run team gives attentive service to guests who sit a while.

   Best for: Bacon and egg roll with an oat piccolo

5. #5Rubber Ducky Cafe for a chicken and cranberry sandwich on a weekday

   $🌳 Argyle Place Park, 2 min walk

   Rubber Ducky Cafe is open Monday to Friday from 7am to 3pm and is closed at weekends. The chicken and cranberry sandwich, with brie, coleslaw and lettuce, is the one visitors praise most, and the counter also holds muffins and pastries. The room is bright with tall windows, and the seating is comfortable, though it can get busy. Argyle Place Park is a stone's throw from the door, about two minutes on foot.

   Best for: Quick sandwich and coffee on a weekday

6. #6National Trust Cafe for a sit-down salad after a gallery visit

   🌳 Observatory Hill Park, 1 min walk

   National Trust Cafe, tucked into the National Trust Centre on Upper Fort Street, serves lunch Tuesday to Sunday. The garden salad and the smoked salmon salad are the two dishes to order at lunch. Dessert options include a chocolate torte, apple crumble and carrot cake, and the iced coffee and Vienna are worth a look. Observatory Hill Park is close enough to walk to in about a minute.

   Best for: A sit-down lunch after a gallery visit

Compare best cafes in Millers Point

The table below sets the cafes side by side on hours, price and seating.

How we picked best cafes in Millers Point

Cafes are ordered by an overall score that gives more weight to places with more reviews, so a few glowing comments do not lift a cafe past the rest. Each entry then checks what this page covers: breakfast and lunch on the menu, weekend and weekday hours, and whether dogs or families are welcome. Each entry also draws on what the cafe's own page and visitors say about the food and coffee.