Best cafes in Newtown

Best cafes in Newtown, ranked

1. #1Cafe Martini for a cooked weekend breakfast

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Matt Hogan Reserve, 3 min walk

   Cafe Martini on King Street is a small breakfast and lunch cafe run by a hands-on owner. Try the corn fritters, which come with poached eggs and tomato relish, or the plate of bacon, mushrooms and poached eggs on sourdough toast. Poached eggs come included in a dish's price, and bacon and egg rolls are sold to take away. It opens at 7am and closes at 3pm on most days, and Matt Hogan Reserve is a three-minute walk.

   Best for: Cooked breakfast on a weekend

2. #2Mrs Underwood for home-style baking and lamb pastry

   $🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Matt Hogan Reserve, 3 min walk

   Mrs Underwood on Alice Street is run by Bec and Laura, and the food is made in-house. Regulars come back for the lemon baked lamb in flaky pastry, and a bagel with a coffee is a simple breakfast. Jams and preserves sit on shelves near the entry for purchase. Lactose-free milk is stocked, the cafe opens at 7am from Tuesday to Saturday, and dogs can sit outside.

   Best for: Home-made baking and a neighbourhood breakfast

3. #3Maeda for matcha and a brunch plate

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Matt Hogan Reserve, 3 min walk

   Maeda on King Street serves brunch with a Japanese twist, and its drinks go well beyond coffee. Matcha, gyokuro and other teas, amazake and yuzu soda sit alongside the espresso, and matcha orders come out quickly. Order the grilled salmon on the breakfast plate or the burrata topped with shimeji, then finish with carrot cake, a favourite with diners. It is open until 3pm, and Matt Hogan Reserve is a three-minute walk.

   Best for: Matcha, tea and a plated brunch

4. #4One Another for a brunch at the long table

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Jack Haynes Rest Area, 1 min walk

   One Another on Wilson Street is a bright brunch cafe with a long communal table. The sausage and egg burger and the bacon and egg roll on a soft milk bun are the dishes diners name most, made with Tablelands Meats. Gnocchi is also on the menu, and the lychee frappe gets a strong recommendation from one regular. The kitchen adapted a meal for a diner with a dairy intolerance, and Jack Haynes Rest Area is one minute away.

   Best for: Groups and a weekend brunch

5. #5neighbourhoods café and restaurant for coffee and avocado toast

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Salmon Playground, 2 min walk

   neighbourhoods café and restaurant takes over the former Either | Or site on King Street, with a few tables on the footpath. The drinks are the draw here, and cappuccinos come with latte art in grey cups. The avocado toast with poached egg, feta, radish and herbs is the plate customers photograph most. Breakfast starts at 6:30am on weekdays, and Salmon Playground is a two-minute walk.

   Best for: Specialty coffee and a footpath seat

6. #6Ariana's Place for a family lunch and big portions

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

   Ariana's Place on King Street serves Indonesian and Vietnamese dishes alongside Australian cafe breakfasts. Grilled pork chop rice and ayam geprek are the dishes customers name most, and the portions are generous. Tables sit apart in a bright, covered, open-sided room, and a kids' menu is available. Mango and passion fruit shakes are on the drinks list, and it stays open until 4pm. Hollis Park sits two minutes on foot from the door.

   Best for: Family lunch and mixed menus

7. #7Pastizzi Cafe - North King Street for pastizzi and late dinners

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Michael Kelly Rest Area, 2 min walk

   Pastizzi Cafe - North King Street is a busy Maltese cafe that opens at 10am and stays open late, until midnight on Friday and Saturday. The beef and dark ale pastizzi and the chicken and mushroom pastizzi are the flavours to try, and spaghetti vongole is the pasta to order. Pasta servings are large, and customers think they are fair value. Lemon flan finishes the meal, and Michael Kelly Rest Area is two minutes away.

   Best for: Pastizzi, pasta and late dinners

8. #8Campos Coffee for a long black and an affogato

   $🌳 M.J Hayes Playground, 2 min walk

   Campos Coffee on Missenden Road is the Newtown branch of its roaster, and coffee comes first. The board changes daily with the Superior and Blade Runner espresso blends, and one reviewer praises the bold long black. The affogato comes as a classic, a piccolo or a kids' version, and the lemon cake pairs well with it. Most customers take their coffee away or drink it in the narrow front room, and M.J Hayes Playground is a two-minute walk away.

   Best for: Espresso and a quick takeaway coffee

Compare best cafes in Newtown

The table below sets out price, brunch, outdoor seating, dogs and weekend opening for each cafe in this list.

How we picked best cafes in Newtown

Cafes are ranked on their standing, weighted by how many customers have scored each one, and then on this topic's facts: breakfast and lunch on the menu, weekend hours, dogs inside or outside, and outdoor tables. Food and coffee details are taken from the text each venue publishes about itself. The top ranked cafes are the picks, in that order.