Best cafes in North Ryde

Best cafes in North Ryde, ranked

1. #1Ben Mika for an all-round meal and coffee

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 North Ryde Park, 6 min walk

   Ben Mika on Blenheim Road serves breakfast, brunch and lunch, and it leads this list for food and coffee. Order the American cheeseburger with fries or the chicken shish plate. The kitchen stops at 3:30pm from Monday to Thursday and at 3pm on Sunday, and it stays open until 8:30pm on Friday and Saturday. North Ryde Park is a short six-minute walk, and families can order from the kids menu.

   Best for: All-round meals and coffee for groups and families

2. #2The Dining & Co for a long, sit-down lunch

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Kathleen Park, 6 min walk

   The Dining & Co on Avon Road opens at 7am on weekdays and 8am at weekends, and it closes at 4pm. Order the spanner crab pasta, the French toast or a burger, and ask for the gluten-free bread on the French toast. Dogs can sit outside, which is rare among the cafes on this list. Kathleen Park is roughly a six-minute stroll.

   Best for: A sit-down lunch with dogs welcome outside

3. #3Flame Cafe for Indonesian-style rice and noodles

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Kathleen Park, 3 min walk

   Flame Cafe on Coxs Road serves Indonesian rice and noodle dishes beside Western cafe fare. Start with the nasi goreng or the fried rice with pork belly, which comes with a fried egg on top. The triple mushroom spaghetti has a vegetarian option too. Doors open at 6:30am and shut at 3pm every day, and you can reach Kathleen Park on foot in three minutes.

   Best for: Asian-style rice and noodles at a fair price

4. #4Tilt Ryde for a relaxed breakfast before work

   $Outdoor seating🌳 North Ryde Park, 6 min walk

   Tilt Ryde on Blenheim Road opens at 5:30am on weekdays, earlier than any other cafe here. Pick the corn fritters, or the cooked plate with haloumi, avocado and baked beans. Gluten-free bread costs extra. The cafe closes at 2:30pm, and it has a shaded row of tables on the footpath.

   Best for: An early, relaxed breakfast on weekdays

5. #5Cafè SaBu for big breakfasts and lunch from two menus

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Kathleen Park, 2 min walk

   Cafè SaBu on Coxs Road serves its big breakfast all day, alongside a Middle Eastern menu. Try the kafta plate, or a chicken pesto melt for lunch. Opening hours run from 6am to 5pm on weekdays and Saturday, and from 7am to 3pm on Sunday. A two-minute stroll gets you to Kathleen Park, and children have their own menu.

   Best for: Big breakfasts and Middle Eastern plates

6. #6Cafe Trebbiano for a weekday breakfast or lunch with colleagues

   $Outdoor seating🌳 North Ryde Park, 9 min walk

   Cafe Trebbiano sits in The Village Riverside Corporate Park and opens on weekdays only, from 6am to 3pm. The seafood plate, salads and chicken and mushroom risotto suit a group lunch. Breakfast includes poached eggs and avocado on toast. It shares the lowest price mark on this list, and North Ryde Park is a nine-minute walk away.

   Best for: Office lunches and weekday breakfasts

Compare best cafes in North Ryde

The table below compares price, brunch, outdoor tables, dog access and weekend opening for each cafe.

How we picked best cafes in North Ryde

The order comes from a score that blends each cafe's reviews, and a cafe with a long run of them counts for more than one with few. Topic checks came next: the menu, weekend hours, dog access and outdoor tables. Each cafe's own write-up supplies what guests say about food and coffee.