Best cafes in North Strathfield

Best cafes in North Strathfield, ranked

1. #1Queen St Cafe & Store for good-value Vietnamese food

   $🌳 Ismay Reserve, 6 min walk

   Queen St Cafe & Store is a small Vietnamese cafe and grocery at 87 Queen St, and the food is the reason to go. Order the bo kho, a braised beef stew served with bánh mì in a crusty roll, or a rice bowl with meat, herbs and crisp fried shallot. Rice paper rolls and noodle salad cover the lighter side, and the chicken snack pack makes a bigger meal. Diners say the portions are big for the money. Take-home chicken or beef curry is sold too, along with Vietnamese groceries.

   Best for: Good-value Vietnamese lunch

2. #2The Brew Spot for a wide menu and speciality coffee

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Ismay Reserve South, 2 min walk

   The Brew Spot, at 3/16 George St, runs from breakfast through lunch, and it has vegetarian dishes plus a kids menu. Visitors name the knefeh French toast and the pancakes most often, and the menu also lists shakshuka, Turkish eggs and an acai bowl. If you want a sweet drink, the Spanish latte uses condensed milk, and one visitor gives the iced matcha latte high marks.

   Best for: Wide menu and speciality coffee

3. #3Cafe 93 for a simple, well-made breakfast

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Ismay Reserve, 5 min walk

   Cafe 93, at 93 Queen St, keeps breakfast simple, with a full breakfast plate and avocado toast on the menu. Visitors call the chicken schnitzel wrap pretty good at lunch, and another says the croissant came out toasted just right. Coffee drinkers like the flat white, which they describe as smooth. Prices are fair for the quality, and the cafe has outdoor seating and opens at 6am on weekdays.

   Best for: Quick breakfast and weekday coffee

4. #4Bar Biscotti for pastries and a weekend breakfast with friends

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Ismay Reserve, 3 min walk

   Bar Biscotti, at 24 George St, makes its pastries in house, and the croissant with cookie and pistachio is the one regulars mention. The Big Brekky comes with halal sausages, and the chicken burger comes with fries. For a sweet drink, the banana bread iced latte gets named most often, and the tiramisu latte also gets a mention. Weekends are busy, and queues can form for a table, so arrive early.

   Best for: Weekend breakfast with friends

5. #5August Coffee for table service and detailed coffee

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Ismay Reserve South, 3 min walk

   August Coffee, on George St, is the stop for a long coffee and a plate of pasta. The tomato pasta comes with burrata and a whole charred tomato, and the prawn pasta is topped with salmon roe. Customers also name the steak sandwich and the quiche lorraine. Latte art is detailed, and the cafe has a Sydney latte art champion behind the bar. Two recent visitors find the matcha drinks sweet, with little matcha flavour, so the coffee is the better order.

   Best for: Coffee lovers and long sit-down meals

6. #6La Lune Market for batch brew and bakery treats

   $🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Ismay Reserve, 3 min walk

   La Lune Market, at 1/13 George St, is a bakery and coffee stop with sandwiches, toasties, bagels and croissants. The batch brew is the one to order, according to one regular, and another visitor calls the cold brew and iced matcha latte excellent. One visitor says the beans come from Diggy Doos. Sandwiches and pastries are praised for freshness, and the basque cheesecake comes classic or hojicha. It is open from 7am on weekdays and from 8am on Saturday, until 4pm.

   Best for: Coffee and bakery treats

Compare best cafes in North Strathfield

Price, brunch, outdoor seating and dog access sit side by side below, with each cafe's weekend opening and nearest park.

How we picked best cafes in North Strathfield

Scores for cafes with only a little feedback lean toward a fixed middle value, so a few comments can't lift one to the top. This page then reads each menu and the coffee notes, and checks which themes repeat across each cafe's feedback. Queen St Cafe & Store leads because its score is highest, and its feedback repeats warm service, good value and fresh dishes.