Best cafes in Redfern

Best cafes in Redfern, ranked

1. #1Metaxi Mas Deli Cafe for a casual breakfast

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Chelsea Street Park, 1 min walk

   Metaxi Mas Deli Cafe on Bourke Street serves a Greek brekkie, a Greek meatball sandwich and a chicken sandwich on Turkish bread. Order the breakfast with a Greek coffee, which comes in a copper briki with a small cup. The deli counter sells Greek treats and home-made cakes to take away. Chelsea Street Park is a minute's walk, so a takeaway coffee and a sit in the park is an easy plan.

   Best for: Greek breakfast and takeaway deli

2. #2Blue Brew Cafe for cappuccino and a footpath breakfast

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Douglas St Peoples Playground, 3 min walk

   Blue Brew Cafe at 95 Redfern Street is the stop for a cappuccino or a cold brew, and regulars order both most often. Breakfast runs through the morning, and the hangover roll and the croissant eggs benedict are the dishes diners name. Staff will make a custom drink with extra chocolate, half decaf or soy milk. A walk to Douglas St Peoples Playground takes three minutes afterwards.

   Best for: Coffee stop and breakfast on the footpath

3. #3Little Fern on Regent for vegan and gluten-free lunch

   $🌳 Jack Floyd Reserve, 1 min walk

   Little Fern on Regent Street is the pick for a quick lunch with vegan and gluten-free choices. The shepherd's pie is labelled vegan and gluten-free, and the quiche changes daily alongside tuna melt and pastrami sandwiches. Pair a flat white or a cold brew with a cake from the counter. The nearest green space, Jack Floyd Reserve, is one minute off, and service ends early afternoon.

   Best for: Vegan and gluten-free lunch

4. #4Sette Posta Catering/ Cafe for platters and office orders

   Outdoor seating🌳 Great Buckingham Street Reserve, 2 min walk

   Sette Posta Catering/ Cafe on Cleveland Street is best known for platters. Order the sandwich platter, the fruit platter or the burger sandwiches for a group. The cafe flags its meat-free lines, and a vegan platter is on offer. Coffee is a quick stop before work rather than a reason to visit, and Great Buckingham Street Reserve is two minutes away.

   Best for: Office catering and fruit platters

5. #5Charmed by for a bacon and egg roll on brioche

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

   Charmed by on Redfern Street is known for the bacon and egg roll on brioche, which diners name as the dish to order. The menu also has crepes, banana bread French toast and a chicken Caesar wrap at lunch. Freshly squeezed juice can be built to order. From this corner, Redfern Park is the green space to walk to afterwards.

   Best for: Bacon and egg roll and long breakfasts

6. #6Regent Brew Box for crab pasta and a weekend brunch

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Jack Floyd Reserve, 1 min walk

   Regent Brew Box on Regent Street serves breakfast, brunch and lunch, and customers keep ordering the crab pasta for its balanced flavours. A burger with melted cheese and tomato arrives with thick chips. Children have their own menu, and takeaway coffee is on sale too. Jack Floyd Reserve is a minute away, and Redfern station is close for a lunch on the way home.

   Best for: Weekend brunch and crab pasta

7. #7Hunter's Corner for smashed avo and a weekend breakfast

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Douglas St Peoples Playground, 3 min walk

   Hunter's Corner on Pitt Street is the pick for a weekend breakfast, and the Smashed Avo on Rye and the Eggs Benny are the dishes to order. Greenery fills the room, and there is a back courtyard next to the footpath tables. Visitors praise the affogato as a favourite coffee to finish with. The nearest park for a walk is Douglas St Peoples Playground.

   Best for: Weekend breakfast with plants and a courtyard

8. #8St Jude Cafe for coffee and an all-day breakfast

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Chelsea Street Park, 2 min walk

   St Jude Cafe on Bourke Street serves an all-day breakfast until the kitchen closes, and customers praise its coffee. The big menu includes stuffed mushroom sourdough, pumpkin and corn fritters and a mocha pancake. Seats under the gum trees out front give a green outlook, and the inside is snug. A two-minute stroll gets you to Chelsea Street Park.

   Best for: Coffee and an all-day breakfast

Compare best cafes in Redfern

The table below compares price, brunch, outdoor tables, dogs and weekend hours at each cafe on this page.

How we picked best cafes in Redfern

Cafes are ordered by their overall score, weighted by how many diners have left feedback, then by what each offers: brunch on the menu, weekend hours, outdoor tables and dogs. Comments on the food and coffee decide the order within close scores. Where a cafe's own page and its comments disagree, the menu is the guide.