Best cafes in Riverwood

Best cafes in Riverwood, ranked

1. #1Oriento coffee house for takeaway pastries and sandwiches

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Phillip Street Reserve, 2 min walk

   Oriento coffee house has the widest food range on this list, from a salmon bagel and a mushroom melt toast to a spicy chicken wrap. Order the pistachio cheesecake or the Dubai pistachio kataifi, and note that visitors name both. The coffee is less settled: the piccolo wins praise, while some visitors find the flat white not strong and a later coffee watery. It opens at 6am on weekdays and 7am on weekends, and has outdoor seating.

   Best for: Takeaway pastries and sandwiches

2. #2Cafe Roman for a sit-down breakfast board

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Phillip Street Reserve, 2 min walk

   Cafe Roman is open from before 6am on weekdays, so it suits an early coffee before work as well as a slow weekend breakfast. The board of labneh, cucumber, tomato and halloumi with eggs and seeded toast is the dish to order. Regulars rate the coffee as steady, and the flat white is the one to order. Families with prams can get in easily, and there is a kids' menu.

   Best for: Weekend brunch and early coffee

3. #3Bonds Road Café for chicken sandwiches and cakes to take home

   $🌳 Wise Reserve, 2 min walk

   Bonds Road Café is built around chicken, so the grilled chicken sandwich with mayo and pesto is the order here. The counter also holds sausage rolls, croissants, pies and cakes for later. Visitors find the value good and the place handy for locals. Hours run from 5am on weekdays, and on Saturday it closes at 11am, so it suits breakfast more than a long lunch. Coffee gets mixed reviews, so judge it for yourself.

   Best for: Quick breakfast or lunch

4. #4Valentina Rose Cafe for a budget pasta and pizza lunch

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Phillip Street Reserve, 3 min walk

   Valentina Rose Cafe runs a lunch deal that puts pasta and pizza together for one set price. Order the fettuccine Alfredo with avocado, or the lasagna, for a pasta-first meal. The double egg and bacon burger comes with two hash browns. Dessert fans can try the pistachio tiramisu. Service is friendly, portions are large for the price, and tables sit outside. It opens at 6am on weekdays and 7am on weekends.

   Best for: Lunch with pasta or pizza

5. #5Pizza by Billy for cheese pizza and large orders

   🌳 Phillip Street Reserve, 2 min walk

   Order the cheese pizza at Pizza by Billy, a dish that many diners put at the top of the menu. Visitors say it is the best cheese pizza they have had, and a half cheese, half zaatar pizza impressed another diner with its dough and fresh toppings. Diners find the space roomy and kept neat. It also takes large orders, and an event group tried the whole range and liked all of it. It stays open until after midnight on Friday and Saturday.

   Best for: Cheese pizza and large orders

6. #6Gong Cha for a milk tea between errands

   🌳 Keppel Avenue Reserve, 3 min walk

   Gong Cha is a bubble tea shop, so the menu is milk teas, milk foam teas, brewed teas and smoothies, not coffee. A milk tea is the drink to try, and one visitor found the drinks fresh with a good balance of tea and sweetness. Two customers describe slow orders at the counter, and one waited 30 minutes on a quiet weeknight, so allow time at busy hours. It is open from 10am to 10pm every day and is step-free.

   Best for: Quick drink stop and bubble tea

Compare best cafes in Riverwood

The table below compares price, brunch, outdoor seating and weekend trade for each pick, with the nearest park and its walking time.

How we picked best cafes in Riverwood

The order comes from an overall score that weights each cafe by how many visitors have scored it, so a place with only a few scores counts for less. Each pick was then read for its food, its coffee, the dishes visitors name, its hours, and whether it has outdoor seating or parking.