Best cafes in Smithfield

Best cafes in Smithfield, ranked

1. #1Industrial Cafe for a wide hot and cold lunch menu

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Rosford Street Reserve, 5 min walk

   Industrial Cafe is on Long Street and trades on weekdays from 5am to 3pm. The counter makes sandwiches, wraps and salads to order, and it also serves fried rice with a choice of toppings and fish and chips. Staff are described as friendly and helpful. For a lunch with plenty of choice, this is the cafe on this list with the widest menu.

   Best for: Lunch with plenty of choice

2. #2Dulce de leche cafe for coffee and South American sweets

   $$🌳 Thorley Park, 9 min walk

   Dulce de leche cafe is a South American bakery and cafe on Brenan Street. Empanadas and coffee draw most of the custom, and many leave with sweets to take home. The display holds layered cakes, tarts topped with strawberries and cream rolls. One coffee drinker said the cup was creamier than others they had tried. The cafe opens at 6am, and Thorley Park is about a nine-minute walk away.

   Best for: Coffee with pastries and sweets

3. #3Theos Cafe for hot wraps and good coffee

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Thorley Park, 7 min walk

   Theos Cafe sits in Smithfield's industrial and commercial area and serves breakfast, brunch and lunch on weekdays. The wraps come in traditional, salsa or spinach styles, and the fillings run from peri-peri schnitzel and roast beef to BBQ chicken or crumbed eggplant with mushrooms. Ready dishes and salads sit under the glass. Coffee drinkers say the hot drinks are some of the best they have had here.

   Best for: Hot wraps and a strong cup

4. #4Little Corner Cafe for a schnitzel burger and a flat white

   Outdoor seating🌳 Tait Street Park, 3 min walk

   Little Corner Cafe, on Britton Street, keeps a short menu of hot food, gourmet sandwiches and salads. Per its menu listing, the best-selling item is a schnitzel burger, chicken marinated in Mexican and Asian herbs, with mixed leaves and sweet chilli sauce. Potato wedges with sweet chilli and sour cream are the side to add. Customers praise the coffee and the service, and it is open weekdays from 6am to 3:30pm.

   Best for: A schnitzel burger and good coffee

5. #5Cafe Krunch for generous salads and a friendly team

   $🌳 Lower Prospect Canal Reserve, 7 min walk

   Cafe Krunch is at 317 Woodpark Road, in the industrial estate. Cafe Krunch is open from 5:30am on weekdays, serving breakfast, brunch and lunch from one counter. Its salads come in generous serves, and the homemade chilli is a favourite with some regulars. Staff who serve with a smile are one of its strengths, and the cafe is good for children. Lower Prospect Canal Reserve is a seven-minute walk away.

   Best for: Generous salads and a family stop

6. #6Rawda Bakery for pizza, party packs and a budget meal

   $🌳 Beaumont Park, 8 min walk

   Rawda Bakery sells pide, manoosh and pizza over its counter. Its board lists traditional and specialty pizzas, and a sujuk pizza is one that regulars order. Party packs suit a group order. The shop is open every day from 5:30am to 3pm, and it is the lowest-priced cafe on this list. Beaumont Park sits eight minutes on foot from the shop.

   Best for: Group pizza orders on a budget

Compare best cafes in Smithfield

The table below sets out price, weekend trading, outdoor tables and the nearest park for each cafe.

How we picked best cafes in Smithfield

The order weighs each cafe's standing against how many people have weighed in, so a cafe with a long, steady record ranks above one with a handful of opinions behind it. The page then looks at the food and coffee facts for each place: what is on the menu, the hours, and what each cafe's own page and its customers say about the food. Dogs, weekend trading and outdoor tables are shown in the table.