Best cafes in Terrey Hills

Best cafes in Terrey Hills, ranked

1. #1The Coffee House by Cashew's Artisans for coffee and sourdough

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Frank Beckman Reserve, 3 min walk

   The Coffee House by Cashew's Artisans is the pick for coffee, which coffee drinkers describe as consistently good, and for its homemade sourdough and cinnamon scrolls. Some baking is made in-house and the rest comes from The Bread and Butter Project, a social enterprise. The cafe opens at 6am every day, and Frank Beckman Reserve sits a three-minute walk from the door.

2. #2The Tasting Deck for seafood pasta with the kids in view

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating

   The Tasting Deck is the cafe to choose for seafood pasta, the dish diners name most often here. The sfogliatelle, filled with ricotta and custard, makes a good second order, and the turmeric chai is the drink one visitor recommends. Tables on the deck have a pergola overhead and a playground in sight. It is open from 7am to 4pm every day.

3. #3Expresso Sandwich Cafe for freshly made rolls

   $🌳 Frank Beckman Reserve, 1 min walk

   Expresso Sandwich Cafe is the cafe for a fresh sandwich. Rolls come with plenty of vegetables, and you can build your own or choose one of the signature combinations. The bacon and egg roll is the one diners ask for by name, and a Mediterranean burger earned high praise from one visitor. Coffee is praised here too, and the smoothies and milkshakes are made fresh. On foot, Frank Beckman Reserve is only a minute off.

4. #4Tastebuds at the Hills for fresh salads and home-baked cake

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 JJ Melbourne Hills Memorial Reserve, 4 min walk

   Tastebuds at the Hills serves salads, sandwiches, burgers and home-baked goods, all made fresh daily. For a bigger order, the club sandwich comes with chips and ketchup, and the carrot cake is the sweet to choose. Staff get warm praise, and one visitor was brought exactly the right number of forks for sharing. The cafe opens at 6am on weekdays, and the walk to JJ Melbourne Hills Memorial Reserve takes about four minutes.

5. #5Sandstone Café for seafood pasta and an Italian menu

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Duncan Reserve, 7 min walk

   Sandstone Café is tucked inside Miramare Gardens, and its kitchen leans Italian. Seafood pasta is the dish to order, and one earlier visitor called it the best they had tasted. Recent visitors also mention the burgers, fish and steak. The cafe is open until 9pm from Tuesday to Friday and until 10pm on Saturdays, and Duncan Reserve is a seven-minute walk away.

Compare best cafes in Terrey Hills

The table below sets out price, brunch, outdoor seating, dog access, weekend opening and the nearest park for each cafe.

How we picked best cafes in Terrey Hills

Cafes are ordered by a weighted measure of customer opinion, where a high mark from a handful of customers counts for less than a steady one from many. Next comes what diners say about the food and coffee, checked against each cafe's own page for the dishes it is known for. Where a cafe's coffee is never described, the page says nothing about it.