Best cafes in Woollahra

Best cafes in Woollahra, ranked

1. #1Cafe Mazal for a falafel bowl and smooth coffee

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Saber St Reserve, 2 min walk

   Cafe Mazal sits on the Edgecliff Rd strip, about two minutes on foot from Saber St Reserve. Order the falafel bowl, which customers single out as the highlight of the food, and pair it with a coffee. The room is bright and modern, with tables outside. Weekend mornings start at 7am and service runs until 4pm. Its menu sets it apart on this page: skewers, flatbread and hummus sit alongside avocado on toast.

2. #2Zey Queen st for Turkish pastries and cheesecake

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Hall’s Reserve, 2 min walk

   Zey Queen st serves Turkish baking on Queen Street, two minutes' walk from Hall’s Reserve. Try the cheese and dill pastry or the spinach and potato one, or the burek if you want something heavier. Cheesecake is the sweet choice, and it comes in a takeaway box with a fork. Four-legged visitors are allowed on the Queen Street footpath, and vegetarian options are on the menu. Opening at 6am on Sundays, it starts earlier than any other cafe on this page.

3. #3The Vernon Coffee for coffee roasted in-house

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Saber St Reserve, 1 min walk

   The Vernon Coffee is a small corner cafe at 222 Edgecliff Rd, one minute from Saber St Reserve. Beans are roasted in-house, and one customer calls the brew the best in Sydney. Bread, pastries and sweets come out fresh each day and sit in the front display. Prana Chai, which is made in Melbourne, earns high marks from another visitor.

4. #4Plane Tree Cafe for a slow breakfast in a shaded courtyard

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Elm's Reserve, 1 min walk

   Plane Tree Cafe is at 31 Ocean St, one minute from Elm's Reserve. The courtyard and garden are calm and green, and visitors say it suits a quiet catch-up with a friend. Fruit tarts and almond-topped pastries are the sweets to order alongside a coffee. Lunch is served until 3pm, so plan an early visit. For something sweet without caffeine, the hot chocolate arrives in a tall glass dusted with cocoa.

Compare best cafes in Woollahra

The table below sets out price, brunch, outdoor seating, dog access and weekend hours for each cafe.

How we picked best cafes in Woollahra

The order blends how well each cafe is liked with how many visitors have said so. Each candidate was then checked for what this page covers: breakfast, brunch and lunch, weekend opening, tables outside and whether dogs can sit outside. Every note above draws on what each cafe's own page says about its food and coffee.