Cafes with outdoor seating in Ashfield

Cafes with outdoor seating in Ashfield, ranked

1. #1Ashfield Apothecary for a long brunch with a coffee

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Rotary Park, 5 min walk

   Ashfield Apothecary is in a tiled heritage shopfront on Charlotte Street, open 7am to 3pm on weekdays and 7am to 2pm at weekends. Order the sandwiches or the vegan bowl, and stay for a coffee, because several customers say it is the best they have had lately. Dogs are welcome at the outside tables, and Rotary Park lies five minutes on foot from the door. Inside, the heritage tiles make the room feel cosy.

   Best for: Long brunch with a coffee

2. #2Crust and Crema panini cafe for a toasted lunch to take away

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Rose Street Playground, 5 min walk

   Crust and Crema panini cafe on Brown Street opens at 6am and closes at 3pm, Monday to Saturday. The meatball and mortadella panini is the one to order, and the egg and bacon roll is a good second choice. Tables sit outside under shelter and shade, which suits a lunch break before a commute to the station. Five minutes on foot brings you to Rose Street Playground.

   Best for: Quick takeaway panini lunch

3. #3Outfield Cafe for a weekend catch-up with children

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Gough Reserve, 1 min walk

   Outfield Cafe on Victoria Street serves breakfast, brunch and lunch from 7am to 2:30pm on its opening days. The deck sits under an awning, and the kids' menu and toys make it easy with children. Order the bacon and egg roll, which one customer singled out. Dogs can come outside, and Gough Reserve is one minute away on foot.

   Best for: Weekend catch-ups with children

4. #4Crews Café for a budget egg and bacon roll

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Rose Street Playground, 4 min walk

   Crews Café on Liverpool Road is a social enterprise that funds charity work, and it is open on weekdays until 2:30pm. Order the egg and bacon roll or the beef burger with thick fries, and look in the cabinet for the gluten-free fruit and coconut slice. Customers praise the charity work the cafe funds. Vegetarian options are on the menu, and Rose Street Playground is about four minutes' walk away.

   Best for: Budget weekday breakfast and lunch

5. #5Happy Daze Cafe for a sit-down breakfast with kids

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Rotary Park, 6 min walk

   Happy Daze Cafe on Charlotte Street opens at 6am every day and closes at 3pm. Go for the big breakfast, with sourdough, eggs, bacon and a hash brown, or the Biscoff pancakes if you have a sweet tooth. Families will like the kids' menu and table service, and there is a spot outside. Six minutes on foot takes you to Rotary Park.

   Best for: Sit-down family breakfast

6. #6Excelsior Jones for breakfast on a footpath terrace

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Yeo Park, 5 min walk

   Excelsior Jones on Queen Street opens at 6:30am on weekdays and 7:30am at weekends, closing at 3pm. Its terrace sits out front on the footpath, and dogs can come outside with you. Try the corn and herb fritters or the pork-hock hash, and order a latte with leaf-pattern milk art, the coffee that customers praise. From the door, Yeo Park is a five-minute walk.

   Best for: Breakfast on a footpath terrace

7. #7The Urban Artisans for a morning chai and some laptop time

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Rose Street Playground, 5 min walk

   The Urban Artisans sits inside Ashfield Mall on Liverpool Road, open 7am to 5pm every day. It has a terrace as well as indoor seating, so it suits a longer stay with a laptop. Order the poached egg and haloumi on seeded toast, and the chai latte, which customers praise as rich and well spiced. Families get a kids' menu, and the Rose Street Playground is a five-minute walk off.

   Best for: Laptop work and a morning chai

Compare cafes with outdoor seating in Ashfield

The table below sets out price, brunch, outdoor seating, dogs and weekend opening for each cafe.

How we picked cafes with outdoor seating in Ashfield

The order blends how well visitors think of each cafe with how many have shared their view, so a cafe with many visits and strong feedback ranks above one with few. Brunch on the menu, weekend opening, dogs outside and outdoor tables were each checked next. Reviewers' comments on food and coffee came last, and only shared themes made it into the text.