Cafes with outdoor seating in Elizabeth Bay

Cafes with outdoor seating in Elizabeth Bay, ranked

1. #1Greenknowe Cafe for a terrace where dogs can join

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 John Armstrong Reserve, 1 min walk

   Greenknowe Cafe is the one to pick if your dog comes too, since the terrace takes dogs. Lunch suits a long outdoor table, with lomi, beef tapa and the ube ricotta pancake on the menu. The cafe is open 7am to 3pm each day, and John Armstrong Reserve is a minute's walk off.

2. #2Poppi's Place for coffee at a few tables out front

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

   Poppi's Place has a few tables out the front, and dogs can sit out there too. Coffee is the main reason to stop, and the egg and bacon roll is the food to order with it. Macleay Reserve is a minute from the door. It opens at 7am on weekdays, and Saturday hours run to 3pm.

3. #3Elizabeth Bay Cafe for footpath seating and a salad lunch

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 John Armstrong Reserve, 1 min walk

   Elizabeth Bay Cafe gives you the choice of indoors or the footpath. Customers describe the room as cosy, with plenty of seats inside and out. Breakfast plates and salads cover the menu, and the bowls include a green goddess with poached salmon. The park is John Armstrong Reserve, about a minute away on foot.

4. #4Cafe C&M for outdoor tables and an early bagel

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Lawrence Hargrave Reserve, 1 min walk

   Cafe C&M (Rushcutters Bay) has outdoor tables on Roslyn Gardens, where the bagels and Campos coffee are the draw. Breakfast runs to poached eggs on avocado toast and a bacon and egg sandwich, and service is friendly and quick. Diet-specific options have not been confirmed, so check with the counter first. After coffee, a one-minute stroll leads to Lawrence Hargrave Reserve.

5. #5Shuk for outdoor seating and a kids menu

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Lawrence Hargrave Reserve, 1 min walk

   Shuk puts its seating outside on Roslyn Gardens, and the cafe is step-free with toilets on site. Vegetarian choices are listed, and a kids menu makes it easy for families. Coffee drinkers name the flat whites and vanilla lattes, and cinnamon rolls come on the side. Lawrence Hargrave Reserve is the nearest park, a minute's walk off. Its weekend opening runs from 7am to 2pm.

Compare cafes with outdoor seating in Elizabeth Bay

Each cafe's price, weekend hours, dogs and nearest park are laid out below.

How we picked cafes with outdoor seating in Elizabeth Bay

Outdoor seating is the entry ticket: a cafe needs it on its listing to appear. Each was scored on its average customer view, with more weight for cafes that have more of it, then nudged up for a park nearby and weekend opening. Food and drink lines are drawn from each cafe's own page.