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Cafes with outdoor seating in St Leonards

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Caffelato leads this list of St Leonards cafes with outdoor seating, because its indoor and outdoor options both suit a slow coffee. The others sit outside on footpaths, plazas and a leafy corner, each with a park a few minutes away. Choose by the view you want and the walk you have in mind, then read the picks in order.

Quick picks in St Leonards

  • Best for footpath coffee and beans: Cavalier Specialty Coffee, with a few footpath tables and filter coffee.
  • Best for a leafy corner: Zkk Espresso, with outdoor seating beside a small leafy park.
  • Best for a plaza breakfast: Charlie + Franks, with umbrella-shaded tables across the plaza.
  • Best for a cooked breakfast outside: The Wooden Whisk, with Phoenix Eggs Benedict and outside tables.
  • Best for a takeaway roll outside: Chandos cafe, with a brekkie roll and a few outdoor tables.

Cafes with outdoor seating in St Leonards, ranked

  1. #1Caffelato for a calm outdoor coffee on the Pacific Highway

    $🐕 Dogs insideOutdoor seating🌳 Hume Street Park Expansion, 2 min walk

    Caffelato has outdoor seating and a calm, private room inside for when the weather turns. Customers name the mocha first, and the tiramisu is the cake to share over a long sit. It opens at 5:30am every day, so the tables suit an early start. Walkers can reach Hume Street Park Expansion in about two minutes.

    Best for: Early outdoor coffee and tiramisu

  2. #2Aaliyah Mae's Cafe for outdoor tables at a weekday lunch

    $Outdoor seating🌳 Naremburn Park, 3 min walk

    Aaliyah Mae's Cafe has plenty of tables, indoors and out, and weekday lunch is its busy time. The banh mi roll and the beef pho are the orders regulars repeat. The rolls are priced around $10 to $13, and a meal upgrade adds a drink for $4 extra. Naremburn Park is a short walk off, about three minutes on foot, and the cafe only trades on weekdays.

    Best for: Weekday lunch at a table outside

  3. #3Orchid Cafe 38 Atchison St St.Leonards for a home-style meal outside

    $Outdoor seating🌳 Wadanggari Park, 4 min walk

    Orchid Cafe 38 Atchison St St.Leonards has outdoor tables for a home-style meal that mixes brunch with Vietnamese dishes. The big breakfast and the beef pho are the orders to make, and vegetarian options are listed. Portions come large for the price. It is closed midweek, and Wadanggari Park is a four-minute stroll away.

    Best for: Home-style meal at an outdoor table

  4. #4Chandos cafe for a takeaway roll and a few outdoor tables

    $Outdoor seating🌳 Wadanggari Park, 4 min walk

    Chandos cafe is a relaxed neighbourhood stop on Chandos Street, with outdoor seating for a quick roll. Order the brekkie roll and pair it with a double macchiato or hot chocolate. Lattes arrive with neat art, and the counter has toasties on grainy bread. Walk along the street for four minutes and you reach Wadanggari Park.

    Best for: Takeaway roll with outdoor seats

  5. #5Charlie + Franks for umbrella-shaded tables on the plaza

    $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Wadanggari Park, 3 min walk

    Charlie + Franks has umbrella-shaded outdoor tables on the plaza on the Pacific Highway, and dogs can sit at them. Plates arrive large, and the avocado toast and breakfast burrito get the most mentions. Kids can order from their own menu, and an iced latte arrives with a double shot. Wadanggari Park lies around three minutes' walk from the tables.

    Best for: Plaza tables and big breakfasts

  6. #6Cavalier Specialty Coffee for footpath tables and a jaffle

    $🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Hume Street Park Expansion, 2 min walk

    Cavalier Specialty Coffee sits on Oxley Street with a few footpath tables where dogs are welcome. The pork dumpling jaffle and the cheeky jaffle are the food to order, though they take around 10 minutes. Filter coffee is the drink to choose, and beans are sold on a wall shelf. Hume Street Park Expansion is about two minutes on foot from these tables.

    Best for: Footpath coffee and beans

  7. #7The Wooden Whisk for outside tables and a Phoenix Eggs Benedict

    $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Hume Street Park Expansion, 3 min walk

    The Wooden Whisk has outside tables on Albany Street, sitting just below street level. The Phoenix Eggs Benedict and the Breaky Stack are the dishes named most, and the brisket burger suits lunch. Espresso drinks are reliably strong. Dogs can sit outside, and Hume Street Park Expansion is a brisk three minutes from the cafe.

    Best for: Outside brunch and a dog

  8. #8Zkk Espresso for outdoor seating beside a leafy park

    $Outdoor seating🌳 Wadanggari Park, 3 min walk

    Zkk Espresso is a quick weekday cafe on Christie Street, and its outdoor seating opens onto a small leafy park. Wraps and salads are the menu, and the chicken breakfast wrap paired with a coffee is the order to make. Its menu prices are kept low for the neighbourhood. Wadanggari Park is three minutes on foot from the tables.

    Best for: Quick weekday wrap by the park

Compare cafes with outdoor seating in St Leonards

The table below sets the outdoor picks side by side by where you sit, the nearby park and the hours.

CafePriceBrunchOutdoorDogsWeekendsNearest park
Caffelato$✓✓Inside✓Hume Street Park Expansion, 2 min
Aaliyah Mae's Cafe$✓✓–✗Naremburn Park, 3 min
Orchid Cafe 38 Atchison St St.Leonards$✓✓–SatWadanggari Park, 4 min
Chandos cafe$✓✓–SatWadanggari Park, 4 min
Charlie + Franks$$✓✓OutsideSatWadanggari Park, 3 min
Cavalier Specialty Coffee (Cavalier 1.0)$✓✓Outside✓Hume Street Park Expansion, 2 min
The Wooden Whisk$$✓✓Outside✓Hume Street Park Expansion, 3 min
Zkk Espresso$✓✓–✗Wadanggari Park, 3 min
J.M. Formula$$✓✓–✓Wadanggari Park, 4 min
The Rusty Rabbit St Leonards$$✓✓Outside✓Wadanggari Park, 3 min
The Moody Chef$$✓✓OutsideSatWadanggari Park, 4 min
Bare Wholefoods$$✓✓–✓Hume Street Park Expansion, 2 min

How we picked cafes with outdoor seating in St Leonards

Places are ranked by how many visitors have written about them, then each food note was checked. Outdoor tables, the nearest park and whether a cafe lets dogs sit outside came from each listing. A cafe stayed only when its seating or setting added something the others did not.

Cafes with outdoor seating in St Leonards: FAQ

Where in St Leonards can I eat outdoors?

Caffelato, Charlie + Franks, The Wooden Whisk and Zkk Espresso all have outdoor seating. Cavalier Specialty Coffee has footpath tables on Oxley Street.

Which St Leonards cafe with outdoor tables is closest to a park?

Cavalier Specialty Coffee and Caffelato are both a short walk from Hume Street Park Expansion. Zkk Espresso sits beside a small leafy park of its own.

Can I sit outside for a weekday lunch in St Leonards?

Aaliyah Mae's Cafe on Herbert Street has plenty of outdoor tables, and it trades weekdays only. Its banh mi roll and beef pho are the lunch orders most often repeated.