Cafes with outdoor seating in Summer Hill

Cafes with outdoor seating in Summer Hill, ranked

1. #1BarCycle Cafe for breakfast at outside tables

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Daryl Jackson Gardens, 1 min walk

   BarCycle Cafe on Hardie Avenue has outdoor seating, and dogs can sit at the outside tables. The eggs florentine is the order here, with a generous serve of hollandaise by customers' accounts. Weekday hours start at 6am and close at 3pm, with Sunday from 7am. One minute on foot takes you to Daryl Jackson Gardens, so a long breakfast can be followed by a stroll.

2. #2Solstice for filter coffee under cover

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Daryl Jackson Gardens, 1 min walk

   Solstice on Smith Street has undercover outdoor tables beside a small indoor room. Filter and cold brew are the draw, and the cafe describes its beans as single origin. Try the mushroom toastie, pressed on crusty bread until golden. Weekday trading runs from 7am to 2pm, with Sunday from 8am to 1pm. Walkers reach the park in about a minute from here.

3. #3Olive Garden Bakery for a cheap bite on the footpath

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Daryl Jackson Gardens, 3 min walk

   Olive Garden Bakery on Lackey Street is a family-run Lebanese bakery with a few footpath tables. The burger at about $6 is the best value on the menu, and the zaatar and cheese manoush is the other order to know. The breakfast platter suits a bigger morning. It trades from 6am to 3pm Monday to Saturday and does not open on Sundays. Daryl Jackson Gardens is the closest park, 3 minutes' walk.

4. #4The Granary Cafe for a long breakfast under an umbrella

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Harvest Park, 1 min walk

   On Mungo Scott Place inside a residential complex, The Granary Cafe has a terrace shaded by a striped umbrella. Two dishes stand out: the cooked breakfast platter and a pancake with berries. Dogs are welcome outside, and it opens every day until 2:30pm. The nearest park, Harvest Park, is a minute away.

5. #5Heritage Coffee for a coffee in the back courtyard

   $Outdoor seating🌳 Daryl Jackson Gardens, 2 min walk

   Heritage Coffee on Lackey Street seats diners in its back courtyard. Its coffee is well made, and the menu lists lattes, cold brew and matcha. For food, the avocado toast with poached eggs is listed first, and vegan and vegetarian dishes are available. Weekday hours run from 6am to 5pm, and Saturday from 7am to 3pm. Heritage is two minutes from the park by foot, so a walk fits in.

6. #6Headlands Coffee for a croissant on the GreenWay

   $$Outdoor seating🌳 Harvest Park, 1 min walk

   Headlands Coffee sits on a corner in the Flour Mill precinct, with outdoor seating. Croissants are the item reviewers single out most, and the honey and sea salt one is the most praised. Get there early, because the croissants sell out. It opens at 7am every day and closes at 2pm. Harvest Park is about a minute of walking from the corner.

7. #7Goblin Kitchen and Bar for brunch at outside tables

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Daryl Jackson Gardens, 4 min walk

   Goblin Kitchen & Bar on Sloane Street has outside tables where dogs can sit, along with a kids' menu and table service. Order the hotcakes, which are light and fluffy and serve two, or the salmon cilbir with labneh and poached eggs on Turkish bread. Breakfast and lunch run until 3pm on weekdays and Saturdays, and from 7:30am on Sundays. The Gardens (Daryl Jackson) are a short stroll, about four minutes.

8. #8Plunge 46 for a courtyard lunch

   $$🐕 Dogs outsideOutdoor seating🌳 Daryl Jackson Gardens, 2 min walk

   Plunge 46 has two outdoor options: a rear courtyard and tables facing the street. The grilled chicken yeros is the dish to order, served with chips, and the prawn poke bowl is a lighter option. Dogs can sit at the outside tables. It is open daily until 3pm, opening at 7am on weekdays and at 8am on weekends. Plan on two minutes walking to get there.

Compare cafes with outdoor seating in Summer Hill

The table below compares each cafe's price, brunch menu, outdoor tables, dog policy, weekend trading and nearest park.

How we picked cafes with outdoor seating in Summer Hill

The order is a score that weighs how well each cafe is liked against how many people have said so. This page keeps the cafes with outdoor tables, then checks each one's dog policy, its brunch menu and its weekend hours. The food and coffee notes come from each cafe's own page, and the nearest park is the one a walker would reach first.