Surry Hills
Favorite Cafes
The cafe resembles a studio apartment of a graphic designer with timber floors, exposed brick, a garage roller-door at one end and a semi-circular cut out of the ceiling so you can see the level above. Pretty ace place to drink coffee and eat some lunch. With influences from South America, it has a Baleada (a tortilla), Ceviche and Empanadas for choice. The Baked Eggs, is a my go-to, it has a rich, flavoursome tomato sauce and would be good to share.
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Reuben Hills
61 Albion St The cafe resembles a studio apartment of a graphic designer with timber floors, exposed brick, a garage roller-door at one end and a semi-circular cut out of the ceiling so you can see the level above. Pretty ace place to drink coffee and eat some lunch. With influences from South America, it has a Baleada (a tortilla), Ceviche and Empanadas for choice. The Baked Eggs, is a my go-to, it has a rich, flavoursome tomato sauce and would be good to share.
Western and Southeast Asian worlds collide at this awesome Surry Hills cafe. Every dish is beautifully presented, with scatterings of nuts and seeds and well-placed bundles of colourful cress and cabbage showing that White Taro's extra attention to detail, aesthetic and texture goes beyond that of an ordinary café. The coffee's good too, and they pump out an impressive amount from the tiny space.
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White Taro
67 Albion StWestern and Southeast Asian worlds collide at this awesome Surry Hills cafe. Every dish is beautifully presented, with scatterings of nuts and seeds and well-placed bundles of colourful cress and cabbage showing that White Taro's extra attention to detail, aesthetic and texture goes beyond that of an ordinary café. The coffee's good too, and they pump out an impressive amount from the tiny space.
This cafe is architecturally striking, with high ceilings, polished concrete, white subway tiles and timber benches among accents of elegant black. The food matches the sophistication of the space and coffee. There’s Brickfield sourdough with avocado, fermented salsa and cashew butter; and pearl barley porridge with apple, mandarin, rhubarb and pistachio. For the less health-conscious, a fried chicken waffle with maple bacon gravy; and a Philly cheese sub with brisket and sauerkraut.
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Paramount Coffee Project
80 Commonwealth StThis cafe is architecturally striking, with high ceilings, polished concrete, white subway tiles and timber benches among accents of elegant black. The food matches the sophistication of the space and coffee. There’s Brickfield sourdough with avocado, fermented salsa and cashew butter; and pearl barley porridge with apple, mandarin, rhubarb and pistachio. For the less health-conscious, a fried chicken waffle with maple bacon gravy; and a Philly cheese sub with brisket and sauerkraut.
This cafe focuses on serving restaurant-quality food and mixing Sydney’s different cultures and cuisines. A mainstay since the opening day has been Breakfast with the Sakuma’s – a log of miso grilled salmon, a 63-degree egg, smoked eel croquettes and radish salad.
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Devon Cafe
76 Devonshire StThis cafe focuses on serving restaurant-quality food and mixing Sydney’s different cultures and cuisines. A mainstay since the opening day has been Breakfast with the Sakuma’s – a log of miso grilled salmon, a 63-degree egg, smoked eel croquettes and radish salad.
Peaceful and unassuming, Kawa is the perfect cafe to while away a lazy Sunday The menu stays true to its roots with everything sourced as close to home as possible, including fresh fruit and veg from Fruitique in Alexandria, sourdough from Infinity Bakery and fresh organic eggs delivered daily from just outside of Sydney.
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Kawa
348 Crown StPeaceful and unassuming, Kawa is the perfect cafe to while away a lazy Sunday The menu stays true to its roots with everything sourced as close to home as possible, including fresh fruit and veg from Fruitique in Alexandria, sourdough from Infinity Bakery and fresh organic eggs delivered daily from just outside of Sydney.
Each element of a coffee’s flavour can be carefully adjusted with minor changes to the individual elements of coffee brewing – water ratio, temperature, grind, timing and the bean’s origin. At Haven, you're encouraged to try something new with each visit, until you find the perfect combination of these elements.
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Haven Specialty Coffee
7 Crewe PlaceEach element of a coffee’s flavour can be carefully adjusted with minor changes to the individual elements of coffee brewing – water ratio, temperature, grind, timing and the bean’s origin. At Haven, you're encouraged to try something new with each visit, until you find the perfect combination of these elements.
Food & Drinks
The team have somehow managed to combine the softest buns, the best homemade sauces, juiciest meats, relishes, pickles, you name it, into burgers that are, just, well, downright marvellous. The area is spacious and light-filled, with chilled music playing that doesn't hurt your ears.
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Thai Me Up on Oxford
112 Oxford StThe team have somehow managed to combine the softest buns, the best homemade sauces, juiciest meats, relishes, pickles, you name it, into burgers that are, just, well, downright marvellous. The area is spacious and light-filled, with chilled music playing that doesn't hurt your ears.
The cafe serves no food at all, jsut good high quality roasted coffee. No distractions means that the focus is on the product. The space is an exercise in minimalism, with floor-to-ceiling American oak.
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Artificer Coffee
547 Bourke StThe cafe serves no food at all, jsut good high quality roasted coffee. No distractions means that the focus is on the product. The space is an exercise in minimalism, with floor-to-ceiling American oak.
As the name suggests, Sample Coffee offers a tantalising selection of single origins, typically consisting of at least one COE (Cup of Excellence) and a rotating “showcase coffee” sourced from one other specialty roaster. A selection of outsourced pastries and a grand list of brew methods make up the rest of the menu.
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Sample Coffee
118 Devonshire StAs the name suggests, Sample Coffee offers a tantalising selection of single origins, typically consisting of at least one COE (Cup of Excellence) and a rotating “showcase coffee” sourced from one other specialty roaster. A selection of outsourced pastries and a grand list of brew methods make up the rest of the menu.
This food and salad takeaway redefine healthy fast food. One of its signaturebowls is the Rad-Thai. It’s piled with greens, tofu, shredded carrot, beetroot, daikon, adzuki sprouts, peanuts, coriander, mint and a zesty coconut-satay dressing.
VERD Surry Hills
118 Holt St This food and salad takeaway redefine healthy fast food. One of its signaturebowls is the Rad-Thai. It’s piled with greens, tofu, shredded carrot, beetroot, daikon, adzuki sprouts, peanuts, coriander, mint and a zesty coconut-satay dressing.
The burgers use iconic American fast-food ingredients. There’s a tender fried-chicken burger with a Sriracha-mayo slaw; a sloppy Joe with chilli Wagyu; and an American bonanza with double-smoked American cheese, a double patty, bacon and the house sauce.
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BangBang Cafe
113 Reservoir StThe burgers use iconic American fast-food ingredients. There’s a tender fried-chicken burger with a Sriracha-mayo slaw; a sloppy Joe with chilli Wagyu; and an American bonanza with double-smoked American cheese, a double patty, bacon and the house sauce.
This trendy cocktail bar offers personalised service, which is one of the reasons why l love the small 60-seater space. No one ever feels too far away from the bartender. A drinking venue features a refined menu of classic-style cocktails, plus a impressive whisky collection
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Tokyo Bird
Belmore LaneThis trendy cocktail bar offers personalised service, which is one of the reasons why l love the small 60-seater space. No one ever feels too far away from the bartender. A drinking venue features a refined menu of classic-style cocktails, plus a impressive whisky collection
Desserts
This Australian bakery has a special place in my heart. Really good pastries. The sausagerolls are the top recommend and we really enjoyed the filling yummy tender meat in a flaky buttery pastry.
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Bourke Street Bakery Surry Hills
633 Bourke StThis Australian bakery has a special place in my heart. Really good pastries. The sausagerolls are the top recommend and we really enjoyed the filling yummy tender meat in a flaky buttery pastry.
A sweet tooth? Well this Hungarian chimney cakes, are the house specialty, the pastry rolled around and around a wooden rolling pin, coated in ladlefuls of butter and sugary topping, and baked in a special oven.
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Kürtősh, Surry Hills
604-606 Crown StA sweet tooth? Well this Hungarian chimney cakes, are the house specialty, the pastry rolled around and around a wooden rolling pin, coated in ladlefuls of butter and sugary topping, and baked in a special oven.
Gelato Messina is no stranger to experimentation, collaborations and unique flavours with specials changing as often as your change your underwear.
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Gelato Messina Surry Hills
389 Crown St Gelato Messina is no stranger to experimentation, collaborations and unique flavours with specials changing as often as your change your underwear.
Restaurants
A South American-inspired restaurant with titled floors, light shades of paint and walls speckled with South American movie posters and old football iconography. A classic favorite charcoal asado covered in sausages, steak and even more smoke.
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Porteño
50 Holt StA South American-inspired restaurant with titled floors, light shades of paint and walls speckled with South American movie posters and old football iconography. A classic favorite charcoal asado covered in sausages, steak and even more smoke.
Firedoor has no modern cooking appliances. The ingredients have no rich sauces to hide behind. The menu is a list of ingredients, from light to heavy, some sold by weight, and it’s tailored to each table.
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Firedoor Restaurant
33 Mary StFiredoor has no modern cooking appliances. The ingredients have no rich sauces to hide behind. The menu is a list of ingredients, from light to heavy, some sold by weight, and it’s tailored to each table.
You’ll likely over order, it’s hard not to with a 60-dish menu. Start with something light, a classic like the kingfish sashimi with lime, coconut and move into sticky-sweet territory with pad seuw with Wagyu beef. The Scud Cityjungle curry with grilled pork has a heat warning on the menu –it’s not exaggerating. It creeps up on you after a few mouthfuls and leaves you dazed, perspiring and wanting more.
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Chin Chin Sydney
69 Commonwealth StYou’ll likely over order, it’s hard not to with a 60-dish menu. Start with something light, a classic like the kingfish sashimi with lime, coconut and move into sticky-sweet territory with pad seuw with Wagyu beef. The Scud Cityjungle curry with grilled pork has a heat warning on the menu –it’s not exaggerating. It creeps up on you after a few mouthfuls and leaves you dazed, perspiring and wanting more.
Nour serves the city’s most creative take on Levantine food, and has been doing it since 2016. The handsome pastel-hued space, with its open kitchen and woodfired oven (which roasts breads, pumpkins, tender short-ribs and much more), is also one of the city’s prettiest places to dine. On the regular menu, there's a focus on shared plates, such as kifta nayyeh (roasted chilli, walnuts, pickled cucumber, mint, saltbush and smoked lamb tail fat) and samke harra (snapper spiced with chilli, tahini and pine nuts). Breads, dips, pickles, preserves, couscous, yoghurt, labneh and ashta (Lebanese cream) are all made in-house.
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Nour
490 Crown StNour serves the city’s most creative take on Levantine food, and has been doing it since 2016. The handsome pastel-hued space, with its open kitchen and woodfired oven (which roasts breads, pumpkins, tender short-ribs and much more), is also one of the city’s prettiest places to dine. On the regular menu, there's a focus on shared plates, such as kifta nayyeh (roasted chilli, walnuts, pickled cucumber, mint, saltbush and smoked lamb tail fat) and samke harra (snapper spiced with chilli, tahini and pine nuts). Breads, dips, pickles, preserves, couscous, yoghurt, labneh and ashta (Lebanese cream) are all made in-house.