This little expresso bar has a near perfect breakfast menu. Eggs, haloumi, avocado, prosciutto,…read moresourdough, (Campos) coffee...all the essentials are there. The menu has a Mediterranean influence (persian feta anyone?), and even better, most breakfast items are $10 or less. If you're lucky, you'll nab a table on the sidewalk in the sun. Of course if a sweet breakfast is more your thing, there is a whole cabinet of delectable sugar-coated, custard-filled pastries and doughnuts (and hey, if doughnuts for breakfast is good enough for Homer Simpson, its good enough for me).

One of the recent swarm of coffee shop additions to Marrickville. Small but funky looking, they're…read morefollowing more of the "let's have stuff around" (like a Vespa) than the minimalist vibe. They seem to fill up their outdoor seats frequently enough. Their position right by the Marrickville train station makes them a popular takeaway coffee spot, and I stopped in last week for just this reason, quite early (they open at 6am I think). They were friendly, service was obviously speedy at that hour, and it was a fine cup of coffee.

I was taken here by a friend who happens to live in the area. It's an out of the way cafe…read morefrequented mostly by what seems to be locals in the area. Apparently it was started by someone who used to own a pharmacy and hence the name ;-) It's a gorgeous cafe with comfy seating and super friendly staff. They have a nice looking food menu and breakfast served all day. Plenty of drink options too including fabulous coffee. They serve great fruit bread and sourdough. It's not German bread but will do. What is with all the sourdough in this town ?? You can have hundreds of other types :-) I will definitely be back here. It's a lovely cafe with great coffee and food. The staff are very friendly and prices are good.

Like the fit out of this place and then buzz is nice. Menu is small but appealing and the caffeine…read moreis excellent. But. Maybe the fact they had been in the paper the previous week caught them unawares, as they were heaving, but the service was seriously slow. Although we got our water quickly it took an age to get our coffee and then another age to get our breakfast and then a third age for a second cup. Sigh. The food was good - I had a most excellent brownie while I waited for breakfast, which was nice porridge with trendy bits. The avo on toast with an egg was evidently ok but covered in waaay too much kale (cold) which kinda spoiled it. The drip coffee seemed to be the hold up, plus only one seemingly slow barista. They need a lesson in smashing out the coffees. Still, great coffee, nice food, handy location. Will be back.

One of the newer cafes in the mall…read more The woman at the counter was friendly. The soy mocha was pretty stock standard. Needed to add some sugar to sweeten it up. I asked if there were any recommendations and I was told I couldn't go wrong with the lamb wrap. I would say - not bad - but I'm not going ring my friends about it. I would assume it's just put together with all pre-made ingredients. They do mostly sandwiches as they don't seem to have much in the way of kitchen facilities. It is nice being away from the food court though so that's a plus. All in all, I would say if you're just looking for a quick sandwich and don't want to battle the food court, go for it. Enjoy your shopping!

After only 40 minutes of shopping i always feel the need to sit down and people watch. Its free…read moreentertainment. So being 3.30pm there wasn't much people to watch so i opted to grab a carrot cake and cappuccino. Located just outside the entrance to Myer on Level 1 (i think) in the newly renovated Macquarie Centre. Waitress was friendly and i only had to wait a couple of minutes for my cake and coffee. Both were tasty and they definitely hit that afternoon sugar craving spot! They have tall tables as well as a large communal table to sit on.

I was drawn to this sweet little café because it was off the main high street of Military road…read more(despite it's address). But then I saw the leafy fern motif wall and the long narrow layout - Albion's charm screamed sit down, sit down. It's a relaxed atmosphere in here so take a book or a girlfriend for a chat and enjoy the sweet feelings this café induces. The coffee will do the trick too. The barista looks very cosy in the back corner making coffee. Paul Bassett Espresso (World Barista of the year 2003) coffee beans are used to make the hot brew. They serve breakfast (try the Italian baked eggs with tomato, leg ham and shallots for $12.50), lunch (Bruschetta with roasted pumpkin, goats feta and rocket for $12.00 tickle your fancy?) and a few delicious sweet treats. No Wifi, heaters outside. Nice place for a cosy cuppa on weekdays. Susanne - one of the owners - is very friendly.

This is a nice little cafe in Mosman. Down Albion Lane, this is a very small cafe, with a nice…read moresitting area outside. My friends who live here swear about this place, however, I personally don't think it is as good as the Source - but I think most people will disagree with me. As most people in the area are die hard fans. The coffee here is alright, it is drinkable but not brilliant. However, the tea here is great! So if you come here I would order the tea (specifically the Chi) over the coffee. The food here is nice, but nothing amazing. Again, I know that most people will disagree with me. I ordered the salad, maybe it was the wrong thing to order. Saying that milkshakes were impressive. To summarise - this place is nice, but I don't think it is overwhelmingly great. But if you are looking for aumbiance, then this cafe is better than the Source, but I generally care more about coffee and food than anything else. But that is just me.

Hi, the Cafe Manager charged me $150 extra on my coffee order. I went in after music class with my…read moremother and my two year old daughter. I called them and gave them the benefit of the doubt it was a genuine error. They asked me to physically come back to the store for the refund. I've never been treated so poorly but a cafe or any business. They made me wait, and said they were too busy to deal with my request. I had to articulate (loudly) that I'm waiting on their error. They then blamed me three times for telling them the wrong date and amount and they can't confirm. Once the charge was found they refused to refund the money because they couldn't confirm it was me. The Cafe Manager was rude, defensive and aggressive. I left upset and embarrassed by the whole scenario. They have no email to communicate. I will have to escalate to the Ombudsman, because they've my money and refused to refund. I'm most upset because they've ruined my Saturday mornings where I go to music class with my little girl and we have a babyccino and coffee after.

Me and my partner have been regulars at Clover for the past few months. The food is consistently…read moredelicious and yummy! Brunch needs eggs and Clover has a nice range from baked to benedict, but don't discount the French toast which is probably healthier than a regular French toast but just as delicious ;) Overall Clover doesn't have impressive fancy dishes - missing that to get a 5! What it has is nice comfortable food :)

I was very happy that this cafe was close to the accommodations we had! We came in a couple times…read morefor coffee, every time we did come in, it was nice and lively but not crazy busy where the wait would take forever. The coffee was nice and they have a good selection of milk alternative although no macadamia milk which I view as an Aussie treat so I always ask about it. I also had a smoothie one day and it was so good! I had mixed berry and mango and the most delicious thing is that they put cinnamon in their smoothies, which apparently is a thing that people do, but this is the first I've ever experienced so now I'm going to do that at home when I make a smoothie!! I was only in their for food once and I had a delicious toast covered in house-baked beans with a perfectly poached egg. It was one of their daily specials which I saw on a chalkboard. Their regular menu had lots of options. The baked beans on toast thing gave me inspiration for breakfast food at home too! The service was great! Since I had gone in there a couple times, I should have asked for my server's name but she was absolutely lovely! It's like she knew exactly when I was ready to order, ready for coffee, ready for more water, etc and she was so kind and great. This a cafe is a nice, cozy, inspiring neighbourhood gem!

AVERAGE at best…read more Mr/Ms Gordons owner. Keep the Cafe, the location, the menu... but get rid of your staff! They're miserable! I've tried too many times to go back and "give it another shot" because I want it to be better than the last time, but one bad experience after another at Gordon's makes me permanently move the 4-5 minutes up the road to somewhere else. Food is ok, standard - but ok. It's the staff that are the worst. Every. Single. Time. I'm disappointed by the staff at Gordons. Order a take away coffee to a rude lady behind the counter who ignores you for 10 min before looking up. Only to wait a further up to 20 min (yes 20 min) on a takeaway coffee, then when you go up and ask if it's far away, you get glared at and handed a coffee without any words. They had a steady stream of customers, but by no accounts were so busy that the 3 people behind the counter could not get a take away coffee done in 20 min. Dine in is no better. 15 min for someone to clear a table (on a quiet day), a further 20 min for a menu, a further 15 min for someone to come back to take an order, a further 15 min for a Soda bottle to be brought to the table all while the wait staff ignore you and chat to each other.. and honestly, look miserable. In saying this, there is 1 nice lady who works there. In summary, walk the 5 min up the road and go somewhere else. Here are some of my favs to get you started. The Village Man and Monkey Clodelly

Trendy place to go for a healthy meal. I had the açaí panda cotta. It was so pretty, but small. I…read morewas left wanting more. The lamb was yummy. The eggs and bacon was good. Although I thought the scrambled eggs were very wet. The gluten free bread was excellent. It was a little heavy, but it tasted like bread.

The service was really slow. We decided to just order coffee instead, which was drinkable. My…read moresister had a quick brekky but wasn't terribly impressed.

Thank you Chatswood for finally bringing it in the cafe department…read more I came here after a friend posted a picture of the food on Instagram (making this the most hipster cafe find I have ever made) - I had never heard of this place and thanks to the old yelp bookmark I had it parked for my next cafe emergency when I was in the area. I think that this place does all the things necessary to be a good cafe- funky interior, great tasting and interesting food, and not just good coffee- but a rotating bean menu. I had the fresh fig and ricotta on toast which was simply delightful. The combo of figs, ricotta, honey, walnuts and mint was a definite winner. And all the rest of the food I saw looked just as tasty. Brilliant coffee too- I just had the house bean (can't remember what it was) but it was great. Well done elbow room- you just found a special place in my heart

There are a lot of places in Chatswood selling coffee. But by far this is one of the best ones…read more Serving different beans for different roasters this is a coffee lover dream. To add the cherry on the coffee heaven, the food here is fantastic. Now the menus is limited but both my friend and I were ecstatic about our meals. I got the French toast and it was divine. It is a small kitchen, so if it crowded you might have to wait a bit. But that should be expected with any small cafe. What completely won it for me was the friendliness of the staff. A small error was made in my order (which was my fault) and they lady could not be more helpful. I will definitely come here again.