BangBang for brunch is a good place to be…read more Signature dish is the 'BangBang' stack and is delish. I also recently discovered the BRAT (bacon, rocket and avocado on sourdough toast). The coffee is good and despite having a reputation of bad service, I've always had good experiences here. I'll be back. I have this place on my weekend brunch rotation schedule.

Wanted to try a different lunch spot around Surry Hills with a friend and stumbled across Bangbang…read more Found on hilly Reservoir Street, this place is casual and cool, with pretty great coffee to boot. They also offer takeaway. You can get your typical brunch items, but once 12pm rolls around you can order burgers/sandwiches as well. I ordered the cheesy wagyu burger with shoestring fries and it was decent. It didn't blow my mind but it wasn't bad either. The service is great, as the staff is extremely friendly. Some tables are shared as well and there's outdoor seating, definitely a place to kick it to kill some time. Would come here again.

Delicious ravioli with burnt butter, pumpkin and walnuts! My friend had this fish with zucchini…read morepasta and it was also amazing. The truffle fries were great, Nom nom nom! I couldn't them all day! Vanilla and peanut butter shake was interesting. My favourite would be the highly recommended Oreo and Nutella shake!!! Divine!!!! The food is costly but worth it!! The service was pretty bad but hey you can't have all great things in one!!! 8/10

Second store out in Drummoyne for Salt Meats Cheese…read more The store is shared with Harris Farm. Walked in around 140pm on a Saturday and all the tables were taken! So opted to just grab a pre made ham roll. Order and pay at the counter and you will get a number. I ordered 2 X ham and three cheese buns $7 and a Nutella muffin$5 . I didn't realize till after I left that they gave me a Nutella donut instead of a muffin! Sigh. They place looks like it's still finding its feet. Will be back and hopefully won't be as busy.

With all the prohibition era styled pubs popping up around the city, The Blind Bear was long…read moreoverdue in the Shire. I love how this place does drinks - there's four taps of rotating craft beer/cider, and once they're out they tap a new flavour. They ran out of 2 beers while we were there, and a new keg was quickly tapped each time. They have cardboard signs serving as labels - an easy way to keep the signage current - and at $8-9/pint, its a great way to try different beers without damaging your wallet. For wine they only offer 1 red and 1 white each night, and those change daily. The cocktails are made with care, with a good selection of classics (martini, Manhattan) and some fruity modern conceptions as well. Food was quite good, despite some of the portions being small. The cheesesteak for $16 could easily be consumed in a few bites. The pulled pork for $16 was delicious, served between two toasted pieces of delicious bread (not the "hoagie" I was expecting, but some of the best pulled pork I've had in Australia), and a better serve than the cheesesteak. The sliders were, again, on the small side. At $4/each or 4 for $15, you'd need 4 to make a meal. I found the chicken sliders a bit bland, possibly being overpowered by the potatoes in the garlic mash. The beef sliders were much better, with a delicious pickle relish. Of course, I had to grab the wings (6 for $9 or 12 for $16) which were one of the standouts for the night. A bit sweet at first, they pack a bit of a punch with a heat that builds. The three chip options (chilli cheese fries, sweet potato wedges, and steak fries with chipotle mayo) were all pretty good. Rumour (or rather, Facebook) has it that this place does $0.50 wings and $5 hot dogs on Wednesdays - definitely worth checking out. Come early if you want a table - we managed to grab one of the last of them at 6 pm on a Saturday, and didn't see much turnover during our 3 hour stay.

Best little bar I have been to, not full of the typical Cronulla crowd with a good mix of people…read more Best wings around and even better on a Wednesday. Great mix of craft beer and even better spirits. I would recommend this place to anyone!

This place has had a few changes of ownership over the last few years and has recently changed…read morenames from La Buena Mesa to Esther's Table. Esther's Table, as it now stands, is a nice spot in the residential streets of Annandale, heavily populated by young mums and bubs. Whilst Esther's was once more tailored to tots, it still is quite kid friendly, with a blackboard, kids toy section and tiny table as well as a couple of high chairs. Babycinos are $1 and kids ice cream just $2. Teas are by T2 and the frappes and smoothies here are yummy. However, the coffee at Esthers Table (Toby's Estate beans) is hit and miss. Once fantastic, it's now sometimes pretty good, but on this particular day my piccolo is one third froth and two thirds burnt. Disappointing, but I have had good coffees here in the past, so don't accept this one as the rule. My fruit plate was yummy and the rest of the food is ok too, although when our eyes are used to seeing plates decorated with a green splash of garnish, eggs, toast and tomato on a plate looks a bit like the orange and brown 70's wallpaper at my Grandma's house. The owner of this establishment is lovely and when she's around there's a touch of warmth added to the cafe. On this particular day, however, the owner is absent and staff look bored and unenthused. There's nothing terribly bad about the service, it's just not fantastic.

Walked in and tried the falafel burger on a whim.. DELICIOUS! Wish we had found this place sooner…read more Their menu is filled with vegetarian (and non-vegetarian) options. I wanna try them all! The coffee is also delish. Great find.

I sat outside enjoying the winter sun and people watching at one of their tables that line the…read morefootpath along King St. The coffee is great and I had a pesto, eggs and mushroom wholemeal roll that had the perfect balance of flavours and textures.

So being the market fiend I set off for the jaunt out to Rouse Hill and was SO not disappointed…read more It's a cute little spot but with small starts come great things and that's exactly what I found here. Like all the other markets I love to haunt, this is no different. Jim the Butcher, Shane the candle(stick) maker, the baker (yet to find out his name): it's all there. Oh yeah: let's not forget Rita's Asian Greens whose stall seems to go on and on and on and on full of healthy fruit and veg. Since it started there have been other great people selling their wares and the one i REALLY want to get to visit is their latest Tahlula's Eclectic Bazaar: now she has some seriously goovy incense, healing stones and other magical things. A friend of mine (who goes regularly) showed me a photo of the most ENORMOUS slide for the kids: big and little. I am a coward so most likely would cheer madly from the sidelines on that score Reckon this one is a go-er

To be honest that's the most obvious place in the mile radius and because of that unfortunately it…read moremeant they don't need to put too much effort in things. The coffee was ok but the rest of the food was a little bland or 'pre cooked'. It is a nice environment but if you picnic would have been even nicer. You can tell from the photos a lot of the items were just a preheat?

If you happen to be in the Bobbinhead national park, this is the one and only place you are goingg…read moreto be able to find a good cup of coffee and a hearty (heart stopping) breakfast. Located right in the middle of the park near the Orchard Park picnic area, this cafe is housed in a classic building that is pretty hard to miss. The size of it indicates just how busy it must get during the holidays. And rightly so. The breaky I had here was awesome. Ordering the big breaky, it was exactly that. The mass of bacon I had on my plate puts most Sydney cafes to shame. Not only that, the bacon was cooked to order, piping hot and really delicious. The eggs were perfectly runny, and the hash brown was replaced with chips (which worked perfectly, especially if you like dipping them in your eggs...). My expectations for the coffee were pretty low going in. Normally when you come this far out of town, the coffee level drops significantly. Not so this time. While the crema was not fantastic, the quantity of milk was perfect. *Thumbs up* Only thing to be aware of is that parking in the park is $11 for a full day pass. While still quite reasonable, it can add to the total cost of a trip out. But why not drop on down and make a day of it. Plenty of things to keep yourself occupied in the park. Cafe Summary ------------------------ Passion for Coffee - 7/10 Coffee beans - Amore Crema (1=burnt, 10=velvet) - 6/10 Special coffees avail? - N/A

I should be keeping this gem a secret, it's quiet, refined and tucked away from the hustle and…read morebustle of Darling St. The staff are attentive and courteous, the menu has a wide range of cafe fare and it's not over priced. My partner and I return here because it's good without the pretension of other Balmain Peninsula eateries and cafés.

Jane Eyre is a new(ish) addition to the Balmain cafe set. It's in that little space at the back of…read morean open air arcade with brown tiles. In summer, this is a really nice place to sit - part shade, part sun, and out of the wind. The owners are incredibly friendly, and you get the sense that it's a family business. The coffee is fairly average and there is nothing particularly amazing on the menu, but I did like the fact that a) the owners were so smiley and considerate (they were worried that we were cold), and the biscotti was fresh, rich and full of goodies (rather than being stale and dry, like most biscotti around the traps). I liked it a lot - despite the Bronte name, this place is totally without pretensions, and it is certainly not a hipster hangout. But it would be a great place to steal away to and read a newspaper in the sun (if it ever stops raining). There is also a saxophone in the cafe, sitting around, just waiting for someone to pick it up and play it. You know, Fernside has a guitar, other cafes have chalkboards or paper tablecloths, but Jane Eyre offers a big shiny Sax for anyone feeling creative.