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    Marlowe's Way

    4.4 (46 reviews)
    InexpensiveCafes, Bars
    Closed 7:00 am - 4:00 pm

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    Hipster
    Moderate noise

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    Macadamia Cappuccino
    Adrianna P.

    Marlowe's Way is the right way. Tucked away in an alley. I'm trying to make Yelp a thing here in AU, it's not used very much here but I was lucky enough to find this place. I was looking for a coffee/breako spot, and this popped up. Love the chill vibes and the staff are on top of it. Such excellent service and extremely kind. This place is pretty small but perfect for a pair or solo. Most people are ordering take away before work. The line get's pretty long but goes by quickly. The coffee is great and the food is phenomenal. Love the decor and ambiance. The whole place just has it goin on! I got the avocado toast with a soft boiled egg on top with a cappuccino. The meal was the perfect way to start a day. Delicious and reasonably priced, Sydney isn't a cheap place to eat. We also ordered the omelette that was cooked to perfection. Sometimes omelettes can be to "eggy" if that's a thing lol but this has a perfect balance of everything. To forgot to put some of the delish hot sauce on top! I'd go again to listen to the chill music, sip on some delicious coffee, and have some tasty eats.

    Marlowe's omelette
    Jeremy B.

    This little restaurant is a gem of a place. Excellent and caring service. Original and flavorful creations. Please ignore those whining about it being too small, or not good enough for their sophisticated palate. Nonsensical reviews by amateur travelers. There's a reason the business community lines up, along with locals and tourists. My Marlowe's omelette, fresh orange juice and coffee were top notch. Add in a peanut butter muffin (listen to your server when she rates it "yummy") and it's location near the Marriott, and I rank this place a winner.

    Big Brekkie Brioche
    Matthew W.

    Some of the best coffee on the planet. Delicious brekkie sandwiches and an awesome omelette. Great music, great vibe. I had breakfast here every day during my week in Sydney and loved it!

    Tap 'n' Kegs, Marlowe's Way
    Dan P.

    Tucked down a cute little laneway off busy Bridge Street in the city lives this tiny gem. It's small but eclectic, and what it lacks in size it more than makes up for in substance 'n' style. I've been here twice in the last 3 weeks and they generally have a couple of specials available in addition to the regular menu. They craftily cater for both herbivore and omnivore by creating dishes that can exist solely as a vegetarian meal or the option to have a protein paired with them. Today I opted for the cous cous salad special, adding chicken. The salad consisted of roast pumpkin, chick pea, snow pea, coriander, raisins, cherry tomato and almonds. The balance of flavours was delightful and contrasted beautifully with the light, fluffy and slightly buttery goodness of the cous cous and the charred chicken. The serving was generous and satisfied my hunger. It was also quite well priced for a niche city venue. For the drinkers there also appeared to be a few tap beers to choose from. I noticed Coopers Pale Ale, and Young Henry's cider. There may have been more tap beers on the other side of the service area. What I hadn't noticed on my first visit was that the music filtering through the cafe is played on a record player. As in vinyl. As in awesome. The soft sounds of slow soulful r 'n' b and jazzy notes drift and delight as you enjoy your meal. There really is only one drawback, and it's bound to happen when you're so cool. The place is busy, meaning that you might not get a table. The cafe does do takeaway meals, but the real charm of the place is eating-in. I missed out earlier in the week and was disappointed. The downside to being great, won't hold that against them. Will eat here again, and often.

    Joe N.

    Tucked away in Bridge Lane which is closer to the intersection of Pitt & Bridge streets, you'll find a true jewel of a coffee joint, Marlowe's...and it's a beautifully quaint little hole in the wall with surprising seating capacity for breakfast in the Sydney CBD. Table service and speedy too?! Yes! Absolutely and with a smile! The crew working the small kitchen works clean, lean and efficiently, like someone smarter and with more kitchen experience once said, a tight kitchen crew is like a gang of rock band roadies that've been together a long time. The end result, you get in and out in no time at all even through the morning crowd, but you feel like you've enjoyed the luxury of a languid breakfast experience with all your needs attended to with absolutely no hurry at all! Truly one of the exceptional café experiences I've ever had. It's always nice to see someone doing things right and with love. It comes through in the way the place is put together, the decor which is quirky but neatly arranged, the ordered chaos of bric-a-brac seemingly carelessly stacked about, the coffee, the food and if that isn't proof enough that they care, they spin vinyl! When somebody cares enough to spin vinyl in the age of Spotify, I have to take my very small hat off in reverence. Again, I'm known to rail against places that are all about ambience with mediocre food, and here, I have to offer kudos to the crew that did a very nice extraction on some nicely roasted beans. Never mind that the beans probably weren't roasted on site, but they were given due respect in the way the brew was extracted. I had 2 coffees to be sure and they were both great. The espresso and the latte were done right and the breakfast sandwiches perfecto! It is amply apparent to me that Marlowe's Way was built and is held together with love, and it shows. Good on you, Marlowe's Way! Stick around a long long long time, please!

    Salmon board and spring salad
    Carolyn B.

    Looking for a lunch spot our first day in Sydney I turned to my trusty advisor, Yelp. Near Circular Quay, we wanted to avoid the standard tourist traps. As we were here during the holidays, I called the number listed for Marlowe's Way to see if they were open. The call went to voice mail, but straight away I received a call back to confirm they were open. Lucky us! Marlowe's Way turned out to be just what we were looking for. We ordered the salmon board and spring salad--fresh, light, tasty and satisfying. Check out the pics! We were so pleased we came back the next day for a quick brekky and coffee. Best part is Marlowe's Way is tucked back on a laneway so it's away from the hustle, bustle and touristy traps.

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    Amazing breakfast sandwich. Top 3 I have ever had. Excellent mix of texture and flavor with the jam along with the cheese and egg.

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    The flavor isn't there I think it's just all hype , maybe my food palate finds this mediocre but I wouldn't recommend this spot

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    PJ Gallagher's Sports Bar & Bistro - Front of the hotel

    PJ Gallagher's Sports Bar & Bistro

    2.8(9 reviews)
    1.0 kmSydney
    $$

    The Criterion, post PJs renos, is a standard faux-Irish pub slap bang in the middle of the city…read more(close to Town Hall). Being close to where I used to work, I'd frequent this place quite a bit, and before it was a PJs it was a mates fave city pub so we'd catch up over a few here from time to time. There's a pretty good mix of people in the street-level bar, and PJs have converted it into more of a sports bar so there are plenty of screens for the sports nuts to check out their favourite teams prospects. PJs typically have pretty good fare. In winter they have two absolute cracking dishes. The Guiness Pie with mushy peas, and their signature lamb shanks which is totally unctuous. Why such a modest score? Price kills the place. It's not one of the cheaper places to get a beer as someone incorrectly states in their tips, it's easily one of the most expensive places to get a beer. You're paying over the top prices for domestic tap beer. A cheap beer is $5 for a Coopers Pale Ale, which you can get on the same street about 200m up the road... Also... As much as I enjoy a good pokie section, this one ain't good. And by that I mean the clientelle. It brings in the undesireable types, and sours what is otherwise a sweet pub. The snug, the downstairs den, has a great looking bar, and "snug" seating, but it's kinda pointless down there. It doesn't feel snug, it feels stuffy and claustrophobic - and the bar has never been manned when I've been down there. Now, if they moved the pokies to the snug, and then opened up the entire bar at the street-level to include the room vacated by the pokie section, you'd have something. But why would they do that when they can get by with what they have.

    I went for lunch here not too long ago and it was a great Irish pub. Rich Mahogany wood and a wide…read moreselection of beer on tap, with food selections that you'd find in most other Irish pubs. Being in the city, it can get quite busy very quickly and is a decently sized basement multi-storied pub. TV screens are usually are usually playing Fox sports or something similar. I order the Parmy, just to be on the the safe side. I wasn't too game to try the Pie which is supposed to be one of the best (as judged by Irish people I work with) around. The food is carefully prepared and you can tell the produce is quality and they've cooked it properly which some pubs sometimes struggle to do consistently... The chips were the standout side, crisp and crunchy! Definitely will be trying the stew or pie, that is if I'm brave enough to.

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    PJ Gallagher's Sports Bar & Bistro - Guinness stew pie thing. SO MUCH YUM!

    Guinness stew pie thing. SO MUCH YUM!

    PJ Gallagher's Sports Bar & Bistro

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