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3.8 (24 reviews)
Open • 7:00 am - 5:00 pm

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"Cortado", terrible. Not a proper Cortado.
Michael P.

I'm so tired of cafés offering a Cortado and having no clue how to make them. Even parts espresso and steamed milk. That is it. Usually about 4oz. What I got was a mediocre shot of espresso with hot milk, and a little milk foam on top (not microfoam from proper steamed milk). Probably about 6oz total. $6 wasted. Wife ordered a latte and requested for it to be less sweet. It was like they dumped 2 tablespoons of Splenda in that thing. Undrinkable. Also didn't have any steamed milk as a latte should have..

Taylor S.

I've been to Sydney a few times - both Thayer and Exchange. It's a cute spot and the service is great, everyone at the Thayer location is wonderful. The energy balls are really good. I saw someone order avocado toast today that looked delicious. But the coffee is just crazy expensive. A regular iced coffee is $5 and the up charge for non dairy milk is $.95. It shouldn't be $6 for an iced coffee and iced coffee is watery. Next time I go back, it'll probably just be for food!

Cappuccino
Kamal B.

Overall great kind staff with amazing soft music playing in the background making it a great study spot! They also have great selection in food options (didn't get something tho), & saw tonssss of people getting food and enjoying it! Free WiFi, clean bathroom, nice staff, solid coffee--I mean, what more could I ask for??

Coffee and blueberry lemon loaf
Lyla B.

The food and service was amazing, and the vanilla latte was the best I've ever had! I would highly recommend!!

Meg M.

Wow! The drinks here are amazing and it's just as chic and adorable as their main location. If you're a college student in the area. You should put this on your must visit list. There's lots of space to get school work done or have a bite and catch up with friends over coffee. I really loved it. Adriana took great care of me! She made me a fall drink special and a latte that she made a little extra special and both were amazing. I like their in house cups but I'm obsessed with their to go ones! What a great spot!

roast beast
Maisune E.

sydney is a cozy place to take 1:1 meetings near brown or get some work done. i need to dig up my photo of the avocado toast with smoked salmon because that's my go to order and it's a meal. the servers are always so calm and hospitable even when it's busy. when it's nice out, the patio seating is comfy especially with the updates. love that they chained the seats so you can sit there even when they close instead of taking them in. that's a kind gesture to thayer st. and ppl nearby. the seating inside is also varied with stools/high-top and regular tables. got the roast beast warmed today and it was exactly what i needed during my last work mtg. if you like the tang of horseradish and swiss with your roast beef you will appreciate this in the panini press.

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Stephanie T.

Sydney has two locations in Providence. One in the waterplace complex in downtown providence and a second on Thayer street by Brown University. I've only been to the location on Thayer Street. This location replaces Blue State Coffee. Sydney is a spacious cafe with plenty of tables and countertop seating. The cafe offers coffee, espresso, tea as well as house-made baked goods, breakfast, lunch and grab-and-go items. After ordering, you can grab a table and when your order is ready they will call your name. I had a large hot sweetened Matcha Latte with whole milk and I have to say this was the best matcha latte I had in Providence. They use premium Japanese matcha and was not overly sweet or bitter. I enjoyed it a lot. I spent about 3 hours working here on my laptop and at first, it wasn't too crowded around 9:30am. However, once it was around 11:00am, groups of students came in and it got more nosier. It is still a great place to work, catchup with friends, and hangout. I will definitely be coming back here!

The doors being locked before 6PM

I went into Sydney thinking wow these desserts look quite nice. I like to buy one. I asked the girl excuse me. How much are these items? She looks straight at me and decides to ignore me and help someone else but I was there asking her first. The service here is extremely rude and I feel as if it was racist. I'm not sure if their customer service is all like this or if it was just her but they need to step up their game. then I left because of the extreme rudeness and she proceeds to lock the door after me and my friends but it was only 5PM and clearly it says closes at 6PM.

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Destiny C.

This place was so so cute. We were in Providence for volleyball and my entire 18 person team plus 4 staff members walked into here with little to no idea of how it would go, considering it was a smaller shop. But they did wonderfully, they got everyone's drinks out pretty quick and the bagel shop across the street plus this yummy coffee gave us a really delicious pregame breakfast. My coffee was so good and other teammates of mine tried out the overnight oats and had rave reviews too! Overall an awesome place, and my seasonal pumpkin drink was absolutely fantastic. I think I can speak for my whole team when I say we would definitely come back!

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2 years ago

Right next to my son's dorm. Great service, atmosphere, and great tasting coffee. The outside seating is great to just relax!!!

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2 years ago

Nice, happy staff. Great CSI Sydney chicken sandwich, bread was so good! Matcha yum Will definitely be back when we are in town!

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very cute! a bit overpriced but they have some cool menu items and i enjoyed my time studying there!

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“i need to dig up my photo of the avocado toast with smoked salmon because that's my go to order and it's a meal.”

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