We returned to The Galley at Sydney Boathouse, a beautiful spot, right on Sydney Harbour marina…read moresituated between Rozelle and Glebe, and under the ANZAC Bridge. The nearby car park gives 1 hour free parking so it's easy to pop by for brunch or lunch. It's a lovely view of the city scape and boats in the harbour and you can enjoy your breakfast up on the deck of the converted waiting hall / shipping container, or on a lounge by the water. This time we opted for the couches and made friends with a nearby diners French bulldog. It's certainly a dog friendly spot. You can also sit inside if the weather isn't suitable with beautiful styling, nautically themed with blue striped cushions, decorative ropes and anchors. We loved this place last time, so we were keen to try their new menu. The menu has a more varied amount of choices at brunch. There's sweets, salads and some regular and ever popular choices. The mozzarella with avo, perfectly place on sourdough with greens and pomegranates, heirloom tomatoes and and a soft poached egg was beautiful. The roast pumpkin salad with grains, Persian feta, heirloom salad, avocado, confit onion, Pepita dukkah and herbs is the kind of dish I'd enjoy every day. Super healthy and refreshing and the pumpkin was perfectly cooked. For a sweet finish, we really liked the poached pear on brioche, toast with salted caramel, passionfruit cream, candied pistachio and lemon zest. We imagine this will be a very popular menu item.

From the owner: Introducing the very first waterfront cafe in Sydney's Inner West!read more

Been here for lunch numerous times. I enjoy the food and…read morethe open spaces. Window views are great but I love their comfy leather lounges. Lol. I really should come here more often than I do. Coffee needed some help but there is always the bar!!

OMG Am I really the first to be reviewing this place? Good lord! Why!????…read more Look here's the scoop:- Cafe BIrkenhead as a name opened (if memory serves) in 1996 or 1997. It won accolade after accolade for sensational food, with a seasonal menu (yeah they changed it every season) and million dollar waterfront views of the harbour, right across to North Sydney (you could see the brown block of RNS in the distance), but with magnificent Cockatoo Island in the foreground. I adored this place. Then it changed hands and everything went a little "cheaper".. same type of food, but instead of delicate obviously fresh whiting fillets for "fish and chips" something frozen and re-fried was slathered on top of a pile of greasy chips. Then Birkenhead point changed. Cafe Birkenehead had to move, and it now has.. a-hundred-thousand dollar views of... other peoples apartments in Balmain, across sparce water filled with a marina, with little traffic. Worst, the layout of the new place is so wide that the views aren't that great from the ample couch seating at the entrace side. Too many staff now dominate the floor, and I don't think any of them know what they are doing, at least none of them knew enough to take our order in a timely manner (the first time we returned) or to serve it in a timely manner (the second time; yes I had to ask for the food to be brought out) Who eats polenta chips? Honestly? they are greasy and disgusting, and frankly sound like a way of using up left-over polenta carried over from one of the other restaurants owned by this multi-congolomerate restaurant chain (Blackbird at Darling Harbour have you mended your broken wing yet?!). Why do I mention these polenta so-called "chips"? Well, because they are absolutely ubiquitous on the fabric covered menu. Everywhere. The schnitzel was generous, and lovely, if you discount the mushroom sauce which was obviously made with that "sauce base" you can buy in a beer bottle (look for it at Coles) and the fish was actually quite well cooked although its en-crustment of chickpea neither holds up to that wonderful crunch I expect from deep fried fish, nor to taste, as anything remotely pulse like in the batter was lost amidst the staple batter ingredients. Food that arrived late, food that pretentiously apes at classy bistro food combined with late, un-interested and un-caring overall service, ritzy "look there's fire!!" decorations, fancy exposed beams and air-vents (that's Birkenehead Point's signature look).. Does this sentence make sense? No? neither does "Cafe" Birkenhead. My memories are of a better place. Sorry, cafe birkenehead, keep trying. I'll review this again no doubt in the coming months because I am a sucker for punishment.

Great local cafe just down from Waverton train station. Your choice of indoor or outdoor seating,…read moreyou can access the free wifi from wherever you sit. The menu is straight forward and the food quality is high for a good price. On the few occasions I've been so far I've tried the bacon and egg roll which has ample bacon and an egg and your choice of sauce on a soft brioche bun. Or go for a sandwich or breakfast option. Coffee is pretty good too, occasionally is served too hot but may be a factor of the requests they usually get. You also get the bonus of the harbour view down the road.

A really special, very local Cafe. Nice spot near the harbour. Very low prices. Nothing spectacular…read moreabout the food, but that's pretty normal for Sydney. The prices match the food, with a bonus view.

Ok, the range of cakes and tarts are pretty impressive. The food however is blander than hearing my…read moreaccounting teacher talk about her life. Never before have I actually left more than 50% of food on my plate after paying $25 for the meal. The coleslaw was really bland, tasted like I was eating butter out of the fridge, the burger was so old and also tasted like off butter and the chips were so dead that they tasted like cardboard. The service was friendly however. Still doesn't make up for the lack of quality with the food however. I wouldn't recommend going here for lunch or coffee (the coffee is terrible). I would recommend the cakes though. Cakes 9/10

Great coffee and cakes. Service has always been friendly whenever I go here. Their lunch menu is…read morepretty nice and priced reasonably. I love the range of cakes they have (note :the mini cake cabinet is not at the cafe bit). This visit I had a latte and banana bread. The banana bread isn't as sweet as the mass produced style banana bread that you usually get from other cafes. Not sure if they bake it themselves but it was ssoo nice and soft. 2 thumbs up, I'll always come back here.

George and Lina are my local and my go to. The coffee is excellent, the service is top notch and…read morethey provide a great atmosphere. I would trust them with my kids. They provide a feeling of community in Drummoyne and we would be much poorer without them. Food is great as well if you are wanting it, although they need to add a chicken wrap to the menu! Food 5/5 Service 5/5 Ambiance 5/5 Price 5/5

Stepping in to Three Rosettas is like coming home. The…read morefamily-run café has staff that make you feel welcome from the minute you walk in, happy to share a joke and a smile. It's a small, charming space that is decorated with the perfect blend of hipster and homely, and the sensory lab coffee on offer warms the stomach and the heart. The menu is mid-sized, with something to suit every taste. I had the BLT on Turkish, very filling and the perfect blend of flavours with fresh ripe tomato and crispy bacon and the bread toasted to perfection. The menu being perfectly priced for a student wallet is just an added bonus!! Would 100% recommend coming here for a catch up or even a place to sit and read. Oh and the music playlist is on point

On a voucher that gave us a discount of around 50% The food was very good. Fish and chips were hot…read moreand hamburger generous. The beer was really cold too. Looking at others' meals the nachos would be good for a couple of kids to share. We sat down at 11:30 and by noon the place was packed. Tables and chairs plus beanbags are the seats of choice. When you alight from the ferry you need to walk and follow the signs to the cafe. The view across the water is to Dawn Fraser Baths

A welcome addition to Balmain!…read more With the front windows flung open to Darling Street, this is the sort of place where you can linger over a cup of good coffee and, if you are lucky, listen to spontaneous piano performances.

From the owner: We offer fresh salads, great coffee, comfortable, plush, antique seating and tables, a grand piano,…read morelive music at times and a menu which stretches from 8am until 3.30 daily and a range of other grab and go or sit in options. A great atmosphere, L'voire caters for the family with fresh fruit salad sticks for the young, board games for the competitive and the ever possible chance of somebody turning up to play our wonderful grand piano.

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Terrible service. This place has a lovely view and the food…read morewas quite nice so is a real shame the service was so appalling. You order at the counter so it's difficult for them to mess it up so much- the man who took my order was fine but the lady (dark hair) and man who were fluttering around were very rude. Not even unhelpful, plain rude. I wouldn't recommend going here.

A very interesting brunch to be had here. Serve is okay. Every time we pass this place there always…read moreseems to be a messy table screaming to be cleaned up. From my experience it has always been self seating, self getting the menu (at the counter) and self ordering (at the counter). Open air and near the water usually means you'll have a nice breeze to cool you down which is always a comfort after shopping on a hot summers day. I ordered a chai latte which was popping with flavour and had a smooth yet strong taste. Near the bottom of the mug things got sickly sweet, which was not surprising after viewing all the sugar left in the bottom once finished. I ordered the French toast, which I was warned came with bacon. I knew this already as I had read the menu. The French toast itself was pleasant with just the right amount of sweetness, the strawberries were fresh and refreshing. The maple syrup gave it that much desired sugar kick. And the pieces of fried bacon scattered across the top gave a nice salty contrast to the overall dish - think of it like a peanut butter M&M. The pricing wasn't bad. During the lunch period you may have to stand and wait for a table mind you. Would go there again.

Located in Birkenhead Point Outlet Centre. It has both indoor and outdoor seating and overlooks the…read morewater so would be lovely to sit outside on a fine day and relax from a day of shopping. Ducked in to get a Latte and they were all quite busy making drinks and food but I was acknowledged and didn't have to wait too long. They were very friendly. The coffee was nice and decent price (3.60 for a small).

The cafe is located on the corner of a quiet residential neighborhood, and even though I stress the…read moreword quiet, this place was bustling when my husband and I stopped by at 11 on a Sunday. A crowd outside the place consisted of many eager to get their hands on delicious foods everybody raves about. We weren't sure where to tell them our names to put us on the list of people waiting for a table, so we ended up in the "to go" line until we grabbed a waitress to do so. There were already people behind us in line that grabbed that waitress ahead of us, which was a little annoying, but the wait wasn't too long. I wish they had a better system for dropping names for people who want to dine in. Anywho, once we were seated, we were able to order fairly quickly, but our drinks were pretty slow to come out- essentially our food came out at the same time as our coffees. The Arabian eggs I had and the big breakfast my husband had were both delicious; no complaints there. The chili peppers in the Arabian eggs were impressively spicy, which ngl is hard to get me to say as a Korean. Staff were nice, but I wish it was a bit more organized in terms of ordering/giving our names. Two different girls asked us for our drink orders, and I saw the girls touch dirty dishes/napkins and clear them in the kitchen and then come and deliver foods and coffee without washing hands... a little upsetting to see. Overall, great food and coffee, but disappointed by staff and organization. I'd come back, but probably not the first place I'd suggest for a weekend brunch.

Annandale, in Sydney's inner-west, had me at hello with her rows of terrace houses and she woo'd me…read moremore with the lure of lunch at Revolver. Housed in what was meant to be a hotel back in the day, this cafe is bustling and I'm told by my local living friend, often lines out the door on weekends. When we arrived there was no wait and we were seated straight away. The staff were friendly and polite. It's a smaller space but they make the most of it with a home-y interior. It's warm, inviting and too easy to spend a lazy afternoon here. There's an all-day breakfast menu with all the usual suspects and some stand outs like the lamb bruschetta. I was lucky enough to sample this from one of our lunch party and would definitely order should I return. On this occasion, I ordered the lamb kofta special with natural yogurt, quinoa and coriander. It was a suitably filling and soul hugging meal of comfort and everything was balanced to perfection. The coffee was strong and easily drinkable. There's a range of gluten free cakes should you not be feeling like lunch and most of the menu items can be made gluten free. The kitchen here may be small but from our experience it's certainly not limiting what they're serving!