We’ve divided our guide, presented by T2, into 11 categories including food, all-rounders, bakeries, sandwich shops, sweets and treats, tea, market stalls, icons, coffee, family-friendly and matcha and speciality drinks, so you can find exactly what you’re looking for.

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Food

• Algorithm, Marrickville
• BTB, Kirribilli
• Cafe Tanja, Surry Hills
• Comeco, Newtown
• Ellen, Alexandria
• Kurumac, Marrickville
• Maggio’s, Cammeray & North Ryde
• Parami, Sydney
• Pina, Potts Point
• Taguan, Redfern

All-rounders

• Angus, Marrickville
• Cafe Cressida, Woollahra
• Cherry Moon General Store, Annandale
• Edition Coffee Roasters, Haymarket
• Happy Alley, Rockdale
• Happyfield, Haberfield
• Haven Specialty Coffee, Rosebery, Haymarket, Green Square, Waterloo, Barangaroo, Darling Quarter
• Jack Gray, Grays Point
• Kepos Street Kitchen, Redfern
• Misc. Parramatta, Parramatta
• Noon, Manly
• Paramount Coffee Project, Surry Hills
• Serva, Seaforth
• Soulmate Coffee, Newtown
• Superfreak, Marrickville
• The Shop & Wine Bar, Bondi Beach
• Tento, Surry Hills
• Tita, Marrickville
• Valentinas, Marrickville

Bakeries

• A.P Bakery, Surry Hills, Newtown, Sydney & Darlinghurst
• Fiore Bread, McMahons Point
• Flour, Caringbah
• Flour & Stone, Woolloomooloo
• Goodwood Bakeshop, Marrickville
• Iggy’s Bread, Bronte
• Pioik, Pyrmont
• Tuga Pastries, Clovelly & Alexandria
• Self Raised Bread Shoppe, Carlton
• Starlight Bakery, Doonside

Sandwich shops

• Baker Bleu, Double Bay
• Banh Mi Phuong 18, Bankstown
• Cut Lunch Deli, Randwick
• Good Ways Deli, Redfern & Alexandria
• Kosta’s Takeaway, Rosebery, Sydney, Rockdale & Circular Quay
• On a Roll, Crows Nest
• Punpun, Darlinghurst
• Raineri’s Deli, Five Dock
• Sandoitchi, Chatswood & Darlinghurst
• Small Talk, Dulwich Hill

Sweets and treats

• Dear Florence, Sydney

• Khanom House, Chippendale
• Kuki, Haymarket
• Moon Phase, St Leonards
• Pantry Story, Stanmore
• Shadow Baking, Darlinghurst
• Shortstop Coffee and Donuts, Barangaroo
• Smeed, Belmore
• Sweet Beirut, Bexley
• Yin’s Viennoiserie, Glebe

Tea

• Altitude Tea, Alexandria
• Ambi Chai House, Pennant Hills
• IndoChainese, Harris Park
• Moment Tea, Ashfield
• Ms. Cattea Tea Bar, Potts Point
• My Teahouse Sydney, Neutral Bay
• The Tea Room QVB, Sydney
• Tea Journal, Chatswood
• The Tea Cosy, The Rocks
• Zensation Tea House, Waterloo

Market stalls and pop-ups

• Ard
• Bobo Bakery, Kingsford
• Elevate Kiosk, Blacktown
• Roman’s Deli, Georges Hall
• Yummy Yummy Knafeh

Iconic cafes and bakeries

• Bar Sport, Leichhardt
• bills, Surry Hills, Bondi Beach, Darlinghurst & Double Bay
• Black Star Pastry, Parramatta, Sydney CBD, Rosebery, Newtown, Chatswood, Hurstville & Macquarie Park
• Circa Espresso, Parramatta
• Country Women’s Association Tea Room, Eastwood
• Harry’s Bondi, Bondi Beach
• Wellington Cake Shop, Bondi
• La Renaissance Patisserie, The Rocks & Waterloo
• Pasticceria Papa, Haberfield & Five Dock
• Single O, Surry Hills
• Yum Yum Bakery, Guildford

Coffee

• Artificer, Surry Hills
• Diggy Doos, Sydney
• FBR, Sydney
• Headlands, Summer Hill
• Ickle Coffee, Kingsgrove
• Jibbi Coffee Roasters, Sydney
• Ona, Marrickville
• Only Coffee Project,Crows Nest, Artarmon & North Sydney
• Primary Coffee, Potts Point
• Ratio Coffee, Crows Nest

Family-friendly cafes

• Outfield, Ashfield
• Pico in Curly, Curl Curl
• Splash, Petersham
• The Grounds of Alexandria, Alexandria
• The Tuckshop, Glenhaven

Matcha and specialty drinks

• Cre Asion, North Sydney & Pyrmont
• Bubble Nini, Haymarket, Chippendale, Zetland & Sydney CBD
• Chubby Cubby Cafe, Haymarket
• Mamuki Bake Bar, Enmore
• Molly Tea, Burwood
• Moon and Back, Rosebery
• Sneaker Laundry Lab, Sydney
• Tea & Co, Burwood
• Tea Republic, Mascot, Eastwood & Cabramatta
• T Totaler, Sydney CBD

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