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Alexandria

Candyland installation at The Grounds in Alexandria in 2023.

The Grounds of Alexandria

This venue is a finalist for best family-friendly cafes in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Strawberry pistachio muesli.

Ellen

This cafe is a finalist for best food in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Good Ways Deli in Alexandria.

Good Ways Deli

This venue is a finalist for best sandwich in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Tea pouring and ceremony.

Altitude Tea

This venue is a finalist for best tea in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Here you can see the almost-perfect layer of salted carrot and pickled beetroot that have both been painstakingly julienned and cut into matchsticks.

The salad sandwich is a perfect summer lunch option, this is one of Sydney’s best

Some salad sangers lead to regret, but this is a celebration of crunch and freshness. “It’s by far our most labour-intensive sanger on the menu.”

  • Sarah Norris
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Bistecca at Pino’s Vino e Cucina.

Pino’s Vino e Cucina

Curbside tratt for intimate date nights and celebrations alike.

Ellen’s serene and clean-lined interior.
Critics' Pick

Ellen

Slick upscale cooking in a relaxed, tree-fringed cafe.

Buffalo mozzarella, peaches and prosciutto at L’Americano Espresso Bar.

L’Americano

Transport yourself to the 1950s on the Italian Riviera at this marble-topped bar in Alexandria.

Genovese Coffee House in Alexandria.

Genovese Coffee House

Since 2021, this family-owned coffee roaster has offered $2 espressos – if taken standing at the bar.

Fish burger made with hoki, cucumber pickles, mustard seed, lettuce and American cheddar.

A cafe so tranquil (and a fish burger so good), how can it be so close to chaotic WestConnex?

Menu stars at serene and clean-lined Alexandria cafe Ellen include a cracking fish burger and a brilliant emerald halloumi and pea salad.

  • Lenny Ann Low

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