From beachside classics to cafe rebellions: Sydney's best bacon and egg rolls revealed
It’s a classic for a reason. Here’s where you’ll find five of Sydney’s best bacon and egg rolls.
From seaside messiness to Newtown rebellion, Sydney’s cafes are rewriting the rules on what makes the perfect bacon and egg roll worth queuing for.
Cafe Margaret
Double Bay
The new kid on Double Bay’s breakfast strip hasn’t wasted any time proving itself. In the old Next Door site, Neil Perry’s shiny and bright new cafe serves a bacon and egg roll so deluxe it could double as lunch. Or dinner. Premium bacon, golden hash brown, grilled cheese and a soft milk bun unite in a molten mess of pure perfection. It’s indulgent but never sloppy, and just rich enough to justify that second coffee. Expect sharp service, low chatter and the faint sound of envy from nearby tables that ordered something else. This is breakfast dressed in cashmere.
30-36 Bay St, Double Bay
themargaretfamily.com/venue/cafe-margaret
The Boathouse
Balmoral Beach
When your morning view includes Balmoral’s spectacularly glassy water, it’s only fair your bacon and egg roll lives up to it. This one’s glossy, saucy and unapologetically messy – a tangle of smoky bacon, fried egg, barbecue sauce, aioli and rocket, best eaten with sand still on your shoes. The Boathouse has always mastered the art of laid-back coastal indulgence, and this breakfast menu item is no exception. Grab a takeaway coffee, claim a bench and let the sea breeze handle the clean-up. There’s beauty in life’s simple moments, especially when they end with you licking yolk off your wrist.
2 The Esplanade, Mosman
theboathousebb.com.au
Paper Plane Cafe
Parramatta
There’s nothing fancy about this one, and that’s entirely the point. Parramatta’s go-to bacon and egg roll keeps things gloriously honest: soft milk bun, runny yolk, crisp bacon and just enough sauce to meld it all together. It’s hot, quick and utterly reliable, not unlike the cafe itself. Regulars here swear it’s the best in the west, and if you make the pilgrimage, you’ll soon see that the line each morning agrees wholeheartedly. So join the queue, grab a roll with a takeaway flat white and let the simplicity of it all remind you exactly why classics become classics in the first place.
Suite 5/2 Horwood Place, Parramatta
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Little West
Haberfield
This is proof that even a small cafe can deliver a big breakfast punch. Little West serves its bacon and egg roll on a pillowy milk bun, spiking crisp bacon and a perfectly fried egg with bush tomato sauce and crisping the whole thing up, if you’re smart, with an optional hash brown. That relish adds a brilliantly native twist – tangy, earthy and unmistakably Australian. It’s a laid-back, hands-on kind of breakfast that doesn’t need reinvention to impress. Order a coffee, grab a seat and settle in for a roll that’ll leave you a little bit messy, but very, very satisfied.
Shop 2, 53-55 Waratah St, Haberfield
little-west.com.au
Rolling Penny
Newtown
It’s technically a sandwich, but spiritually it’s the enlightened cousin of every bacon and egg roll that came before it. Rolling Penny swaps buns for Brickfields ciabatta, then fills it with free-range eggs, smoked bacon, aioli, tomato relish and a tumble of fresh greens. The result is crisp, creamy and just a little rebellious; breakfast that’s grown up but hasn’t lost its sense of fun. The Newtown crowd keeps it buzzing and the excellent staff move like fighter jets, but it never feels rushed. This is the kind of morning bite that makes you linger long after the last crumb’s gone.
583A King St, Newtown
rollingpenny.au
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