Restaurants & coffee

Where to eat and drink coffee

Alena's shortlist for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Perth: restaurants, coffee, bakeries, bars and cheap eats, with a map, menu and the venue's own site.

Updated: 16 October 2026

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Sydney and Melbourne lists checked 8 October 2026; Brisbane, Gold Coast and Perth on 16 October 2026. Permanently closed venues are left out. We have no ties to the venues and are not paid by them.

Every place by city and suburb

The full list by suburb. Tap a name to open its card.

Sydney363

Alexandria

Allawah

Balmain / Rozelle

Barangaroo

Blue Mountains / Katoomba

Blue Mountains: Katoomba / Leura / Blackheath

Bondi / North Bondi

Bronte / Clovelly

CBD

CBD / Chinatown / Martin Place

CBD / Wynyard

Chippendale / Redfern

Circular Quay / CBD

Circular Quay / Opera House

Collaroy

Coogee

Coogee / Bronte / Clovelly

Crows Nest / North Sydney

Darling Harbour / Pyrmont

Double Bay

Leichhardt

Manly / Freshwater

Marrickville

Mascot

Mosman / Balmoral

Neutral Bay / Mosman

Newport

Newtown / Enmore

Northern Beaches / Newport

Paddington

Paddington / Woollahra

Potts Point

Potts Point / Darlinghurst

Randwick

Rozelle

Stanmore

  • Sixpenny · Modern Australian tasting menu

Surry Hills

Surry Hills / Darlinghurst

Sydney

The Rocks

The Rocks / Circular Quay

Watsons Bay / Rose Bay

Woollahra

Woolloomooloo

Woolloomooloo / Potts Point

Melbourne271

Armadale

  • Amaru · Contemporary Australian tasting menu

Brunswick / Brunswick East

Carlton / Carlton North

Carlton North

CBD / Laneways

Collingwood

  • CIBI · Cafe; design store
  • Proud Mary · Cafe; specialty coffee roaster

Collingwood / Abbotsford

Collingwood / Fitzroy

East Melbourne

  • Yiaga · Contemporary Australian

Fitzroy

Fitzroy / Fitzroy North

Port Melbourne / Albert Park

Prahran / Windsor

Queen Victoria Market / North Melbourne

Richmond

Ripponlea

  • Attica · Contemporary Australian fine dining

South Melbourne

South Melbourne / Southbank

South Yarra

South Yarra / Prahran

Southbank / Arts Precinct

St Kilda

St Kilda / Windsor

Windsor / St Kilda

Yarraville

  • Navi · Contemporary Australian tasting menu
Brisbane59

Albion

Annerley

Auchenflower

Bowen Hills

Brisbane CBD

Dutton Park

East Brisbane

Fortitude Valley

Highgate Hill

Newstead / Teneriffe

Paddington / Milton

South Brisbane / West End

Spring Hill

Woolloongabba / Coorparoo

Gold Coast30

Broadbeach

Burleigh Heads

Coolangatta

Mermaid Beach

Mermaid Waters

Miami

Palm Beach

Surfers Paradise

  • Palette · Modern Australian · #1 in suburb
  • Yamagen · Japanese · #2 in suburb
Perth56

Bicton

Burswood

Cottesloe

Fremantle

Highgate

Leederville

  • Duende · Spanish tapas · #2 in suburb

Mount Hawthorn

  • Casa · Contemporary, Italian and Mexican influences · #1 in suburb
  • Sonny's Bar · Wine and cocktail bar · #2 in suburb

Mount Lawley

Nedlands

  • Marumo · Japanese omakase · #1 in suburb

North Fremantle

Northbridge

Perth CBD

Scarborough

South Fremantle

Subiaco

Victoria Park

  • Sixteen Ounces · All-day brunch · #1 in suburb
  • Hop Cafe · Specialty coffee, Taiwanese snacks · #2 in suburb

West Leederville

Ready-made crawls: coffee to dinner

For every city we've built a walkable food crawl from this guide's verified venues, with a map, timings and the legs between stops.

All itineraries →

Sydney

Food crawl: Surry Hills to Spice Alley

4 km on foot, ~5 h

Melbourne

Food crawl: croissant to tapas

about 8 km on foot, ~6 h

Brisbane

Food crawl: laneways, wharves, the Valley

4.5 km on foot, ~6 h

Perth

Food crawl: State Buildings & King St

3 km on foot, ~5 h

Gold Coast

Food crawl: Burleigh to the night market

6 km on foot (or 10 min by car), ~6 h

Tasmania

Food crawl: Battery Point & the docks

3.5 km on foot, ~6 h

South Coast

Eating the coast: Huskisson, Mollymook, Ulladulla

a driving day between three towns

Byron Bay

Breakfast in town and coffee by the beach

about 2 km on foot

Noosa

Hastings Street and the river at Noosaville

on foot along Hastings, then a short ride to the river

Mornington Peninsula

Coffee, the farm store and lunch on the bay

1 day, four tables

Great Ocean Road

Chocolate, the Wye store and the harbour

1 day along the road

Cairns

Cairns by taste: market, prawns and bush food

about 1.5 km on foot through the centre

The Whitsundays

Marina breakfast, the market and a waterside sunset

about 2.5 km on foot, morning to sunset

Red Centre: Uluru and Alice Springs

Yulara: from coffee to the barbecue

about 2.6 km on foot around the resort

Adelaide and around

Central Market to the East End food walk

about 2.5 km on foot, lunch through dinner

Brisbane, Perth, the Gold Coast and Hobart

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How eating works here

Bookings, tips, surcharges: how it works here

Six things worth knowing before your first dinner. Checked against official sources, July 2026.

Cafés live until 3 pm

The Australian café is a morning genre: kitchens wind down by 2:30–3 pm, and "all-day brunch" means "until early afternoon". Schedule the serious coffee stops for the morning; they are shut by evening.

Bookings vs walk-in

Top restaurants sell out weeks ahead (Attica: months), but almost every room keeps walk-in bar seats. Arrive at open. Cafés and most Asian spots take no bookings at all: the queue is the system.

Tipping is optional

Staff earn a full wage, so tips are not expected: rounding up or ~10% for exceptional table service is a gesture, not a duty. Nobody tips at a counter.

Weekend surcharges

10–15% on weekends and public holidays is legal and common, but it must be printed on the menu. Card surcharges on eftpos, Visa and Mastercard, however, are banned from 1 October 2026 (Reserve Bank of Australia).

BYO: bring your own wine

Many restaurants (especially Melbourne and Sydney) let you bring a bottle for a corkage fee of roughly A$8–30. Confirm when booking. BYO often runs on select nights only.

Water is free by law

Licensed venues must provide free drinking water in most states. Ask for tap water. It will keep coming all evening, and no one considers it poor form.

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Сведения проверены: 16 October 2026

Restaurants are a living market: check hours and bookings on the venue's site before a special night. We are not affiliated with any listed venue.

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