Best breakfast and brunch in Sydney

Sydney's brunch culture was created in the 1990s by Bill Granger's Bills on Liverpool Street, whose ricotta hotcakes and scrambled eggs established the Australian brunch template that the rest of the world subsequently adopted. The city's cafe and brunch culture has deepened continuously since, creating the most internationally recognised brunch scene of any Australian city.

Bills, Darlinghurst — the original 1993 Darlinghurst Bills created the Australian brunch template: the communal tables, the ricotta hotcakes with honeycomb butter, and the scrambled eggs the New York Times described as the best in the world. It remains the brunch pilgrimage destination for first-time visitors to Sydney's cafe culture.

Bourke Street Bakery — the Surry Hills original and multi-site expansion provide Sydney's best pastry programme alongside reliable coffee, creating the morning ritual for the inner-city demographic wanting quality baking and espresso without the sit-down brunch format and price point.

Speedos Cafe, Bondi — the Bondi Beach cafe provides the post-surf and morning walk breakfast with the ocean view that Sydney's coastal morning culture creates as the standard for weekend mornings in the eastern suburbs: the eggs, the acai bowls, the smoothies, and the outdoor terrace 100 metres from the water.

Single O, Surry Hills — the single-origin roaster's flagship cafe extends the coffee programme into a full brunch offering, positioning it as the Surry Hills choice for the coffee-literate brunch consumer who wants both exceptional espresso and a kitchen that matches the sourcing quality of the coffee programme.

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