Sydney’s Best Breakfast Spots
Our Eat Drink Play contributors reveal Sydney’s best breakfast spots!
We’ve all heard the saying – ‘breakfast is the most important meal of the day’. Here at Eat Drink Play, we also believe it makes for the best meal of the day. Trying to navigate your way through the thoroughfare of endless avocado smash, fluffy pancakes, salmon and lattes can be daunting in a city so breakfast obsessed. Offering some clarity in a foggy breakfast haze are the people who eat out the most, our contributors. From Manly to Cronulla and everything in between, our writers are located all across Sydney. We’ve asked them to reveal the best breakfast spots. Have you been to all these?
Tucked in Bondi's backstreets, Shuk is a destination cafe for in-the-know locals. The menu blends Israeli and Mediterranean delights, think shakshuka eggs baked with capsicum and spices, or the Israeli breakfast with eggs, salad, labne and hummus. Don't miss the slow-cooked lamb hummus either.
This underground gem in Redfern serves inventive breakfast with zero rush. Dig into a narnie stuffed with your choice of meats and veggies, or skip ordinary muesli for the apple crumble bowl. Pancakes come lathered in maple bacon, apple hollandaise and chives, best paired with a Splice shake.
Underneath white clouds of alfresco dining, Indigo serves colourful, Instagram-worthy breakfast creations all day long. Don't miss the house-made natural muesli with berry compote, or the green brekkie bowl with poached eggs, dukkah, mirin aioli and kimchi. Classic pancakes and eggs benedict round out the menu.
A Surry Hills institution with coffee, food and service all nailing the mark, Reuben Hills brings South American flair to the breakfast table. Think Ancho poached pears, horchata porridge and confit salmon tostadas, paired with expertly sourced pour-overs and cold brews from around the globe.
Located right on Cronulla Beach, Blackwood Pantry is The Shire's ultimate breakfast sanctuary. The seasonally rotating menu keeps things fresh, from strawberries on toast in summer to warming Turkish eggs in winter. Vegan and vegetarian options abound, with the falafel balls a standout for everyone.
