Inner West Cafés
The Real Inner West Café Culture
If there’s one thing Sydney’s Inner West does better than anywhere else, it’s café culture.
Industrial roasteries, Japanese breakfast bars, vegan bakeries, and community-run brunch spots — every suburb has a story, and every story starts with coffee.
Use this page as your map: jump into our Best Inner West Cafes guide or browse café picks by suburb.
Inner West Locals Cafes We Love
These are the Inner West cafés locals rave about on repeat.
Tap a card to see the listing, or head to our full Best Inner West Cafes guide for photos, what to order and suburb-by-suburb picks.
Daily Dose Marrickville
Daily Dose is your go-to local café on Wardell Road in Marrickville, right opposite Dulwich Hill train station.
White Rabbit Marrickville
White Rabbit Marrickville is an artisan bakery and 100-seat café in the former West Juliett space.
Valentina’s Marrickville
Valentina’s in Marrickville is an all-day diner from the Grumpy Donuts team, serving fuss-free American-inspired comfort food.
Coffee Alchemy
Coffee Alchemy in Marrickville is a specialty coffee roastery and espresso bar.
Superfreak Marrickville
Superfreak in Marrickville is a café and eatery by the Soulmate team, serving homely, and quick plates.
Two Chaps
Two Chaps in Marrickville is a café and bakery by day and a northern-Italian–inspired pasta spot by night.
Meli Annandale
Park-side Annandale cafe for modern brunch, specialty coffee and colourful sweets.
Cafe Booth Annandale (by Humm Coffee Roasters)
Cafe Booth Annandale (by Humm Coffee Roasters’) serving specialty coffee with an all-day breakfast and brunch menu.
Urban Sips Annandale
Once known as Fezz & Co, this Booth Street café has reopened as Urban Sips, with a refreshed menu &, seasonal flavours.
Precinct 37
Green-fronted corner café on Booth Street, pouring serious coffee and easy all-day brunch.
Cherry Moon General Store
A cosy woodfired bakery, café and grocer by pastry chef Kimmy Gastmeier and Aimee Graham.
Black Toast Café
A spacious, warehouse style cafe in Sydney's Inner West suburb of Annandale .
Quick picks – Inner West cafes by Suburbs
Start with these.
– Annandale Cafes
– Marrickville Cafes
– Newtown Cafes – coming soon …
Annandale Cafes
We’re starting our cafe trail in Annandale – a small suburb with big coffee energy. Below are the local go-tos, with links to detailed Inner West listings and guides.
The Cafe Sienna
We believe in good food, that does good to the world. We serve freshly-made dishes and outstanding coffee in a family friendly environment
Annandale Bakehouse
Annandale Bakehouse on Booth Street is your local bakery and café for fresh bread, pies and coffee.
Trafalgar St Espresso
Serving brilliant coffee & food, everyday. The original roastery of Little Marionette coffee, dedicated to crafting the perfect brew.
The Cafe Sienna
We believe in good food, that does good to the world. We serve freshly-made dishes and outstanding coffee in a family friendly environment
Cafe Claire
Near Parramatta Road on Young St Annandale. Offer a fantastic Breakfast, Brunch & High tea!
Meli Annandale
Park-side Annandale cafe for modern brunch, specialty coffee and colourful sweets.
Revolver Cafe
Revolver in Annandale is a popular brunch café in a converted 1893 corner store.
Cafe Booth Annandale (by Humm Coffee Roasters)
Cafe Booth Annandale (by Humm Coffee Roasters’) serving specialty coffee with an all-day breakfast and brunch menu.
Urban Sips Annandale
Once known as Fezz & Co, this Booth Street café has reopened as Urban Sips, with a refreshed menu &, seasonal flavours.
Precinct 37
Green-fronted corner café on Booth Street, pouring serious coffee and easy all-day brunch.
Cherry Moon General Store
A cosy woodfired bakery, café and grocer by pastry chef Kimmy Gastmeier and Aimee Graham.
Black Toast Café
A spacious, warehouse style cafe in Sydney's Inner West suburb of Annandale .
Marrickville Cafes
We have begun trickling through our cafe trail in Marrickville – a huge suburb to covering a wide range of coffee offerings. Below are the local Marrickville go-tos, with links to detailed Inner West listings and guides.
Daily Dose Marrickville
Daily Dose is your go-to local café on Wardell Road in Marrickville, right opposite Dulwich Hill train station.
Tita Marrickville
Tita in Marrickville is a modern Filipino carinderia by the Donut Papi team, serving silog brekkie plates.
Ona Marrickville
Ona Coffee’s Marrickville flagship is a two-in-one specialty café, offering everything from everyday takeaway brews to in-depth coffee bar experiences.
White Rabbit Marrickville
White Rabbit Marrickville is an artisan bakery and 100-seat café in the former West Juliett space.
Illi Hill Marrickville
Illi Hill in Marrickville is a bright café inside a lovingly restored former corner store.
Valentina’s Marrickville
Valentina’s in Marrickville is an all-day diner from the Grumpy Donuts team, serving fuss-free American-inspired comfort food.
Coffee Alchemy
Coffee Alchemy in Marrickville is a specialty coffee roastery and espresso bar.
Angus Marrickville
Angus in Marrickville is a sunny Inner West café by Nicholas Tabet and Christos Arsenis, known for its oversized turmeric hashbrown, rotating house-made viennoiserie and focaccia sandwiches.
Superfreak Marrickville
Superfreak in Marrickville is a café and eatery by the Soulmate team, serving homely, and quick plates.
Two Chaps
Two Chaps in Marrickville is a café and bakery by day and a northern-Italian–inspired pasta spot by night.
Lox In A Box
Lox in a Box Marrickville brings the cult Bondi bagel deli to the Inner West.
Kurumac
Japanese comfort food and specialty coffee in Marrickville.