Coffee & Açaí

I try to limit eating out to when I’m traveling, but who am I kidding I’ve bought coffee every day since being here. 

Artificer Coffee Bar

• Location: Surry Hills
• Order: flat white
• Review: would return, smoothest flat white i’ve had in sydney
• Notes: located on a corner, small shop mainly for takeaway 

UNSW FAC 

• Location: fitness center on campus
• Order: mocha
• Review: consistently get mochas from here, staff is also so friendly, nice place to sit and do work
• Notes: punch card

The Grounds Cafe

• Location: grounds of Alexandria
• Order: corn + zucchini fritters, flat white
• Review: good food, outdoor seating is really nice
• Notes: cool place to walk around, would return

Paddock on Crown

• Location: Surry Hills
• Order: signature pancake, flat white
• Review: would return, nice environment, friendly service, good coffee + food
• Notes: they take reservations, sat outside 

Plume Cafe

• Location: near business school/food court
• Order: matcha
• Review: good matcha
• Notes: friendly staff, nice area + seating, have a rewards app

XS Coffee

• Location: near Sir John Clancy Auditorium, upper campus
• Order: nutella latte, pistachio latte, cookies + cream latte
• Review: pricey but generally good
• Notes: nutella latte is my fav

UNSW Village Cafe

• Location: UNSW Village
• Order: dirty chai, flat white, iced mocha, matcha, blueberry bagel w cc, veggie wrap, muffin
• Review: i go here every single day
• Notes: dirty chai is consistently good, matcha is good too, flat white is ok, food is pretty good
   

22 Grams

• Location: near l2 terminal stop in Randwick
• Order: flat white
• Review: would return, good flat white + friendly service
• Notes: not really a sit down place, good for grabbing a coffee on the go 

Sweet Spot Patisserie 

• Location: near l2 stop in Randwick
• Order: cappuccino + chocolate cake slice
• Review: would return, lots of seating, really good coffee + cake
• Notes: overwhelmingly large selection of desserts, reasonably priced
   

Maze Coffee

• Location: near UNSW Village
• Order: flat white, matcha
• Review: would return, good coffee
• Notes: convenient location, cute shop, efficient service, have food too but haven’t tried 
   

Mecca

• Location: near qvb l-rail stop
• Order: mocha 
• Review: would return but probably won’t, good coffee
• Notes: friendly service, cute urban interior, lots of seating + upper level, location kind of inconvenient 

Edition Roasters

• Location: near town hall l-rail stop 
• Order: matcha, chocolate chip cookie
• Review: would not return, good matcha, menu items looked good but pricey
• Notes: nice place + good food/coffee but too expensive + far away

San Antonio Sourdough Bakery + Cafe

• Location: Coogee Bay road
• Order: polenta, waffles, flat white
• Review: would not return, good coffee + food, nice place but can’t afford to eat out on the daily
• Notes: would recommend, but also interested in trying other options in the area

Coffee on Campus - Ainsworth 

• Location: Ainsworth Building
• Order: mocha + chicken sandwich
• Review: coffee and food is mid, would still go here to study though
• Notes: nice place to sit, only allowed to have food/drinks from their cafe, clean, outlets, cute dog

Single O 

• Location: Surry Hills
• Order: eggs w/ sourdough + avo, flat white
• Review: would not return, good coffee, good breakfast but not worth the price
• Notes: nice sit down area, friendly service, good food + coffee, too expensive 

Reuben Hills

• Location: near central l-rail stop
• Order: iced coffee
• Review: would not return, coffee was fine but not at all worth the price
• Notes: cool place, tables to sit down, friendly service, most expensive coffee i’ve had so far

Homeground

• Location: UNSW Campus
• Order: avo bagel, pork bowl, matcha, flat white, iced chai, banana bread, brownie
• Review: will return for the convenience + environment
• Notes:  convenient, cute place, friendly staff, definitely prefer the pastries over menu items, drinks aren’t spectacular but work for the convenience, outlets inside, indoor + outdoor seating, stamp card

Speedo Cafe

• Location: Bondi Beach
• Order: acai bowl, flat white
• Review: would not return, sour coffee + acai was mid
• Notes: busy place 

Dymocks Cafe

• Location: near qvb -rail stop
• Order: smoked salmon croissant w avo, mocha
• Review: would not return, good food + coffee but slow service 
• Notes: did homework here for a little while, too far away to go here often, above a bookstore, cute place

UNSW Coffee On Campus

• Location: near UNSW Library
• Order: iced caramel macchiato, iced mocha, iced andiamo 
• Price: average
• Review: would not go back, literally had to throw out the iced andiamo it had a horrible taste + aftertaste (i hardly ever throw out coffee)
• Notes: convenient location during the summer term, but haven’t been back since, staff is friendly

Morning Glory Cafe 

• Location: Coogee
• Order: acai bowl + flat white
• Review: would return, best acai i’ve had so far + good coffee
• Notes: beautiful location, large menu, a bit pricey

Byron Bay General Store

• Location: Byron Bay
• Order: acai bowl + flat white
• Review: the best acai i’ve ever had in my life
• Notes: great location, good vibe & friendly staff, massive portion in a coconut bowl, fruit + granola were perfect. the coffee was beautiful and smooth too. 

*not in Sydney but I would literally fly out of Sydney just to go back and get this açaí
 

Oakberry

• Location: multiple
• Order: acai w/ banana, strawberry, granola, cacao, chia seeds, coconut chia pudding, coconut flakes
• Review: good acai
• Notes: i really like how they layer the toppings throughout the portion
   

Melonhead

• Location: Coogee
• Order: acai bowl
• Review: service wasn’t super friendly, acai wasn’t spectacular (more icy than smooth in consistency), strawberries were sour + banana was meh. granola was good. portion wasn’t worth the price + only 4 toppings included
• Notes: a friend recommended this place to me & maybe i just had a bad experience but i probably wouldn’t go back.