Food tours and tastings to book

Best rated first, weighted by reviews, from the cities on this list. One per city.

Everything to book in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane

All 30 cafes

Ranked by our editors.

Barko and Co

Barko and Co sits between the old Wool Store apartment buildings and the Riverwalk way, serving breakfast and lunch favourites with a healthy twist.

Kafe Krave

Kafe Krave is a family owned and operated cafe at 142 Newmarket Rd, fully airconditioned, with quiet booths, open and airy window seating and outside tables.

Florence Cafe

Florence Cafe is a cozy corner in Camp Hill for coffee and honest food, with wholesome plates, house-made pastries and coffee roasted by people who care.

Patricia Coffee Brewers

  • ★ 4.8
  • Rotating single-origin espresso
  • Cbd
  • Melbourne

Patricia in a Little Bourke Street laneway is the CBD's tightest espresso counter: standing-only, rotating guest roasters and a craft benchmark from 2011.

Single O Surry Hills

  • ★ 4.8
  • Banana Bread Cold Brew
  • Surry Hills
  • Sydney

Single O is a specialty coffee business at 60-64 Reservoir Street in Surry Hills, sourcing coffees from around the world, each with its own character.

Bluewater Cafe

Bluewater Cafe sits at 28 South Steyne in Manly, a moment from the beach, opening at 6.30 am with a breakfast menu and making all its products in house.

Seven Seeds

  • ★ 4.7
  • Flat white on house blend
  • Carlton
  • Melbourne

Seven Seeds in Carlton is among Melbourne's founding specialty roasters: a converted warehouse north of the university that set the espresso standard.

Proud Mary

Proud Mary on Oxford Street is internationally recognised for direct-trade sourcing, with a food programme that keeps pace with the coffee at every turn.

Paramount Coffee Project

Paramount Coffee Project is a neighbourhood café at 80 Commonwealth Street, Surry Hills, open since 2013 in the foyer of Paramount House Hotel.

Edition Coffee Roasters

Edition Coffee Roasters is a cafe at 60 Darling Drive, Haymarket, open Sunday to Wednesday 08:00 to 16:00 and Thursday to Saturday 08:00 to 22:00.

Butter Days

Butter Days in Malvern is a Scandi-inspired pastry shop: laminated doughs with fine-dining precision and a short opening window that rewards early arrival.

A1 Bakery

A1 Bakery on Sydney Road anchors Brunswick's Lebanese food culture: fresh flatbreads and manakish from the wood-fired oven since 1992, served with no fuss.

Two Good Co Cafe

Two Good Co Cafe is at Yirranma Place, 262 Liverpool Street, Darlinghurst, open Monday to Friday from 7am; the site says every order does a world of good.

Glider Garden

Glider Garden is an Asian-fusion brunch cafe and bar on Springfield Avenue in Potts Point, with a plant-filled courtyard and brunch served all day.

Bills Bondi

  • ★ 4.5
  • Cocktails with a twist
  • Bondi
  • Sydney

Bills Bondi on Hall Street is open from 7am Monday to Sunday, a 2 minute walk from Bondi Beach, with bookings from 5pm and room for walk-ins.

Makuto

Makuto is a coffee shop on Hall Street in Bondi Beach serving Venezuelan arepas, Caribbean and pantropical food, specialty coffee and drinks.

The Blue Poppy

The Blue Poppy has been part of Morningside since 2010, bringing together good coffee, generous brunch and the people who make a local cafe feel like a local.

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