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110 essential Sydney cafes and bakeries that really take the cake (and everything else)

Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025, presented by T2, celebrates the people and places that shape our excellent cafe and bakery scenes and includes more than 100 venues reviewed anonymously across 11 categories, including icons, those best for food, tea, coffee and matcha, and where to get the city’s best sweets, sandwiches and baked goods.

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Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025: Best Tea
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The Tea Room QVB

This venue is a finalist for best tea in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

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