The Top 10 Cafes And Coffeehouses In Perth, Western Australia

This Hay Street coffeehouse in West Perth is on a self-proclaimed mission to become Western Australia’s ultimate espresso bar. All coffee beans at Epic Espresso are roasted locally by Five Senses Coffee, then aged in-store for optimum extraction, shot stability and performance, and overall taste profile in the final cup. The Epic Espresso custom blend is incredibly sweet, has huge chocolate notes, a full body, subtle acidity, and a syrupy smooth finish. Epic Espresso have taken their passion for coffee craft to the next level and expanded to offer a Barista School every Saturday morning, where novices and pros alike can learn Espresso Mastery, Latte Art Skill Training, and Advanced Espresso Mastery workshops.

Highly rated amongst Perth bean bloggers, Standing Room Only is a no-frills Piccadilly Arcade cafe plying an honest trade in quality single-origin coffee. As the name would suggest, their focus is mainly on takeaways with no substantial food menu to speak of. While customers may not be able to sit and linger, the more authentically Italian experience of drinking espresso on your feet does help to preserve the flow of your shopping experience in the arcade. Their blends come from various Australian roasters, and are brewed over multiple lime green machines. Their recent specialty blend has been Addison and Steele, which features notes of juicy black currant, red grape, rose & cranberry.

Nestled on Oxford Street away from the hubbub of main Leederville, Pixel Coffee Brewers is the brainchild of two longtime Perth baristas and industry legends, Kaya McCarthy and Juliana Nobre. Their infectiously friendly personalities shine through in every aspect of this enterprise, founded with the simple goal to showcase their love of specialty coffee, tea, food and design. The resulting venue is a model of all things fresh, clean and beautiful: the white and sage-tiled cafe offers a very intimate, minimal space, fitting only four pine tables amidst the bouquets of flowers. Pixel has also become locally renowned for its own batch of nitro brew coffee, charged with nitrous oxide overnight in a keg. Breakfasts and lunches are made from scratch in the tiny cube cooking hub. Herb potato hash with poached eggs and pea, prosciutto and parmesan salad. For an extra healthy punch try the acai bowl with nuts, house granola and slivers of dragon fruit and kiwi, topped with a fresh magenta bloom.

Beyond the cutesy name, Willy Wagtail is seriously invested in putting big smiles on the faces of harried commuters running along William Street each morning. Owner Christina Hazelwood is all too aware that coffee shops play the role of a vital early-morning bridge between home and the office, so she’s crafted a caffeinated menu that’s like a bolt from above, packing a powerful kick to get your morning into gear. One such magical elixir is the Willy Tingle, a cold drip brew with sparkling water. Their modest food menu also provides some great breakfast options, like the Bacon Badboy, a devilish toasted sandwich consisting of maple-glazed bacon, grilled apple, provolone and mozzarella. When you’ve got time to spare, there’s also a rear courtyard for al fresco drinking, and coffee demos are held on site every Thursday at 1pm to showcase the process of Hazelwood and her team.