Café in Campbell Parade
A bright, all-day Modern Australian cafe at the North Bondi end of Campbell Parade, doing crowd-pleasing brunch and daytime cocktails with an alfresco outlook across to the beach.
This is the kind of easy beachside brunch we'd send anyone to when they want reliable eggs, good coffee and a view without a fuss. Run by the Sydney Restaurant Group, it pairs a familiar Modern Australian menu - bennies, smashed avo, bowls, burgers - with a genuinely fun daytime drinks list, so you can slide from a flat white into an Aperol Spritz or Bloody Mary without moving. Post-refurb it added olive trees, a herb garden and kerbside alfresco seating, which makes it a comfortable perch on the quieter North Bondi stretch.
Eggs benedict and smashed avocado are the go-to brunch plates; corn fritters, the acai bowl and French toast round it out, with an oat flat white for coffee and a Bloody Mary or Espresso Martini if you're settling in.
Bright, casual and social, with indoor seats and greenery-framed kerbside tables.
Local tip: It doesn't take bookings and runs first-come, first-served, so if you want the alfresco tables with the beach outlook, aim for early morning before the North Bondi brunch crowd fills them; you can also order ahead online to skip the queue for takeaway.
Worth knowing: It's a well-executed but fairly conventional Bondi brunch cafe rather than a destination kitchen, and it sits across the road from the sand - you get the views, not a true beachfront table.
We confirm each venue is currently trading; hours, prices and menus still change, so check the venue's own site for those before you go.
Modern Australian · Campbell Parade
A Bondi institution since 1993 where chef-owner Sean Moran serves a daily-changing, produce-driven three-course choice menu above a panoramic sweep of Campbell Parade and the beach.
Best for: A special-occasion long lunch or unhurried dinner with a view
Spanish · Campbell Parade
An iconic 1914 beachfront hotel on Campbell Parade whose light-filled level-one dining room now houses Alzado, a coastal-Spanish seafood diner, above a classic public bar and late-night club space.
Best for: A long, view-soaked afternoon that turns into a night out
Spanish · Campbell Parade
A Spanish coastal seafood diner upstairs at Hotel Ravesis, trading share plates, sherry and oyster martinis against a wraparound balcony view of the Bondi surf.
Best for: Long boozy lunches and sunset dinners with a view