It all depends, on what day, what time of day, and how long you have got to enjoy your coffee fix. If it’s a week day lunch time, you’ll find it anywhere. But a good place to start is Gosh Coffee, located in the historic sandstone building on George street, this is the place for the most discerning stimulant addict. You can smell the coffee from a mile away, and once you enter the unique building (jam packed with fellow drinkers) you’ll understand why the coffee here is a much loved past time, particularly for people who frequent the place on their lunch break. The coffee is just divine, with an assorted variety of beans and flavoured syrup’s to make even the strongest coffee drinker weak at the knee’s. Further along George street, we have Café Quill, again, a favourite amongst stimulant lovers on their lunch break, but also much loved by the “I’m running late for work as it is, so I might as well grab a coffee”, type drinkers. With its open setting, friendly staff, and delicious range of gourmet sweets, this is another coffee experience not to be missed.

Continue along George street, and you’ll stumble across Church street Parramatta, if you love your coffee, this place will ring a bell, with its long strip of café’s and restaurants, Church street Parramatta is the city’s coffee central. However, you will probably find that your coffee experience will turn into a dinner one as well, with many of the Streets menus too tempting to refuse. From the Sicilian, to Café Rodica, Ray and Lou‘s to Bellani, Ziggy’s to La Porcetta.

Finding somewhere to indulge in your caffeine treat is just as hard as deciding what flavour that treat will be today. Busy enough on weekdays, Church streets array of café’s (most with an al fresco option) are always busy. Come at night, and you’ll really see the social side of Parramatta, with its youth culture dominating the popular café strip. This is where hunting skills are often required by lovers of a good coffee, with honing abilities needed to spot a good table, and sometimes even a parking spot. On any night, but particularly weekends, Church street is packed with members of Parramatta’s Café culture, and if that isn’t enough, we even boast a twenty four hour café! Situated at the end of Church Street is Mars Hill Café, a unique little experience that deserves a mention, I strongly suggest you walk that extra two minutes to Mars Hill, for a cosy, funky coffee from a place that boasts style and ambience, like none other seen in the area. However, for those of you who still require atmosphere, but don’t like the idea of staking out spare tables and chairs, then perhaps you better stroll towards Phillip street, where you’ll find a slightly different, but still enjoyable coffee experience at any one of the many café’s and restaurants that line the street.

One particular favourite is the Inside Out Café Restaurant, with its sophisticated design, efficient staff, and live Jazz Bands, Inside Out will offer you a particularly enjoyable experience. With Parramatta’s diversity and rich culture reflected in its restaurants and café’s, you would be hard pressed to find such an enjoyable cultural experience anywhere else in the city of Sydney. So, where will you get your next fix from?

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