Specialty Coffee
Excellent espresso and filter, poured by people who have done it for years. Old school hospitality, no queue theatre.
Tank Stream Way · Sydney CBD
Marlowe's Way
A hidden New York-style laneway café off Bridge Street. Specialty coffee, pressed toasties, and good records in a narrow, candlelit alley the city forgot to tell you about.
Open now weekdays from 7:00am · Thursdays until 9:00pm · $1–20 per person
Why people duck down the alley
Small room, serious coffee.
Toasties & Breakfast
Golden pressed toasties and honest breakfast plates from 7am — the fastest good thing between Bridge Street and Circular Quay.
Music in the Laneway
Records all week and proper atmosphere on Thursday nights, when the alley stays open until 9pm with bar food.
What regulars say
“Good coffee and friendly service in a small cosy setting.”
“Old school hospitality, great music on a Thursday, and tasty bar food.”
“Excellent espresso, filter coffee, and food with a really cool atmosphere.”
Find us
Off Bridge Street, down the lane.
Walk down Bridge Street and look for the narrow opening at Tank Stream Way. If you can hear the music, you're close. Two minutes from Wynyard, five from Circular Quay.
- Tank Stream Way, Sydney NSW 2000
off Bridge Street, Sydney CBD - 0432 487 958
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:00am – 3:00pm
- Tuesday
- 7:00am – 3:00pm
- Wednesday
- 7:00am – 3:00pm
- Thursday
- 7:00am – 9:00pm
- Friday
- 7:00am – 3:00pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Thursday nights run late with music and bar food until 9:00pm.