Review Bootsdarling - Sydney

A cute and cosy little cafe with excellent food. The Nasi Goreng, which I ordered with tofu and extra chilli, was more-ish 👌 and slow cooked beef sandwich was also good. The place is very popular so it might be worth booking a table around lunch if you want a particular time.

Will definitely come back!! The food was SO GOOD, super great customer service and the coffeeeee tastee awesome too!! Keep it up!

Easily best coffee in Syd. They use all the best milks for Almond, Soy and Oat drinkers too. They make an amazing chicken salad wrap which is a clear 11/10. The owner and his staff are the friendliest I've ever come across. Highly recommend you try them. You'll be back. They always write cute and cool things on your coffee lid!!

We travel to Sydney regularly and we LOVE Bootsdarling!! The friendliest staff, fabulous play list, coffee and the most delicious, fresh food! The care, consistency and attention to detail in everything they do is obvious. Thank you so much!

My boyfriend and I ordered smokey croissant and goodness bowl. Very tasty food.

These are the sweetest peas in a cafe pod. The team here will remember you, your name and your order, weeks later. The drinks are all top shelf, and the eats were going down well with the smiling faces I observed.. new customers popping in near closing time are not warned about impending closure, or even told the kitchen is closing. No. Full menu, and they stay open and welcoming. Great 'tude dudes.

Delicious pandan pancakes! Great portion size with lots of fresh and flavourful fruits! The kiwi was a nice touch too

Cute little cafe on the side of a fairly busy street. We sat outside on a Sunday morning so it wasn't too noisy at all. The food was delicious! We ordered the smokey croissant and corn fritters with bacon. Both were ready quite fast and were sizeable meals. We also had a couple of fresh juices, they were very generously sized as well. Would definitely come here again.

Great location, friendly and attentive service. Delish quinoa salad and fab coffee.... chin up for the previous reviews.. not sure why anyone can be so spiteful to leave 2 bad reviews... I had great experience, will come back and would recommend ��

You have got to try the totes amazeballs original Jimmy's Brekke Bap.....so so good, with the generous helping of bacon and the most delightful spread of capsicum chill, it's the bomb!! Thanks for bringing more joy into my Life #breakfast#outstanding....Keep up the good Work!! and coffee isn't bad either...well worth a visit

Literally just took my last bite of the Double cheese toastie with bacon. It's one of those things were your sad it had to end! I come every morning here for my coffee before work to take away but decided to have breakfast and a coffee inside this time. Coffee is just as great food was sublime. The guys that work here are cool, laid back but massively care about the food and coffee they are serving out of this busy little place. Hangover well and truly cured!

Delicious breakfast of mushrooms and the vegan pancakes were amazing. Coffee is so good I had to have two.

Superb coffee and best ever brekky superbowl. Great service

Only got coffee this visit. Love the food and vibe here. Worth waiting for a seat. will be back for sure

The man with the beard was friendly. I had some banana bread. It was quite delicious AND yummy! The coffee was of a high standard reminding me of Melbourne. I would go back many times because of the great food and the nice coffee and the friendly, efficient service. The music was also very nice.

Geoffro tells me this is the number 1 coffee shop in Sydney, will be our first stop when in Sydney next. Congrats on a more than successful business :)

Easily the best run cafe in darlo and run by great staff. Ps: friendly service and fantastic food and coffee

My son took me here for brekkie this morning. Avo on toast - was absolutely awesome ❤️

One of favourite cafés. Great customer service, coffee and food

Best Breakfast exsperence of my life. Staff/food and coffee all top notch.

A small cafe served coffee and breakfast. We had Pandan Pancake and Smokey Croissant. The taste was amazing and the presentation was very pretty. <br/><br/>However, the coffee was nice but not strong enough. <br/><br/>The smokey croissant comes with scrambled egg, avocado and smoked salmon with drizzled with feta cheese and pomegranate seeds. And the unique flavour comes from the fried onion.<br/><br/>The Pandan Pancake comes with an ice cream, fruits and maple syrup. The pancake itself not too sweet and make the perfect combination to eat with the maple syrup and the ice cream.<br/><br/>Recommended place to go on Saturday or Sunday brunch and for instagram pictures 💕

Located a stone throw away from Moore Park and St Vincent’s Hospital is this quirky café, offering a wide range of choices for breakfast and lunch along with a cosy interior. <br/><br/>Ordered a variety of dishes and there were all absolutely delicious and coupled with their coffee and juices, made for a very pleasant lunch.  If you are ever in the area, be sure to check this out<br/><br/> <br/><br/>Dishes ordered are –<br/><br/> <br/><br/>·         Ricotta Croissant - Seasonal fresh fruits, almond, honey, ricotta cheese, ice cream<br/><br/>·         Beef Rendang - Traditional Indonesian slow cooked beef, jasmine rice, bean sprout, fried shallot, green chili<br/><br/>·         Salad – poached egg, avocado, kale. quinoa<br/><br/>·         Pandan Pancake - Seasonal fresh fruits, homemade sauce, maple syrup, ice cream<br/><br/> <br/><br/>Along with some coffees, beetroot latte, green glow juice and boots juice

I shared a delicious breakfast delivered from this place. We chose “BIG BREKKIE”, with bacon, sauteed mushrooms, avocado, spinach, grilled tomato, toasts, poached eggs and hashbrown. Yummy.

Bootsdarling is a great little Cafe with homey and rustic decor throughout. Dining there made me feel like ‘home’. They offer variety of dishes including classic Cafe dishes, vegan/vegetarian option and Indonesian dish that is changed from time to time.<br/>I’ve been here a few times and always impressed with their food.<br/>Coffee is amazing.<br/>Every single dish was beautifully plated, perfectly cooked and tasted wonderful. Insta-worthy too :)<br/>I enjoyed every single dish but if I have to pick my favourites I would certainly order again the crunchy French Toast, mie goreng, corn fritters and beef rendang.

The place specialises in deepside chicken and dweep rendang if you want any of these this should be your place though it's not so bigger place yet the quality of food is really high

First time to Bootsdarling. It’s a must try brunch place. Staffs were friendly, food came on the timely manner, and coffee was great! And most importantly, food cooked perfectly and presentation was magnificent! Love love it!

Parked my butt here for several hours while writing my thesis. Good coffee, very friendly staff and the GF vegan pancakes spoke to my soul. <br/>Definitely recommend this little place for a chilled out coffee and little brunch or as a little study spot down the road from the uni

Clean and decent flat white with 3/4 milk! Even though less milk but I was happy to get that coffee punch,considering some places don’t even have this! Their menu look good so it is on my list to try their food as well! The interior or I should as a cafe, it has good vibes! Will be back. (Rating will be updated after food trial)

Really fresh, healthy wrap here today. Went with the salmon, it I reckon the schnitzel option would have been better. Cosy spot, friendly service.

I had a really really decent long black at Bootsdarling paired with the most delicious muffin I've ever eaten (No kidding... Tell me the secret to your poppyseed and apricot muffin please!!!)I enjoyed sitting up on a stool by the window - good vibes.

Quick stop on the way to the movies. Coffee was decent enough but could be stronger. Balsamic vege pie was pretty great. Homemade caramel slice was too full on and chunky for me personally. Cute place though.

We went on the weekend and were disappointed. The food was average and expensive. We had the Frittz dish and it came up so small that we had to order something else. Even their large coffee is small. But the price is big. Wouldn't recommend.

Bootsdarling café is located in a residential part of town, right where Surry Hills, Darlinghurst and Paddington (my three favourite inner city suburbs!) meet. . It’s definitely a locals’ café where the barristas and waiters are locals themselves, know their patrons’ habits and hang out with customers outside work.

Place looks nice with a western gimmick going on, and the food was okay, but the hipster service was horrible. <br/><br/>The dudes seemed way too interested in keeping their ironic moustaches twirled while the only girl working simply ignored everyone, doing her best to look cool. <br/><br/>Even when paying, the young guy didn't reply to anything we said. His only response was when we cheerily thanked him, and he opened his mouth to let out a disinterested grunt. Cheers mate, you work in a coffee shop...

I've been having a lot of trouble getting noticed of late. Sometimes I feel like I'm meandering through life, invisible to all.<br/><br/>That feeling was summed up best by my experience with bootsdarling.<br/><br/>I was literally begging for service as soon as we entered. Ordered quickly. Quinoa salad for my partner and the boots Reuben for me.<br/><br/>When our orders arrived I realized it wasn't just me that was invisible. Our food was also invisible! Can you believe it! <br/><br/>The quinoa salad had no quinoa and was actually a roquette salad transported from the 90s. Time travel aside, the Reuben was also nowhere to be seen. What was meant to be sour kraut and Russian mayo was more likely traveling from the 90s too! Overloaded with more roquette than my partners' salad I was beginning to think we had actually travelled back to the 90s rather than the sandwich meeting us in the present.<br/><br/>The final straw came when paying. It was revealed by the staff that the dishes were not prepared as the menu stated. No refund. No explanation.<br/><br/>We were invisible once again. Swimming in a sea of roquette.<br/><br/>

Met up with my girlfriend for a yummy brekky. Got a table easily and atmosphere was good. Coffee made to perfection and I loved my Bondi bowl. Loved that the food was a little different to all the usual suspects on menus. Good service to boot (no pun intended..) loved it.

I wasn’t expecting this Sunday morning to be able to get a table here, as I remember another time I went it was packed out. I’m surprised I didn’t review it at the time!. My latte was strong, like I like it. Delicious. My $7 jar of orange juice seems overpriced, but I guess that’s what freshly squeezed hipsters cost these days.

Visited here back in May 2015 after reading positive reviews online. I personally wasn't that impressed - the cold drip coffee was too diluted and the slow-cooked lamb lacked seasoning/flavour.<br/><br/>Also, I don't think it's hygienic to serve salt/pepper/sugar that has been exposed to the elements and what-not (or maybe it's there just for looks)..

Quintessential inner-city cafe. Friendly staff, prices aren't outlandish for the area, good coffee, food is great comes out quickly.<br/><br/>Get the beef brisket burger. You'll get messy but it's incredible.

Darlinghurst locals are falling victim to a new type of crime occurring in the 7-11am weekend window. The ugly side of an ongoing baked-eggs warfare is some seriously high-priced, sub-par offences. Bootsdarling is my lead suspect. Don't worry, they make bail on ridiculously good coffee trade. Bootsdarling is popularised by the baristas with a shoebox kitchen dishing seasonal upgrades to Gen Y classics. As shown, the result is highly conducive to social media proliferation.

Consistently friendly and good service. Killer coffee, nice interior, and the smashed avo amongst other things is extremely good value for money.

Food was yummy, great people watching! <br/>Had the pineapple juice with fresh chilli. At first was a shock but then I realised I liked it. I had Gf toast was perfect, crunchy and not soggy like most cafes I go to. <br/>There is a great vibe here, coffee is great, each cup has a vintage silver table spoon on the side that they have collected! Cute!✅

Really small, hole in the wall type of cafe. Great little menu with delicious food on offer. The French Toast was an absolute highlight served with Vanilla bean and maple yoghurt, mixed berries and poached pear. Service was lovely.

Quirky hipster cafe with excellent coffee and solid value food offerings, a stone's throw from St Vincent's. every morsel of the vegetarian burger (sesame crusted chickpea patty with haloumi) was thoroughly enjoyable.

One of my favourites not only cause it's the closest cafe to my house, although that helps. Cosy and bustling, the tiny kitchen pumps out some great breakfasts. The menu changes regularly and the bacon is always crispy. Best bacon around.

At its core, Bootsdarling is a killer coffee barista stapled to a two-man shoebox kitchen operation. The sweet spot is food complex enough to differentiate, yet simple enough that each element has a purpose.

April 13, 2015 · by Cath @ Confessions of a Glutton · in Reviews . · I have to admit, what drew me to check out this place was mostly my instant love for the name. Boots – one of the best things about winter, and  darling –  one of my favourite terms of endearment. Word on the street is that the name comes from a childhood imaginary friend, and there is a relaxed and quaint atmosphere about the place; situated in the quiet, leafy side of South Dowling Street in Darlinghurst. It’s all warm wood panelling, sunlight streaming in through the expansive windows and thrown-open door, vintage fans, pots of ferns and succulents spilling from the ceiling or onto the table, and of course – bags of coffee beans stacked to the ceiling. Coffee is sourced from Melbourne’s Joshua Bailey of Bailey Coffee, and my lunch date Night Owl and myself begin our meal with a latte and skim cappuccino. I’ve switched over to caps from lattes recently to cut back on so much milk froth, and if you get a barista skilled with coffee art, the swirls and patterns always turn out much nicer and defined on caps with that extra lush lashing of chocolate powder. We make our food orders, with me changing mine at the last minute. I usually like to narrow down my choices to two and then ask the waitstaff what they would personally recommend. I had been deliberating between the  Spanakopita ($16): an egg, spinach and seasonal herb bake with smokey cauliflower cream, topped with crispy kale chips, served with side of toast, or  The Green Duk  ($17): barley toast topped with ricotta, wilted kale, cremini mushrooms, watercress, and dukkah crusted poached eggs. The waitress recommended the latter, so  The Green Duk it was. So much green! It looked healthy, delicious and hearty. The barley toast was wonderfully nutty in flavour but still soft; meaning there wasn’t much vain sawing to-and-fro with the butter knife. I’m always terrified of a piece of my toast ricocheting away from me and hitting someone..that or my

In a suburb overpopulated by trendy cafés, Bootsdarling admittedly doesn’t do much to it’s outside appearance to stand out from its competition. However, it’s clear that the name enough has attracted serious praise for such a young café that locals and food bloggers can’t stay away. The interiors however definitely set Bootsdarling apart from its competitors, dressed completely in wood and dark colours, compared to the usual beachy, kitsch feel of most other Sydney cafés.

I’ve never been one to order a basic meal when out for breakfast or brunch. Avocado on toast? Croissant with jam? No thanks. I want the one with three things on top of some green thing smothered in some homemade sauce. But sometimes being/eating simple is best. The beautifully smoked salmon with the smashed avocado, some cracked pepper, fresh lime and a drizzle of olive oil – yum! This entry was posted in Food , Lifestyle . Bookmark the permalink . Post navigation ← Rosabotanica #MBFWA → Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Name * Email * Website Comment You may use these

Boots Darling is just the kind of place you want to hang out on a weekend. The coffee is great.. really great. The menu is new and exciting. The staff are both efficient and super friendly, making you feel right at home. The interior, which owners, Justin and Dano, decked out themselves really adds to the atmosphere of the place. Think recycled timber tables, plenty of hanging plants and a small serving of kitsch in the way of James Dean posters and vintage sugar bowls.

..Another baked egg dish for brunch. This one has a nice tomato sauce base and on top it was crumbled with feta cheese, which gives it a tangy flavor, and toasted almond, which gives you the crunch. Served with toasted sourdough, there's nothing I can complain about this dish. It was a good Moroccan baked egg.

The chicken has a lovely, spicy Moroccan flavour to it too, but I found it a bit dry. Add some mayo or aioli in there! AKB had the Bircher with cranberry, golden raisins, poppy seeds, toasted almonds, pistachio and cinnamon yoghurt ($11) pictured at the very top of the post, and it was absolutely stunning. Such a unique array of nuts and seeds – poppy seeds are great but they get stuck in your teeth – made for a very tasty and special muesli experience.

one aspect where there's no contention in my eyes is the presentation - homely and woodsy come to mind. Unlacquared wooden boards, pans straight from the cook, Bootsdarling really knows how to impress with a winter's menu.

I love the quirkiness of this small cafe with lots of dark wood, knick knacks and hipsters in the kitchen and behind the coffee machine. Coffee is from Bailey Coffee in Melbourne. Mister and I are pretty happy with the coffee. If you like tea, their tea is from Mayde Tea and there is even house-made hibiscus and lemon myrtle ice tea on order. Yummy! Bootsdarling serves all day breakfast . Mister order the smoked haddock (kedgeree) omelet with raita ($16). I only had a taste of the smoked haddock. No sign of smokiness or hint of curry flavour. He was not a fan. I order the slow cooked pork hash with poached egg and dijon on the side ($18). Potato lovers will fall head over

We had breakfast here on the holiday Monday. Full marks for opening. Agree the comments on odd seating space but hey it beats milk crates on uneven ground. <br/><br/>Shared the spinach corn and ricotta fritters. Very good with salsa verse and bacon AND an egg. Hello to cafes that now think eggs are a side dish at breakfast. Coffee OK, Campos has nothing to worry about. <br/><br/>Good for a couple not sure a group would be able to sit together at all.

What a lovely little cafe! My coffee was superb as was the delightful, friendly service! I ordered the zucchini & corn fritters and they were sublime... Complete immersion in the delicious pesto flavour and crispy bacon delivered with a perfect poached egg. Good value as well.

Exceptional on every level. I'm not usually one to throw around big titles, but the mushroom and blue cheese burger is comfortably the best burger I've had in Sydney. Don't dally, go visit asap. Great music, great food, great coffee, great experience.

Too cramped for me. Deceptively small with the mirror in the back. You can't swing a mouse in here let alone a cat. Went in wondering where to sit - ignored by all staff. Once seated (and moved for people who didn't stay), every time waitresses went past they knocked my seat and I wasn't leaning back a mile. Not much smiles here - just workmanlike service, plonk the food down and then off. I was indifferent to the fabulous fritters. Then they couldn't find my bill. It's pay wave dude, not pay pass. Oh well, another one done that the SMH hyped up.

Coffee is perfection.. This cafe is cute and quirky as.<br/>The staff are really friendly, but the main highlight would be the coffee. Perfect texturing, strong bean.<br/>However if you cant handle a small amount of space and lots of noise on a busy day, I would avoid. <br/>I, however, will definitely be returning.

Great trendy cafe, small but they work well within the given space. Really friendly, quick service & yummy food. I usually get the smashed avo on toast. Simple dish yet so flavoursome. Also their brekky rolls when I'm on the go.... DELICIOUS. Thanks for the great times guys

Bircher Muesli to die for!. Most amazing bircher muesli I have had!! <br/><br/>Pomegranates, sunflower seeds, almonds, grapes, cinnamon....and more!<br/><br/>So much effort was taken into making this look fantastic - there is nothing worse than a cafe that is stingy with fruit and flavour with their muesli...this was definitely not the case :)

If this isn't Sydney's best coffee, can someone please tell me where?

What happened?. My second time there last Tuesday and it was missing the spark that made my first Boots experience so enjoyable. Coffee was still OK, if slightly weak - but it was my breakkie that was most disappointing. The eggs were not seasoned and fritters had an odd consistency compared to my first go around. Servers seemed a little out of sorts and unresponsive too. Really hoping this place hasn't peaked before it's time, because the potential is there.

Really great coffee. I've been to boots a couple of times now, since i live about 10 min walk away. For so long i've struggled to find a consistently good coffee in surry hills/darlinghurst area. FINALLY.. this place makes an excellent coffee. the atmosphere is great, the play good tunes, staff are friendly, menu is nice (although i'm vego and there's a few meat dishes on there which rules out a big portion of the menu) but the food i have had here has been amazing. definitely my new place in darlo for a coffee!

Not so good. We had lunch and unfortunately we found the food lacking.<br/>The menu said chips but we were served a rocket salad drenched in balsamic and buried under walnuts...really yesterdecade.

Breakfast...the most important meal of the day. Part of the reason i love living in sydney so much is because of the large range of breakfast spots! I really do wake up and straight away think about what I'm going to eat that day! Bootsdarling is a hidden gem, Firstly the Decor is warm and welcoming as are the staff, I've been here three times already and cant fault the service, even when its been really busy the service has been great, but the most important part, the menu.....I like to think of myself and a breakie connoisseur and the only fault i can find with this menu is there are too many great dishes to choose from, id recommend the corn fritters, they really are delicious (these are not your standard corn fritters) this is not the place to go for your run of the mill eggs benedict, this is the place to go for a breakfast so good you will want to stay put for lunch!...........oh and the staff are cute :)

Had brunch here this morning. Was excited to try what looked like a really busy and exciting new cafe. Interior is really cool. Staff were friendly and quick to have water and glasses in front of us. Ordered some coffees. My mocha was good, we were told the flat white was on its way. 20 mind later we heard the waitress reminding the barista about the flat white. He had forgotten our order only after that coffee was delivered was our food order taken which then took a further 20 mins to arrive. Cutting it tight with one hour parking! Won't be returning, the food wasn't worth the long wIt.

ABOUT TIME!!! A cafe finall.... ABOUT TIME!!!<br/>A cafe finally that gets it not just right, but perfect!<br/>I've been in twice now and I don't want to leave, it felt like home.<br/>The food is amazingly tasty and REALLY affordable.<br/>The coffee is without doubt the best I've ever had and the staff are so friendly as I mentioned it really felt like home.<br/>I can't give this place a higher rating!<br/>A+++++

It's about to take Sydney by storm. This café is incredible. Nice size, full of laid back people, friendly staff and best of all you won't find a tastier brunch quite like it anywhere else. This place makes me feel like I'm on an endless summer holiday!

Great little place to start the day in. Good coffee, I had to have two. Mellow tunes, friendly staff and good food. They seem to have a lot of regular locals which is always a good sign. Interesting decor with lots of recycled materials.<br/>Highly recommended !