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The Best Cafes in Richmond For Your Next Brunch Date
Wholesome eats with a side of historic charm, the beautiful cafes in Richmond are serving up a bounty of tasty delights.
Richmond may be best known for its convict-era bridge and storybook streets, but its cafe scene is more than a pretty day-trip extra. Start with cream-laden scones and Russian honey cake at Czegs’ Cafe, settle in with coffee and a book at Richmond Reading Room, or make a long lunch of it at Wattlebanks, where Tasmanian produce does the heavy lifting.
Add cheese tastings, chocolate, garden tables and a few worthwhile nearby detours, and Richmond becomes a very easy place to arrive hungry.
Czegs’ Cafe
Czegs’ Cafe is Richmond’s tea-and-cake classic, the Bridge Street address for scones with jam and cream, strong coffee and the sort of cake cabinet that makes lunch feel like a formality. The Russian honey cake has earned its own little mythology, while the daytime menu covers the comfort lane nicely: pasta, salads, risotto, sandwiches and wraps. Come after the bridge, before the antique shops, or simply because old-school hospitality still has teeth.
46 Bridge Street, Richmond
Richmond Reading Room
Richmond Reading Room is the Bridge Street stop for anyone who treats coffee and books as a perfectly valid itinerary. Inside, it’s specialty brews, shelves to fossick through, flaky pastries and enough old-shopfront charm to make your phone feel a bit vulgar. Order a flat white, pretend you’re only browsing, then emerge half an hour later with crumbs on your coat and a book you had absolutely no intention of buying.
28A Bridge Street, Richmond
The Richmond Bakery
The Richmond Bakery is the Bridge Street pilgrimage for anyone who understands that Tasmania’s finest cultural export may well be the curried scallop pie. This long-running bakery-cafe is famous for its handmade version, golden, creamy and unapologetically local, best eaten after a token lap of the bridge so you can call it sightseeing. There are also pies, cakes, salad rolls, gourmet sandwiches and coffee, but let’s be honest: you came for the scallops in pastry, and you were right.
6/50 Bridge Street, Richmond
Uncle Alby’s
Uncle Alby’s is technically Sorell, not Richmond, but good coffee justifies the detour. This Gordon Street stop has built its reputation on specialty brews, easy food and a loyal local following that tells you plenty before the first sip. Call in on the way to Richmond, Freycinet or Port Arthur for a flat white and something flaky.
4 Gordon Street, Sorell
Ashmore on Bridge Street
Ashmore on Bridge Street is Richmond’s fire-crackling answer to the sad day-trip sandwich. Inside a heritage room of brick, timber and winter warmth, the menu handles breakfast, brunch and lunch with country-cafe confidence: berry-compote pancakes, eggs Benedict, hearty pies, salads, burgers, scones and housemade cakes all make an appearance.
34 Bridge Street, Richmond
The Wicked Cheese Company
The Wicked Cheese Company knows exactly what a Richmond day trip needs: coffee, lunch and a reason to buy cheese before noon. On the edge of town, this family-owned cheesery doubles as a cafe, tasting room and edible souvenir stop, with complimentary tastings all day, platters, toasties, pizzas, pides, burgers, gelato and local pours. The lawns help with kids, the triple cream brie helps with morale, and dinner may accidentally come home in a paper bag.
1238 Richmond Road, Richmond
Coal River Farm
Coal River Farm is technically Cambridge, but any Richmond cafe crawl is better for the eight-minute detour. This cheese, chocolate and farm restaurant sits in the Coal River Valley with wide rural views, handmade produce and a menu that treats dairy with due seriousness. Book the High Cheese for award-winning cheeses, hand-cut chocolates, fruit paste, crispbreads and a drink, or settle in for breakfast, lunch and a hot chocolate worth rerouting for.
Sitchu Tip: It’s dangerously useful for edible souvenirs, FYI.
634 Richmond Road, Cambridge
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