Cafe O-Mai

Bypass the usual morning fare. Annerley’s breakfast crowd gravitates to this bustling, artistic space for a serious culinary shake-up. Think charcoal-grilled meats hitting perfect smoky notes, crusty baguettes dunked into rich quail-egg meatball sauce, and Aunty Five's legendary lemongrass pork claypot. Caffeine purists nod in approval at the slow-drip phin filtering robust, corn-free Vietnamese coffee—a pure, nostalgic jolt. It gets loud. It gets packed. But those hunting for massive, flavor-packed portions know the steaming bowls of pho and crackling pork banh mi easily justify the hustle. Secure a table, order a long black, and dive headfirst into a modern cà phê experience.