Swell Cafe

Amazing and vegan friendly!
I stumbled in with a bad case of jet-​lag and the barista could not have been more helpful. Soy and almond milk options were readily available and the mocha caffeine blast did wonders. I plan on returning daily :)

This place is Swell!
It’s centrally located in the Avalon village right next to the pedestrian crossing on Old Barrenjoey Road.
There are tables on the footpath and a handful of cozy tables inside the café.
It’s table service. A friendly, young surfer dude will take your order with a big smile.
Come for breakfast. The breakfast menu is good. Check out my photos of the vegie stack and pea fritters.
All press coffee. Bonsoy. Need I say more?
Swell is open for tea and coffee, breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea. Open everyday. Yay!

Pretentious and over-​priced, claustrophobic and the coffee is tasteless. There are much better places for a coffee in Avalon than this.

Swell has been a part of the Avalon café scene for years however I’ve only just realised what a little treasure this place is.
It’s a pretty simple layout with almost bench seating across one side and a few table sprawling onto the street. Clearly everyone else knew about this place because there is always a a couple people hanging around.
They serve allpress beans and dish up quite a good cuppa for ‘burbs coffee’- in fact it’s the best coffee I’ve found in Avalon so far.
I came here after a post beach lunch and went for the spinach, goat cheese, cherry tomato and avocado on rye toast which was pretty awesome– a solid half a star of this rating is attributed to that super tasty rye bread alone.
They also do fresh juices– I tried the pineapple, mint, ginger and something juice which was pretty tasty.
They staff were really chilled and friendly and the guy didn’t care at all that I changed my order like 3 times. They were also going above and beyond to help give a recommendation to a couple not from around here about a nice restaurant in the area.
Really enjoyed this place and kicking myself I didn’t discover it 10 years ago!