Tintos

We came here trying to avoid all the mums and bubs in Balmain — finally found this café. Good coffee, good food and happy waiters. I think we were in that vital time in between breakfast and lunch — brunch!
I would highly recommend the peanut butter milk shake. Yeah. You read that right. It’s good.

Delmain Providore is a charming café, serving the best skim cappuccino and avocado toast in Sydney. Matt Adamson, a real rugby star, is not only handsome and famous, but energetic, friendly and serves his clients with disarming smile. His staff follow suit, they are nice and make you willing to go back again and again. Excellent food, great fresh squeezed juice, reasonable prices.
I from the US and all I can say, I wish we had a Delmain Providore in our area.
Matt — thank you for making me feel home at your lovely café shop.
Nevena (Kristina’s mom)

This deli/​café may only be new, but it’s one of the best additions to this end of Darling Street in years.
The providore sells a fantastic range of products, from sliced DeliVer meats, Paesanella cheeses (including a great range of soft French cheeses), jars of olives, anchovies and other antipasto favourites to curry pastes, pasta sauces, dry pastas, olive oils, vinegars, fresh and dry herbs, chutneys, dips, yoghurts, crackers and the best brownies ever, including an amazing rich delicious and moist gluten free brownie. They also have a fantastic range of gluten free products by Schar and sell frozen pastas, including family sized lasagnes and ravioli.
Whlst they’ve recently removed their fresh fruit and veg section, Delmain Providore has now given themselves more time to focus on their deli range. And the best thing? You can sample many of their amazing products in their succinct breakfast and lunch menus.
This is what I love about the deli café hybrids. Not only can you be sure that the food is made from the highest quality products, but you get to sample the products before you take them home to try out yourself. The picks of their menu? A killer Bacon & Egg roll ($ 7), Steak Sandwich ($ 12.95), Chicken, Mint & Tarragon sandwich ($ 8.50) and the simple avo on toast (bread by Sonoma, also available in store) is brought to life with a lemon olive oil and truffle salt ($ 8.50).
The Delmain Providore serves fantastic coffee (my new Balmain favourite, beans by Single Origin) and has a great take away window at the front of the shop. Inside, the providore has a beautifully simple design with a twist of French flair and a basic rustic theme. Customers are propped side by side along the deli’s espresso bar and at the country style dining table that takes up a large portion of the shop itself. The best thing about dining in here, however, is the stretching mural of the world map painted on the wall, aiding your geographic intelligence and begging you to try these European flavours in their local habitat.
The main point of difference for this deli/​café is their truffles, sold in store in oil, salt and whole truffle forms, including a jar of truffles to last a lifetime — and with a $ 2000 pricetag, you wouldn’t want to live twice. If you don’t have $ 2000 in your pocket, they also offer truffles on their menu, with their truffle scrambled eggs. These come with a warning (from me) — whilst Delmain’s scrambled eggs are already my favourite (no cream or sugar and yet are the creamiest, sweetest and most flavoursome eggs I’ve ever tried), once you try the truffle eggs you may encounter some trouble in going back. They are more expensive (almost twice the price of the regular scrambled eggs), but are worth indulging.

Definitely great coffee. The problem at times is that there is an abundance of choice; in fact too much choice to have a simple coffee here in Balmain. If you prefer a flat white over a latte then please come here and enjoy your coffee; otherwise go elsewhere. However Matt and his team here have provided something unique for Balmain; not bad for an ex sports player. Unique in the sense that okay you can have some breakfast and/​or lunch here, and if you need that extra something to make your frittata your making at home that little bit more complete; well then no problem we have that all covered kind of thinking.
Excellent and awesome coffee overall, and their muffins are also something. Love this deli like concept; especially the produce like deli selection; definitely one of the best deli cafes around in Sydney. Coffee and cheese definitely go hand in hand here. Definitely deli heaven, and this is great to see this establishment in Balmain. This establishment does get very busy though; but hey it is all dandy and this is happening with good reason as well. And on the price side, such a cheap, quality establishment. Heaven in Balmain.