Australian cafés, restaurants and bars in London

London's brunch scene was built by Australians, so a decent flat white is never far away. A meat pie with sauce is harder. We checked every venue below was trading in 2026.

The short version

Best all-rounder: Granger & Co, Australian cook Bill Granger's brunch brand, has four London sites, from King's Cross to Notting Hill [2].
Most Australian wine list: Milk Beach in Soho, with about 120 bins, almost all from Australian winemakers [4].
Most venues: the Daisy Green Collection runs about 20 cafés, restaurants and bars across London, including Bondi Green, Timmy Green and the Beany Green cafés [5].
For the footy: in 2026 the AFL listed six London watch parties for the grand final, and Belushi's London Bridge screened State of Origin [9][10].
What's missing: a proper Aussie pie shop. We couldn't confirm one with a website, so we've left it out rather than guess.

Why London has so many Aussie cafés

From the late 2000s, Australian expats started opening the kind of cafés they missed back home: good espresso, a big breakfast menu, table service and no rush to leave. The New Statesman put it plainly in September 2026: London's Australians have started cooking, and the city's café menus are full of flat whites, avocado toast, corn fritters, bircher muesli and ricotta hotcakes as a result [1].

Today the Aussie influence is so mainstream that half of London's brunch spots look Australian. The places below are the ones with a real Australian connection: founded by Australians, run on an Australian model, or pouring Australian wine and beer.

Brunch and coffee

Granger & Co

Where: King's Cross, Chelsea, Marylebone and Notting Hill [2].

Why Australians go: this is the brand of Australian cook Bill Granger [6], whose avocado toast helped make the dish famous, as even rival Lantana's menu acknowledges [3]. The London sites run on a sunny Sydney-café template: bright rooms, breakfast until midday, then lunch, dinner and drinks [2]. Expect queues at weekends.

What to order: the brunch classics. The Handbook singles out the poached eggs and house-made almond milk [6].

Lantana

Where: Fitzrovia (Charlotte Place), London Bridge near Borough Market, and Shoreditch on City Road [3].

Why Australians go: Australian expats Shelagh Ryan and Michael Homan founded Lantana in London in 2008, and it's one of the cafés that brought all-day brunch to the city [3]. It still feels like a Melbourne local that wandered across the world.

What to order: the smashed avocado on sourdough with eggs, chilli jam, labneh and dukkah [3]. The corn fritters are a long-running favourite too [6].

Brickwood

Where: south-west London, with cafés in Clapham, Battersea, Balham and Streatham [7].

Why Australians go: Brickwood describes itself as Aussie-influenced, and The Nudge called it one of the instigators of London's "Aussie café invasion" [7]. It sits right in the south-west, where so many Australians live.

What to order: the breakfast burrito, banana bread, or blueberry buttermilk pancakes. Homesick? There's a Bloody Mary made with Vegemite, a Milo smoothie and a green smoothie called "Missing Melbourne" [7].

Farm Girl

Where: Notting Hill, Paddington and South Kensington, with a Mayfair site on South Molton Street planned for later in 2026 [8].

Why Australians go: founder Rose grew up on an Australian dairy farm, and the cafés have a sunny, healthy Australian feel [6]. Farm Girl doesn't take bookings, so walk in early [8].

What to order: granola with fruit, colourful juices and the macadamia butter people rave about [6].

The Daisy Green cafés, restaurants and bars

Daisy Green Collection

Where: all over central London. The group lists about 20 venues, including Daisy Green in Marylebone, Bondi Green at Paddington Basin, Timmy Green in Victoria, Barbie Green near the Barbican, Margot Green in Clapham Old Town, and the Beany Green cafés at Broadgate Circle, Regent's Place, Little Venice and Southbank [5].

Why Australians go: the group sells itself on Australian café culture, from early coffee through to late cocktails, with brunch and barbecue the big draws [5]. The names alone tell you where its heart is.

What to order:

Timmy Green: the banana sandwich or the chicken parmigiana [6].
Bondi Green: brunch by the canal, or something off the barbecue, which the group is proud of [5].
Barbie Green: an Aussie-style brunch handy for anyone working in the City [1].

If you need a big table for a farewell, a birthday or an Australia Day lunch, this group has the most options.

Modern Australian dining

Milk Beach

Where: Soho, at Ilona Rose House on Manette Street, also reached from Greek Street [4].

Why Australians go: Milk Beach calls itself "a little slice of Sydney in London" [4]. The food is modern Australian, mixing Mediterranean, south-east Asian, seafood and fire cooking. The wine list runs to about 120 bins, almost all from Australian winemakers, and the cocktails use Australian spirits like Four Pillars and Starward [4].

What to order: all-day brunch, or sharing plates at dinner with a bottle of something from home. Milk Beach also runs a monthly Toast Australia dinner with an Australian vineyard partner [4]. That's the one to book when you're missing the Barossa or the Yarra Valley.

Bars and where to watch the big games

London doesn't really have Aussie theme pubs any more, but plenty of pubs open early for the footy and Origin.

Belushi's London Bridge

Where: Borough High Street, near London Bridge station [10].

Why Australians go: it's the most reliable spot for Australian sport. In 2026, Belushi's and The Dugout London Bridge screened State of Origin Game 3 live at 11.05am, then replayed it at 6pm for the after-work crowd [10]. It was also on the AFL's 2026 grand final watch-party list [9].

What to order: a pint and a seat near a screen. Buy a ticket early for a big game.

Grand final watch parties

For the 2026 AFL grand final, the AFL's official watch-party list included six London venues [9]:

Pub	Area
The Hawkins Forge	Battersea Rise, Clapham Junction
Fox and Hounds	Putney
Bar Kick	Shoreditch
The Moretown Belle	Thomas More Street, Wapping
Belushi's	London Bridge
The Garden	Vauxhall

Start times on the list ran from 4am to 5am London time [9]. Most of these were one-off parties, so check the AFL's list each September and your local AFL London club for screenings. Cricket and Origin are easier: many sports bars show them, but always check ahead.

Australian food to take home

There's no single Aussie shop we can vouch for in London. The good news is that you rarely need one. Big supermarkets stock Vegemite, and Tim Tams have appeared on UK supermarket shelves in recent years. For anything rarer, ask in our group where people are finding it this month.

All the venues at a glance

Venue	Type	Area
Granger & Co	Brunch, restaurant	King's Cross, Chelsea, Marylebone, Notting Hill
Lantana	Café, brunch	Fitzrovia, London Bridge, Shoreditch
Brickwood	Café, brunch	Clapham, Battersea, Balham, Streatham
Farm Girl	Café, brunch	Notting Hill, Paddington, South Kensington
Daisy Green Collection	Cafés, restaurants, bars	Central London, about 20 sites
Milk Beach	Modern Australian restaurant, wine bar	Soho
Belushi's London Bridge	Sports bar	London Bridge

Find your crew

Venues come and go fast in London, and the best tips usually come from other Australians. Join Cooee UK, our Facebook group for Australians in the UK. Ask who's showing the grand final, where to find a decent sausage roll, or who wants to split a bottle of Barossa shiraz at Milk Beach.

Australian cafés, restaurants and bars in London: where to get a proper taste of home