Southbank

You'll find this spot tucked along Grove Road, where the Harold's Cross locals have been keeping it busy since it opened. The kind of place where regulars chat with staff about weekend plans while nursing their third flat white of the morning. The menu skews heavily towards brunch classics done well – think proper eggs Benedict, decent pancakes, and avocado toast that doesn't make you feel like a complete eejit for ordering it. The coffee is taken seriously here, with beans roasted by local suppliers and baristas who actually know what they're doing. Weekends can get properly packed with families and groups of mates catching up over long brunches, but the atmosphere stays relaxed rather than frantic. It's the sort of neighbourhood café every area wishes it had.