Drift Cafe

You'll find Drift tucked away on Clifford Street, just off the main drag near the city centre, in that sweet spot between tourist trail and actual local life. It's the kind of place where people actually sit down with a newspaper or their laptop for hours, not somewhere you're herded through in ten minutes. The coffee's clearly taken seriously—you can tell from how they pull each shot—and the food offering (breakfast, lunch, that sort of thing) keeps pace without trying too hard. There's something refreshingly unpretentious about it.