St Jude

So this little corner café in Redfern is awesome. Creepily decorated with old religious pictures and dolls, this place is surprisingly charming. I think the charm is found in the staff that work here. Attentive and extremely friendly, they will make you feel right at home.
The coffee here is good, not great, but really good. Ordered a few cups, so I think the proof is in the empty cups of coffee. But the real reason you come here is not the coffee but the food. The food here is really good. I have only come here for breakfast, so I can only comment on that. But the breakfast is really good. I love the Bennie here. Also, I know that it is random but the muffins here are great! Fresh and baked on the spot, they are always great.
One of the best thing about the café is the outside seating, but they are hard to come by, as this is where most people go. Sitting inside is good, but not as good as sitting outside in the sun. So if you are looking for a cool little place to have a good breakfast then look no further.

Great food, good coffee.
Service is a little slow as they are always at capacity.
Oh, there are baby dolls all over the place… not sure why, quite strange. Then again… it’s Redfern/​Surry Hills…

One of our favourite Brunch go to places.
Pumpkin and sweet corn fritters, poached egg, rocket and spinach with dressing and hollandaise sauce, add a side of smashed avocado, and totally yummo.
Coffees always hot, just as I ordered, partner always has a second one, I’m too full to fit anything else in.
Staff always friendly and cheerful, so nice to see, and to be able to relax and enjoy a meal in a wonderful/​colourful atmosphere that this place exudes.
Would recommend highly.
Lots of interesting things to choose from, with many daily specials.

Come for coffee and stay for lunch. Breakfast served all day! Hooray!
Coffee with friends turned into lunch with friends. We enjoyed the variety of the menu and the freshness and tasty flavours of the food. The service was good and this place was busy the whole time we were there.
Seating is available inside and outside. The highlight for us was definitely the meals. My friend was raving about her slow-​cooked pork sandwich with coleslaw. My husband was really enjoying his omelette too. I had the salad special with a poached egg on top.
Looking forward to another meal at St Jude’s soon. Have to try the pumpkin fritters that my fellow Unilocalers are raving about!

My favourite on the eastern side of Surry Hills/​Redfern. Always a delicious menu (love their baked eggs, and the pumpkin and corn fritters with a poached egg) and excellent coffee. Large windows open up onto Bourke St. and there is plenty of sun to lounge in. Friendly attentive service too.

We’ve had an extended stay in Sydney and we keep coming back here. Consistently great coffee and delicious food. Yes to the corn and pumpkin fritters! The specials have been winners too. Have had only great service even when it’s packed to overflowing.

This place is just down the road so I obviously had to check it out.
I’ve been here for coffee before ($ 3.50 now, not $ 3 like a previous review said) and it was pretty good, so I decided to come for the food.
The staff is friendly and speedy… when you can manage to get their attention.
Someone said get the pumpkin fritters… so I got the pumpkin fritters. My partner got the cous cous salad.
My pumpkin fritters were pretty good, but there were some parts that were reaaallly salty.
My partner’s cous cous was so salty it was inedible so we sent it back. Chef must have accidentally spilled a bunch of salt when he was preparing our meal or something. Thankfully they took it back and got her another dish with no issue.
Food was alright, salt withstanding and the coffee was good. Service is fine when they pay you attention.
A-​OK.

A bit hipster but really nice friendly service. For $ 3 a flat white an good decent coffee, you can’t go wrong. On a leafy street with a modern look

Nothing to complain about on this brunch visit to St Jude. Smashed avocado with spinach and ricotta & added egg was very good. Coffee very good also.

This place is a real gem and I almost don’t want to let too many people in on it for purely selfish reasons — it’s one of my favourite little brunch places and I don’t want it to get any busier!
Coffee is good. Very good. The baristas clearly know what they are doing.
The food is outrageously good. I’ve eaten here many times and don’t think I’ve ordered the same thing more than once — yet every meal had been delicious.
The staff are friendly and service is fast.
It’s only a smallish space inside — best for groups of 4 at the most.

Always see a huge queue out the front each time I drive by. So decided to try them out for coffee. The first time I went, they only had a few customers, so weren’t too busy. Yet I had to wait several minutes for the two staff (who clearly saw me waiting two steps in front of them) to finish talking to each other so I could place my order. Did not get an overly friendly or welcoming feel from the place. However, their coffee was fantastic. Kudos to the barista — he certainly knows his coffee! The second time I went was absolutely jam packed — big queue and lots of people milling around out front. I was able to order my coffee fairly quickly (and the staff were a lot friendlier this time — so maybe they were just having an off day the first time I went?). The wait for the coffee however was too extreme. Granted, I really do like their coffee. However, 20 minutes is too long for a takeaway coffee. I highly recommend the place for coffee (haven’t tried their food). However, I’ll likely only return if there is no queue.

Meine Freundin und ich sind durch Zufall beim Spazieren durch Surry Hill auf dieses kleine, gemütliche Eck-​Café gestoßen. Und der Service und das Angebot auf der Karte haben uns augenblicklich überzeugt. Und seit diesem Morgen im April ist das «St. Judes» die Breakfast-​Location unserer Wahl in Sydney! Und wenn wir es zum Frühstück nicht schaffen, dann kommen wir eben zum Lunch…

This place is a popular find for locals and is located in Redfern East just on the boarder of Surry Hills.
The key to this place is getting here early, but John the big gentle giant that looks after the cues of people wanting to eat here, is very good at what he does and is well worth the wait. Especially when he’s taking your coffee or juice order while you wait!
St Jude’s don’t let the religious name or detity’s stop you from visiting this tantelising vester of foodies adventure. Mostly run by exceptionally organised gay men you wont be lead a stray with the food or service here.
The seating is tight but you will not be unimpressed by the food here.
Coffee isn’t the best but who cares the FOOOOOOODDDDD!!!
Eat here! Go ON Do it!

This place is worth the stroll through surry to find!!! Great coffee and good breakfast menu! The only qualm is that they have tried to squeeze too many tables in there and the seating is uncomfortable and tight !

I’ve been to St Jude several times and returned yesterday for breakfast — a fruit platter with yoghurt and sweetened quinoa. There wasn’t as much quinoa as I’d hoped and the fruit selection was standard fruit-​salad fare, but none the less it was a healthy and refreshing start to the day.
As always, the service was great.

I am going to tip toe around the service at this place and remember two key things:
1) I’m in Slurry as a result life takes a pace that requires you to sip long lattes (that aren’t made with Bonsoy — because that was so last year), pontificate the world’s problem over homemade ginger beers (which are bloody refreshing here) and then eventually get around to eating something that probably has truffle oil or something smashed involved 40 minutes later.
2) I’m in the Hills where your ‘tude has to match your denim shirt, ironically oversized baseball cap and cinos.
And then there was the food… eventually…
I have to admit for $ 16.50 in Surry Hills I was surprised at the enormity that was my 3 pumpkin and sweet corn fritters with a poached egg and $ 2 worth of smashed avocado side (recommended by the only friendly waiter in the place). With a touch of mint and coriander in the fritters they were light, crisp and filling but not stodgy. The simple baby spinach salad and poached egg added plenty of character and different flavours to the meal but it wouldn’t have been a 5 star meal unless I’d ordered the smashed avo on the side (be warned).
It is incredibly busy and super trendy, so much so they can stick chucky like dolls on their walls as decoration and it be cool, but the food is worth its weight and wait.

Nestled amongst the classic federation terraces on Bourke st, I was excited to check this place out.
The Fitout is fresh and contemporary whilst touching on the country theme. On this occasion I only ordered coffee, a latte and dbl riss. Sadly both were disappointing and not of the standard that such a venue and location deserved.
Service was good and the place had a buzzing vibe. Imagine what it could be with great coffee!!!

I’m a bit surprised St. Jude’s is only getting three stars. I reckon it’s better than that…
I had the burger, and it was a very well-​constructed burger. I’m not normally a fan of beetroot in a burger — frankly I think it ruins a burger more than 9 times out of 10 — but someone has clearly given the flavour combinations in this burger quite a bit of thought. The beetroot was singing in harmony! Perhaps even more surprisingly, the bun was beautifully chosen too — the bready bit of a burger is often overlooked — and the overall effect was really good. Sweetness balancing sourness, great texture in the mouth, nice ingredients. I reckon I’ll be back, and I don’t even live that close!

I wanted to like St Jude. I really did. It’s one of my locals and I was so excited when they opened, but… alas…I was whelmed. Not overwhelmed. Not underwhelmed. Just… whelmed.
I went on a weekday morning and was lucky enough to snag the bench by the big open window, so I enjoyed my leisurely brunch with the sun on my back. They get a big tick for that. The interior is insanely cool and so perfect for the location on Bourke St. Not sure about the creepy doll on the shelf above the coffee station (I swear it was watching me) but big tick for décor.
The service was slow. Not a tick.
I ordered a fresh watermelon juice and it was bloody terrible. In fact, it was undrinkable. I had one sip and it was so awful that I pushed it aside and stuck to water. Not a tick.
I ordered muesli with yogurt and poached peach. The honey and milk came on the side, and the serving was so huge I couldn’t get through it all. It was pretty tasty, so tick for that (and half a tick from my companion who got to eat the rest of it).
I don’t drink coffee (sacrilege!) so I can’t comment on the quality of the black crack, but my dining companion didn’t complain, so tick there too.
In terms of pricing, it sits at the higher end of the Surry Hills spectrum. Yes, breakfast everywhere in this area doesn’t leave change from a 50 if there is two of you, but for a brand new café whose food and service is still wearing training wheels, I kind of resent getting no change from my 50.
Honestly, I probably won’t be back. We have enough options in Surry Hills that also have sunshine and do good muesli, that my needs can be met elsewhere.

This place hasn’t been open that long but certainly nice to have something different to the usual Asian restaurants that seem to be turning Waterloo into a mini china town!
The staff are friendly and quite relaxed considering how busy they are. The menu is uncomplicated and straight to the point with a great breakfast and light lunches on offer. Sharing a dessert isn’t frowned upon either! The coffee is amazing thanks to the barista! Overall really nice atmosphere with a bohemian mix of people! Keep up the good work guys!

Just popped in for a take out coffee… Very disapointing! Tasted like warm milk! Love the look of the place, and the name so hopefully the coffee is sorted soon.