Kepos Street Kitchen

Good place, decent food. Just need to improve on the espresso. I've been trying to go to this place for a long time, always busy and nice vibe. I was able to go there for a quick bite before lunch, and here is how it went. Arrived there and the staff was very friendly and helpful. Sparkling water on the table and a nice menu option. I ordered the double espresso and egg bacon roll. The espresso came on the right sized cup, good execution. But wrong beans to espresso the espresso. I would bet it is a pretty dark roast. The other thing is the sourness out of the coffee. It seems to be more for the catering of milk based beverages. Whereas those beans would work well. The egg bacon roll was good, good sourced bacon, nice bun, and good sauce. Two things that are not my taste, hard egg yolk on the eggs and the tomato was cut on a wedge format that didn't work well. In general good place, I would go back to try more a proper meal. The area is very nice.

We came with a large group and were lucky enough to get the back room. We had the set meal which was amazing and everything on the menu was full of flavour. The staff were friendly and helpful. We started off with Sonoma sourdough, Falafel, hummus, Mutabal smoked eggplant dip, followed by roasted chicken breast, fried cauliflower and grilled flank steak. I can highly recommend coming if you have a craving for Mediterranean food.

The best cafe in the surrounding area! Food is outstanding, service is excellent! Both indoor and outdoor seating places… highly recommended

Very relaxed suburban cafe that attempting to introduce people to the delightful world of middle eastern cuisine. Whilst it can tantalise you with all the exotic herbs and spices and names of dishes, the flavours were just not quite there on a range of dishes. The order of falafel, whilst made fresh piping hot, certainly was crunchy, but it was just missing the strong pungency of the combination of cumin and coriander. Even though you can see the high number of sesame seeds, it didnt impart any of that nuttiness notes whilst consuming it. Great place to chill if around the neighbourhood.

Have been coming here since they opened in 2012 and the food and service has always been excellent. The wagyu beef pitas and falafel pita were delicious. And no trip to Kepos is complete without ordering their churros and salted caramel- to die for!

One of my favourite cafes. Staff go above and beyond. Food is phenomenal. Highly recommend 💕

I never had a chance to get in this beautiful cafe before because there was always a queue around lunch over any weekend. Today I had great pleasure to dine in, as it was a bit late lunch during weekdays and cafe had a spot for us! Lucky🥳 We ordered Persian eggplant and burrata with pine nuts, and meatball sub. Both were great and very flavoursome, especially Persian eggplant was superb, I never had anything like this before, and would like recipe please. Eggplant was not soggy but soft with velvety texture, went well with sourdough and the burrata cheese. Everything went perfectly well in my mouth. The meatball sub was great with enough sauce to eat with half footlong sub, which was well toasted. One downside was drink, the iced strawberry match latte was very disappointing… it was strawberry jam dropped into the milk with ice cubes, which was almost melt as the drink was sitting on the bench for at least 10 min, then matcha was poured when it arrived to the table. So you can imagine very watery milk that was not mixed with matcha with strawberry jam that never blends in together, and surprisingly costed $12. I wont recommend it to anyone. Then I ordered dessert as they looked really good, carrot cake was amazing with real ingredients!!! It was the best, power of home made cakes??? Excellent. The atmosphere was good. They have little outdoor setting and blankets as well, with places inside. They sell some food like Tiramisu, dips and others that can be sold in the containers, but no price written - whatever that means, they looked nice and I believe it will be nice. The service was excellent as well, staff was friendly and helpful and did make difference to our whole experience as they looked confident. I would visit here again, as the experience made my day.

Tried the duck cigar, very flavoursome. Would definitely come back and try other items on the menu.

Food was fresh hot and tasty! So rich and full of flavor! Staff is very friendly and helpful. Definitely coming back to try all their other stuff!

Neighbourhood gem! This place is always busy breakfast lunch dinner. Super friendly staff who kept an eye on things even though they were busy. We had the ocean trout moussaka, smoked labne (yummo!), Kingfish which had an beautiful freekah salad finished with pistachio dessert. Loved the atmosphere. Wish they would change the menu a little but will be back!!

A hidden gem in Kepos street. I like their indoor & outdoor setting. When we reached we thought there was massive line of people waiting but only took us 5mins because they have a decent space inside. For brunch i ordered Moroccan lamb and my friend had smoked salmon on eggs benedict. I thought lamb for brekky will be weird but they were great and really tasty. I wish they could add more side salad because servings were not enough for me. For desert we had churros and soft baked brownies. The churros were just ok but it has sugar slathered on it which i am not a fan of. I like the brownies best, a bit bitter which i find really nice! Oh i love their coffee too!

Ah, this food! A colourful and exotic spread that nourishes my obsession for Middle Eastern cooking. Tahini, pomegranate, harissa, hummus...all things I adore! Left-of-field brunches, baked goods and taste-tickling salads -also all things I adore. And it's presented in such an appetising fashion. If you're in an am-I-hungry-am-I-not-hungry mood; share in the Tel Aviv Falafel with green tahini or one of their exotic dips. Then wash that garlicky goodness down with a Strawberry Rosewater Fizz. Although KSK sits near a car dealership and busy intersection, the cul-de-sac garden serves well to preserve its corner-café loveliness. Staff are great too - helpful and patient. I can't wait to get back here and try everything on the menu. This kitchen has got me dreaming of holidays to the Middle East.

This place is seriously Da BOMB! The experience went a little like this: Rocked up at 12:30pm on a Friday arvo, it was chockers out the front, were prepared for a wait but were escorted out into the air-conditioned courtyard! (Which is lucky because that plastic roof would get super hot in summer...) We received our menu's (FYI it isn't an all day breakfast) and started off with coffee which was delicious (they use The Grounds of Alexandria Coffee beans). Had a real caramel/nutty after taste and just went down a treat- my+ 2 guests agreed! We had the shakshukka (soft oven baked eggs in a savoury tomato stew) with a coriander tahini, also shared the smoked salmon salad and falafel burger. All the flavours were just spot on and complimented each-other extremely well. The only downside here was that the service was a bit haphazard. We had to flag down our waiter to get coffee orders in + again to order food. That is probably the only thing that stops it from being a 5 star review. Definitely worth a visit - we will be back!

I wouldn't recommend this place. We waited an hour to get a table, while killing time at the nearby Whole Foods grocer on Danks St. That's cool, it was our choice to wait. When we got seated, I noticed that the servers are very transactional and cold. Like they're there to get you in and out, nothing more. Having staff that are disengaged like that really impacts everything, as I didn't get excited by any of their recommendations. I felt like they didn't even want to be there. Food wise, we ordered: falafels w tahini, the beef burger, a cauliflower salad and a chocolate & halva brownie, plus coffees/juice. The verdict: the tahini dip was smooth and tasty, without it I thought the falafels were too salty. None of the other mains really stood out. The cauliflower salad was more like a chopped salad but it had a lot of liquid. The brownie was unexpected as the sesame halva added a really yummy texture, this was actually the best part of the meal.

Kepos Street Cafe specialises in Middle eastern themed dining. They offer breakfast and Lunch everyday with evening dinner being served Wednesday through to Saturday. I was with a group celebrating a birthday bash and we opted for the banquet style menu which offered the table a chance to sample the majority of the menu selectively. The offerings included brasserie bread sourdough with hazelnut dukkah, dates, goats cheese crumbed with pistachio, cauliflower salad, fish kefta, saikou salmon, roasted black Angus steak, garlic fries. That list is so long it should be review over already. All the dishes were of a high standard and none would be bad choices if you ordered from the regular menu yourself but some of the stand out dishes for me were - dates served with goats cheese. Really delicious and something sweet and tasty that complimented each other well. - Steak was delicious and 100 day age feed, so it was worth the wait. The steak was served with a beautiful pear barley salad. - Saikou Salmon was my favourite of all the dishes. Cooked beautifully, outside was just right while the inside remained a little undercooked. Dish was served on a classy frying skillet. Salmon was on top of a pea risotto which was equally as impressive. Believe it or not that's not all because dessert was to follow which was Churros with salted Caramel. The Churros were served out of a brown bag on a serving platter. Amazing once again. The second dessert was a soft baked chocolate cake which was like a brownie on top while underneath had a mousse like texture. This dish was served with ice cream. Overall top class restaurant based on food quality as there was no bad dishes being served. The staff were quick to bring out the new dishes. Only slight fault is that you only have 2 hours to eat what I can only describe as a truck load of food. The restaurant sits two groups for dinner one at 6pm and another sitting at 8:15 so towards the end we were kind of being rushed out. If you take that into consideration and are prepared for a degustation your going to love the place. Would definitely consider coming here again to sample the breakfast menu perhaps.

This is the second time we came here and to be honest, we didn't enjoy it the first time round. As with usual "well known" brunch places we had to wait for around half an hour before we were seated. This to me is the norm, but waiting in cold rainy weather is a different story. Parking was hard as it's located around local community so first in best dressed. We ordered three dishes - Tuna Salad, Fried Chicken Burger and Lamb and Chickpea Stew (trust me, they had much BETTER names but forgot what they were!). The salad was very flavoursome and hit the right spot at the right time. Generous servings of seared tuna mixed in Mediterranean style greens and a good tangy dressing. Did I mention the near perfect half cooked egg? It was rainy so I thought the Lamb Stew would do the trick and it completely did it's job. With a hint of chili the lamb was cooked just right (mind you, without that LAMB TASTE) and the garlic bread sticks complimented the stew very well. The Fried Chicken was OK, a bit dry and lacked flavour. There wasn't enough sauce for the whole burger despite the soft inside/crunchy outside brioche. The chips that came as a side was epic, felt like double fried (love it) and remember to ask for either tomatoey sauce or aioli. ..if only it was truffle infused. Didn't have any drinks as I remember I didn't enjoy their juices or coffee. Maybe next time when I'm feeling adventurous again! Can't wait to try their Autumn menu when it's out. .. and if it's out.

Had the Shakshuka here: very rich and flavorful, just delicious. Also had the croissant with the vanilla butter, so YUM!! Service was great also! This place gets packed though so I suggest you come early. They open at 7:30 and all the tables inside were full by 8:30. Definitely one of the best breakfast spots in Sydney!

I always joke that I won't travel out of Surry Hills / Darlo for brunch on the weekends, but Kepos is one of those places that are well worth breaking that rule. I had the zucchini fritters with salmon, and they were perfect. I seriously kept talking about them to people that following week. I was dying to come back and have them again, we went the other weekend but the only bummer was to discover that breakfast ends mid-day. I didn't get my fritters but happy to say they do a lovely lunch menu as well. I also recommend the homemade lemonade, it's made with a simple syrup, carbonated water, fresh mint and lemons served in a glass jam jar. They seem to get quite busy, but they turn through tables quickly and are quite organised with the wait list. Worth putting your name down for a table and hanging around.

Quaint cafe in the suburbs of Redfern, a real gem with middle eastern flair. Falafel anything is amazeballs! I had a few too many bites if my friends felafel sandwich... Not that I didn't had my own amazing dish - Eggplant salad with Seared Tuna smothered in egg yolk. Filling and satisfying meal without feeling like rabbit food. Cannot wait to come back to do breakfast!

I've had dinner previously but had brunch for the first time at Keppos today and it lived up to standards! The food selection is fantastic - the Mediterranean/middle Eastern influence gives the menu that little bit of edge and extra flavour in comparison to the usual breakfast choices. I had the shakshuka baked eggs with tahini and olives which was so delicious and comforting - cooked to perfection and the ideal meal for an Autumn morning. My friend had the Keppos salmon benedict and she was equally impressed. The first coffee was a bit cold but the lovely staff were attentive and friendly. The restaurant is very quaint with a cool vibe and perfect for a couple or a cosy dinner for 2 to max 6 people but the space is not ideal for large groups or kids. The food is impeccable - beautifully presented, quality fresh product and vegetarian options.

Great little hipster Israeli place. My fried egg in Challah was very good. Great coffee. Could easily exist in Brooklyn!

Breakfast here is pure delight. Very nice and different to usual. The salad I had for breakfast! Was healthy and tasty, the coffee was spot on and service very good. Must try their new one across the road soon.

Staff were knowledgeable and friendly. Head chef came and gave menu recommendations. Amazing falafel. Cauliflower salad was perfection in sweet and sour. Trout moussaka was a really interesting take on a classic. Loved the cheese filled ravioli and pistachio chocolate dessert. One of the best middle eastern places I've been to.

Fantastic breakfast. Found this in Bon Appetit Magazine. Was worth the visit. Will definitely go back!

Lunchtime. Busy as always so had to wait for a table. Nice but no where near as good as last time, 1year ago. Had ground lamb kofta style rolls and sugar snap salad. Good staff and feel.

This spot was amazing for dinner. From the hummus to the cauliflower and pomegranate salad and the tortellini. Visiting from the US and feeling sad it'll be a while since I can come back. So good!!

Uhhh...freakin delicious? This place has been on my list for a while and since I moved into the neighbourhood, there hasn't been an easier chance to try it out. There's a big middle eastern/mediterranean influence in the menu and it's downright delicious. When we got there on Saturday around 11am, the wait was only about 5 minutes before we were seated outside. My coffee was great, no complaints there, same goes for service...perhaps it can be hit or miss but no complaints here either. I ordered the Bacon and Egg roll...it's massive. I would normally complain about not being able to eat this with my hands because for me anything that comes between two buns needs to be eaten with your hands. This is far too big and messy to do so, but that's OK because it's pretty damn diddly delicious. My partner ordered one of the salads (don't remember which one) but she had absolutely zero complaints as well. Would love to try the rest of their menu so I will be back for sure.

This place - for breakfast, lunch or dinner- never disappoints! To my delight, there are new items on the breakfast menu. The cous cous with fruit and yoghurt is delicious! Awesome fresh juices and good coffee too.

The $8 corkage fee per person for BYO is a bit ridiculous in my opinion, but I can't find much each to fault this place for- amazing food and a great night out! As the entire menu looked delicious to our group we opted to go with the $55 tasting menu, and were all more than stuffed by the end of the meal. You'll start with goat cheese and pistachio stuffed dates (amaze balls), and head into some homemade bread and hummus after that. The bread was great, but if I went back I'd skip this to not fill up before all of the other great dishes! One of my favourite dishes of the evening was the cauliflower salad that combines the veggie, pomegranate seeds, dried cranberries, wheat, mint and parsley, as well as an acidic dressing. Fantastic! The $55 preset menu also comes with two desserts- churros with caramel sauce and a gluten free chocolate cake. By this point in the meal you'll be absolutely stuffed, so give the chocolate cake a miss and devour the churros instead. Great place, will definitely be back!!

I don't understand. There are reviews here saying how amazing the food is, yet when we sat down and ate we found the food under-par. We sat down for dinner on a Wednesday night at 7:30pm. We didn't have to wait for a table, the restaurant was pretty empty. We ordered virgin pomegranate mojito's, one with cane sugar the other without. The one with the sugar was too sweet. We ordered falafels with green tahini sauce, hummus, cauliflower salad, burrata with persian eggplant relish mint and pine nuts, potato tortellini with goats cheese ,Zatar and asparagus, trout moussaka with matbouta. Overall the dishes were over seasoned - so much salt it was hard to distinguish any subtle flavour layers. The falafels were burnt and were dry the tahini sauce was bland, lacking depth of flavours. The hummus was also drenched in extra virgin olive oil and the cauliflower salad was too salty and gritty. The burrata was ok but when mixed with the relish, it lost all flavour as the relish didn't compliment it. The tortellini was under done, the goats cheese filling was bland/boring, asparagus were bitter, maybe it was old? And the overall dish was coated in zatar and it overpowered the entire dish. The moussaka was unlike any I'd seen before. There was a slab of dehydrated eggplant on top of tired looking and sauced trout. The eggplant was hard to cut and tasteless. The matbouha didn't pair well with the white sauce and trout was slightly over cooked. The owner or manager saw that we weren't having a good time and asked us why. When we told him, he was defensive and after he and the kitchen sampled our dishes, implied that "maybe it was just us" and that other people who ordered the same dishes thought they were fine. Then the chef came out and asked us what he could do to make us happy. We asked for the bill. He then suggested he make us a steak and chips which would possibly be more suitable to our palate. I took offence as one would, we got the bill and as we were leaving the chef gave us a piece of gluten free chocolate & pistachio mouse with a almond cake base- sadly it was dull, but it was the best thing we ate on the menu.

American's first time in Sydney- Studying Abroad Morgan ordered a tall black and a smoked salmon salad with potato, soft boiled egg, spinach, olives, and sesame seeds. It was gorgeous. I had two flat whites (the coffee was the best I've had in Australia) and something called a "soft baked egg and tomato shakshuka..." It was nuts. Shakshuka is "a dish of eggs poached in a sauce of tomatoes, chili peppers, onions, often spiced with cumin," says Wikipedia. It was served with coriander tahini and a slice of warm sourdough. The flavors were all perfectly balanced, and awesome. Stuffed, we sat speechless. Then decided to order the heavenly looking strawberry tart we had seen when we came in. It had two puffy pastry biscuits sandwiching fresh strawberries in a sweet creme. It was airy and light and gone in one minute. I'm drooling writing about it. The total bill came to $47 AUD, which isn't bad considering it's Sydney and we enjoyed it so much. Plus, tipping is not a requirement. If this were a restaurant in the States, we would've tipped like mad anyways.

I had a lunch there - had ocean trout with freekeh & asparagus salads. Food was tasty buy just a bit too salty for me. I will have to ask for salt to be reduced by 50% next time. Services were good and the waitress was very friendly & smiling! But they serve my meal & coffee at the same time - a bit lack of thought. Shall I drink coffee first or my meal first? Or at the same time? It's not a wine so I wouldn't drink coffee and meal at the same time though!

Excellent food! Very nice atmosphere. Very crowded though, wait times of 20-30 mins for breakfast on weekends.

Sat outside With friends . Just a coffee polite service Without attitude was really pleasant good coffee very pretty place . Will try next time lunch or dinner .

Wow! Amazing Tuna salad. Changes the definition of Tuna + salad as far as I'm concerned. Perfectly cooked and just damn well done. If I lived in Australia I would be back for more!

Lovely coffee, sourced from the Grounds in Alexandria. Will be back to try the food and oh my god the selection of cakes. This place would be great at around 3pm on a work day when you start to go downhill and need a burst of energy. I want to try the brownie with chocolate mascarpone icing. Drool. Friendly staff, despite being packed at 2pm on a Sunday.

Have eaten here quite a few times now and the food is fantastic - spot on each time. I also like the fact that their menu is not as mainstream as most places. Some familiar dishes, and some unique dishes - but the flavours are absolutely amazing across the board. Unfortunately, they're let down by their coffee - it's basically hit and miss, as it depends which barista you get. When it's good, it's amazing (and you gotta love a place that does BOTH good food and good coffee - so rare!), but when the coffee fails, then it's so disappointing.

Excellent choice for brunch! Their falafel sandwich is perfect for a cold rainy day. Their service is friendly and appropriate and their coffee is great as well. Would definitely recommend and I am definitely coming back!

I've seen a few reviews that mention there is a service problem with Kepos, and I couldn't agree more. We dined at Kepos for a birthday celebration with a group of 7. Having the dreaded 6 pm slot, it was rush, rush, rush. The food was well priced, but average at best, maybe a new chef, but dishes like the beef cheek risotto and the gnocchi were left unfinished by our group, bland oily stodgy. However the fish dishes such as the kefta and barramundi were very nice. We were very aware we needed to be out in 2 hours and really didn't need to be reminded more than once. Our waitress was nice and efficient, she handled the wine change outs and prompt service with ease. We were seated in the little back room where you could only hear the person sitting by you as the acoustics were ridiculous. My main issue was with the hostess, she was irritable from the start, we didn't have a lot of interaction with her until we were almost ready to leave. She ushered us in with great haste and a scowl (we weren't late, I swear). Towards the end of our lackluster dinner a gentleman at our table spilt his wine, on himself, not a big deal no fanfare was caused he dealt with it himself. The hostess came over and crouched beside him, I thought to offer assistance, but no, it was to reprimand him like he was a child and tell him his voice was too loud and he was bothering other customers. She just making him feel like a horrible person, I was shocked and found her behaviour disgusting, it was a personal attack, a reall talking down to. She does not have the right stuff to be a hostess or any kind of wait staff. My birthday dinner was ruined, I felt so bad for my friend who was terribly embarrassed. We left with a bad taste in our mouths, she was so rude. As we left (right after our taking to) we apologised to the other table in the room, they told us they had no problem at all, and thought they were just as loud if not louder and were worried they were disturbing us, no-one could hear them-selves in that room. So I'm really not sure what the hostess's problem was with my friend, we weren't being raucous, it was not a party just a dinner with normal conversation and banter. I won't be back, neither will my friends, friends of friends or family. The food was just not good enough for the attitude. I can't understand the awards, we must have been there on a very off night, where the kitchen and staff were not performing at their best.

Vastly overpriced for what you get. $6 a small bottle of san pellagrino? REALLY guys? We ordered too much and the waiter didn't tell us to slow down. The food was good, tiny portions. Will not return.

Possibly the WORST service I have ever experienced. I've never felt compelled to write a review before (good or bad) but I just have to let people know how much this place sucks! I ordered two large coffees and a bagel to take away. The coffees didnt take long to come out but they gave me one small and one large. It was really busy so I didnt say anything, but then 15 minutes passed and my bagel still hadn't come out. I mean how long does it take to warm up a bagel? So I went in and asked for it, and one of the severs just stared at me blankly... eventually she went away to warm up the bagel. Another 10 minutes passed and FINALLY I get the bagel.... which when I get home I discover is dripping in butter. Like, the whole paper bag was soaked through. It was so disgusting I couldnt even eat a bite. I think the worst part is that the staff are so unfriendly and just act like they don't want to be there, if they had apologised for making me wait almost half an hour it wouldn't be half as bad. Oh, and while I was waiting someone walked out the the cafe shouting "this is ridiculous, we are never coming back here again!". Sums it up really. Awful service.