The burgers here are YUM, and I especially love the sweet potato fries with the aioli sauce. Prior visits there, the service there was mediocre but I got my food and was in and out without too long of a wait. I visited again last week, great service when ordering my food but once I'd taken it home was disappointed to see that my burger bun was burnt black - I would have thought if they burnt food that badly they would have had the thought to redo it, especially as I was the only customer there the whole time I was waiting and they were in no rush to serve others etc. Quite annoyed, as for $10 for a small burger, a drink and fries I may as well have gone to McDonalds and got something of equally mediocre quality for less.

Approximate cost: $Starting at around $10 for a combo meal

Great coffee, great service. There is a always a long line here in the morning and no wonder, their coffee is pretty good. Despite the crowd the staff is very efficient and well organised, yet the girl who takes the orders down somehow manages to remember a lot of people, their names and what they order. The turkish toast is also a favourite of mine - they certainly aren't stingy with the butter.

One of the best yum cha places in Sydney and great for a work day lunch. If you pay before 12:30 you get 15% off the bill, so we normally show up at 11:30 when eating here. Great variety of food, and the staff are so obliging with getting certain requests from you from the kitchen directly if you can't see what you're after, which is great if you're pressed for time. The salt and pepper squid is probably the best I've ever had anywhere.

A great yummy but healthy work lunch option with lots of choice. I've had a couple of their salads, the vermicelli bowls, the laksa and the vermicelli rolls since discovering them and they are all delicious. The salads tend to sell out fairly fast, so get in early - my favourite is the spicy prawn one. The spring rolls in the vermicelli bowls are a favourite, so crunchy and full of flavour. I don't usually like take away soups, but the laksa here was pretty damn good, though not the kind of thing I want to eat an an office desk again due to the mess factor. And the vermicelli rolls are great for those days you just want something small and quick. The sauce that goes with them could be improved - I've tasted ones with more flavour at other places, but that's my only complaint. The ladies that work there are lovely and all too happy to describe a dish to you should you have questions, despite the fact that this place is always busy.

Approximate cost: $Vermicelli bowls are $8.50, small salads $7, Vermicelli rolls $3.50 each

Love the decor to begin with - very funky and contemporary, though some may find it a little too dark in there. Probably my favourite cupcakes in Sydney - not too sweet, probably due to the fact that their icing isn't piled sky high like The Cupcake Bakery across the road from them for example. Love the array of flavours and that different days of the week have different flavours - they have a menu at the counter showing the cupcakes available each day so you can time your visit accordingly. They come in two sizes - the mini for $2.20, which is a couple of mouthfuls worth, and the large for $3.80. My absolute favourite is the Dulce de Leche, which is covered on top by a gooey caramel for the icing. The bases of the cupcakes are also moist, which is something a lot of other places can get wrong. Staff are great - don't hurry you along when you're looking, but also very informative if you want recomendations.

Approximate cost: $3.80 for the large, $2.20 for the mini

I'd known about Adora as a chocolate shop for a while, but it wasn't until a colleague bought me a coffee from there that I began to appreciate them. I'm a mocha drinker, and their mochas are absolutely delicious, getting the combination between the coffee and (high quality) chocolate just perfect. You can choose between dark chocolate and milk chocolate as well when they are preparing it, which I wasn't aware of for the first month that I started going there until it was offered to me one day. Personally, their lattes weren't that amazing on the one occasion I did try one, but maybe that's just me as there does see to always be a good amount of people ordering coffees of all sorts each time I'm there. You get a free chocolate with the purchase of a coffee, tea or hot chocolate, which definitely adds to the addiction factor. I think I've tried almost all of the chocolates they have available and they do not disappoint - my favourites are the coffee truffle and the passionfruit one. If in doubt pick a chocolate with a medal rating, as those in that range seem to fall in my favourites pile. It's a bit pricier than a lot of other city coffee places perhaps, but at least I know my coffee will be delicious!

Approximate cost: $4.40