Deus ex Machina

Deus ex Machina is Latin for ‘God is the machine'. At this café/bike shop, the coffee machine is god. A mix of industrial design and cool art (the owner is Mambo founder Dare Jennings), Deus is more order-and-pay than silver service but the table runners are super nice and the Walsh Bay-roasted Di Lorenzo bean is ace. It's right on Parra Rd so attracts overflow from nearby Newtown, Sydney Uni, the hospital and heaps of fringe businesses.

Around $15pp.