Ampersand Cafe & Bookstore Paddo

Best Known For

Green Goddess Chicken Salad: poached chicken breast, salsa verde, gem lettuce heart, beans, avocado, Parmesan and greens.

When a bookstore meets a café, it really is the best of both worlds at Ampersand Café & Bookstore on Oxford Street in Paddington. The perfect setting for book clubs and foodies, this venue has more than 30,000 books on display and for sale, in eclectic surrounds of red velvet Chesterfield chairs, dripping chandeliers and secret nooks and crannies for hiding with a volume and cup of coffee. Delivering authentic and flavoursome fare in a unique setting surrounded by floor-to-ceiling shelves brimming with books; drop by for breaky plates of smoky house-baked bean ragu, greens, feta, poached eggs, bacon and sourdough. Dine later on a tapas board of potato tortilla, grilled halloumi, chorizo and pintxos; before larger plates of grilled sirloin, truffle potato mash, seasonal greens and jus.