Ballina, New South Wales · October 2026 figures
Best cafes in Ballina, NSW
The top-ranked cafes in Ballina are Old Quarter Coffee Merchants - Ballina (4.9 from 343 reviews), The Dove Ballina (5.0 from 80 reviews) and Espresso Tenango (5.0 from 63 reviews). 36 are ranked here by proven rating.
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- 36
- Median rating
- 4.5
- Reviews behind the list
- 8,285
- Open Saturday
- 31 of 36
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Cafes by suburb in Ballina
Every suburb with five or more cafes has its own ranked list.
Cafes in Ballina at a glance
- 36 cafes in Ballina are ranked here, with 8,285 Google reviews between them and a median rating of 4.5.
- 69% list a website and 86% a phone number on Google.
- 31 of the 36 that list opening hours open on Saturday, and 29 on Sunday.
- Shelly Beach Cafe Ballina in East Ballina has the most Google reviews (1,210), averaging 4.5.
- The suburbs with the most: Lennox Head (8).
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Questions
Who are the best cafes in Ballina?
The top-ranked cafes in Ballina are Old Quarter Coffee Merchants - Ballina (4.9 from 343 reviews), The Dove Ballina (5.0 from 80 reviews) and Espresso Tenango (5.0 from 63 reviews). Each is ranked by proven rating, its Google rating weighted by the number of reviews behind it.
How many cafes are there in Ballina?
The Agentize Directory ranks 36 cafes in Ballina, each with a Google rating from at least five reviews. Their median rating is 4.5, from 8,285 reviews in all.
Which cafes in Ballina are open on weekends?
28 of the 36 that list hours on Google open on both Saturday and Sunday. The highest ranked of them are Old Quarter Coffee Merchants - Ballina, Mark Bullivant Coffee and Wowzer Coffee.
Which cafe in Ballina has the most reviews?
Shelly Beach Cafe Ballina has the most Google reviews of any cafe ranked in Ballina: 1,210, averaging 4.5.
How is this list of cafes ranked?
Every list is ranked by proven rating: a business's Google rating weighted by the reviews behind it, so a perfect score from five reviews cannot outrank a near-perfect one from five hundred. No business pays to be listed or to move up. How the ranking works.
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