Miss Sina, Oh My Days, Sappho Books (Glebe and Marrickville), Sydney

On our second day in Sydney, we went to the inner west to vegan cafes and a bookshop.  We started together at Miss Sina's in Marrickville then took a bus back towards the city and hopped off at different stops, depending on our interests.  Sylvia got off first in Newtown for op shops, then I got off in Camperdown to walk through Sydney University, and my parents went to ride a ferry to Darling Harbour. Sylvia and I met up in an op shop in Glebe and walked along Glebe Point Rd to vegan cafe Oh My Days and Sappho Books (above photo).  We all met up at the Opera Bar for dinner by the Harbour.  It was a busy day of lots of walking and eating.

Miss Sina vegan cafe and bakery, Marrickville

Miss Sina is an unassuming building on the corner of Sydenham and Illawarra Roads in Marrackville surrounded by residential buildings.  You are more likely to find this online where it has gone viral than just drop in because you noticed it when you were passing by.
 

Inside the building at the back, the wall is painted with a picture of the building that highlights its charm.  But we weren't there for the artwork!  Sylvia had Miss Sina's at the top of her list of vegan place to visit in Sylvia.  It is an amazing vegan cafe and bakery that is a viral sensation.  (Check out review at Sydney Morning Herald)

What really draws the eye inside is the display of amazing and beautiful baking: doughnuts, croissants, cookies, savoury scrolls, and focaccia.  There is also another display cabinet with lots of cheesecakes, trifles and sweet pies that are about half gluten free.  And a menu of filled bagels (with some GF options).  It was hard to choose what to eat.  

My mum had the vegan kimchi sausage roll and my dad had the ": BLAT (Kinda)": bacon, lettuce, avocado, slow roasted tomatoes and herb mayo.  They were very happy with them.  

Sylvia and I got a lot of different bakes to taste.  It was far too much and we had leftovers to carry around for the rest of the day but it was so exciting to try lots of good vegan food and drink that tasted as good as it looks.  Here is a commentary on photos below:

• Pastry with fresh figs, chopped pistachio and a deep green vanilla pistachio custard: I enjoyed this but it had too much custard for me, as I am not so keen on it.  My mum and Sylvia loved it.
• Pesto, tomato and mozzarella focaccia - Sylvia absolutely loved this.  So soft and full of flavour.
• Iced strawberry matcha - my dad really enjoyed this.
• Cheesy vegemite and herbs scroll - so soft and a great cheesy flavour - both us declared this a favourite among all the bakes!
• Lox & loaded bagel: herb schmear, carrot lox, caper verde, cucmber, dill, pickled onion (418.50).  This was so lovely and fresh and savoury and sharp after all the sweet food but I was so full from tasting that I could not finish it while there.
• Iced banana pudding matcha - Sylvia raved about this and it looked so pretty with whipped cream, banana pudding and dried banana chips.

The baking genius behind the food is Sina Klug, a baker with German heritage and a talent for awesome innovation.  But they also serve the classics like the Cinnamon scroll, which was a favourite bake for us.  It was so good and so messy with lots of frosting; too messy for a decent photo but check them out in bottom left of the display cabinet photo above.  Wee kept going back to tear off pieces of the one we ordered and could have had more if we were not so full.  We took away a stuffed box of leftovers.

While I was organising the leftovers, Sylvia was chatting to the woman on the table beside us who had brought along her pet pigeon called Charlie.  I found it fascinating but did not have Sylvia's inclination to pat the pigeon.  It is not often that I hear someone at the next table talking about people needing to see pigeons as friends.  This brief experience really illustrated how much there is to love about this amazing and unique cafe.

Oh My Days vegan patisserie and cafe, Glebe

After meeting Sylvia at Glebe Vinnies op shop, we walked to Oh My Days (99 Gleb Point Road), a cute little cafe with a large window to the street with a beautiful display of pastries and bakes.

We were not overly hungry after our huge brunch at Miss Sina's but we were really thirsty.  Sylvia got a cold apple juice and I ordered kombucha.  There were no fizzy drinks!  It was a hot day (30 C) and they had run out but were very supportive of me going elsewhere to buy a fizzy water and bring it into the cafe.  Of course we had to sample their food, which looked great, so we shared a Cali Burrito: crispy potato, bacon, tofu scrambled egg, avocado, sweet potato, queso creama, pico de galllo and salsa verde ($23).  It was really good and green and delicious and messy for me (but not Sylvia who has far better burrito eating skills than me)!

We were trying to avoid the temptation of the pastries but on the way out we saw that there were 2 pastries for the price of one to clear the stock before closing time.  So we bought a Peach and custard pastry and a Matcha, mochi and strawberry pastry to takeaway.  Although it wasn't that long til we got back to the holiday apartment, when we arrived, we found that the matcha custard was quite soft and most of it has spilled out of the box into Sylvia's bag.  What we ate was very good!

Sappho Books, Cafe and Bar, Glebe 

We last went to Sappho Books (51 Gleve Point Road) in 2010 when Sylvia was a baby so she does not remember it but can read about in my blog post on Sappho Bookstore Cafe.  I found it as delightful as in that visit, though was disappointed that there were no longer cafe tables among the books.  

One of the big attractions for Sylvia was the cat Charlie.  He was not interested in us, despite us spending some time admiring his floofy nonchalance in his spot behind the front desk.

I would have loved to have sat down and eaten in the cafe but we could not eat a skerrick more!  I went out and had a quick look at the cafe.  It was such a delightful space with plants and artwork and even glimpses of the bookshelves from the corridor seats.

 

When researching vegan cafes in Sydney, Sylvia felt that the offering was not a good as Melbourne but the places she found were fantastic.  After a quick look at Sappho Books and a purchase of some postcards, we took the bus back to our holiday apartment to dump our takeaways and rest our feet before heading out for dinner at the Opera Bar.

More posts about our March 2026 trip to Sydney: 

• Opera Bar and Sydney Harbour 
• Sydney Street Art 2026
• Duke of Clarence, QVB, Uchilounge (City centre), Sydney

Coming soon:

• Bills, Bourke St Bakery, Shift Eatery (Surry Hills), the Rocks, Airport
• Sydney University, Camperdown