Cafe Hernandez

Café Hernandez is one of Sydney’s most iconic coffee bars. We serve expressos made from coffee beans freshly roasted daily on site to a legion of devoted fans. Since opening our doors in Kings Cross in 1972, our cafe has enticed customers (including the rich and famous) with its chilled bohemian vibes, the heady aroma of our non-stop bean roaster – and of course the unforgettable flavour of our coffee. Not to mention we’re open 24 hours a day, seven days a week!

Our cafe emerged from the stuff of dreams. Founder Joaquin Hernandez Snr is credited with bringing coffee culture to Sydney back in the day when tea ruled supreme. He arrived from Spain with little money and almost no English. But that didn’t stop the former quality controller of raw coffee beans from having great ambitions. With his distinctive style of roasting and blending coffee using only the best quality, freshest beans, word soon spread. The rest, as they say, is history.

Our family business has over thirty years of experience behind all of its coffee beans. Traditional roasting and blending techniques have been handed down through generations of Hernandez members. Today, the cafe is owned and managed by Joaquin Snr’s son, Joaquin Keno Hernandez. Here, you’ll find 15 blends and varieties from the world’s superior coffee centres.