Chu makes a great stop before or after exploring nearby Hyde Park. The coffee is excellent, the doughnuts superb, and the sourdough bread recommended if you're planning a beach picnic at Cottesloe or City Beach. For a picnic lunch, a favourite outdoor combo is takeaway espresso and toast topped with creamy avocado, whipped feta and sriracha sauce.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Perth attractions

1. Hyde Park

0.13 MILES

One of Perth's most beautiful parks, suburban Hyde Park is a top spot for a picnic or lazy book-reading session on the lawn, as fountains flow. A path…

2. Western Australian Museum – Perth

0.74 MILES

The state's museum is a six-headed beast, with branches in Albany, Geraldton and Kalgoorlie as well as two in Fremantle. This main branch in Northbridge…

3. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts

0.77 MILES

PICA (pee-kah) may look traditional – it's housed in an elegant 1896 red-brick former school – but inside it's one of Australia's principal platforms for…

4. Art Gallery of Western Australia

0.81 MILES

Founded in 1895, this excellent gallery houses the state's preeminent art collection as well as regular international exhibitions that, increasingly, have…

5. Whipper Snapper Distillery

0.94 MILES

Look for the vintage aircraft logo on the exterior wall as you visit this combination of urban whisky distillery and sunny coffee shop, in an out-of-the…

6. Scitech

1.09 MILES

Scitech is an excellent rainy-day option for those travelling with children. It has over 160 hands-on, large-scale science and technology exhibits…