C&C CAFE SANDWICHES, DESSERTS AND SHISHA

C&C Cafe at 48 Stacey Street, Bankstown is a dessert-and-shisha hangout more than a coffee stop: big shareable dessert platters, Dutch pancakes, Dubai chocolate strawberry cups, acai and juices, with sandwiches by day and shisha in the evening. It trades from 8am and runs late, with the venue's own socials listing midnight closings, so it spans the whole day rather than just brunch.

The dog setup

Dogs are not an advertised feature, so treat this as a footpath-tables venue: a well-behaved dog on a lead beside you out front while you eat. The evening crowd gets busy and lively, so it suits a settled dog rather than one rattled by noise and foot traffic. Bring your own water bowl and keep visits short.

For a stretch before or after, Salt Pan Lake Dog Park is the local off-lead option, and Manoush & Co is a daytime coffee-and-manoush alternative in Bankstown. More options are on the New South Wales dog friendly cafes guide and the Bankstown destination page.