Boutique cafe and bakehouse interior on Quay Street, Galway
Quay Street, Galway — Est. 2019

A small bakehouse with a long memory.

Speciality coffee, slow brunch, and pastries we make ourselves each morning. Two siblings, one narrow room on Quay Street, and a quiet love of doing things properly.

Open Tue – Sun, 8 to 4 Closed Mondays Walk-ins welcome
Welcome

A considered everyday cafe.

We opened our doors in the spring of 2019 with one espresso machine, a small oven, and a notion that what we missed most about Melbourne wasn't the weather. It was the rhythm of a neighbourhood cafe done with care.

Mornings begin with sourdough from McCambridge and pastries laminated the night before. Brunch carries through the middle of the day at its own pace — eggs from a farm in Athenry, bacon cured by McGeough's in Oughterard, honey gathered from hives in Connemara.

We pull our coffee on a Slayer, ground fresh for every cup, with beans from a roaster we have known since our years pulling shots in Fitzroy. There are no shortcuts, but there is no fuss either. Just a small room, two siblings, and a kettle that never quite gets to rest.

Our Suppliers

The people behind the plate.

We buy small, often, and locally where the quality calls for it. These are the producers whose names you'll find scribbled on our board most weeks.

Connemara Honey Raw heather honey, gathered above Roundstone
McGeough's of Oughterard Air-dried bacon and cured meats since 1968
McCambridge Bread Stoneground brown soda, daily delivery
Velo Coffee Roasters Single origin beans, roasted to order
Burren Smokehouse Oak-smoked salmon from the Atlantic coast
Cregg Farm Eggs Free-range, collected in Athenry mornings
The cafe interior with morning light through the front windows Quay Street · Since 2019
Our Story

Two siblings, twelve thousand miles, one small room.

Aoife and Cillian left Galway in the early 2010s, separately, both ending up in Australia. They didn't plan it.

Aoife landed in Melbourne and spent six years learning brunch from the inside of three of its more particular kitchens. Cillian followed the coffee — Sydney first, then a stint roasting in Byron Bay — until they realised they had been talking, over long phone calls, about the same cafe. One that didn't yet exist.

In 2018 they came home. They found a narrow space on Quay Street with a tiled floor that had seen four trades and a window that caught the morning light. They opened a year later, on a Tuesday in March, with a queue of curious neighbours and not nearly enough croissants.

Six years on, the room is the same. The window still catches the light. We pour coffee for many of those same curious neighbours, and quite a few of their children.

Aoife begins her apprenticeship in Fitzroy, Melbourne.
Cillian moves to Sydney, joins Single O as a barista.
The siblings return to Galway. The lease is signed in November.
Siblings & Sons opens its doors on a Tuesday in March.
The bakehouse expands into the back room. Sourdough loaves added.
Find Us

Halfway down Quay Street, opposite the arch.

Opening Hours

MondayClosed
Tuesday8:00 — 16:00
Wednesday8:00 — 16:00
Thursday8:00 — 16:00
Friday8:00 — 16:00
Saturday8:00 — 16:00
Sunday8:00 — 16:00

Address

14 Quay Street, Galway, H91 K2WV

Phone

+353 91 000 000

We're a walk-in cafe — no reservations, no queue-jumping. Mornings are quietest just after opening; afternoons gather pace around noon. Wholeloaves can be reserved by phone for collection from midday.

Get in Touch

A note, a question, a loaf to reserve.

For wholeloaf orders, private hire enquiries, or simply to say hello, leave us a few words below and we will reply when the kettle next allows.

For same-day loaf reservations, please ring us directly before 11am.