The best milkshakes in Sydney

The queues show no signs of abating for the excellent gelato at this Enmore shop, but if you prefer to be able to suck yours through a straw rather than hold it in a cone, why not get your ice cream of choice whizzed into a gelato shake? It's a very good call, especially if you're the kind of renegade who thinks salted caramel and chocolate would do better work together in the one cup than they ever did alone.

If you're all about the weird and wacky when it comes to flavoured dairy, the lime and coconut milkshake is for you. But if you prefer a little Happy Days-style nostalgia, go for the malted vanilla shake. They also do their shakes in kids' sizes, which is actually perfect if you're eating and don't want to fill up on dairy.

Whether it's because daisy and you don't get along, or because you don't eat animal products more generally, milkshakes might long have fallen off your hit list. But did you know that this theatrical café in Marrickville makes a vegan shake, so you can down a cold frosty glass of frothy chocolate, salted caramel or strawberry and still remain deliciously dairy-free?

The blue-and-white tiled Pig and Pastry sits on a sunny corner across the road from Petersham Park. They make good coffee, but you really shouldn’t leave without a vanilla malt shake. Cold, sweet, creamy, it's everything you want in one, glorious sip.

Toasty shots of Sensory Lab coffee are not the only tasty thing to come out of this café. They also do iced coffees, iced chocolates and milkshakes for when it's hot outside and only a tall glass of cold, sweet dairy will do.

Three Williams on Redfern's Elizabeth Street may keep things simple with classic chocolate, vanilla and strawberry shakes, but simple is often best, and the Three Williams froths prove the point. Thin and bubbly, with an optional brownie added to get things chunky, the shakes here are best left untouched by OTT hands and enjoyed as they are. If you do fancy something a little outside the box, the team has a killer passionfruit spider that is summery Australian nostalgia in a glass.