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Best Brisbane Cafes

The very best cafes in Brisbane, from the CBD to the inner city ring, north, south, west, east  and the bayside can be found right here. We’ve tracked down and personally visited all of Brisbane’s best cafes from city holes-in-the-wall to suburban hidden gems and you’ll find them all in this curated guide (keep scrolling down for areas and suburbs), including the very latest cafe openings in Brisbane.

Billykart Annerley
Annerley
Billykart Kitchen
Billykart Kitchen is a buzzy neighbourhood cafe housed in an old general store in a quiet suburban crescent
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Highgate Hill
Lift Bakery & Cafe
Highgate Hill gets a lift with this quirky upcycled bakery café
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Camp Hill
Picnic on Martha
Picnic café brings all day breakfast, lunch, beer and wine in a rustic picnic setting to Camp Hill’s Martha St dining scene.
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Newstead
Locale
Sip shop savour is the mantra of this charming little Italian café and kitchen found tucked away in Newstead’s commercial neighbourhood
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People sitting inside the The Library Cafe in Brisbane's South Bank
South Bank
The Library Cafe
Annexed to the State Library, The Library Cafe provides a decent rest stop between art galleries.
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Flute, Coorparoo
Coorparoo
Flute
As far as great places to eat breakfast in Brisbane go, Flute at Coorparoo would have to be up there with the best in the east
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Riverbend Books in Bulimba
Bulimba
Riverbend Books
It’s hard to say what takes centre stage here – the book shop or the bamboo and sheer-screened cafe on the deck.
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Stones Corner
Shady Palms
Shady Palms is an oasis of cool found at the south end of Stones Corner
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Shingle Inn Brisbane CBD
Brisbane
Shingle Inn City Hall
No visit or life in Brisbane should be attempted without a visit to The Shingle Inn, the iconic 1936 walnut panelled cafe bakery beloved by generations
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People sitting on sofa in shade outside cottage
West End
Wrapture
This colourful speck of a cafe inhabits one third of a workers cottage
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Watermall Cafe QAG
South Brisbane
QAG Cafe
A tranquil haven to refresh and recharge after taking in the beauty of the Queensland Art Gallery’s latest exhibitions
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Rare Pear shop front
Holland Park
The Rare Pear Cafe
Locals flock to this fine food cafe which has built a reputation on using the freshest produce
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Stomps yellow counter with barista making coffee
Holland Park
Stomp Espresso
Holland Park locals flock to Stomp Espresso for their fix of excellent Veneziano coffee, delish casual all day breakfasts, lunches and snacks
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Red awening outside Raw Space Cafe
South Brisbane
Raw Space Cafe
Raw Space Cafe may tout itself as a gallery first but it is also a slick little cafe which manages to churn out good food at budget prices.
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Ashgrove
Milk Bar Cafe
Go for a trip down memory lane at this cute old-school milk bar in leafy Ashgrove
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North Cleveland
Lighthouse Cafe Bar
The rustic Cleveland Lighthouse Cafe Bar (circa 1936) is the budget part of a quirky clique of eateries.
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