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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.

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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Stones Corner

Lady Marmalade

No visit to Stones Corner should be undertaken without a drop-in to Lady Marmalade Cafe.
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Keri Craig Emporium Cafe
Brisbane

Keri Craig Emporium Cafe

Whilst the outside world marches through the 21st century, the world of Keri Craig is firmly entrenched in the glamorous 1950’s and ’60’s.
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Waitresses serving patrons on footpath outside In A Pickle Cafe in Camp Hill
Camp Hill

In A Pickle

On the site of an old butcher shop in the picturesque Martha St shopping strip is this natty little cafe/catering nook
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Counter and seating inside hallowed grounds espresso cafe
Mt Gravatt

Hallowed Grounds Espresso

Hallowed Grounds Espresso has gone from being a nice place to pick up a take-away coffee to a great place to sit, relax, and take-in the eclectic environment
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Gunshop Cafe's shop front on street
West End

Gunshop Cafe

The Gun Shop is a West End institution, renowned its fabulous breakfast fare.
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Food counter inside Fraiche Deli cafe
Graceville

Fraiche Deli

From its site buried deep in the heart of Graceville, Fraiche Deli Cafe peddles both goods to cook with and fabulous cafe fare
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South Brisbane

Five Sisters Cafe

At the rear of one of the ornate brick terraces overlooking Melbourne St lies this charming character laden cafe with a delicious Greek influenced menu.
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Famished on Frasers, Ashgrove
Ashgrove

Famished On Frasers

Occupying an old corner store hidden in the leafy avenues of Ashgrove, Famished makes a great casual dining cafe
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Plate of food inside Double shot Espresso in New Farm
New Farm

Double Shot Espresso

The best things are almost always found in out of the way places and no more so than Double Shot Espresso
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Corner Store Cafe old weatherboad shop front
Toowong

Corner Store Cafe

Corner Store Cafe in Toowong occupies the shell of an old store and still stocks some grocery staples in its front room
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Cafe-o-Mai Annerley
Annerley

Café O-mai

Cafe O Mai is a unique little gem of a Vietnamese cafe which occupies an historic corner shop
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Fresh flowers sitting on bench inside Cafe Lacuna in Wavell Heights Brisbane.
Wavell Heights

Cafe Lacuna

Cafe Lacuna may not look like much from the street but inside is a convivial world of jazz, comfy chairs and home cooking

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Couple sitting at table in front of bar at Buzzstop Espresso Bar in Samford
Samford

Buzz Stop Espresso Bar

A tiny pocket of urban hipsterdom can be found in Samford's main street, headlined by Dropout Espresso
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Man sitting wearing panam hat outside Brown Dog Cafe
Woolloongabba

Brown Dog Cafe

This speck of a cafe lies in a bit of a no-man’s land outside of the Gabba antique quarter
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