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10 Top Laneway Cafes

The laneways of Brisbane and its neighbours are increasingly becoming home to some great little bolthole cafes. Here’s 10 that are worth checking out.

116 Laneway Café & Bar

Wedged between two heritage-listed buildings in Ipswich CBD is this colourful laneway café and bar with shipping container servery that is open for all day breakfast and casual lunch...more

John Mills Himself

The entry to this quaint little brick-walled café with in-house piano in the basement of the heritage John Mills Himself building is found via a driveway off Elizabeth Street...more

Cambridge Lane Espresso

Manly's only laneway café is a mecca for locals on weekends who pop in to the charming indoor outdoor space for the delicious breakfasts, excellent coffee and child and dog friendly vibe...more

Rafter and Rose

A charming provincial style laneway is home to this lovely little café that dishes up all manner of delicious home-baked fare and also sells some handmade providore items...more

Strauss

Bringing a touch of old world Parisian-like charm to a tiny city laneway is this go-to café for excellent coffee, a simple yet delicious all day food menu and, later in the week, wine and charcuterie...more

Bean

Tucked away behind an old carriageway in the city, Bean is a tiny ambient café by day and sometime wine bar by night that is like visiting a mate's place and is Brisbane CBD's best kept secret...more

Kiosk

Gorgeous Bakery Lane is home to this tiny café eatery whose main seating is al fresco in the lane or upstairs on a deck and serving delicious casual healthy salads at lunchtime...more

Brew

The original Brisbane laneway café is found underground in an old loading dock off Burnett Lane and makes a great escape from the retail overload in the bustling malls nearby...more

The Coop Espresso

Secreted in a quirky laneway down in the commercial end of the CBD, The Coop is a little bolthole of cool for those in the know who come here for the great coffee, jaffle sandwiches and sweet stuff...more

Felix Espresso & Wine Bar

Take a stroll down Burnett Lane to find the checkerboard coloured glass window panes and it upstairs in this funky creative space that you'll find some of the best café fare in the CBD...more

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