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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.

Cake and cream on plate
Carina
Butter Cream
Located in a suburban shopping centre, alongside doctors, dentists, butchers and bakers, Butter Cream cafe is a stand-out.
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Walkabout Creek Cafe The Gap
The Gap
Walkabout Creek Cafe
The Gap's Walkabout Creek Cafe, located at the gateway to D'Aguilar National Park, has a weekend lunch menu that hits the spot
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People sitting in Felix Espresso seen through coloured glass on Burnett Lane
Brisbane City
Felix For Goodness
Felix for Goodness on Burnett Lane is a must-visit in Brisbane’s CBD – a charming architect designed café carved out of an old record storage room
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Exterior of The End of the Road Coffee
New Farm
End Of The Road Coffee
Located at the end of Brunswick St is this cosy cafe with views overlooking the Brisbane River and New Farm Park
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Breakfast in a bowl at Abode Cafe
Taringa
Abode Cafe
Abode Café is the charming resident coffee and foodie hub in Taringa’s cute refurbished 1930s Hillsdon Road Centre
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Interior seating at Artie & Mai, Albion
Albion
Artie & Mai
Artie and Mai is a fabulous foodie’s café bar in a quaint heritage-listed Albion terrace
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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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Bikes outside Picnic Cafe
Camp Hill
Picnic on Martha
Picnic on Martha 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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Locale, Newstead
Newstead
Locale
"Sip shop savour" is the mantra of this charming little Italian café and kitchen 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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People dining outside 3Eightnine cafe, Scarborough
Scarborough
3Eightnine
3Eightnine is a funky chic little cafe on the beachfront shopping village of Scarborough that makes a great drop in
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Exterior of Nowhere Espresso & Bar by night
Toowong
Nowhere Espresso, Pizzeria & Wine Bar
Nowhere Espresso & Bar is a charming cafe by day, wine bar and pizzeria by night, located in a quaint historic row of shops
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Cup of coffee in Brisbane's Hello Gary Espresso shop in Coorparoo
Norman Park
Hello Garry Espresso
A cheerful little coffee stop situated off Bennetts Road, Hello Garry is also a consistently good source of Genovese coffee in the east.
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Counter with coffee beans inside Elixir in Stafford.
Stafford
Elixir Coffee Hq Espresso Lounge
This bright little cafe roastery is the unlikely treasure buried deep within the light industrial zone of Stafford.
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View of Shady Palms from street
Stones Corner
Shady Palms
Shady Palms is an oasis of cool found at the south end of Stones Corner
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