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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.

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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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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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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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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Albion

Artie & Mai

Artie and Mai is a fabulous foodie’s café bar in a quaint heritage-listed Albion terrace

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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 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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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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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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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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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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Stones Corner

Shady Palms

Shady Palms is an oasis of cool found at the south end of Stones Corner

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