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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.

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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Dark walnut wood panelled interior booths at Shingle Inn Brisbane CBD
Brisbane
Shingle Inn City Hall
No visit or life in Brisbane should be without a visit to The Shingle Inn, the iconic 1936 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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People sitting inside West End Coffee House with Aboriginal paintings on white brick walls
West End
West End Coffee House
The cafe equivalent of the trusty old pair of comfy slippers, West End Coffee House is a favourite chilled hang-out for locals
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Al fresco seating at QAG Cafe
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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