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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.

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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Ashgrove

Home Cafe

There's no place like Home, at least in Ashgrove - this is one cafe worth crossing the busy street for

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Mt Gravatt

Hallowed Grounds Café

Hallowed Grounds Espresso is a great place to sit, relax, and take in the eclectic environment

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West End

Gunshop Cafe

The Gun Shop is a West End institution, renowned its fabulous breakfast fare.

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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 Café and Bar

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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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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New Farm

Double Shot Panini Cafe

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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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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Annerley

Cafe O-Mai

Cafe O-Mai is a unique little gem of a Vietnamese cafe which occupies an historic corner shop

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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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Wynnum

Cafe Green Bean

Green Bean is a great little wholefood cafe, peddling fresh, healthy yet hearty food and organic coffee

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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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Woolloongabba

Brown Dog Cafe

This speck of a cafe lies on land outside of the Gabba antique quarter

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Kelvin Grove

Boys House Of Coffee

A camphor laurel tree takes centre stage outside this cafe and provides shade for patrons in lieu of an umbrella

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Ashgrove

Banneton Bakery Cafe

Chandler Corner, a tiny pocket of shops set back from Waterworks Road, contains local treasure Banneton Bakery

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