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Best Cafes with a View

Updated: Oct 07, 2022

Here's ten cafes around Brisbane that offer stunning views, from the CBD and Brisbane River, to suburban vistas and beautiful countryside:

Lovewell Cafe
Deck of The LoveWell Project Cafe Mt Gravatt Lookout overlooking Brisbane
Lovewell is a café with a purpose*, perched atop a Mt Gravatt mountain with stunning views over the whole of Brisbane
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Barko & Co
Riverviews from Barko & Co cafe Teneriffe
Barko & Co is a dog-friendly, riverside cafe housed in a heritage-listed building in Teneriffe with sparkling water views
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Il Molo Italian Kitchen & Bar
Il Molo Italian Kitchen & Bar Bulimba
Il Molo Italian Kitchen & Bar is a spectacular waterfront restaurant nestled on the end of Oxford Street, Bulimba
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Pitstop on Mt Mee
Verandah view at Pitstop on Mt Mee
Pitstop on Mt Mee is a quirky country style café in a corrugated iron shed with some of the most stunning vistas in SEQ
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End Of The Road Coffee
Exterior of The 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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Joey's Brisbane
Deck on Joey's Brisbane Kangaroo Point
This cool tropical restaurant and bar is perched on top of the Kangaroo Point cliffs with jaw-dropping views
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Chapter IV
Breakfast meal on a plate at Chapter IV Paddington
Chapter IV is a chic café with an Asian flavour and fantastic vistas atop a Paddington hill
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Cafe La Mer
Riverside seating at Cafe La Mer, Manly
Cafe La Mer's alfresco deck offers a true waterfront dining experience for breakfast, morning tea or lunch
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The stunning overwater bar opens for breakfast on the weekends on the deck overlooking the river

Still hungry for more suggestions on where to eat out in Brisbane, head to our comprehensive Eat & Drink section HERE! Happy grazing!

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