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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.

Wynnum

Cedar & Pine

Cedar & Pine is a cool bayside bar with an awesome garden out back, serving delicious tapas and share plates along with craft beer, cocktails and wine
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Blacksmith Speciality Coffee Mt Gravatt
Mt Gravatt

Blacksmith Specialty Coffee

Off the beaten track of Logan Road, Blacksmith Speciality Coffee is a secret southside cafe offering locally roasted Bear Bones espresso brewed anyway you like
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The Jam Pantry Greenslopes
Greenslopes

The Jam Pantry

The Jam Pantry is a gem of a cafe offering delicious food with a focus on seasonal produce and funky preserves
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Todd and Pup Moorooka
Moorooka

Todd And Pup

Todd & Pup is a popular cafe nestled on a leafy street in Moorooka, offering top-notch coffee and breakfast fare
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Paddock Espresso shop front
Grange

Paddock Espresso

Grange's Paddock Espresso is one of a growing number of great little cafes found in the suburban back streets around Brisbane.
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Food counter made out of red bricks
Stones Corner

Moreish Food And Coffee

A cool cafe serving Campos coffee, breakfast, lunch and homemade treats
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Courtyard area under ponciana tree
Banyo

Putia Pure Food Kitchen

A charming pocket-sized cafe in Banyo with courtyard dining underneath a great poinciana tree
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Hedge Espresso
Salisbury

Hedge Espresso

Hedge Espresso is a local's fave in Salisbury serving top-notch coffee and delicious breakfast fare
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Briki Espresso and Gelati Bar St Lucia
St Lucia

Briki Espresso

Briki Espresso offers the locals of St Lucia a place to relax in piece and quiet
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Lone Pine Riverside Cafe
Fig Tree Pocket

Lone Pine Riverside Cafe

A secret gem of a casual riverfront eatery tucked away in Fig Tree Pocket adjacent to the koala sanctuary
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Sassafras of Paddington
Paddington

Sassafras Of Paddington

Sassafras of Paddington was one of Brisbane’s first cafés to serve the ever-popular ‘all day breakfast’
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Blackbird Espresso Camp Hill
Camp Hill

Blackbird Espresso

Located in Camp Hill's popular Martha Street cafe precinct is charming coffee nook Blackbird Espresso
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Backstreet Espresso
Carina

Backstreet Espresso

Follow the signs along the side streets of Carina and you'll discover one of the southside's best kept secrets - Backstreet Espresso.
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The Pitstop Café in Mt Mee
Mt Mee

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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The Kitchen
Old Government House

The Kitchen

A gorgeous cafe and restaurant has made its home in Old Government House at QUT Gardens Point
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Nana and Da's Kedron
Kedron

Nana And Da's

Nana and Da’s is an absolute gem of a friendly neighbourhood café found tucked away in a back street of Kedron
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