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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.

Halo Ground Coffee and Food, Fortitude Valley, cafe
Fortitude Valley

Halo Ground Coffee & Food

Halo Ground Coffee and Food  is a foodie's delight with an in-house pastry chef and top-notch fare
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Bluetongue Cafe Thorneside
Thorneside

Blue Tongue Pantry

Blue Tongue Pantry is a charming bayside spot to enjoy brunch or lunch while supporting a worthy cause
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Around Brisbane

Best Country Cafes

From mountaintop smoke houses to charming cafes in country villages, here's 10 country cafes worth a drive
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Collingwood Black Espresso
Albion

Collingwood Black Espresso

Collingwood Black Espresso occupies a vintage barn-style warehouse in the backstreets of Albion
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Bardon Thyme
Bardon

Bardon Thyme

Bardon Thyme is a quaint café housed in an historic convenience store and former tram stop in the lovely, leafy suburb
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Huskk Grange
Grange

Huskk Cafe

Huskk is a fab foodie’s café on a busy corner in Grange offering all day breakfast along with locally roasted Bear Bones coffee
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Brisbane's Best Nursery Cafes

Here's 5 charming nursery cafes around Brisbane where you'll find not only beautiful blooms and lush foliage
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The Bloom Room Cafe Birkdale
Birkdale

The Bloom Room

The Bloom Room in Birkdale would have to be Brisbane’s prettiest café, festooned with flowers, draped across walls
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Nodo Donuts Newstead
Newstead

Nodo

Nodo in Newstead, Brisbane’s first gluten-free donut shop, has expanded to become a cool new cafe
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Florence Café Camp Hill
Camp Hill

Florence Cafe

Florence Café is a charming neighbourhood café and deli housed in an historic corner store in Camp Hill
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The Menagerie Kelvin Grove
Kelvin Grove

The Menagerie

The Menagerie is a homely retro watering hole in Kelvin Grove, with a focus on locally sourced beverages
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Little Hideout Café Balmoral
Balmoral

Little Hideout Cafe

Little Hideout Café is a hidden gem nestled along tree-lined Riding Road in Balmoral
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Dansing Cafe, Paddington
Paddington

The Dansing Cafe

The Dansing Cafe is light-filled café perched on a hill in leafy Paddington serving excellent espresso & breaky fare
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Black Milk Coffee Oxley
Oxley

Black Milk Coffee

Black Milk Coffee is a hidden gem of a child and dog friendly cafe, with a creative industrial vibe and a Mexican influenced menu
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BrisBean Coffee Alderley
Alderley

Brisbean Coffee

BrisBean Coffee, ensconced in a retro Alderley shop, would have to be one of Brisbane's best dog-friendly cafes
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Miss Claude's Crepes
Newmarket

Miss Claude's Crepes

Miss Claude's Crepes at Newmarket is a fully licenced authentic French creperie serving delicate sweet, savory and gluten free crepes
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