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Best Cafés in Brisbane (2026)

Brisbane's cafe culture mixes specialty coffee, bakeries and long riverside brunches. In the CBD, Lune's Burnett Lane shop bakes croissants, cruffins and morning buns through the day until they sell out, while the Shingle Inn, a tea room founded in 1936, now occupies its rebuilt original fit-out inside City Hall and still serves the butterscotch waffles introduced during the Second World War.

Fortitude Valley has two quite different stops close together: Bellissimo's first cafe and roastery on Wandoo Street, open from 6am every day, and Jocelyn's Provisions on Ada Lane off James Street, a bakery known for bar cakes, tarts, pies and sausage rolls since 1996. For a longer brunch, Mary Mae's inside Brisbane Powerhouse has sunny terraces on the river and welcomes dogs, and Pawpaw Cafe in Woolloongabba gives breakfast a South-East Asian twist before switching to banquet dinners later in the week. Arrive early at Lune for the full range, order cakes from Jocelyn's online before noon the day before, and book Mary Mae's ahead at weekends.

6 places · Updated November 12, 2026

Our top 3 cafés in Brisbane

  1. Lune Croissanterie Burnett Lane Croissant bakery, Brisbane CityThe CBD laneway outpost of Kate Reid's Melbourne croissanterie, baking croissants, cruffins and morning buns fresh through the day until they sell out.
  2. Bellissimo Coffee Fortitude Valley Specialty coffee roastery cafe, Fortitude ValleyThe first cafe and roastery of Brisbane coffee roaster Bellissimo, opened in 2009 on Wandoo Street, serving its own coffee with brunch, toasties and sweets.
  3. Pawpaw Cafe South-East Asian breakfast cafe, WoolloongabbaA Woolloongabba cafe serving South-East Asian-inspired breakfasts by day and banquet dinners with cocktails from Wednesday to Saturday evenings.

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3. Pawpaw Cafe

South-East Asian breakfast cafe$$Woolloongabba

A Woolloongabba cafe serving South-East Asian-inspired breakfasts by day and banquet dinners with cocktails from Wednesday to Saturday evenings.

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6. Mary Mae’s

Riverside brunch cafe and all-day dining$$New Farm

An all-day riverside eatery inside Brisbane Powerhouse at New Farm Park, with sunny terraces, brunch dishes such as tacos and eggs Benedict, and a dog-friendly welcome.

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