Coffee shops, bakeries, tea rooms and dessert spots for breakfast, a light lunch or a break between sights.
42 places · Updated November 12, 2026
Our top 3 cafés in Australia & Oceania
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The Freemans Bay home of Allpress Espresso, a light-filled roastery café near Victoria Park Market with its own art studio, pastries and light lunches on weekdays.
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An Isle Street café at the foot of Bob's Peak, known for all-day brunch with strong vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free choices and organic Allpress coffee.
View details — Bespoke KitchenCafé
A family-run Italian cafe on Fremantle's Cappuccino Strip, opened in 1983 by a former local tailor and still serving coffee and home-style Italian food.
View details — Gino’s CafeCafé
The CBD laneway outpost of Kate Reid's Melbourne croissanterie, baking croissants, cruffins and morning buns fresh through the day until they sell out.
View details — Lune Croissanterie Burnett LaneCafé
Bakery cafe in a restored Queenslander house in Burleigh Heads, known for wood-fired breads and pastries, doughnuts and coffee, open seven days from 6am.
View details — Paddock BakeryCafé
Italian espresso bar on Bourke Street since 1954, with its original 1950s fit-out, a long marble counter and simple pasta dishes served without bookings.
View details — Pellegrini’s Espresso BarCafé
A café, garden and bar complex in a former industrial site in Alexandria, popular for weekend breakfasts among planted courtyards and seasonal displays.
View details — The Grounds of AlexandriaCafé
French-style artisan bakery and brunch cafe on the Gold Coast Highway at Mermaid Beach, best known for its croissants and twice-baked almond croissants.
View details — Bam Bam BakehouseCafé
The first cafe and roastery of Brisbane coffee roaster Bellissimo, opened in 2009 on Wandoo Street, serving its own coffee with brunch, toasties and sweets.
View details — Bellissimo Coffee Fortitude ValleyCafé
Britomart branch of the Auckland sourdough bakery, baking with a long-fermented starter and serving pastries, doughnuts and coffee from 7am every day.
View details — Daily Bread BritomartCafé
Kate Reid's croissant bakery, whose Fitzroy warehouse flagship houses a glass-walled pastry room and the Lune Lab tasting experience.
View details — Lune Croissanterie FitzroyCafé
The original Mary Street Bakery, opened in 2013 on Beaufort Street in Highgate, known for its doughnuts, house-baked breads and all-day breakfast menu.
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A chocolate, ice cream and coffee shop on the corner of Rees Street and the Mall, open until 10pm, with an upstairs lounge looking over the lake.
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The original café of Sydney specialty roaster Single O, on Reservoir Street in Surry Hills, serving its own coffee alongside breakfast and lunch.
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The original Bourke Street Bakery, opened in Surry Hills in 2004 and known for its sourdough, pies, sausage rolls and ginger brûlée tarts.
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Coffee, culture and creativity hub in a converted warehouse in Currumbin's industrial precinct, pairing strong coffee and breakfast with art exhibitions and live music.
View details — Dust TempleCafé
The bakery next to Fergburger on Shotover Street, selling gourmet pies, pastries, sandwiches and cakes from 6am until 2am every day.
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City outpost of Kōkako, the Fairtrade organic coffee roaster founded in 2001 from a cart in Aotea Square, by the air bridge in Commercial Bay.
View details — Kōkako Commercial BayCafé
A family-run artisan bakery on Lake Street that stone-mills Western Australian wheat and rye each day for its sourdough, pastries and buns.
View details — Miller + BakerCafé
A Woolloongabba cafe serving South-East Asian-inspired breakfasts by day and banquet dinners with cocktails from Wednesday to Saturday evenings.
View details — Pawpaw Cafe