Eat your way around Brisbane's best breakfast spots

Where can you find Brisbane’s best breakfast? We’ve scoured the sun-dappled, leafy suburban streets, explored the tucked away CBD laneways, sipped piccolos on the decks of converted Queenslanders, and been everywhere in between to answer one of Brisbane’s toughest questions. 

For breakfast served with a generous helping of sunshine, keep reading to find your next Brisbane breakfast go-to. Or why not try them all? Life’s short and Brisbane’s breakfast scene has a lot to offer. 

Best Breakfast Brisbane CBD

Coffee Iconic

Laneway in the heart of the CBD? Check. Tables bathed in the shade of tropical fruit trees, leafy palms, and towering fig trees? Check. Pretentious Melbourne crowd? Nope. Brisbane’s spin on laneways includes a little more sunshine and a lot more greenery. Stumble down a laneway off George Street to find Coffee Iconic and be prepared to be pleasantly surprised. Order the crab sandwich and thank us later. 

Inter/section

Where do Australian speciality coffee and innovative breakfast dining intersect? At Inter/section, of course. Behind this spot’s heritage façade, you’ll find exposed brick, high ceilings and a collective set up of some of Brisbane’s best providores. There’s Coffee Anthology pouring coffees, award winning pastry chef Justine Yu’s sweet and savoury pastries, and Fika’s take on elegant, modern Swedish fare. Where else can you find a menu boasting prawn toast benedict and dainty, teddy bear shaped choux pastries? 

Felix For Goodness

Have you ever tried balsamic caramel on your avo toast? You’ll find it on the menu at Felix For Goodness, tucked away in the Brisbane CBD. Alongside the classics expect to have your mind blown with a menu that nails the balance between classics and experimental. Think Korean rice cakes served up with pesto cream, roasted broccoli, almond pangrattato, and feta. Come hungry, this is a menu you can’t just pick one dish from. 

Best Breakfast North Brisbane 

Agnes Bakery

You won’t find a traditional, sit-down brunch at Agnes Bakery. But, you will find a pairing as iconic as they come: local, barista made coffee and a cabinet filled with fresh-baked pastries. This spot was born from a love of the ancient process of cooking with fire. Each treat is baked fresh each day upon the flames in store. Expect a line spilling out of this heritage cottage’s doors but trust us—the wait is more than worth it. 

Farmhouse Kedron

Farmhouse Kedron is a love letter to the family farms and fresh food producers of Southeast Queensland. Expect an ever-changing menu—honouring the spoils of local producers and farmers—with highlights including the farmhouse potato cake and the granddad of corned beef toasties. Treat the menu like your Sunday morning paper, sip your coffee and read up on profiles of local producers while you pick your breakfast poison. Bliss. 

My Mistress

What does a strip tease, morning glory, and a one-night stand have in common? You’ll find them all on the menu at this leafy, north-side locale. Picture a cottage blanketed in lush greenery and feel yourself transported away from their Sandgate Road location and into another world. 

Best Breakfast South Brisbane 

Café O Mai

Ask any Brisbane southsider their favourite breakfast pick and you’ll be sent in the direction of Café O Mai. Café O Mai is known for their corner-wrapping lines for bahn mi, but don’t sleep on the rest of their menu. Just don’t come expecting fusion. Here, it’s all about uncomplicated, home-style Vietnamese food. See you for a 7am bowl of fragrant pho? 

Todd & Pup

Hidden away in the quiet streets of Moorooka you’ll find Todd & Pup. This local icon does one of the best breakfast line ups on the south side, including teddy bear latte art. Our favourite? Their weekly jaffle specials. Think Bolognese and provolone or pastrami spiced fried chicken. If you’ve got little ones keep this on your list, as you’ll often find a kids eat free promo running. 

Deedot Coffee House

What’s better than breakfast? Breakfast with an unlimted sleep in. At Deedot Coffee House you can mosey on down for breakfast at 3pm if your heart desires. With a menu boasting spiced rice pudding, bagels, and even Thai-inspired dishes, the whole crew will find something to love. For breakfast in Holland Park, you can’t really go past these guys.

St Coco Café

Daisy Hill is one to watch. Especially with their breakfast offering. Namely, St Coco Café. These guys are serving up West End vibes just off the M1. Picture bratwurst benedict, hefty breakfast burgers, lamb spiced mince… Hungry? You’ll find breakfast on offer here all day. Plus, this spot is very dog friendly so the whole family can join. 

Best Breakfast East Brisbane 

Sister Café 

Sister Café in Hawthorne is a stalwart on the Brisbane breakfast scene. If you prefer your gnocchi served at breakfast, then add this one to the list. Mushroom ragu, bacon crumb, parmesan, truffle oil and a poached egg make their AM pasta offering a must-order. Whatever you order, add their potato rosti on the side. You won’t regret it. If you're looking for one of the best breakfast spots in Brisbane, you've found it. 

Florence Café 

Florence Café do breakfast out of their quaint, sunlit former cottage in an unsuspecting suburban street. If you’ve got a sweet tooth, make a beeline for their pastry cabinet. You’ll find an ever-changing line up of cakes that feel plucked from your wildest dreams. On the savoury side, you’ll find simple classics presented in a way that doesn’t feel out of place at GoMA. Don’t believe us? Take a look at their Instagram. 

Citron

Bayside breakfast is done right at Citron. Sell this one to your dining companions this way: all day Mediterranean coastal dining in Brisbane. Caprese avo toast, anyone? If you’re not sold yet, these guys do cocktails from 10am. So, let’s make that: Caprese avo toast with an Aperol Spritz on the side, anyone? Sold. 

Tide On The Jetty

For a waterside breakfast in Brisbane, Tide on the Jetty is a must. Picture this: the morning sun on your skin, coffee in hand, daydreaming which yacht in the marina you’ll buy as your heaped plate of eggs benny arrives at your table. We’d recommend booking a table here to secure the best view. 

Best Breakfast West Brisbane 

Hunter & Scout 

Come Sunday morning and you’ll find a bevy of Brisbanites making their way to join the queue at Hunter and Scout. And, for good reason. Hidden behind a wrought iron gate, the Hunter and Scout courtyard appears like an oasis in the desert. Shaded by thick, lush palms and hanging plants, you’ll feel like you’re dining in the tropics. 

The Corner Store Café 

If you had to choose one café to summarise the Brisbane breakfast scene it would be the Corner Store Café. Sitting pretty on an unassuming Toowong street corner, this spot started as a quaint cottage set up and expanded into a sprawling breakfast behemoth. Expect quintessential Queensland indoor-outdoor seating—wrapped around their herb and veggie gardens—with a seasonal menu. 

Wild Canary 

For breakfast that feels more like an adventure, Wild Canary is for you. Venture through Brookfield Gardens Nursey to find this floral breakfast wonderland. The menu here draws from their rambling kitchen gardens and is endlessly inspired by nature. Be warned: your food will most likely come adorned with flowers and be too pretty to eat.

Remy’s 

When it comes to Brisbane best breakfast icons, Remy’s demands a spot on the list. This Paddington institution does breakfast right. Their breakfast burger, hashbrown, and Bloody Mary combo is the stuff of legends. But it’s also pretty hard to look past their mimosa jug…

Best Breakfast West End 

Picnic  

Slide into a pastel-hued booth at this West End eatery where smooth cups of coffee are guaranteed. On the menu you’ll find innovative eats that hero local produce but are inspired by international cuisine. Devour plates of maple and hazelnut French toast, crab and white miso omelette and kasundi eggplant.

West End Coffee House

Breakfast in West End doesn’t come much better than West End Coffee House. Their menu flaunts a roaster of Thai-inspired dishes that you won’t be able to stop talking about for weeks. Think: congee soaked in chilli oil, red curry chicken, and roti tacos. As one of Brisbane best breakfast joints, this spot attracts a crowd, so come hungry and patient. 

Morning After

Morning After’s menu is sourced from local providers and dished up in an incredibly chic, radiant West End space. Their MaMuffin (a cheeky nod to a certain fast-food chain) has spawned a cult following and their breakfast carbonara sent ripples through the breakfast scene. So, which will you order? 

Lucky Duck 

To taste Brisbane and Southeast Queensland, you really do need to visit Lucky Duck. Their punchy menu is built upon local produce—available to purchase at the grocer next door, All My Friends Grocer—and changes with the seasons. Come hungry, and let the menu lead you to the best of Brisbane’s produce.