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Gold Coast Cafes

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Palm Springs

Step off the Gold Coast highway into this stunning California Palm-Springs inspired oasis

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Step off the Gold Coast highway into this stunning California Palm-Springs inspired oasis

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From the northern Gold Coast to the south, your guide to the best cafes on the coast:

Outdoor seating
Burleigh Heads
Choubidou Café
Choubidou is a sunny pocket of France with delicious eats tucked away in Burleigh Heads.
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Garden statue in front ot Bonappatea
Mudgeeraba
Bonappatea
Bonappatea is a charming cafe and tea house in a 1900's Queenslander cottage, surrounded by greenery in Mudgeeraba
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Elanora
YOMG
Popular dining destination Yo My Goodness has opened its third Gold Coast store at The Pines Elanora Shopping Centre
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Customer at BSKT Cafe
Nobby Beach
BSKT Cafe
BSKT Cafe has reopened in The Oxley, and it’s serving up everything you love, from all-day breakfast and nourishing wholefoods
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Girl making coffees behind a counter, Day Off Southport
Southport
Day Off
Sub-zero sips and sourdough slabs take centre stage at Southport's Day Off
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Lexus-X-Nobby-Beach
Nobby Beach Dining
If there's one pocket of the Gold Coast that seriously has it all, its Nobby Beach
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Woman sitting on balcony with cat Crazy Cat Cafe
Surfers Paradise
Crazy Cat Cafe
Crazy Cat Cafe is a unique and cosy licensed cat cafe, with 23 resident cats, located upstairs in the heart of Surfers Paradise
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Facade of House of Hälsa
Mermaid Beach
House of Hälsa
House of Hälsa is a unique and stylish Scandi-style wellness cafe located on the Gold Coast Highway in Mermaid Beach
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Customers seated outside Mohr Cafe Deli
Burleigh Heads
Mohr Cafe & Deli
Mohr Cafe & Deli combines a cool beachy neigbourhood vibe with a delicious chef-led menu in the back streets of Burleigh Heads
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Entry to Hello Kitty Cafe
Broadbeach Waters
Hello Kitty And Friends Cafe
Queensland's first Hello Kitty Cafe has just opened at the Gold Coast, making its debut at Pacific Fair, Broadbeach Waters
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Velvet Cafe & Lounge's building with people sitting outside
Miami
Velvet Cafe & Lounge
Velvet Cafe & Lounge offers a delightful and creative mix of breakfast, lunch and cocktail options in the heart of Miami
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Woman seated outside Uni's Bakehouse
Surfers Paradise
Uni's Bakehouse
Uni's Bakehouse is a bright and cheery little vegan bakehouse and cafe located just off the main strip in Surfers Paradise
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Conkabar's outdoors seating with tables and chairs on Connor St Burleigh Heads
Burleigh Heads
Conkabar
Conkabar introduces 'Brexican,' a mash-up of classic Aussie brunch with a Mexican twist, in the heart of Burleigh Heads
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View from upstairs Lil Ego Cafe
Ormeau
Lil-Ego Cafe
Lil Ego is a hidden treasure of a stunning foodie's cafe hidden away in the industrial back streets of Ormeau
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People seated at entrance of Rise & Set Coombabah
Coombabah
Rise & Set
Rise & Set is a funky foodie's cafe in a stunning architectually designed warehouse style space, found off the beaten track
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Outside view of Refinery Coffee behind fence
Currumbin Waters
Refinery Coffee
Refinery Coffee is a stunning split-level warehouse cafe located behind a white picket fence in Currumbin Waters
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