Where to find the best breakfast in Burleigh

My favourite meal of the day comes around once every 24 hours, and I’m eternally grateful for its frequency.

It’s no easy feat hunting down the best breakfasts in Burleigh, but I’ve happily knocked back plenty of weekend brekkies all in the name of research—to bring you my tried and tested favourites. Happy brunching!

1. Commune

It’s a Burleigh institution that helped define cafe culture on the Coast, so we can’t go past a courtyard table and a steaming cup of the good stuff from Commune. Eclectic furniture fills the space, colourful event posters plaster the walls and funky tunes boost the mood. Hungry? Commune’s coriander corn frittatas with house-made chilli jam might just be more legendary than the coffee and always-good vibes. Basically, you can’t call yourself a local until you’ve eaten at Commune.

2. Tarte Bakery & Cafe

Food envy is guaranteed across the table at Tarte Bakery & Cafe, as you and your brunch pals tuck into plates of miso scrambled eggs sprinkled with fine grated parmesan and togarashi (Japanese spice), or the Bullseye Bang consisting of bacon, fried eggs, avo and house chilli sambal atop Tarte’s NYC Everything bagels. Already luring crowds from all corners of the Coast, Tarte’s offerings are the ultimate mouth and eye candy.

3. Canteen Kitchen

There’s no denying we adore Canteen Kitchen. Sit inside on a dreary day and you could be transported to a contemporary neighbourhood bistro in Europe. Think: wrap around windows, leather banquettes, exposed-globe pendant lights and a tiny two-person open-plan kitchen in the rear pumping out some of the best breakfasts in Burleigh. If we could eat Canteen Kitchen’s Middle Eastern-inspired dishes every day of the week, we would. Just in need of a caffeine fix? Next door in the buzzing arcade, Canteen Coffee, with its strip of retro movie theatre-style seats and moody-lit barista bar pumping out the liquid goods, has you covered.