🍳 Best brunch in Australia

14 cities ranked by the strength of their best brunch. Follow any city through to its full ranked list.

● Updated September 2026

The verdict: on the numbers, Hobart has Australia’s strongest brunch — led by Born In Brunswick (4.5★ across 1,183 Google reviews).

#	City	Its best brunch	Rating	Reviews
1	Hobart	Born In Brunswick North Hobart	4.5★	1,183
2	Gold Coast	Hot Shott Main Beach	4.7★	1,748
3	Canberra	The Cupping Room CBD	4.3★	2,747
4	Cairns	Dundees on the Waterfront Cairns City	4.6★	5,317
5	Sunshine Coast	La Casa Beach Bar \| Bistro • Cafe Mooloolaba	4.8★	863
6	Geelong	Recess Bar + Eats CBD	4.8★	765
7	Newcastle	Light Years - Newcastle CBD	4.7★	1,632
8	Perth	The Little Banksia Kensington	4.7★	1,367
9	Darwin	Alberto’s Cafe Darwin City	4.9★	352
10	Melbourne	Bowery To Williamsburg CBD	4.5★	2,024
11	Wollongong	Saltie Dog - Coffee & Crêpes CBD	4.8★	556
12	Brisbane	Pawpaw Cafe Woolloongabba	4.7★	3,737
13	Sydney	Carbon Mexican Woodfire Restaurant Bondi Bondi	4.5★	1,300
14	Adelaide	The Flying Fig North Adelaide	4.5★	1,223

How this national table is built: it is not a separate opinion. Each city contributes the venue that currently tops its own brunch ranking, and the cities are then ordered by that venue’s score — review strength above a 3.8 baseline weighted by review volume, plus community mentions where we hold them. Cities are only listed where we actually rank the dish, so an absent city means no ranking yet, not a bad one. Rebuilt weekly.

City by city: Hobart · Gold Coast · Canberra · Cairns · Sunshine Coast · Geelong · Newcastle · Perth · Darwin · Melbourne · Wollongong · Brisbane · Sydney · Adelaide.