Kefi Cafe

Kefi Cafe works the corner of Griffith Street and McDonald Street in Coolangatta, and it has quietly become the Mediterranean-leaning option in the town's brunch line-up. Listings report alfresco and protected outdoor seating where patrons regularly dine alongside their dogs, which fits the slow, all-day Griffith Street rhythm.

The seed oil free kitchen and the homemade almond milk are the details that regulars point to first, and they signal a menu that is built with more intent than the corner location suggests. Turkish eggs and the hotcakes are the standard orders, the spanish omelette covers the savoury end, and gyros stretch the menu past brunch into something closer to lunch. The corner position on Griffith Street gives the alfresco tables a bit of street theatre with them, and the protected outdoor seating helps on the windier days that Coolangatta does well. Hours run 6am to 2pm daily with no day off, so the early surf check and breakfast combo is reliable any day of the week.

The dog setup

Dogs are an alfresco-table affair: pick the outdoor seating, keep the lead on, and expect the staff to be used to it. The kitchen runs a Mediterranean twist on brunch, with turkish eggs, spanish omelette and gyros alongside hotcakes, and the kitchen is notable for being seed oil free and for making its own almond milk. Hours run 6am to 2pm every day, so early tables are easy to get.

Griffith Street parking is metered but workable early, and the corner position puts the beach end of Coolangatta within a short walk for a post-breakfast wander.

Pair it with

Keep the morning in the same few blocks: Lyra Cafe and Espresso Cooly are other dog-reported stops nearby, and St Helens Bar & Burgers covers the other end of the day.

More dog friendly cafes in Queensland are listed on PawScapes, along with a guide to Coolangatta.