Make Yourself at Home

Serving delicious espresso coffee and award-winning cuisine, Bookplate offers guests a truly authentic Canberra experience. Open daily, you’ll walk away feeling inspired, comforted, and steeped in stories.

Multi-award Winning Canberra Cuisine

Explore what suits your palate from the all-day brunch and lunch menu, and enjoy the multi-sensory and multi-award winning experience of BOOKPLATE.

Take a Break from Your Day

A prime brunch and lunch spot thanks to its traditional interiors and much-loved menu. If the library surroundings and luminescent glow don’t impress you, the culinary experience will. 

The menu sits somewhere between cafe and restaurant and offers up high-impact cuisine. Join us for casual yet elegant dishes, serving as a spot for a hearty, wholesome brunch or fresh, light lunch. 

Take a break from your day with the ultimate breakfast, elevated coffee and cake, or a luscious liquid lunch, courtesy of the fine wine list.

“It’s not every day you come across someone with the fortitude to take an ordinary restaurant to supernova levels. Award-winning restaurateur, Tracy Keeley has transformed BOOKPLATE  into a destination café.”

— RiotACT

“The calling of  BOOKPLATE cafe operator Tracy Keeley is to breathe life into eateries that have lost their flavour. They now serve well over 400 meals per day.”

— Restaurant & Catering Magazine