Paddington Social

Paddington Social is a café and Thai restaurant set inside a converted old Queenslander house on Given Terrace in Paddington, Brisbane. The venue combines daytime café service with a separate evening Thai pop-up kitchen, giving it a broader offering than a standard coffee stop. There is parking at the rear, and the business accepts table bookings and online orders for coffee and food.

During the day, the focus is breakfast and lunch, alongside coffee, house-made pastries and cakes. The website describes the dining area as relaxed, warm and distinctive, making it a natural choice for a morning coffee, a casual meal or a catch-up in a character-filled setting. The café is open seven days from 6.30am to 3pm, so it works for early starts as well as a later breakfast or lunch in Brisbane’s Paddington precinct.

After dark, Lek’s Thai Pop-Up Kitchen takes over from Tuesday to Saturday. It serves creative Thai dishes, with dinner running from 5pm to 8.30pm Tuesday to Thursday and until 9pm on Fridays and Saturdays. Paddington Social is fully licensed, adding flexibility for an evening meal rather than limiting the venue to daytime café visits.

The venue was created by chefs Gibbi, Tyler and Alex, with each contributing to a different part of the experience. Tyler developed the breakfast and lunch menu, Gibbi makes the pastries and cakes in-house, and Alex is behind the Thai pop-up kitchen. That division gives the venue a clear sense of purpose across its café and dinner services. With a warm dining room, bookable tables and both casual daytime and evening options, it can suit solo coffee visits, catch-ups and relaxed meals with friends. Paddington Social has a 4.5-star Google rating from 838 reviews, according to the supplied venue facts.