Oxford Street in Leederville is Perth's best café strip for a genuine neighbourhood morning: good specialty coffee, proper brunch food, and a crowd that is mostly locals rather than tourists. Several of Perth's better independent coffee roasters operate or supply cafes here, and the standard of espresso is reliably high. The strip is compact enough to walk in fifteen minutes end to end, so you can read a menu or two before committing to a table. Weekend mornings get busy by 9am; arriving early or late avoids the queues.
The café culture here is unpretentious in the best Perth way — no chi-chi interiors or Instagram-optimised plating, just good coffee and food served by people who take both seriously. The Luna on SX cinema at the southern end of Oxford Street shows art-house and independent films, which makes a morning coffee followed by a film one of the better low-key leisure days Perth offers. Leederville is a ten-minute train ride from Perth station (Leederville station) or a pleasant walk through Northbridge if the weather is good. For solo travellers or anyone who wants a quiet morning before heading into the city, Oxford Street is the answer.