Shingle Inn

The Shingle Inn is a restaurant and bakery franchise headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

[1][2] The Shingle Inn is a considerably well known aspect of Brisbane's dining culture, where it has welcomed generations of diners, and was also popular with American service personnel during World War II.

[6] With the re-opening of Brisbane City Hall after its $215 million refurbishment in April 2013, the fittings and layout of the original Shingle Inn in Edward Street were replaced inside Brisbane City Hall, re-creating the olde-world Tudor atmosphere of the original 1936 restaurant.

[7] The sugar bowls used in the restored city hall branch bear the engraved names of the Shingle Inn and other former Brisbane cafes (Renoir, Websters, Yorktown) that were owned by the Webster and Bellchambers families.

[8] The Shingle Inn has a franchise network of 30 cafes in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, and in December 2019, Shingle Inn opened its first store in South Australia as well as their first international store in New Zealand.

Shingle Inn logo
A franchised Shingle Inn at MacArthur Central , Brisbane
Original Tudor style fittings restored at the Shingle Inn, Brisbane City Hall, 2015
Yorktown sugar bowl, Shingle Inn, Brisbane City Hall, 2015
Restored booths, Shingle Inn, Brisbane City Hall, 2015