The best breakfast town
is served in a pub.
Thoughtful plates, familiar favourites and a beer garden made for long mornings
In Braddon, where mornings usually arrive with a hangover and a flat white, Assembly Canberra is quietly doing something refreshing. It’s serving breakfast like it actually matters. Just proper plates, sharp flavours and the confidence of a venue that knows most people wandered in thinking it was “just a pub”. They’re wrong. Assembly opens early, cooks with intent and treats breakfast as the opening act, not an obligation.
A sunlit beer garden made for slow mornings, long breakfasts and space to settle in with friends or family.
The classics are nailed with authority, eggs the way you actually asked for them, a big brekky that means it and a bacon and egg roll built on balance not nostalgia. But Assembly doesn’t stop there. There’s chilli crab scramble with real heat and crunch, smoked salmon rosti that knows restraint is a virtue and a breakfast burrito that feels like it was designed after a long night out and zero regrets. Even the avo toast shows up sharpened, whipped ricotta, lemon and a chilli crunch that adds consequence. It’s familiar food with its shoulders squared. No pandering, no filter. Just breakfast with intent.
New Signature favourite. Smoked Salmon Rosti, Crisp potato rosti topped with smoked salmon, sauce gribiche, capers and fresh dill.
And then there’s the setting. A sunlit beer garden that feels illegal before noon. A bistro and terrace built for long tables, loose plans and “just one more”. On weekends, bookings open the door to a boozy brunch that leans in hard, espresso martinis, Bloody Marys, mimosas by the carafe. Assembly sits right in the heart of Braddon but somehow still feels like a local secret. The kind of place you tell friends about quietly, because once everyone knows, it’s over.
Redbrick dark roast poured fresh. Strong, smooth and exactly what the morning calls for.
This February, Assembly is giving you even more reason to start the day early. For the entire month, it’s 25% off all breakfast food, every day. No vouchers, no hoops, no catch. Weekdays, weekends, quick coffees or long sittings, the full breakfast menu gets the same treatment. It’s a rare window where one of Braddon’s most considered morning menus is also one of its best-value plays. Think of it less as a promotion and more as an invitation to make breakfast a habit.
The OG Breakfast Burrito. A local favourite with chorizo, scrambled egg, mozzarella and vegetables wrapped tight, finished with sriracha and aioli.