First Rex departure out of Albany? This is your coffee.
Rex Cafe runs the lone cafe space at Albany Harry Riggs Regional Airport and times its day around Rex flights, opening from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM daily. Local coverage even mentions staff often starting around 5:30 AM, so early birds usually get served before those first morning departures. It’s post-security, so you need a boarding pass in hand before you can grab anything.
The setup is simple: a local-style cafe with a short menu, a few hot options, and drinks in the mid-range $$ bracket. Think airport pricing, but not eye-watering. The headliner is the Breakfast Wrap, which regular comments call out as the default order when you want something more substantial than a muffin before a mid-morning Rex hop.
Coffee, tea, and soft drinks anchor the drinks board, with espresso-based coffees coming in at typical regional WA prices (expect around the AUD 4–5 mark). Food leans grab-and-go: wraps, pastries, and snacks that can be eaten at the small seating area or carried to the single gate lounge. With a 5-star rating so far, feedback trends positive, especially around friendly staff and the relief of having any hot food option again.
This cafe space sat closed for much of COVID and only recently reopened, so ignore older guides that say there’s no food at Albany Airport. Local reports say the operator is onsite for around 11 hours a day, roughly aligning with the Rex flight banks. That means you’ll usually find it open for morning and mid-afternoon banks, but not for late-night stragglers.
Practical tip: land hungry on the last Rex arrival and you might be out of luck, so plan on grabbing something here on departure or eat in town before heading to the airport’s single terminal.
Breakfast Wrap