Five Romantic Brisbane Date Ideas for This Week From Budget to Blowout

Tired of the classic movie and dinner date night combo? Us too. That's why we're always on the hunt for new things to do, scouring the city for not-boring Brisbane activities — ones that are guaranteed to take your next date way beyond done-before beers at the pub.

Whether you're taking someone on a second date or doing your 100th with your significant other, we've got some killer (and, yes, cute) ideas for dates to go on this week, no matter how much money you've got to spend.

Just think of us as your cultural wingman. You're welcome.

Free

Picnic in the Park with Live Tunes as a Soundtrack

After the work-week marathon, holing up at home all weekend can be mighty tempting. Still, while technology has gifted us with the amazing ability to get both food and entertainment without changing out of our PJs, you and your special someone might still feel like fresh air and socialising. So, on the first Sunday of each month — starting on Sunday, February 2 for 2025 — you can swap the hermit life for an outside hangout.

The Sound Society is an initiative that fills Roma Street Parklands with music on the regular, with live tunes echoing through different parts of the inner city spot depending on the day and date. This time around, if a slow Sunday lunchtime with a soundtrack is your style, this is the place to head — picnic blanket in hand.

Head along from 11am–2pm for tunes by various musicians, with The Lyrical doing the honours in February on the Banyan Lawn.

Food trucks will also be onsite, and also The Garden Room Cafe does picnic hampers — or you can BYO snacks if you prefer.

Under $50

Go Tap, Tap, Tapping

Time to get tap-tap-tapping around one of Brisbane's mini-golf courses — without any kids for company. Part of Tingalpa's The Jungle Adventure Play since 2023, this jungle-themed putt-putt spot is usually family-friendly; however, for one night a week, it ditches that setup to throw adults-only parties.

From 5–8pm on Saturday nights, the Proprietary Street venue puts its bar to good use, all while you and your significant other get a-hitting. Sip cocktails and beers on tap, and grab a pizza or burger from the onsite restaurant to line your stomach.

Entry costs $20 — for the mini-golf only — and can be booked in advance or you can just walk in on the night. Or, if you opt for the $79 package, you'll get unlimited mini-golf games for two, plus two drinks and a pizza to share.

The leafy mini golf course spans 16 holes, with a setup that includes snakes, vines, caves, ruins and bullet-riddled trucks — all trying to make getting a hole-in-one tricky. That said, there's an easy option for every hole. Putters will find two paths for each, spanning holes both indoors and outside, so you can pick between the simplest way to mini golf glory or challenge yourself.

Under $100

Get Your Skates On

A skating session that's all about exercise — and sometimes rolling freely — Rollerfit finally arrived in Brisbane a few years back. It's still going strong in 2025, and it still wants you and your favourite person to go for a spin. Once a week, you can hit the rink at the PCYC Lang Park at Suncorp Stadium in Milton, including if you're a beginner just learning to skate.

If this is the first time you've ever even thought about living out your Whip It or Xanadu dreams, don't worry — you're covered. The all-levels classes take place on Sundays from 1–2pm. Rollerfit also operates at New Farm State School, hosting dedicated beginners sessions at 4pm on Sundays.

Dropping in costs $28, or you can take that down to $20 if you plan to visit regularly and sign up for a 20-class bundle. Five- and ten-class passes are also on offer.

If you don't have your own wheels, you can rent them for an extra $5 per session. Rental covers sizes 5–13, and it's a first-come, first-served kind of deal.

Start Your Sunday with a Gin Brunch

When you're deciding how to spend your next brunch with your other half — and where to spend it, more importantly — perhaps it's a case of what you'd like to drink. Tired of mimosas? Fancy something stronger with your first Sunday meal? Or, maybe you just really love gin.

West End gin joint Covent Garden has been in the bottomless brunch game for a while now, and shows no signs of stopping. Here, you can tuck into gin cocktails for two hours, or opt for a few Pimm's cups. Pimm's is based on gin, after all.

For $49 per person, you'll also sip red or white wine sangria, and munch on a shareboard spread — featuring charcuterie, cheeses, pickled vegetables and crackers, plus that breakfast and brunch staple, aka bread, too.

The food and drink feast goes down from 11am each week and, while bookings aren't essential, it's recommended that you secure your spot in advance anyway.

Everything From Free to a Blowout

Celebrate Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year is here, and it's time to fill the streets with fire shows and dancing lions while you and your plus one alternate between inhaling incredible street snacks and watching the entrancing movements of dragons as they twist their way through the city.

For the Year of the Snake, Brisbane's lineup of events spans rooftop parties, calligraphy, markets, mazes, fireworks, citywide festivals and, yes, feasting, feasting, feasting. BrisAsia Festival is back and filled with festivities — so if you're keen on watching the Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens light up, dancing to K-pop, giggling to stand-up comedy or enjoying a DJ-spun soundtrack, they're some of your choices across ten days from Friday, January 31, 2025.

Hungry? Banquets are on the menu everywhere from Fat Noodle and Stanley to Donna Chang and Ngon — and Chinatown is getting in on the fun, of course.

If you're feeling super flush with cash and you're keen on a group date with you, your partner and at least four others, Brisbane Quarter's Brisbane Phoenix is all about gathering the gang until Monday, February 10. The restaurant is doing indulgent feasts across the two weeks, including a ten-course version for six or ten people — for $1688 and $2288 respectively. On the menu: flaming lobster, salmon sashimi salad with flying fish caviar, steamed scampi, black moss dried scallop and oyster, slow-cooked pork hock with truffle oil and more.