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NewsNow Open: B-SIDE Is Yoko Dining's New Upstairs Record Bar with Boozy Slushies, Ramen and Miso Caramel Soft Serve
This new addition to this Howard Smith Wharves izakaya owes a debt to Tokyo's vibrant back-alley bars — and hosts weekly retro vinyl sessions.
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NewsNow Open: Rays Is Camp Hill's New Watering Hole That Takes Inspiration From European Corner Bars
The Range Brewing crew has launched its fourth Brisbane venue, with beers, cocktails, panko-crumbed chicken schnitzel and more on the menu.
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NewsComing Soon: The Victory Hotel Is Set for a Massive Makeover, Scoring a Rooftop Garden Bar and Basement Speakeasy
The submitted development application for the 169-year-old heritage-listed site also includes a new steakhouse and beer garden.
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Coming Soon: Howard Smith Wharves' Yoko Dining Is Turning Its Upstairs Space Into New Record Bar B-SIDE
Five years after opening, this two-storey izakaya is revamping its second level, taking inspiration from Tokyo hangouts and featuring drinks by Matt Whiley.
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NewsFirst Look: Stanley at Howard Smith Wharves Has Transformed Its Second Level Into a Hong Kong-Inspired Lounge Bar
At Stan's, you can design your own martinis, tuck into lobster and truffle dumplings, then hit the dance floor thanks to DJ-spun tunes.
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NewsNow Open: You'll Find Pints, Parmigianas and Games of Pool at New Hamilton Gastropub Portside Social
The crew behind Newstead Social has opened a second spot for beers and burgers as part of the riverside precinct's ongoing revamp.
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GuideBrisbane Bars with Games and Activities for When You Want to Do More Than Just Sit Around and Drink
Sip shiraz over 'Scrabble', mash buttons with a brew in your hand or pair cocktails with karaoke — or hurl hatchets.
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GuideBrisbane Bars and Restaurants That Are Undeniably, Unabashedly Romantic
Low lighting, jazz playlists, opulent cocktails, pastel hues, breathtaking views — this is all on offer at the best romantic bars in Brisbane.
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GuideBrisbane's Best Inner-City Bars for After-Work Drinks with Your Coworkers
These rooftop bars, cosy pubs, riverside hangouts and wine havens are suitable for both celebrating and commiserating.
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GuideThe Best Brisbane Beer Gardens and Boozy Courtyards
Save cosy pub corners for gloomy days — if the sun is shining, it's time to drink a brew out in the open at these Brisbane beer gardens.
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GuideThe Best Rooftop Bars in and Around Brisbane
Here's where to head in and around Brisbane when you want to enjoy a cocktail skyward.
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GuideThe Best Waterfront Venues in and Around Brisbane That Serve Drinks with a View All Year Round
Make the most of Brisbane's usually balmy weather with a spritz or meal by the water.
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GuideBrisbane's 20 Most-Popular Bars of 2024
In 2024, you've been saying cheers in late-night watering holes, while enjoying sky-high sips and in classic Brisbane pubs.
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GuideBrisbane's 20 Most-Popular Bars of 2024 So Far
Across 2024 to-date, you've been saying cheers to plenty of watering holes with games — alongside laneway hangouts, martini havens, classic pubs and more.
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GuideSeven Bars in Brisbane to Go for Cocktails with Friends When You're Feeling Extra
Make the most of that golden stretch of the evening to enjoy a leisurely drink with your mates at these locales.
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GuideThe 20 Best Restaurants in Brisbane
These are Brisbane's must-visit restaurants for any discerning food aficionado.
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NewsComing Soon: Stan's Is the New Hong Kong-Inspired Lounge Bar That's Taking Over Stanley's Second Level
This new venue at Howard Smith Wharves' luxe Cantonese restaurant will pair cocktails made with spirits from around the world with a new range of bites from Executive Chef Louis Tikaram.
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NewsGet Swinging: The Ballpark Is Brisbane's New American-Themed Interactive Sports Bar with Its Own Batting Cage
Calling all baseball fans: this 450-square-metre Portside hangout pairs beers, burgers, screens showing sports, pool tables and darts with having a hit.
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NewsJust In: City Winery Has Gone Into Voluntary Liquidation and Is Closing All of Its Brisbane Venues Immediately
The company's sites in Fortitude Valley and the Brisbane CBD are all shutting, as are its Ardo's wine bars in Newstead, Graceville, Hawthorne and Milton.
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NewsNow Open: Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn Are Brisbane's Latest Comic Book-Themed Bars From the 1st Edition Crew
Hop between these three California Lane venues — which share a cocktail and food menu — and you'll get a multiverse experience IRL.
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NewsComing Soon: The Range Brewing Crew Is Bringing Its Beers to Camp Hill with Sunny New Corner Bar Rays
For its fourth Brisbane venue, the team that's also behind Rosalie's Patio is hitting up the city's southside.
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NewsNow Open: Pawn & Co Is the New Fortitude Valley Cocktail Bar That's Also a Pawn Shop and a Perfumery
When you're not buying a watch or a handbag in Laruche's old space — which has undergone a $4-million makeover — you can create your own fragrance.
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BarSlipstream Brewing Social House
8 The Avenue, Birtinya
This Brisbane brewery has expanded to the Sunshine Coast with a 40-tap hangout that's pairing beers and bites.
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Portside Social
39 Hercules Street, Hamilton
You'll find pints, parmigianas and games of pool at this Hamilton gastropub at Portside — and burgers, ribs and boozy bottomless weekend brunches, too.
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BarLittle Miss Sunshine
80 Ann Street, Brisbane City
This Brisbane brewery and bistro pours its own beers — and makes them — on Ann Street in the city's CBD.
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BarBar Miette
443 Queen Street, Brisbane City
Andrew McConnell's hospitality empire has arrived in Brisbane with this Euro-leaning terrace cafe and wine bar.
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CafeRiva Kitchen & Events
285 MacArthur Avenue, Hamilton
If you're after cruisy breakfasts, brunches and lunches with a view, you'll find them at Northshore Brisbane's airy riverside eatery.
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BarBrighton Hotel
196 Brighton Terrace, Brighton
Located 20 minutes from Brisbane, this northside pub has undergone a revamp, adding a new beer garden and bistro.
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BarThe Rose & Crown
275 Grey Street, South Brisbane
South Bank's new London-inspired pub has taken over Little Big House's old digs on Grey Street.
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BarManiax Brisbane CBD
Burnett Lane, Brisbane City
This second Brisbane site for the axe-throwing chain comes with a Viking-themed bar — and will get you hurling hatchets on Adelaide Street.
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BarThe Belvedere
Oxley Avenue, Woody Point
Woody Point's 122-year-old pub has relaunched after a $10-million-plus redevelopment.
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NewsNow Open: New CBD Brewery and Bistro Little Miss Sunshine Is Pouring Beers (and Making Them) on Ann Street
Wagyu cheeseburgers, Moreton Bay bug spaghetti, sips from 28 taps: you'll find them all at Brisbane's latest brewery.
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NewsComing Soon: Three-Level Floating Venue Seadeck Is Returning to the Brisbane River for the First Time in Six Years
This glamorous 42-metre vessel is hitting the Brisbane River for brunch and sunset cruises, and to be Brisbane Festival's Art Boat.
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NewsGlasses at the Ready: Here's When and Where Pinot Palooza Is Serving Up Drops From 100 Wineries in 2024
In Brisbane, this year's vino-loving fest is also joining forces with Mould, so there'll be plenty of cheese to go with all of that wine.
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NewsAdd It to Your Shrine: Four Pillars Is Releasing a 2024 Vintage of Its Bloody Popular Bloody Pinot Noir Gin
A sibling drop to the brand's cult-favourite Bloody Shiraz Gin, this tipple first debuted in 2023 and sold out in less than a week.
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NewsNow Open: You Can Get Playing, Puzzling and Sipping at Mt Gravatt's New Holey Moley and Hijinx Hotel
If you're a fan of OTT mini golf and challenge rooms, you've got a new 350-person precinct in Brisbane's south to hit up.
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NewsSteins and Schnitties Alert: Oktoberfest in the Gardens Is Bringing Its Bavarian Celebrations Back for 2024
When you're not hitting up the beer hall and food stalls, you'll be making the most of the silent disco, rides and sideshows.
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EventTaiwan Film Festival in Australia
Sat, 30 Aug - Sun, 31 Aug 2025
Event Cinemas Brisbane City, Brisbane City
Dive into the depths of Taiwan's filmmaking prowess, complete with a focus on female perspectives and a 4K restoration of 'Flowers of Shanghai'.
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EventJames St Food and Wine Trail 2025
Sun, 27 Jul, 2025
James Street, Fortitude Valley, Fortitude Valley
James Street's celebration of food and wine is back for another big year, with over 26 resident chefs, mixologists, baristas and providores hitting the street.
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EventRailed! at Wynnum Fringe
Fri, 4 Jul - Sun, 13 Jul 2025
The Augathella Spiegeltent, Wynnum
Don't bring the kids, this one's going to get steamy.
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EventIrish Spice Bag at Archive Beer Boutique
Discover the charms of the spice bag — a viral Irish-Chinese sensation that pairs with this West End bar and bistro's top-notch craft beer selection.
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EventBlues, Booze and BBQs at MANIAX Newstead
Sun, 27 Jul, 2025
Maniax Brisbane, Newstead
Fight the Sunday scaries with this beer-fuelled, axe-throwing, barbecue-filled Sunday session.
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EventPortrait Workshop with Kelogsloops
Fri, 19 Sep - Sun, 21 Sep 2025
The Station Brisbane, Fortitude Valley
Get some tips from the artist who's built a 1.4 million-strong following for his dreamy watercolours.
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EventQAGOMA Winter Design Market
Sat, 26 Jul - Sun, 27 Jul 2025
GOMA, South Brisbane
Shop for Brisbane's best art and design across 80-plus stalls at this two-day market on the GOMA forecourt.
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EventArchie Moore: kith and kin
Sat, 27 Sep 2025 - Sun, 18 Oct 2026
GOMA, South Brisbane
This artwork won the 2024 Venice Biennale's Golden Lion — and Australians can see it at home in Brisbane.
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EventTyler, The Creator: 'Chromakopia' World Tour
Sat, 30 Aug - Sun, 31 Aug 2025
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall
Supported by Lil Yachty and Paris Texas, this genre-bending rapper is returning Down Under for the first time since 2022.
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NewsComing Soon: Laruche's Old Digs Will Soon Be Home to Pawn & Co, the Pawn Shop Bar Where Everything Is for Sale
Already a hit in Melbourne, this unique watering hole is heading to Fortitude Valley for its first foray outside of Victoria.
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First Look: Mt Gravatt Is Brisbane's Next Hub for Boozy OTT Mini Golf and Challenge Room Games
Holey Moley and Hijinx Hotel are launching side by side in a 350-person precinct, combining 18 putt-putt holes with three game rooms, two bars and karaoke.
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NewsComing Soon: Little Miss Sunshine Is the New Ann Street Brewery and Bistro That's Pairing Beers and Queensland Cuisine
Brisbane's love of breweries is hitting the CBD, with this newcomer featuring 28 taps and serving up Moreton Bay bug spaghetti.
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Guide
Brisbane's 20 Most-Popular Bars of 2024 So Far
Across 2024 to-date, you've been saying cheers to plenty of watering holes with games — alongside laneway hangouts, martini havens, classic pubs and more.
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NewsAlba Bar & Deli in Burnett Lane Has Poured Its Last Drinks and Permanently Closed Its Doors
The San Sebastian-inspired haunt from former 'MasterChef' contestant Jamie Fleming has shut due to "economic pressures".
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NewsSour and Sweet: Everything You Need to Know about Amaretto Sour
Celebrate golden hour with a classic cocktail made best with an Italian liqueur.
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NewsNow Open: The Sporting Globe x 4 Pines Is the New 1000-Person Brewpub in Surfers Paradise's Old Hard Rock Cafe
Instead of a giant guitar, this Gold Coast spot now boasts a $6.5-million sports bar and microbrewery with 60-plus screens playing games from around the globe.
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NewsComing Soon: Landers Pocket Is the New Brisbane Airport Precinct with a Brewery, Distillery and Beer Garden
Green Beacon will oversee the booze side of things — and there'll also be an amphitheatre, second mini-golf course and padel tennis courts.
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NewsMatt Whiley From Sydney's Re Has Whipped Up a Sustainability-Focused Cocktail Menu for W Brisbane's Living Room Bar
The bartender's Harbour City watering hole has been named on the World’s 50 Best Bar list — and now his drinks made with discarded ingredients are hitting Brisbane.
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NewsComing Soon: Holey Moley and Hijinx Hotel Are Bringing OTT Mini Golf and Challenge Rooms to Mt Gravatt
Westfield Mt Gravatt will welcome the two venues, which will form a shared 350-person precinct, from late July 2024.
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NewsSydney Bartender Jake Down From Pleasure Club Has Just Been Crowned Australia's Best for 2024
Sydney, Perth and Hobart were all represented in Australia's Diageo World Class Bartender of the Year showdown, but only the Harbour City came out on top.
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NewsLe Martini Is the World's First-Ever Grey Goose Martini Bar — and It's Pouring Cocktails in Melbourne
Whether you like your martini shaken, stirred, dry or wet, you'll find it on the menu at this 34-seat cocktail spot.
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NewsComing Soon: Comic Book-Themed Bar 1st Edition Is Getting Not One But Two Cocktail-Slinging Sidekick Venues
Meet Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, which are both joining Brisbane's comic book-themed quarter in California Lane.
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NewsBloody Awesome: Four Pillars Is Bringing Back Its Bloody Shiraz Gin for 2024 for Its Ninth Vintage
Made with Yarra Valley and Faraday shiraz grapes, and best served in a G&T, this cult-favourite tipple is a winter tradition.
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Now Open: Brighton Hotel Is Back with a New Beer Garden and Bistro After a Five-Month Renovation
The northside pub 20 minutes from Brisbane is also a motel, and its rooms have had a makeover as well.
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NewsTwo Sydney Cocktail Bars Have Been Named Among the World's Best in The Pinnacle Guide's First-Ever Picks
El Primo Sanchez and Maybe Sammy are the only Australian bars to make the initial picks from this new bar recognition system, which gives pins — not stars — to top watering holes.
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NewsYoung Gun of Wine Has Announced Its 2024 Top 50 If You're Looking for an Ace New Vino to Sip
“These awards are as much about vision and leadership as they are about the quality of wine in the glass.”
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NewsNow Open: The Rose & Crown Is South Bank's New London-Inspired Pub That's Taken Over Little Big House's Old Digs
The British-themed Grey Street gastropub serves up cask beer, scotch eggs, homemade steak and ale pies, and roast dinners every Sunday.
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FeatureTimeless Taste: From Cocktails to Pairings, Here's How To Savour Japanese Whisky
Our friend and spirits connoisseur James Buntin gives us the rundown on all things Japanese whisky.
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Wine Lovers, Mark Your Calendars: Pinot Palooza Has Locked in Its Vino-Slinging Dates for 2024
If you can't go past a light- to medium-bodied red wine — and 50-plus vino labels pouring it — then this is the boozy festival for you.
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Guide
Seven Bars in Brisbane to Go for Cocktails with Friends When You're Feeling Extra
Make the most of that golden stretch of the evening to enjoy a leisurely drink with your mates at these locales.
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NewsFour Pillars Has Brought Back Its Sticky Carpet Gin That Pays Boozy Tribute to the Front Bars in Pubs
Originally inspired by St Kilda's Hotel Esplanade, this tipple is back with a new version — this time featuring Little Creatures Pale Ale in its base.
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FeatureDining After Dark: A Local Foodie Takes Us on Tour of Hong Kong's Best Late-Night Eats
Undertake a night-time epicurean escapade with recommendations from a Hong Kong local food writer.
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NewsA Bon Vivant's Guide to the Noosa Eat & Drink Festival 2024
Savour the Sunshine State with the return of the anticipated foodie festival.
