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NewsSummer Sesh: Five Ways to Level Up a Legendary Kickback
How to throw a get-together that’s minimal hassle for maximum vibes.
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NewsConcrete Playground's Holiday Drinks Gift Guide 2023
What’s the silly season without some tasty sips?
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NewsNow Open: Woody Point's 122-Year-Old Belvedere Hotel Has Relaunched After a $10-Million-Plus Redevelopment
The northside pub on Bramble Bay is back with revamped dining spaces and terraces, and a new first-floor bar area with shimmering sunset views.
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NewsThis New Range of FELLR Seltzers Will Get You Sipping Your Favourite Messina Sorbet Flavours
Messina's yuzu, blood orange, and salted coconut and mango sorbets are getting boozy.
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NewsInterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort's Lagoon Beach Club Is Your New Spot for a Poolside Bite and Sip
You can also grab a resort day pass to enjoy a splash in the one-acre lagoon beach over cocktails, oysters and prawn rolls.
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FeatureA Bluffer's Guide to Dark Rum
Uncover this underrated luscious spirit from the heart of the Caribbean.
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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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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 making your own perfume.
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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 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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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 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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NewsNow Open: Kirra Beach Hotel Is Finally Back and Pouring Drinks Again After a Three-Year Absence
Dating back to 1956, this surfside pub now sprawls across 1300 square metres and boasts a sunny new beer garden.
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NewsAustralia's Top 55 Wine Venues for 2023 Have Been Named by the Wineslinger Awards
Normally only 50 vino spots are chosen each year, but 2023's votes couldn't be split — and 19 venues were named for the first time.
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NewsFour Pillars and Go-To Skincare's Limited-Edition Go-To Gin Collaboration Is Back for a Third Year
After selling out in mere hours in both 2021 and 2022, this gin collab is back — this time with more quandong, plus yuzu, lime, coriander seeds and lemon myrtle.
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NewsSydney's Maybe Sammy Has Been Named the Number-One Bar in the World for 2023 by Top 500 Bars
The data-driven list sees the Harbour City cocktail bar come out on top — with 22 other Australian bars making the list.
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NewsIt's Time to Get Drunk on Pud with Nan: Four Pillars' Supremely Festive 2023 Christmas Gin Is Here
Nothing says festive drinks like sipping a gin distilled with Christmas puddings and spicy botanicals, which the Australian favourites have been doing for eight years.
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NewsNow Open: Bli Bli Hotel's Mediterranean-Inspired Rooftop Terrace Is Your New Sunshine Coast Drinks Spot
This three-level pub has arrived with wood-roasted prawns, margaritas and mojitos just in time for summer.
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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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BarPortside 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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Bar
The Belvedere
Oxley Avenue, Woody Point
Woody Point's 122-year-old pub has relaunched after a $10-million-plus redevelopment.
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Coming Soon: Maniax Is Opening a Second Brisbane Viking-Themed Axe-Throwing Joint with a Bar and Restaurant
Already letting Brisbanites hurl hatchets in Newstead, this chain is now heading to Adelaide Street with a Ragnar & Sons watering hole, plus a dining area.
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NewsSydney's Maybe Sammy and Melbourne's Caretaker's Cottage Have Made 2023's World's 50 Best Bars List
Making the list for the fifth year in a row, Maybe Sammy is now ranked 15th in the world.
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NewsWe're Giving Our Readers the Chance to Host a Luxury Cocktail Party For Up to 40 Guests
Enjoy four hours of whiskey cocktails and canapés at home, provided by Woodford Reserve.
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NewsComing Soon: In Great News for Mezcal Fiends, Ghost Donkey Is Opening Its First Australian Outpost
Experience a slice of New York's mezcal scene at Melbourne's next go-to for premium mezcal, cocktails and Mexican bites.
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NewsMelbourne Cocktail Favourite Byrdi Has Been Named in The World's 50 Best Bars 51-100 List for 2023
Just like in 2021, the La Trobe Street bar is the only Australian joint to make this year's extended list ahead of the top 50 reveal.
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NewsThe Prince Consort's Spring Fling Festival Is Back for 2023 with 40,000 Flowers and a Monastery Reunion
For five weeks, the Wickham Street pub is going big on florals and parties — including a seafood festival, Halloween margarita party and throwing it back to one of the Valley's past big nightclubs.
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EventBrisbane Gin Festival
Fri, 4 Apr - Sun, 6 Apr 2025
Brisbane Showgrounds, Bowen Hills
This boozy festival is bringing 50 craft gin distillers from around the country to Brisbane Showgrounds for three days of masterclasses and tastings.
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EventNew Year's Eve in Brisbane
Tue, 31 Dec, 2024
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane
They don’t call it Bris-vegas for nothing.
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EventLes Misérables: The Arena Spectacular
Wed, 28 May - Sun, 1 Jun 2025
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall
You'll hear the people sing when this arena spectacular version of Victor Hugo's famous 1862 novel hits Brisbane.
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EventRhys Darby: The Legend Returns
Wed, 30 Apr, 2025
Princess Theatre, Woolloongabba
The New Zealand comedian is bringing his first stand-up show in almost a decade to Brisbane.
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EventLifeline Bookfest — Summer
Sat, 18 Jan - Mon, 27 Jan 2025
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane
It's time to stock up on soap opera-themed cookbooks and other treasures you didn't know you needed — again.
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EventFestive High Tea
Fri, 1 Nov - Sun, 29 Dec 2024
Living Room Bar, Brisbane City
'Tis the season to build your own gingerbread house over festive-themed cocktails at Brisbane's W Hotel's Christmas high tea.
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Event$2 Summer Dips
Sun, 1 Dec 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane
You can enjoy a swim in Brisbane City Council's 22 public pools for just $2 all summer long.
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EventBrisbane Comedy Festival
Wed, 23 Apr - Sun, 25 May 2025
Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm
Get ready to laugh: Rhys Darby, Ross Noble and Boozy Shakespeare are on the lineup when Brisbane's annual comedy festival returns for 2025.
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EventChristmas in Brisbane
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 - Fri, 31 Jan 2025
Various locations across Brisbane, Brisbane
From a festive maze to a free light and sound experience, here's how Brisbane's CBD and South Bank is celebrating Christmas in 2024.
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EventMoonlight Cinema Brisbane
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 - Sun, 16 Feb 2025
Roma Street Parklands, Brisbane
Catch 'The Fall Guy', 'Gladiator II', 'Challengers' and a heap of Christmas movies under the stars in Roma Street Parklands.
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NewsEagle Street's Riverfront Greek Eatery Opa Has Given Its Scenic Bar a Santorini-Inspired Makeover
The CBD spot with views of Story Bridge and Kangaroo Point Cliffs has unveiled its revamp just in time for prime spring and summer sips.
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NewsW Brisbane's New Living Room Bar Cocktail Menu Comes with an Immersive Light, Sound and Art Installation
Sip experimental tipples while surrounded by bespoke art, including 400 lit-up vines, mesmerising lighting effects and audiovisual sculptures.
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NewsComing Soon: Two New Beachside Drinking and Dining Spots Are Opening at Kirra Point This Spring
Kirra Beach Hotel and Kirra Beach House will sit within the new Kirra Point Precinct in Coolangatta from November.
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NewsMidtown Is Fish Lane's Luxe New 40-Seater Martini Bar From the One Fish Two Fish Team
Butler Wine Bar's former digs is welcoming in a cocktail joint that will whip up any type of martini you like — and pair it with "seacuterie".
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NewsNow Open: Circus-Themed Arcade Bar Archie Brothers Cirque Electriq Has Arrived in Bowen Hills
You can now mash buttons and sip OTT cocktails on King Street, after the brand's first Brisbane outpost in Toombul was closed due to flooding.
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NewsNow Open: West End's Parched Brewing Has Relaunched Under New Owners as The Brew Baron Beer Co
The Montague Road spot has also revamped its food menu and opened a pool room — and it has a new deck on the way.
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GuideItalian Bars and Restaurants Across Australia That Will Transport You to the Amalfi Coast
Forget Euro summer — get a taste of la dolce vita at one of these stunning homegrown spots.
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NewsBeyond the Buzz: We Asked a Winemaker How Non-Alcoholic Wine Is Actually Made
We spoke to Edenvale Wine’s winemaker Aaron Milne to find out how the heck he gets the alcohol out of the wine.
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NewsNow Open: Antico Is Burnett Lane's New Italian-Style Cocktail Bar From the Death & Taxes and Dr Gimlette Crew
This intimate 50-seater is now slinging classic tipples in Super Whatnot's old digs, including a rotating menu of ten drinks plus a signature negroni.
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NewsFelons Brewing Co Is Giving Brisbane a New Outdoor Beer Festival Solely Dedicated to Lager
Meet Lagerpalooza, which'll run across three days, showcase 16 breweries and have you sipping lager by the river.
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NewsNow Open: The Aviary Terrace Bar Is Queen Street's New Al Fresco Cocktail Spot with River Views
Chef Adrian Richardson's meat-heavy restaurant BŌS now has an 800-square-metre sibling venue for drinks and bites.
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NewsDon't Be Dusty: Low-to-No Alcohol Alternatives to Your Fave Drinks
Say yes to vibes and no to hangovers with this list of alternatives to your favourite boozy beverages.
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NewsNow Open: Fast-Growing Neighbourhood Wine Bar Chain Ardo's Is Pouring Top-Notch Vino in Hawthorne
Located just off Hawthorne Road, this eastside outpost joins fellow venues in Newstead and Graceville.
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NewsYou Can Now Sip Ekka-Inspired Strawberry Sundae Gin Thanks to Queensland Distillery Granddad Jack's
Ice cream is great, but have you tried Brisbane's favourite dessert in cocktails instead?
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NewsLevel Up Your Seasonal Soiree with These Winter Cocktails
Christmas in July may have passed, but there's still plenty of seasonal cocktails to level up your next dinner party.
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NewsGlobally Acclaimed Sydney Mezcal Bar Cantina OK! Is Popping Up in Brisbane for One Night Only
The pint-sized laneway bar will take over Fortitude Valley's Savile Row, pouring cocktails and seltzers, and raising money to help boost the quality of life in rural Mexico.
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NewsComing Soon: Archie Brothers Cirque Electriq Is Moving Its Arcade Games and OTT Cocktails to Bowen Hills
With its old Toombul home closed since the 2022 floods, and now set to be torn down, the circus-themed arcade and bar is heading to King Street.
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NewsNundah's 135-Year-Old Royal Hotel Has Relaunched with a New Music Venue After a $1.1-Million Makeover
The Sandgate Road pub now boasts a 200-person entertainment space upstairs, plus a refreshed bistro that's slinging brisket burgers and doughnut fries.
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NewsNow Open: Carmen Is the New James Street Tequileria That's Heroing Agave Cocktails and Small-Batch Mezcals
Also serving up Mexican bites, this 80-seater hails from the hospitality team behind rooftop venues Lina and Soko.
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NewsOktoberfest in the Gardens Is Bringing Its Big Bavarian Celebration to Brisbane for the First Time
Already a hit around the rest of Australia, this one-day German party features food stalls, roving performers, rides, sideshows and a silent disco.
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NewsNine Culinary Experiences to Book on Your European Summer Holiday
Eat and drink your way through Europe this summer with help from the local experts.
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NewsThe Top 50 Bars in Asia for 2023 Were Just Unveiled So Add These to Your Wish List
From Taipei to Tokyo, here are the continent's best boozers to bookmark for your next getaway.
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NewsNow Open: GPO Is Finally Back with Three Venues in One After a Massive $9-Million Makeover
Whether you're after cocktails and 'Gatsby'-style vibes, a luxe dinner or post-work drinks, the 136-year-old Fortitude Valley building has the spot.
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NewsThree Australian Wineries Were Just Named in the World's Best 50 Vineyards for 2023
South Australia's d'Arenberg, Henschke and Penfolds Magill Estate have all been recognised as top wine destinations — but New Zealand's Rippon was named the best in Australasia.
