The Best Places in Brisbane to Treat Your Mum on Mother's Day (or Any Day)

Try slightly harder than your favourite sticky dive bar — your mum deserves it.

A Day and Night Guide to Paddington

From fine art and fancy dinners to sublime pub feeds and twilight bevvies, Paddington's still got it going on.

The Best Food and Drink Festivals to Look Forward to Around Brisbane in 2024

Add cheese, seafood, bacon, cake, gin, whisky, berry, beer, Japanese and Greek festivals to your culinary plans for this year.

Eight Grown-Up Easter Treats to Hunt Down Around Brisbane

You're never too old for this Easter hunt, especially when there's cocktails in chocolate bunnies and hot cross cruffins to track down and devour.

All of the New Brisbane Openings That You Need Add to Your Must-Visit List in 2024

Discover your next favourite dish or drink at one of these fresh Brisbane haunts.

On the Way: Upcoming Brisbane Openings to Put in Your Diary for 2024 and Beyond

Brisbane is about to look a whole lot different — these are the newbies we're counting the days for.

The Best Things to Eat, See and Do to Celebrate Lunar New Year in Brisbane

From riverside feasts and rooftop parties to tea festivals and citywide celebrations, here's how to welcome in the Year of the Dragon in Brisbane.

The 20 Best Restaurants in Brisbane

These are Brisbane's must-visit restaurants for any discerning food aficionado.

Brisbane's 20 Most Popular Cafes of 2023

Standout coffee roasters, Portuguese custard tart havens, cult-favourite bakeries — here's where you've been heading in 2023.

Brisbane's 20 Most Popular Restaurants of 2023

These are the Japanese favourites with a view, steakhouses, Thai eateries and burger joints that you've been scoping out throughout 2023.

Cooee Cafe & Restaurant

1825 Creek Road, Cannon Hill

This 200-seat Cannon Hill spot for a caffeine fix, bite and cocktail is part of Minnippi Golf & Range, Brisbane's first public golf course in more than 70 years.

Dapl

200 Creek Street, Spring Hill

Located inside Brisbane's Amora Hotel, this restaurant heroes native Australian ingredients.

Como

119 Melbourne Street, South Brisbane

This modern Italian restaurant in South Brisbane takes its cues from Lake Como.

Beenleigh Artisan Distillery Restaurant

142 Distillery Road, Eagleby

Beenleigh's heritage-listed 140-year-old rum distillery is home to an 80-seat restaurant.

Kenilworth Island Bakery

3 First Avenue, Bongaree

The beloved bakery finally has an outpost closer to Brisbane serving its famed coffee- and hot chocolate-filled doughnuts.

Kirra Beach House

4 Marine Parade, Coolangatta

Part of the Kirra Point Precinct, this oceanfront drinking and dining spot boasts cabanas, cocktail bars and a seafood barbecue area.

Lagoon Beach Club

Manor Circle, Sanctuary Cove

Looking for a poolside bite and sip? InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort now has you covered.

La Macelleria South City Square

148 Logan Road, Woolloongabba

This gelato chain is now scooping up its artisanal desserts from hole-in-the-wall digs in Woolloongabba.

Establishment 203

6 Marshall Street, Fortitude Valley

Ben O'Donoghue has opened an Italian and steak restaurant in Fortitude Valley.

Little Black Pug

1297 Logan Road, Mount Gravatt

If you love dogs as much as you do coffee and brekkie, this local Mount Gravatt favourite is for you.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Enlisting Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth on a prequel to 'Fury Road', George Miller has made another 'Mad Max' franchise marvel.

IF

Instead of aliens in 'A Quiet Place' and its sequel, John Krasinski ponders a world where imaginary friends are real in this warmly whimsical family-friendly fantasy.

Spanish Film Festival

Say hola to the Brisbane's annual showcase of Spanish and Latin American movies — including a celebration of Salvador Dalí in cinema.

The Made Local Market — Winter

This market is like Etsy IRL, complete with over 120 local makers, designers, artists and creators selling their wares.

Lifeline Bookfest — Winter

Your twice-yearly excuse to boost your reading list is back, this time with more than 10,000 comics — and the usual million-plus books.

Grease

It's electrifying: the 50s-set, five-decade-old show has scored a brand-new stage production, and it's rolling into Brisbane from January 2024.

Seasonal Fruit Festival — Winter Edition

Catch Tirzah, Glass Beams, Bonny Doon and more at this riverside festival curated by Jet Black Cat Music at Felons Brewing Co.

West End Solstice Market

The longest night of the year is on its way — and you can celebrate with 120-plus stalls, pop-up bars, glühwein, bonfires, live music and fire twirlers.

Monster

Hirokazu Kore-eda's first Japanese film since 'Shoplifters' is yet another of the great director's deeply empathetic masterpieces.

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

More than half a century after the first film, Hollywood's paws are still on this sci-fi franchise — and this is a thoughtful and engaging new instalment.