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NewsLa Boca Is Stamford Plaza Brisbane's New Argentinian Bar and Grill by the River
Pair short ribs from the parrilla grill and dessert empanadas with Argentinian sangria and mango chilli margaritas.
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NewsThree Blue Ducks Is Opening Its Latest Farm-to-Table Outpost at The Lodge in Bellingen
NSW's mid-north coast will be home to its own Three Blue Ducks from later this year.
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NewsFormer World's Best Restaurant Mirazur Is Heading From France to Sydney for a Three-Week Residency
Mauro Colagreco's acclaimed French Riviera eatery will set up shop at The Gantry in March, serving up a tasting menu that heroes Australian ingredients.
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NewsBrisbane Powerhouse's Night Feast Has Added a Heap of Restaurants and Installations to Its March Lineup
The neon-lit food market will feature dishes from Taro's Ramen and Ham on Rye, plus giant illuminated humanoids and laser beams that look like intergalactic events.
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NewsTwo's Ordinary, Three's Not a Crowd at QT's Throuples-Friendly Valentine's Day Dinners Around Australia
Book a table for three on February 14 and you’ll score free oysters at most QT hotels around the country — or you might win a sleepover for three.
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NewsScenic Rim's Eat Local Festival Is Returning for 2023 This Winter — and It'll Run for an Entire Month
Why spend just a week at harvest festivals, sipping carrot beers and hanging out with alpacas when you can spend a whole month?
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NewsWhere to Find the Best Ice Cream and Gelato in Brisbane
The temperature is rising and the gelato is freezing — cool down with Brisbane's top tier of iced confections this spring and summer.
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GuideOn the Way: Upcoming Brisbane Openings (and Around Queensland) to Put in Your Diary for 2025 and Beyond
The Sunshine State's drinking and dining scene is about to look a whole lot different — these are the newbies we're counting the days for.
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GuideThe Best Things to Eat, See and Do to Celebrate Lunar New Year in Brisbane
Rooftop parties, riverside feasts, laneway celebrations and citywide festivals — now that's how you welcome in the Year of the Snake in Brisbane.
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GuideBrisbane's 20 Most-Popular Restaurants of 2024
Throughout 2024, you've been scoping out famous culinary names making the move to Brisbane, luxe steakhouses and woodfired Moroccan-inspired dishes.
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GuideBrisbane's 20 Most-Popular Cafes of 2024
French bakeries, world-renowned croissanteries, beloved Brisbane coffee spots — they've been keeping you fed and caffeinated in 2024.
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GuideAll of the New Brisbane Openings That You Need to Add to Your Must-Visit List in 2024
Discover your next favourite dish or drink at one of these fresh Brisbane haunts.
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GuideThe Best Food and Drink Festivals to Look Forward to in and Around Brisbane in 2024
Add beer, pinot, rosé, whisky, Japanese, vegan, gluten-free and chilli festivals to your culinary plans for the rest of this year.
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GuideThe Best Places in Brisbane to Take the Dad in Your Life This Father's Day (or Any Day)
Whether your father figure loves hearty breakfasts, cold ones by the river, rooftop brews, top-notch steaks or flinging darts, Brisbane isn't short on places to go.
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GuideBrisbane's 20 Most-Popular Cafes of 2024 So Far
Here's where you've been getting your breakfast, brunch, lunch and caffeine fixes during 2024.
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GuideBrisbane's 20 Most-Popular Restaurants of 2024 So Far
From stellar steak joints and Middle Eastern menus to spots with a view and Chinese feasts, these are the Brisbane eateries that you've been searching for across 2024's first half.
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NewsThree Michelin-Starred English Restaurant L'Enclume Is Coming to Australia for a Sydney Residency
Balmoral Beach's Bathers' Pavilion will host British chef Simon Rogan's acclaimed eatery for a five-week stint this winter — and it's the first time the restaurant is venturing away from its Northern England home.
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NewsBrisbane Powerhouse's Neon-Lit Night Feast Food Market Has Unveiled Its March Culinary Headliners
Chefs from e'cco Bistro, Donna Chang, Ngon and Mary Mae's, plus City Winery's vino maker, lead the debut event's lineup.
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NewsMessina's First Indulgent 2023 Treat Is a Red Velvet Gelato, Cake and Fudge Tub for Valentine's Day
Love Messina? Love all things red velvet? This new special combines the two — and it's only available for a limited time.
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NewsGold Coast Favourite Rise Bakery Is Bringing Its French Pastries and a Champagne Bar to Portside Wharf
After launching at Sanctuary Cove back in 2022 and proving a hit, Rise Bakery is opening its first Brisbane outpost in April.
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NewsCheese Dreams Are Made of This: Australia's Massive Mould Dairy Festival Is Returning in 2023
This huge cheese festival pairs all the dairy you can handle with wine, beer, whisky, vodka, gin and sake.
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GuideThe Best Things to Eat, See and Do to Celebrate Lunar New Year in 2023 in Brisbane
From rooftop parties and tea festivals to citywide celebrations and stacked feasts, there are plenty of ways to welcome in the Year of the Rabbit in Brisbane.
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RestaurantSeoul Garden Korean BBQ and Hotpot
341 Mains Road, Sunnybank
This Melbourne-born chain has launched its first Brisbane Korean BBQ and hotpot buffet restaurant in Sunnybank.
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RestaurantAloria
33 William Street, Brisbane City
A visit here means pairing Brisbane vistas with European-influenced steak and seafood dishes atop Queen's Wharf Sky Deck.
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RestaurantLuc Lac
33 William Street, Brisbane City
Vietnamese and Thai flavours are on the menu at Ghanem Group's Queen's Wharf restaurant and bar.
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RestaurantCentral
340 Queen Street, Brisbane City
Sat beneath Queen Street, Southside's sibling dumpling bar is your moody CBD spot for a Hong Kong-inspired bite.
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CafeFrankie's Woombye
2 Blackall Street, Woombye
One of QLD's most popular cafes is hidden in the Sunny Coast hinterland.
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BarByblós Brisbane
39 Hercules Street, Hamilton
This Portside favourite has relaunched after 18 years with a revamped look and refreshed Lebanese menu.
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RestaurantMademoiselle
39 Hercules Street, Hamilton
Rise Bakery's Harry Ohayon and Maxime Bournazel have doubled their footprint at Portside with this Parisian bistro.
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RestaurantCucina Regina
33 William Street, Brisbane City
A sibling to the Gold Coast's Cucina Vivo and Sydney's Cucina Porto, Queen's Wharf's resident Italian eatery takes its cues from old-school trattorias.
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RestaurantDumbo
39 Hercules Street, Hamilton
Stacked burgers, dirty water dogs and fish sandos are on the menu at this Portside burger bar from the Red Hook crew.
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NewsComing Soon: Rumba Is the New Jazz-Heavy Cuban and Latin American Joint Taking Over Evita's Digs
The crew behind Lina Rooftop and Soko Rooftop is farewelling its Argentinian eatery — and unveiling a new cocktail- and platter-slinging spot in its place.
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NewsRené Redzepi's Acclaimed Noma Is Closing in 2024 to Become a Food Laboratory From 2025
Goodbye Noma 2.0, hello Noma 3.0, with the globally renowned Copenhagen restaurant set to turn into a test kitchen in its latest reinvention.
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NewsLune's Iced Vovo Cruffins Are Back to Help Start 2023 with Supremely Tasty Pastries
Also available from the cult-favourite croissanterie in January: coconut rough pain au chocolat, plus twice-baked almond frangipane and vanilla crème croissants.
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NewsGame, Set, Feast: Here's Which Chefs and Restaurants Are Popping Up at the 2023 Australian Open
Come for the tennis, stay for top-notch eats by Supernormal, Stokehouse, Nomad and more.
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NewsMelt Brothers Is Expanding Its Cheese Toastie Empire to Brisbane's North
Already serving up plenty of melted cheese in two CBD locations, the chain is now heading north to Chermside.
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GuideTen Must-Visit New Brisbane Restaurants That Opened Their Doors in 2022
These are the 2022 newcomers that you need to try — or revisit — as soon as you can.
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EventBig Gay Day
Sun, 4 May, 2025
The Wickham, Fortitude Valley
The Wickham's queer street festival is turning 25 with Peach PRC and The Presets leading the lineup.
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EventNew Order: Australian Tour 2025
Tue, 11 Mar, 2025
Riverstage, Brisbane
After their 2020 tour was cut short due to the pandemic, these music icons are returning Down Under.
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EventMargs-a-Million
Sun, 16 Mar, 2025
Southside Restaurant, South Brisbane
This returning margarita festival at Southside is pairing 'ritas, mariachi tunes, and a mezcal and tequila tasting station bites with whipped up with the Baja crew.
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EventMarch Into Margarita
Sat, 1 Mar - Mon, 31 Mar 2025
Fish Lane, South Brisbane
Fish Lane is dedicating the entire month of March to margaritas and marg-fuelled events.
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EventLiving Room Bar's Bar Swap Series: Maybe Sammy
Thu, 27 Feb, 2025
Living Room Bar, Brisbane City
This watering hole at W Brisbane is hosting bar swaps with other top spots for a sip, starting with a world-renowned Sydney favourite.
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EventFeel Good Program
Sat, 1 Mar - Thu, 1 May 2025
South Bank Parklands, Brisbane
Bend, stretch, splash and dance your way through spring at South Bank's free exercise classes.
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EventHSW Margarita Week
Thu, 20 Feb - Sun, 2 Mar 2025
Howard Smith Wharves Precinct, Brisbane City
Spend 11 days sipping margaritas by the river at Howard Smith Wharves, and tucking into Mexican-inspired dishes from Stanley Chef Louis Tikaram.
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EventCorteo — Cirque du Soleil
Thu, 18 Sep - Sun, 21 Sep 2025
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall
Focusing on a clown imagining his funeral procession, this dazzling hit filled with acrobatic wonders features the Montreal-based company's first-ever central stage setup.
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NewsBen & Jerry's Is Opening Its First Brisbane Scoop Shop and Giving Out Free Ice Cream to Celebrate
The American ice cream chain is finally launching a Brisbane outpost — and it's handing out vouchers for free scoops for 12 hours.
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GuideThe Most Popular Restaurants in Brisbane for 2022
These are the luxe sushi joints, Italian havens and messy seafood joints you flocked to this year.
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NewsNow Open: Sydney's Babylon Has Launched a 120-Seat Brisbane Restaurant by the River on Eagle Street
Before summer is out, the 400-square-metre eatery will also be joined by three levels of cascading bars and terraces.
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NewsThe Best Advice Ever: How Lune's Kate Reid Became Australia's Croissant Queen by Chasing the Perfect Pastry
We chatted with Lune founder Kate Reid about swapping one dream for another, launching a cookbook after ten years of making baked goods and learning not to be a control freak.
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NewsNight Feast Is the New Neon-Lit Food Market Coming to Brisbane Powerhouse Twice a Year From 2023
Debuting in March, it'll feature 20-plus gourmet food stalls, an open fire pit for roasting and a dedicated dessert bar, as well as art installations, DJs and live music.
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NewsBennett St Dairy Is Doing Supremely Festive Red Velvet and White Chocolate Cookie Dough
Helping you up your Christmas baking game, the limited-edition flavour is on sale at 900-plus Woolworths stores Australia-wide.
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NewsGPO Hotel's $7-Million-Plus Revamp Will Open in Early 2023 Complete with a New Food and Wine Venue
Sommelier Alan Hunter, also ex-General Manager of OTTO Brisbane, will oversee the new contemporary dining venue, with Richard Ousby as Executive Chef.
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NewsIppin Is the New 140-Seat Japanese Restaurant Opening in West End's West Village in April 2023
Perched in the second floor of West Village's Garden Pavilion, Ippin Japanese Dining marks the first Brisbane location for Sydney restaurateur Kenny Lee.
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NewsSydney's Josh and Julie Niland Just Scored the Game Changer Award From France's Prestigious La Liste
The French-based guide recognised the duo for changing "the way chefs use fish all over the world with [their] zero-waste 'fish butchery' approach".
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NewsNow Open: BOS Is Chef Adrian Richardson's New Meat-Heavy Brisbane Restaurant with a View
The Customs House end of Queen Street is now home to a luxe 120-seater eatery with a 'Cleaver Club' — and a champagne and cocktail terrace bar to come.
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NewsBabylon Brisbane Is Eagle Street's Soon-to-Open Three-Level Restaurant with Outdoor Bars and Terraces
From December, you'll have a new riverside Eastern Mediterranean-meets-Middle East place to eat — and from early 2023, Babylon Gardens will open with an almost 1000-person capacity.
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NewsFosh Is the New Hamptons-Inspired Riverside Seafood Restaurant Coming to Portside Wharf
Sprawling across 700 square metres, the new eatery is set to open in March 2023 after a $3-million fitout, and hails from the Opa crew.
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NewsDeliveroo Has Shut Up Shop in Australia — Effective Immediately
The delivery company has announced that it's wrapping up its Australian operations, entering administration.
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NewsKrispy Kreme Has Dropped a New Range of Doughnut-Inspired Christmas Biscuits for Dogs
This limited-edition lineup of festive 'doggie doughnuts' is made with carob and peanut butter, and comes decorated to suit the season.
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NewsNow Open: TGI Fridays' New Surfers Paradise Bar and Grill Is the Chain's First-Ever Beachside Venue
The American brand has launched its Australasian flagship store in the revamped Paradise Centre, complete with ocean views.
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NewsBOS Is Brisbane's New Meat-Centric Restaurant with River Views and a Soon-to-Open Champagne Terrace Bar
Acclaimed chef Adrian Richardson is behind this new 120-seat CBD spot, which is launching on Queen Street opposite Customs House.
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NewsNew Low-Cost Airline Bonza Will Serve Up an All-Australian In-Flight Menu (Including Craft Beer)
Passengers will be able to tuck into mid-flight banana bread waffles and a snag in a bag — and sip Your Mates, Ballistic and Spinifex beers, plus Heaps Normal's Quiet XPA.
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NewsPop-Up Japanese Joint Kumokumo Is Bringing Its Super-Fluffy Souffle Pancakes to Brisbane
These Instagram-worthy stacks come in black sugar boba, creme brûlée, biscoffee (yes, Biscoff and coffee cream), matcha cream and tiramisu flavours.
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NewsLune Has Just Dropped Its First-Ever Cookbook So You Can Make Its World-Famous Croissants At Home
The Melbourne-born croissant haven's founder Kate Reid has penned the ultimate tome for baking Lune's beloved flaky pastries — and a heap of its specials.
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NewsFood Mashup Fiends Harajuku Gyoza Are Now Serving Up Decadent Ferrero Rocher Dumplings
The Japanese chain has already done air cheesecakes and lemon meringue gyoza — and now it's dipping dumplings in chocolate and topped them with crushed hazelnuts.
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NewsMessina Is Releasing a Sticky Date and Toffee Pudding Trifle to Level Up Your Christmas Lunch
The festive season just got tastier — and it even comes topped with an edible white chocolate and coffee chocolate wreath.
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NewsColes Will Trial Its First Store-to-Door Grocery Deliveries via Drone in Southeast Queensland
If you live in Ormeau, Ormeau Hills and Yatala, you'll soon be able to get 500 grocery items flown to your home as part of a new store-to-door drone trial.
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NewsMaster of Aged Sushi Chef Kimura Is Taking Over Two Standout Sydney and Byron Bay Restaurants This November
Getting into his two Michelin-starred restaurant in Tokyo is almost impossible, so get a seat here while you can.
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NewsNewstead Supper Club Maggie May Is Your New Gloriously 70s-Inspired Go-To for Cocktails and All-Day Bites
Settling into The Defiant Duck's old digs, this Gasworks Plaza newcomer sports retro decor, and serves up baked stone fruit bruschetta, prawn rolls, s'mores, chocolate fondue and 'Saturday Night Fever' cocktails.
