Layla at Night Feast

Overview

Brisbane's Night Feast is back, featuring a star-studded lineup of culinary icons paired with art interventions and live performances. In 2025, Layla — Shane Delia's first Queensland restaurant — is set to make an attention-grabbing debut at the event, serving a mix of signature Middle Eastern-inspired favourites and festival bites alongside a special Night Feast exclusive.

Transporting some of the restaurant's most-loved dishes from its home at the Thomas Dixon Centre to the festival's month-long home at Brisbane Powerhouse, diners can expect Layla's Moroccan-spiced habibi butter chicken, and Turkish-style beef manti dumplings with yoghurt, burnt-butter mushroom XO and spiced sausage.

Meanwhile, smaller options span butter chicken loaded fries, smoked hummus with chermoula and chickpeas, grilled flatbread, and baby cos lettuce salad with carrots, harissa and tomato slaw. On the drinks front, sip on curated cocktails like the Mango Spice Crush or the Moroccan Bubble Mojito, alongside by-the-glass local and international wines.

Yet, if you're keen for something with a little more heat, Layla has a new creation that embodies the restaurant's culinary ethos and inspiration — gunpowder fried calamari with cashew and curry leaves. "We're excited to bring Layla to Brisbane's Night Feast for the first time and share bold, vibrant flavours of the exotic spice trail," says Delia.