Rosé Garden at Customs House

Overview

If pink drinks are your favourite beverages to sip — and basking in stunning river views is your favourite way to spend an afternoon, too — then a waterside date filled with tipples by Brisbane's ol' brown snake should definitely be in your future. That's all on the agenda at Customs House, which is celebrating the warmer weather by turning its terrace into a Whispering Angel and Moet & Chandon-pouring pop-up rosé garden.

It's the Queen Street venue's latest seasonal makeover, and it comes complete with domes boasting greenery and flowers aplenty (with pops of pink, of course) for you and your mates to hang out in — while peering at the river and knocking back a range of beverages.

The drinks list heroes the rosé — sparkling, flat and in creative concoctions — but it isn't the only thing on the menu. You can also enjoy white and red wine, beer and peach seltzers. And those cocktails? One pairs sparkling rosé with elderflower liqueur, lemon, rhubarb bitters and strawberry; another goes with tequila, cointreau, elderflower liqueur again, blood orange, lime and orange bitters; and a third features vodka, lemon, blackberry and basil.

Open throughout spring from Friday, September 6, 2024, with the bar operating from Thursday–Sunday, the pop-up is also serving up a selection of bites to line your stomach. Customs House's beloved Moreton Bay bug croissant is back, as it is every time these gardens return. Or, there's oysters, caviar with blinis, wagyu tartare, mac 'n' cheese croquettes, duck liver parfait and sweet potato empanadas — and, to match all the rosé, a heap of cheeses.

The garden is also putting on high tea on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, catering to two–six people for $100 a head for 90-minute seatings in the domes.