Winter Chalet at Customs House
Spend winter sipping champagne while eating Moreton Bay bug croissants and baked whole brie in igloos by the river.
Overview
It never gets all that cold in Brisbane. It doesn't snow, for instance. Still, it's fun to pretend that it's frostier than it is. One way to do exactly that: the Winter Chalet pop-up at Customs House, which sets up igloos and wintry decor by the river each year.
It's the Queen Street venue's regular seasonal makeover when the mercury drops, and it comes complete with see-through domes for you and your mates to hang out in — while getting cosy under faux-fur blankets, peering at the river and knocking back a range of Veuve Clicquot tipples. Or, if you'd prefer cocktails for your chalet-style waterside hangs, the Clicquot sidecar, espresso martinis, negronis and Tommy's margaritas are on offer.
Open Tuesdays–Sundays weekly from Tuesday, May 13 until the end of winter for 2025, the pop-up is also serving up a selection to line your stomach. Dining is available from Tuesday–Thursday, as is a winter high tea. The first costs $160 per person and the second $105 per person, both for two–six people.
Opt for dinner and you'll be tucking into wagyu beef tartare, pork belly, potato gnocchi and wood-smoked buffalo mozzarella, among other options. For high tea, bites include smoked salmon and caviar waffle sandwiches, curried lobster brioche, vanilla cream cheese scones and Baileys mousse petit fours. Both packages come with a glass of Veuve Clicquot NV.
The site is operating as a chalet bar Friday–Sunday, too — for dome bookings from $75 per person, and also just hanging about. That's where the always-popular half Moreton Bay bug croissants come in, as well as duck liver parfait, burrata arancini, and baked whole brie.
Images: Markus Ravik.
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