Brisbane Has Scored Its Own Isoletto Pool Club So You Can Splash and Sip Seven Levels Up at Queen's Wharf
The one catch: if you're keen to hit up the three infinity pools, then tuck into the resort-style menu and knock back cocktails, you'll need to be a guest at The Star Grand Hotel.
Brisbane might be situated on the opposite side of the globe to the Amalfi Coast; however, as if you're eager for a local staycation, you can now spend your days lazing around a pool bar like you're in southern Italy. In the latest addition to the Queen's Wharf precinct, The Star Grand Hotel is now home to the Isoletto Pool Club. If the name sounds familiar, that's because there's one at The Star Gold Coast — but Brisbane has scored its very own, complete with three infinity pools.
From Saturday, April 12, 2025, splashes and sips seven levels up await — with the catch that you need to be a guest of the 340-room hotel to head by. That's the same on the Goldie, too, so consider that fact motivation to spend a night or several living the vacation life without travelling far.
You'll find the Brisbane Isoletto Pool Club and its year-round summer vibes on the Queen's Wharf hotel's leisure deck, where the trio of pools take up 527 square metres combined, the view will have you peering both over the river and at the sunset, and a resort-style feel guides both the food menu and the cocktail list. Also part of the leisure deck for folks staying at the hotel: a gymnasium, sauna and steam room.
If you're all about having a swim once you've checked in, you'll be able to do so from 6am–9pm daily in warm waters no matter the season. While Brisbane doesn't get particularly cold even in winter, all three pools are heated. Two will hit 28 degrees as the temperature drops around it, with the swim-up spa pool staying at 32 degrees.
Prefer to pick a sun lounge and camp out all day? You can order your bites and drinks from there, whether you're tucking into burrata, Mooloolaba prawn cocktails, club sandwiches or Roman-style pizzas — or margaritas, martinis, a fruit tingle cocktail, another boozy concoction inspired by Toblerones, wine, beer, mocktails or other non-alcoholic choices. The bar and cafe operates from 11am–5pm daily.
Given there's three pools to choose from, you can also opt between sitting completely in the sun, a semi-sheltered space and being entirely undercover.
Find Isoletto Pool Club at The Star Brisbane, Queens Wharf Road, Brisbane, from Saturday, April 12, 2025, open from 6am–9pm daily — for further information, head to the venue's website.
