Brisbane's Most Popular Restaurants of 2017
The new openings and old favourites you flocked to this year.
Whether you're craving a big bowl of ramen or pasta out of a wheel of cheese, Brisbane has just what you're looking for. From old favourites to new hotspots, this fair city of ours knows how to cater to your stomach's every whim.
That's what you went searching for in 2017, and these are the results. Our most-viewed restaurants and cafes of the year provide a snapshot of your recent faves and a roadmap of places to visit (either for the first time or the fifth). Mosey along to one, head back to your pick of the bunch and say cheers to Brisbane's most popular dining dens as chosen by your busyclicking fingers. Use this list to plan your first 2018 meals.
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Il Verde
2 King Street, Bowen Hills
All pasta everywhere should be dunked in a gigantic wheel of cheese.
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Restaurant
Burger Time 69 - CLOSED
190 Oxford Street, Bulimba
We'll forgive the bad name for the fact they serve haloumi fries.
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Italian Street Kitchen
Shop B1–B2 Gasworks Plaza, Skyring Terrace, Newstead
A winning combo of pasta, pizza and Italian snacks — all for under $20 a dish.
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Cafe
Mr Bunz - CLOSED
Shop 1A, 168 Adelaide Street, Brisbane
Quick, tasty, fluffy and crunchy baos aplenty.
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Cafe
Milk Box Coffee & Tuckshop - CLOSED
170 Alfred Street, Fortitude Valley
A shipping container cafe doing coffee and quick breakfasts and lunches.
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Bird's Nest Yakitori Bar
702 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley
Step off the streets of Fortitude Valley and into this little slice of Japan.
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Mizu
2 Macquarie Street, Teneriffe
With a menu that's designed to share, this Japanese joint is made for groups of mates and families looking to treat themselves.
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Mrs Luu's Vietnamese Canteen
Shop 13, Southpoint, Corner Grey And Streets, South Brisbane
Cheap and healthy Vietnamese comes to South Bank.
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Harajuku Gyoza Fortitude Valley - CLOSED
394 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley
Home of dessert gyoza and that raindrop cake.
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Restaurant
Junk - CLOSED
Shop 11-12, Little Stanley Street, South Brisbane
The brains behind Donut Boyz and Hello Harry are putting gyoza in bao because they can.
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Pawpaw Asian Kitchen
Shop 6, 1534 Wynnum Road, Tingalpa
Woolloongabba's Asian cafe has come to Tingalpa.
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Cafe
Street Lab Specialty Coffee - CLOSED
1000A Ann Street, Fortitude Valley
Emporium's coffee spot serves up more than just a caffeine fix.