Freshies: Exciting and Vibrant New Brisbane Openings to Add to Your Must-Visit List
Discover your next favourite dish or drink at one of these fresh Brisbane haunts.

Freshies: Exciting and Vibrant New Brisbane Openings to Add to Your Must-Visit List
Everyone has a favourite restaurant and a go-to bar. They're the types of places you'll revisit again and again, and you always know you're in for a good time. But Brisbane and southeast Queensland's busy hospitality scene is always welcoming new venues — and new spots vying to rank among your trusty faves.
With 2022 almost behind us, Brisbane has well and truly embraced the year as it always does: delivering when it comes to all things boozy and delicious. The region is abuzz with new restaurants, reopened and revamped cafes, riverside pubs, and rooftop bars to while away your days and nights in. Yes, the list goes on. So call the apple of your eye and make a dinner date, or hop in the group chat and plan drinks with your best friends, because these newbies are all worth visiting.
Top image: Zennieshia Butts.
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SOKO Rooftop
Towering above the Jubilee Hotel, this luxe new 14th-floor restaurant and bar serves up Peruvian and Japanese cuisine.
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South City Wine
Woolloongabba has a new go-to for wines from around the world, French-inspired cocktails, steak frites, escargot, and lemon lime and bitter oysters.
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BrewDog Fortitude Valley
Not content with one Brisbane venue, BrewDog has opened a second River City location — a three-level Fortitude Valley beer bar on Brunswick Street.
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La Luna Beach Club
The Gold Coast is now home to Australia's first European-inspired floating beach club.
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Holey Moley Golf Club Chermside
You can now drink cocktails and play putt-putt at Chermside Shopping Centre, with Holey Moley opening its third Brisbane location.
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Comiskey Distillery
Eatons Hill just scored a new vodka, gin, rum, bourbon and whisky-making distillery — and it hosts workshops.
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TGI Fridays Surfers Paradise
Surfers Paradise is now home to the American bar and grill chain's first-ever beachside venue.
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Purple Palm
This Palm Springs-inspired garden bar in Woolloongabba features a ten-foot wall of gin.
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Maggie May
This Newstead supper club is Brisbane's gloriously 70s-inspired new go-to for cocktails and all-day bites.
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Wahlburgers Surfers Paradise
Mark Wahlberg's fast-food chain has finally brought its burgers — and Sunkist — to southeast Queensland.
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Riverbar & Kitchen
Watch the boats slink down the river with an ice-cold cocktail in hand.
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Superfly Disco
Fortitude Valley's new retro-style nightclub has set up its light-up dance floor in Alhambra Lounge's old digs.
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La Luna Dining
Cider mussels, lobster rolls and pineapple margaritas are on the menu at this Seaworld Drive restaurant, which is part of La Luna Beach Club.
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Booze
The Zoo crew has opened a bottle shop, takeaway pizza joint and coffee spot in Tym Guitars' old digs.
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Nosferatu Bar + Cafe
Nosferatu has opened a dog-friendly gin distillery, bar and cafe in a leafy Bowen Hills warehouse.
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Tillerman
Eagle Street just scored a new holiday-style seafood restaurant and bar with killer river views from the Naga Thai team.
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El Camino Cantina Surfers Paradise
The Tex Mex chain's 250-seat Surfers Paradise joint is its first with beach views — and a breakfast menu.
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Ramona Trattoria
Coorparoo's new casual Italian eatery features a menu that changes monthly.
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Maniax Gold Coast
The Viking-themed axe-throwing chain has opened its second Queensland venue on the Gold Coast.
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Yamas Greek & Drink
Oysters with ouzo, lobster from the tank and cotton candy-topped spritzes are all on the menu at this new West End eatery.
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Lune Croissanterie Brisbane CBD
What's better than one Lune Croissanterie in Brisbane? Two, including a CBD outpost in Burnett Lane.
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T'ang Court
Michelin-starred Cantonese restaurant T'ang Court has opened an Australian outpost on the Gold Coast.
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Mews
Howard Smith Wharves' resident hotel is now home to a new street art-filled restaurant.
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Coast Beach Bar & Kitchen
Surfers Paradise just scored a glam new dining spot with uninterrupted ocean views.
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Casa Chow
This new pastel-hued Woolloongabba eatery serves up Chinese Peruvian dishes, and hails from the Sasso Italiano crew.
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Besitos
When night falls each Thursday, Friday and Saturday, this Bulimba restaurant takes over Bellissimo's Oxford Street digs.
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Summa House
This boozy garden hangout has taken over X Cargo's old Fortitude Valley digs.
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Doughcraft
Albion is now home to a new European-style bakery serving up Nutella-filled cruffins and raclette.
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Butler Wine Bar
The Lune Croissanterie crew has opened its first-ever wine bar, setting up shop next door to its South Brisbane bakery.
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Sushi Room
Hailing from the team behind Hellenika and SK Steak & Oyster, James Street's new Japanese fine-diner serves up caviar rolls and wasabi cocktails.
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The Lodge Bar & Dining
New Zealand clothing label Rodd & Gunn has opened a luxe new bar and restaurant on James Street.
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Isoletto Pool Club
The Star Gold Coast is now home to a sixth-level pool club with a bar and eatery — and views out over Broadbeach.
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KaiKai Chicken Springwood
This poultry buffet restaurant chain has opened a second venue, giving Brisbanites twice as many spots to head to for bottomless chook pieces (and booze).
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Kickin'Inn Spring Hill
Saucy seafood by the bag has landed in Spring Hill thanks to this Cajun-inspired eatery — and cutlery is very much optional.
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Lisboa Caffe
This market and cafe favourite has opened its own bricks-and-mortar Portuguese custard tart bakery in South Brisbane.
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Stranded Bar
Open five nights a week, this newcomer serves up a mezcal and tequila-heavy drinks menu, plus piña colada panna cotta.
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Stratton Bar and Kitchen
Serving up cacio e pepe udon and cheeseburger bloody marys next to The Triffid, this new bar and eatery hails from Mrs Brown’s Bar & Kitchen owners Ben and Tarryn Brown.
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Milksha Albert St
This bubble tea favourite has opened in the Brisbane CBD, pouring a menu that stars fresh milk and honey-cooked tapioca pearls.
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Patina at Alumni Court
A sibling to Patina at Customs House, this new St Lucia spot serves up yuzu oysters, ora king salmon tartare and espresso martini souffles in leafy surroundings.
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Revel Brewing Co Rivermakers
Brisbane’s eastside has a new beer-drinking go-to — a second venue for this local brewery, complete with shady umbrellas, fairy lights, and karaage chicken and burgers on the menu.
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Lina Rooftop
South Brisbane is now home to this 1500-square-metre beach club-inspired rooftop bar with a 30-metre infinity pool.
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Veneziano Coffee West End
This Montague Road spot has reopened after renovations — and now lets you watch coffee roasting in action as you get your caffeine fix.
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Kurtosh West End
The Central European-inspired pastry joint is known for its nutella-filled, cylindrical-shaped kürtőskalács, and also serves up burekas, brandy balls and cakes by the slab.
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Anita Gelato
The international chain has opened in West Village's old Peters Ice Cream Factory.
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Bribie Island Hotel
Following a $2.2 million revamp, this refurbed hotel now boasts a big fairy light-lit beer garden.