All of the New Brisbane Openings That You Need to Add to Your Must-Visit List in 2024

Discover your next favourite dish or drink at one of these fresh Brisbane haunts.
Sarah Ward
Published on August 23, 2024
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    Club Félix

    33 Felix Street, Brisbane City

    Make an after-hours date for cocktails and wagyu cheeseburgers at this supper club inside Felix Street's revived Naldham House.

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    Naldham House

    33 Felix Street, Brisbane City

    This heritage-listed CBD site is back after an eye-catching revamp — and it's serving up Euro-style dishes, plus drinks on the terrace.

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    Pawn & Co Brisbane

    680 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley

    Fortitude Valley is now home to a cocktail bar that's also a pawn shop and a perfumery — all in Laruche's old digs.

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    Enigma

    299 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley

    This Fortitude Valley nightclub from the Maggie May, Lefty's Music Hall and Retro's crew takes its cues from Ibiza, Miami and Las Vegas.

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    Little Miss Sunshine

    80 Ann Street, Brisbane City

    This Brisbane brewery and bistro pours its own beers — and makes them — on Ann Street in the city's CBD.

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    Supernormal Brisbane

    443 Queen Street, Brisbane City

    Andrew McConnell has expanded his Melbourne restaurant to Brisbane, bringing its lobster rolls and Asian-influenced dishes to a prime riverside location.

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    Hijinx Hotel Mt Gravatt

    Kessels Road, Upper Mount Gravatt

    Test your puzzling skills over cocktails at this challenge room bar, which features a ball pit, UV basketball and a claw machine quiz.

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    Holey Moley Golf Club Mt Gravatt

    Kessels Road, Upper Mount Gravatt

    You'll find Brisbane's fourth OTT Holey Moley mini-golf bar at Mt Gravatt, in a 350-person precinct alongside Hijinx Hotel.

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    Hey Caddy South Bank

    275 Grey Street, South Brisbane

    This golf-loving South Bank venue boasts a 12-hole indoor mini-golf course, a golf simulator and a bar.

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    Bar Miette

    443 Queen Street, Brisbane City

    Andrew McConnell's hospitality empire has arrived in Brisbane with this Euro-leaning terrace cafe and wine bar.

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    Cloudland Garden Restaurant

    641 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley

    Fifteen years after setting up shop on Ann Street, this Fortitude Valley venue has turned its ground floor into a restaurant.

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    Calida Argentinian

    164C Grey Street, South Brisbane

    This sizzling Latin American steakhouse in South Bank serves up everything from empanadas and bistec tartar to pressed beef short ribs.

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    Petite

    Ann Street, Fortitude Valley

    The Happy Boy and Snack Man crew has extended its footprint on East Street with this French restaurant and wine bar.

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    The Sporting Globe x 4 Pines Surfers Paradise

    Surfers Paradise Boulevard, Surfers Paradise

    This 1000-person brewpub has taken over the old Hard Rock Cafe in Surfers Paradise, swapping a giant guitar for the Gold Coast's largest island bar.

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    Lucky Egg Fried Chicken

    27 Warner Street, Fortitude Valley

    This chook-slinging favourite is back at The Brightside four nights a week, whether you're keen for a bite in the beer garden or a takeaway feed.

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    Two Yolks

    179 Grey Street, South Brisbane

    This Burleigh-born burger joint has opened its first Brisbane outpost, slinging burgs from breakfast till dinner.

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    Riva Kitchen & Events

    285 MacArthur Avenue, Hamilton

    If you're after cruisy breakfasts, brunches and lunches with a view, you'll find them at Northshore Brisbane's airy riverside eatery.

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    Uncle Don Woolloongabba

    148 Logan Road, Woolloongabba

    This Japanese chain has expanded its donburi empire with a new eatery at Woolloongabba's South City Square.

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    Fatcow on James St

    10 James Street, Fortitude Valley

    Wagyu tasting boards and booths with floor-to-ceiling curtains await at this relocated and revamped steakhouse, a past Eagle Street Pier favourite.

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    Longwang

    144 Edward Street, Brisbane City

    Tuck into modern-Asian dishes in a CBD spot on Edward Street that was previously a void between two buildings.

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    Emme

    22 James Street, Fortitude Valley

    You'll find this woodfired eatery serving up a Jordanian- and Moroccan-inspired menu in Spoon Deli Cafe's old James Street digs.

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    Toby's Estate Coffee Roasters Brisbane

    33 Longland Street, Newstead

    This brand's Brisbane flagship cafe features an espresso bar, filter bar and training bar — and pours 80 different types of coffee each year.

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    Fonzie Abbott Newstead

    20 Ross Street, Newstead

    This caffeine-slinging chain is now pouring coffees at its fourth Brisbane venue, an espresso bar and roastery in Newstead.

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    Ramen Danbo Pimpama

    62-68 Pimpama Jacobs Well Road, Pimpama

    Australia's first ramen drive-thru, which is located halfway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast, will get you slurping noodles without leaving your car.

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    New Farm Seafood

    85 Merthyr Road, New Farm

    This Merthyr Village fish-slinging kitchen and fresh market will let you settle in for bug rolls and grilled barramundi, or take a fresh catch home.

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    The Rose & Crown

    275 Grey Street, South Brisbane

    South Bank's new London-inspired pub has taken over Little Big House's old digs on Grey Street.

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    Izakaya and Ramen Taro's

    480 Queen Street, Brisbane City

    This beloved Japanese chain's Queen Street eatery is now a ramen joint by day and a food-focused izakaya at night.

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    Brighton Hotel

    196 Brighton Terrace, Brighton

    Located 20 minutes from Brisbane, this northside pub has undergone a revamp, adding a new beer garden and bistro.

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    Doughcraft Mary Street

    181 Mary Street, Brisbane City

    The European bakery and deli has launched a second outpost in the Brisbane CBD — and it's also a wine bar.

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    Cooee Cafe & Restaurant

    1825 Creek Road, Cannon Hill

    This 200-seat Cannon Hill spot for a caffeine fix, bite and cocktail is part of Minnippi Golf & Range, Brisbane's first public golf course in more than 70 years.

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    Dapl

    200 Creek Street, Spring Hill

    Located inside Brisbane's Amora Hotel, this restaurant heroes native Australian ingredients.

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    Bar Rocco

    131 Leicester Street, Coorparoo

    This Italian osteria in Coorparoo is a sibling venture to Ashley-Maree Kent's Ramona Trattoria next door.

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    Como

    119 Melbourne Street, South Brisbane

    This modern Italian restaurant in South Brisbane takes its cues from Lake Como.

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    Beenleigh Artisan Distillery Restaurant

    142 Distillery Road, Eagleby

    Beenleigh's heritage-listed 140-year-old rum distillery is home to an 80-seat restaurant.

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    Pink Flamingo Spiegeland Brisbane

    98 Bincote Street, Hamilton

    For seven years — until it needs to make way for Brisbane's Olympics preparations — Northshore Hamilton is home to a 400-seat riverside cabaret club.

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    Maniax Brisbane CBD

    Burnett Lane, Brisbane City

    This second Brisbane site for the axe-throwing chain comes with a Viking-themed bar — and will get you hurling hatchets on Adelaide Street.

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    Lost Souls Karaoke

    186 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley

    Mash buttons next door at Netherworld, then hit up this underworld-themed karaoke bar to belt out a tune over drinks.

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    Kenilworth Island Bakery

    3 First Avenue, Bongaree

    The beloved bakery finally has an outpost closer to Brisbane serving its famed coffee- and hot chocolate-filled doughnuts.

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    Kirra Beach House

    4 Marine Parade, Coolangatta

    Part of the Kirra Point Precinct, this oceanfront drinking and dining spot boasts cabanas, cocktail bars and a seafood barbecue area.

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    The Belvedere

    Oxley Avenue, Woody Point

    Woody Point's 122-year-old pub has relaunched after a $10-million-plus redevelopment.

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    Lagoon Beach Club

    Manor Circle, Sanctuary Cove

    Looking for a poolside bite and sip? InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort now has you covered.

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    Kirra Beach Hotel

    2 Marine Parade, Coolangatta

    This Gold Coast favourite returned in late 2023 after a three-year absence — and now sprawls across 1300 square metres.

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