The Best Rooftop Bars in and Around Brisbane
Here's where to head in and around Brisbane when you want to enjoy a cocktail skyward.
There's a certain entrancing quality to Brisbane's best rooftop bars. Whether it's drinking at altitude, the fresh air on your face or the sun beating down on your vitamin D-deficient skin, these beguiling openair beauties consistently draw you in. Thankfully, Brisbane has more than a couple that'll help you make the most of the city's weather — and all year round, too.
This list is a collection of Brisbane's best rooftop bars and pubs that have put their towering real estate to good use. There are old faces, recent additions and places that you might have forgotten. From a South Bank oasis complete with fluffy stools to a sky-high pool bar in CBD, and including a soaring brewery, Queen's Wharf's Sky Deck and plenty of riverside vistas, too, these rooftops are pulling out all the stops. And, we're glad — cocktails taste infinitely better skyward in fancy surrounds.
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Image: Fiume.
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BarCicada Blu
33 William Street, Brisbane City
This sky-high Brisbane cocktail spot sits 100 metres above the city on Queen's Wharf's Sky Deck.
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BarFiume Rooftop Bar
5 Boundary Street, Brisbane City
Peer over the river, hang out on daybeds by the pool and sip cocktails — all on Crystalbrook Vincent's rooftop.
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BarLina Rooftop
80 Tribune Street, South Brisbane
This 1500-square-metre beach club-inspired bar with a 30-metre infinity pool sits on a South Brisbane rooftop.
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BarValley Hops Brewing
641 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley
Towering above Ann Street, this sky-high leafy oasis pairs Valley-brewed beers with pizzas, skewers and cheeseboards.
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BarOoh La La Rooftop
611 Stanley Street, Woolloongabba
C'est Bon has launched a sky-high new addition, serving up oysters, duck liver parfait eclairs, hot whisky cocktails and city views.
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BarIris Rooftop
458 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley
The Mediterranean-inspired venue is the latest addition to Brunswick Street's new Hotel X.
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BarSOKO Rooftop
7 Symes Street, Fortitude Valley
Towering above the Jubilee Hotel, this luxe 14th-floor restaurant and bar serves up Peruvian and Japanese cuisine.
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BarThe Terrace
267 Grey Street, South Brisbane
A rooftop bar and dining terrace atop South Bank's Emporium Hotel.
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BarCielo Rooftop
209 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley
Sit on a rooftop, peer over Fortitude Valley and sip cocktails curated by one of Australia's best bars.
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BarSumma House
43 McLachlan Street, Fortitude Valley
This boozy garden hangout has taken over X Cargo's old Fortitude Valley digs.
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BarHibiscus Room
72 Queen Street, Brisbane City
Perched above the Queen Street Mall, this rooftop bar pairs cocktails, 70s- and 80s-inspired dishes, tropical decor and poolside hangs.
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BarMaya Mexican
757 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley
Pair sweeping city views with mezcal cocktails and next-level Mexican fare.
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BarTropic Vice
2215 Gold Coast Highway, Mermaid Beach
Seafood-heavy dishes, boozy slushies and salted caramel espresso martinis are a big feature at this Gold Coast rooftop spot with California-meets-Florida vibes.
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BarIsoletto Pool Club
1 Casino Drive, Broadbeach
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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BarBli Bli Hotel
310 David Low Way, Bli Bli
The three-level pub's Mediterranean-inspired rooftop terrace is your new Sunshine Coast drinks spot.
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BarCali Beach
21a Elkhorn Avenue, Surfers Paradise
Sprawling across a 5000-square-metre space, this Surfers Paradise spot includes four pools and multiple bars.
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BarThe Exhibitionist Bar
135 Bundall Road, Surfers Paradise
Check out the Gold Coast's new art gallery, then peer over Surfers Paradise at its sky-high rooftop bar.
