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In the past decade Brisbane has transformed from a culinary backwater into a city full of inventive dining options. Top chefs have decamped to Brisbane's best eateries and are busy putting put a fresh subtropical spin on Modern Australian, pan-Asian, and Mediterranean cuisine.Imaginative dishes capitalize on abundant regional pr
In the past decade Brisbane has transformed from a culinary backwater into a city full of inventive dining options. Top chefs have decamped to Brisbane's best eateries and are busy putting put a fresh subtropical spin on Modern Australian, pan-Asian, and Mediterranean c
In the past decade Brisbane has transformed from a culinary backwater into a city full of inventive dining options. Top
In the past decade Brisbane has transformed from a culinary backwater into a city full of inventive dining options. Top chefs have decamped to Brisbane's best eateries and are busy putting put a fresh subtropical spin on Modern Australian, pan-Asian, and Mediterranean cuisine.
Imaginative dishes capitalize on abundant regional produce: fine fresh seafood—notably the local delicacy, the Moreton Bay bug (a sweet-fleshed crustacean)—premium steak, Darling Downs lamb, cheeses, macadamia nuts, avocados, olives, and fruit, matched with fine regional wines.
Most of the city's hip cafés, bars, and smart fine dining establishments are clustered in the CBD, West End, Fortitude Valley, New Farm, Teneriffe, and Petrie Terrace; you'll also find some excellent eateries in the riverfront South Bank precinct, and a smattering around the suburbs, particularly Rosalie, Paddington, Milton, Ascot and Woolloongabba. For terrific fresh seafood, head for Brisbane's bayside suburbs, such as Manly, Redcliffe, and Sandgate.
Typically, dining ambience is relaxed, seating is alfresco, and well-mannered children are welcomed.
Decked out in traditional woven kilims and Mediterranean lanterns, this Turkish restaurant is a treat for the senses, with its rich, generously portioned servings of contemporary Middle Eastern fare served among cozy nooks of candlelit tables and breezy views over West End.
Named after its previous life as an actual gun shop, this trendy West End café is the place to go for breakfast and brunch on weekends. Unfinished brick walls where guns once hung set the stage for an eclectic menu, coffee, and spicy chai tea with honey from the café's own rooftop bees. Dine around wooden tables near the open kitchen or request a seat out on the sidewalk to people-watch. Breakfast and lunch menus fuse Mediterranean and Asian flavors. Sister café in Toowong now open.
Housed inside the historic, Heritage-listed St. Luke's Cathedral, this elegant 24-hour pancake parlor is a Brisbane institution. Guests can take a seat in one of the Manor's converted church pew booths and chow down on a tempting menu of snacks, breakfasts, salads, steaks, and sweets beneath the building's grand redbrick arches. The bar downstairs has an all-day drinks menu of local and imported beers and wines; with its swift, attentive service, this is the place to venture when jet lag kicks in.
Combining a café, restaurant, three bars, and a beer garden, this hip Fortitude Valley establishment is as much worth a visit for its trendy design and upbeat vibe as it is for its hearty, locally sourced fare. Stylish young waiters slide between the various quirkily designed seating "houses," where your steak, burger, or salad may appear from beneath giant elephant wall art or collections of suspended vintage lanterns. Chefs work enthusiastically in open view of patrons, using only the finest ingredients and premium free range and organic meats. As the sun sets, the extensive cocktail menu comes out to play, with fresh, tropical flavors like Plantation Punch and Tiki Mai Tai making the perfect nightcap (or beginning!).
Set within a bustling complex of some of Brisbane's most popular restaurants, this gallery-café is famous for its beautiful, all-day desserts—including artfully designed sundaes, fruity tarts, sticky tortes, and a memorable white-chocolate raspberry brioche. The savory dining menu now includes interesting Mod Oz options served on tapas-inspired share plate stacks, as well as café-style fare. You can also take high tea here. The local Australian artwork displayed is refreshed every month and often for sale.
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