Corbett And Claude Brisbane Cbd

Corbett and Claude is a charming and very cool laneway bar and eatery in Brisbane’s CBD that pays homage to the historic Corbett Chambers building whose basement it occupies.

One time hub of the Commercial Traveller’s Association, the building was designed by prominent Brisbane architect William Claude Chambers, who was behind other iconic Brisbane buildings including Perry House and Finney Isles & Co Building, and who created it as a HQ and clubhouse for commercial travellers.

Today Corbett and Claude makes a splendid convivial retreat for today’s weary traveller, shopper and city worker – an ambient high-ceilinged subterranean dining space with arched brick windows, central tiled bar, open kitchen and lounge nook – in lieu of the ‘handsome dining hall and bar’ that once accommodated travellers on the floor above.

In the long-held traveller’s spirit of connecting over food and drinks, the thoroughly modern food menu is designed to share and revolves around delicious wood-fired pizzas, rustic pasta dishes and delicious comfort plates such as Mrs D’s Crispy Chicken Bites with Chipotle Aioli, Bacon & Cheese Arancini, Caulifower Bites or Burrata with house-made truffle honey & focaccia.

A selection of pasta dishes includes Spaghetti Carbonara, Bolognese Ragu, Truffle Mushroom Gnocchi, Chicken Alfredo, Lasagne Bolgonese and Salsciccia (penne pasta, Italian sausage and pancetta in aurora sauce - a blend of tomato sauce and cream).

And don’t leave Corbett and Claude without trying one of their signature gourmet pizzas, such as The Harvest (Napoletana sauce with fior di latte mozzarella, artichokes, roasted pumpkin and zucchini, caramelised onion, black olives and basil oil); The Farmer (smokey barbecue sauce with fior di latte mozzarella, crispy chicken bites, red onion, chipotle aioli & parsley); and The Forager (Fior di latte mozzarella, sliced mushroom, crispy prosciutto, parmesan and lashings of truffle oil).

In addition there are salads such as Chicken Abundance Bowl and Caesar Salad and for Dessert, there's Tiramisu, Affogato or Lemon & Marscapone Parfait.
Corbett and Claude is also one of the city’s best small bars, with a small selection of wine and beer on tap, draught beer from local boutique breweries including Green Beacon, Newstead Brewing Co, Byron’s Stone and Wood, 4 Pines Kolsch and Corbett and Claude’s own house lager.

Bottled craft beers come from both local breweries (Green Beacon Pale Ale) and further afield including Kosciusko Pale Ale, Mornington IPA while cider is Broderick Apple Cider. As well as the Skuttlebutt and Wither Hills wines on tap, the small select wine list incorporates whites from WA, Vic, SA and NZ and Sparkling wine from the Loire Valley, Yarra Valley, French champagne and Italian Prosecco.

A small boutique range of spirits include Spiced Rum (Sailor Jerry’s, Black Cockatoo Coconut and Kraken Black Spiced Rum), Whiskey (Monkey Shoulder, Ballentines Scotch & Jamieson's Iriah), Vodka (Nosferatu, Grey Goose and Belverdere), Gin (Beefeater Pink, Giselle Pavlova, Nosferatu Blood Orange),Tequila (Olmeca Gold Reposado & 1800 Anejo), Bourbon, Apperitifs and Digestifs.

Corbett and Claude’s cocktails are a real treat, coming served in an eclectic range of retro enamel cups and tall glasses. Try one of the house signatures such as the Ping Pong Martini (lychee martini with vodka, lime, lychee juice & syrup & dash of passionfruit liqueur); Aviation (violet liqueur, Massenez Maraschino liqueur, lemon juice and Nosferatu pavlova gin). Lychee Cosmo (Pink gin, lychee liqueur, lychee syrup, lime juice, cranberry and apple) or Salted Caramel Martini.