Rise Le Restaurant

Rise Le Restaurant is a gorgeous contemporary French brasserie overlooking Breakfast Creek in Newstead, located in the space that it shares with Rise Bakery on the ground floor of the Mercedes Benz building.

By the owners of Rise Bakery in Hamilton, the riverfront restaurant features a covered waterfront terrace with elegant seating and an industrial chic indoor dining room with water views and soaring ceilings.

Seating options include cosy intimate white leather booths with tiny golden lamps on the outdoor terrace or a mix of booths, banquetttes and Parisian cafe style chairs inside.

The go-to for everything from morning to evening, for brunch, lunch, dinner and drinks, Rise Le Restaurant is the ideal destination for all occasions.

One of Brisbane's most ambient spots for dinner, diners can choose from an impressive a la carte menu, which mixes French tradition with modern creativity, or a selection of 3 banquets (min. 2 guests) - La 'Terre' Meat Banquet, 'La degustation' 5-course Tasting Menu; or 'La Mer' Seafood Banquet.

For snacks and shares there's Bloody Mary mignonette oysters; half shell raw scallop crudo with stone fruit; and Wagyu tartare tartlet with comte custard & Brazil nut; or whipped goat cheese, tomato & pickled onion tartlet.

Must-try is the coral trout croissant slider with sauce gribiche and the exquisite Cold Seafood Stand, with scallop crudo, oysters natural and dressed and yellowfin tuna tartare. Meanwhile for entree, delicious choices include local king prawns with savagnin butter; and Wagyu pastrami with Lyonnaise & pickled courgettes.

For mains, it's hard to go past the Lobster baked orzo with thermidor sauce (which is also available for brunch!); while other choices include steak frites with Cafe de Paris sauce; and beef cheek 'bourgignon' with pearl onion, speck & pomme puree. There's also 'large plates' such as half or whole rotisserie chicken with aged comte polenta & tarragon sauce; and Fish of the Day, beer-battered and served with house tartare sauce.

As for drinks, Rise Le Restaurant offers a creative cocktail list with a French twist, ranging from French Martini (vodka, creme de mure & pineapple juice); Kir Royal (creme de cassis & sparkling wine); to signature Old Fashioned (croissant-infused bourbon & orange bitters) and black raspberry margarita.

The carefully-curated wine list features a mix of French and Australian wines; and for beer drinkers there's French, Belgian. Italian, German beer & Australian craft beer tap. There's also an extensive selection of spirits as well as Apperifs and Digestifs, along with a smattering of non-alcoholic wine and mocktails. Coffee and Tavalon tea are also available.

Good to know - Rise Le restaurant also serves breakfast (including French toast with dulce caramelized cremeux, Eggs Benedict, avocado smash toast and Croquette Madame) and one of Brisbane's most elegant brunches, with dishes such as grilled garlic Mooloolaba prawn toast, heirloom tomato carpaccio with goat curd or lobster baked orzo with Thermidor sauce, along with a Dessert Cart.

Need to know - There is off-street parking available in the Mercedes Benz Building and on-street parking nearby.

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