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West End Bars

A guide to the best bars in West End, Brisbane's happening inner city suburb, including craft breweries, cocktails bars, rooftops, a tiki bar, gin gardens and a quirky entertainment bar:

Courtyard seating outside Covent Garden, West End
West End
Covent Garden
Covent Garden is a splendid botanical-themed bar and eatery with tropical rear garden in a colonial West End store
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The Montague Hotel West End
West End
The Montague Hotel
Montague Hotel is a neighbourhood West End pub, reincarnated from an old office block off the beaten track on Montague Rd.
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Entrance to Lokal + Co West End
West End
Lokal + Co
Lokal + Co is an inviting oasis of Nordic cool and was the first place in Brisbane to offer Norwegian-inspired cuisine
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Laneway leading to Brisbane Brewing Co West End
West End
Brisbane Brewing Co
Brisbane's secret inner city craft brewery and bar is Brisbane Brewing Co. tucked away down a West End laneway
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West End
Cobbler Bar
Cobbler is the type of bar that you frequently look for but never find – a cool New York loft-style whisky and cocktail lounge
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West End
Jungle Bar
Gilligan’s island meets Blue Hawaii at Jungle tiki bar, the West End oasis where the lost world of the Pacific south seas can be found alive and kicking.
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Barman mixing drinks at bar insideThe End Bar in Brisbane's West End
West End
The End
This cosy industrial chic bar in West End is a local favourite
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Lychee Lounge bar interior including chandelier and seating
West End
Lychee Lounge
Lychee Lounge is a stunningly opulent east meets west cocktail bar on West End's main drag
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Leather chairs and books on shelves inside Archive Beer Boutique bar in Brisbane's West End
West End
Archive Beer Boutique
A splendid leather bound book and newspaper lined lounge within which to hang and sample a bounty of craft beers
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