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Terrace seating beside garden Rich & Rare, West End

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Best Restaurants in West End

A guide to 25 + of the best restaurants in West End

A guide to 25 + of the best restaurants in West End

Discover the best restaurants for all budgets in West End, Brisbane. The bohemian inner southside suburb is something of a foodie's mecca, with Boundary Street, one of Brisbane's best Eat Streets, lined with affordable multicultural eateries and West Village, Brisbane's most beautiful dining precinct, nestled in the garden - fringed surrounds of the historic Peter's Ice-Cream Factory.

Whether you're after an upmarket steakhouse, Thai or Japanese restaurant for that special occasion or a quick bite to eat, be it Mexican, Greek, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Latin American, Italian, Eastern European, African or Vietnamese, you'll find it here in West End, Brisbane's biggest melting pot of cuisines. And venture to the far reaches and you'll be rewarded with hidden indie gems like Gum Bistro.

Seating at night outside Yamas Greek + Drink West Village

Yamas Greek + Drink

This stunning Greek restaurant and bar is located in the charming West Village precinct

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Boundary St West End

The eclectic main street of boho West End is a culinary delight with a host of multicultural eateries, funky bars and cool cafes

Ippin Japanese Dining West End interior

Ippin Japanese Dining

Ippin Japanese Dining is a stunning fine diner taking Japanese cuisine to the next level

Lilong West End

A lively Shanghai-style street food dining hall located in the refurbished heritage-listed Soda Factory

Entrance to Ichiban Sushi, West Village

One of a kind, Ichiban Sushi is a cool Japanese eatery with a huge variety of meals and drinks, that is also BYO

Italian Street Kitchen

Italian Street Kitchen

Italian Street Kitchen brings traditional Italian street food with a contemporary twist to West Village, West End

People dining at tables outside Lefkas Taverna West End

The quintessential Greek taverna, perched high on a hill in the original heartland of Brisbane's Greek community

Exterior facade of Thalassina, West End

Thalassina Seafood

An old school Greek fish'n'chip shop has made its home in an historic West End shop

Verandah at Latin Manna West End

This quirky colourful Colombian restaurant is located in an old West End cottage

Tables and chairs inside and outside Mama Taco West End

Mama Taco is a cool, contemporary Mexican Taqueria & Mezcaleria nestled in the historic Rialto Theatre

Seating outside ALL DAY, West End

ALL DAY is a dedicated vegan café in the heart of West End, serving plant-based dishes

Little Red Dumpling West End

Little Red Dumpling

Little Red Dumpling bar is a mod funky little Chinese eatery serving delicious dumplings and spicy street food

Wooden tables and blue chairs against a black and white mural wall inside Sea Fuel Fish & Chips, West End

Sea Fuel Fish & Chips

Sea Fuel is a sleek contemporary fish and chip restaurant and takeaway nestled in the base of The Glass Factory

Exterior of Kafenio West End

Kafenio offers traditional Greek and Cypriot cuisine from its blue and white West End workers cottage

Female staff member in traditional dress roasting Ethiopian coffee beans over a little stove outside Mu'ooz African Eritrean Restaurant

Mu’ooz, the long-time fave Eritrean restaurant of Moorooka, has upped roots and moved into a quaint Queenslander in West End

Diners sitting outside Trang Vietnamese restaurant in West End in what used to be the old entrance to the rialto Theatre with the Rialto red neon sign still flashing

Trang Restaurant, housed in the mint green shell of the 1920s Rialto Theatre, is popular for Vietnamese and Chinese cuisine

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