Best BYO Restaurants

in Brisbane

Out and about and looking to bring your own drinks to a restaurant? Check out this list, from a chic suburban French bistro to no-frills local secrets - it has got you covered with 25+ of Brisbane's best dining venues that are BYO.

Kent Road Bistro

Kent Road Bistro offers an affordable fine dining experience with Mod Oz cuisine influenced by French and Italian fare

This Japanese restaurant specialises in katsu - panko-crumbed, deep fried, premium cuts of meat and seafood

Phat Pho is a bustling Vietnamese street food eatery that inhabits a landmark 1920s shop on the border of Newstead and Teneriffe

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

Sing’s Asian Kitchen at Rosalie is one of the inner west’s long-lasting gems

Ciro’s Italian Restaurant is a tiny hidden gem of an Italian trattoria found in an Auchenflower side street

This colourful flag-trimmed cottage in Paddington provides authentic Nepalese cuisine

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

Ruean Phae Thai Restaurant is a tiny authentic piece of Thailand found in a quaint old garage workshop

This hilltop cottage lit by colourful Turkish lights and candles is an enduring Brisbane favourite

An authentic Ethiopian/Eritrean restaurant found in an arcade in the heart of Brisbane's Little Africa

Plate of spicy chicken inside Sichuan Bang Bang Restaurant

Those in search of some authentic spicy Sichuan cuisine in a funky oriental setting should make a beeline for this little gem

Ethiopian Village is a traditional Ethiopian eatery tucked away in the rear of a retro shopping arcade in multicultural Moorooka

Sunny Doll Japanese Restaurant, Hamilton

This hidden gem of a Japanese restaurant in Hamilton offers diners an exquisite range of Japanese cuisine

Asian Kitchen is an exotic, modern Asian fusion restaurant located in the quiet eastern suburb of Tingalpa.

Traditional Afghan restaurant Bamiyan is an unexpected find in a little strip of shops and eateries in suburban Coorparoo

Sendok Garpu is an authentic slice of Indonesia nestled in the corner of an Indooroopilly shopping strip

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

Little Hoi An Vietnamese Cafe brings all the fresh flavors of Vietnam to an unassuming venue

Taste of Saffron is a Persian and Mediterranean restaurant serving authentic cuisine in Stones Corner

Vizzeto is a pocket-sized pizzeria in Moorooka offering a fusion of Brazilian, Italian and Australian mouth-watering, woodfired pizza

Plate of traditional Ethiopian food on plate inside Yeshi Buna Ethiopian restaurant in Brisbane's Moorooka

Yeshi Buna is a charming little palm-filled Ethiopian restaurant

diners sitting outside Trang's 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 1920’s Rialto Theatre is most popular for Vietnamese and Chinese cuisine.

You've probably driven past it many times and never noticed it; the unassuming Japanese restaurant on Logan Road surrounded by car yards

Pho Inn Camp Hill's bowl of pho on table

Tucked in the corner of Camp Hill’s Samuel Village, Pho Inn is where the locals go to get their fill of authentic Vietnamese cuisine

This cute colonial shop is a pastry and coffee nook by day and a pizza bar by night

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