Best Restaurants in West End

The inner city boho suburb of West End is a melting pot of cuisines from around the world, as well as restaurants for all budgets, from casual no-frills to high end. Here you can chow down on African, Vietnamese, Greek, Korean, Japanese, Latin American, Italian and Chinese, as well as top notch steak from one of Brisbane's best steak & seafood restaurants and exquisite dishes from a hilltop Sardinian restaurant and bar. Here are 25 of the best restaurants in West End:

Pilloni

A stunning Sardinian restaurant and bar perched on a hill and serving exquisite regional food

A stunning contemporary steak and seafood restaurant surrounded by lush greenery in the Garden Pavilion

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

A stylish contemporary Euro-Asian restaurant and bar at the Mollison Street entrance to West Village in West End.

A West African bistro and bar bringing an authentic and delicious taste of Nigerian cuisine to heart of West End

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

A budget-friendly Japanese restaurant with an all-you-can eat a la carte menu and table service

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

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

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

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

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

The hidden gem of an Indian eatery occupies one half of an old cottage and serves the best biryani in Brisbane

Little Greek Taverna serves some of the best budget food in West End

Frydays is a casual late night Korean diner and bar in the middle of the action on Boundary St

This lively West End restaurant dishes up some of the best Mexican food in Brisbane

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

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

California Tacos brings a taste of the Baja to Brisbane with a SoCal-inspired Mexican eatery & bar in the heart of West End

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

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

Stencil portrait of Chop Chop Chang on wall of Chop Chop Chang's restaurant in Brisbane's West End

Chop Chop Chang’s is a bustling market place style bar eatery serving up delectable Pan Asian food, luscious cocktails, tea and traditional Vietnamese coffee from within the vintage brick walls of a 1950’s West End bank.

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

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

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.

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