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Brisbane's Best Restaurants

Looking for the best restaurants in Brisbane? Here's 12 you need to try, from waterfront Chinese, laneway Italian and steakhouses to Japanese basements:

Herve's Restaurant and Bar
Herve's Restaurant & Bar Albion
A stunning loft-style French restaurant and bar occupying the top floor of an old dance studio
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ESSA Restaurant & Bar
Essa Restaurant Fortitude Valley
ESSA has opened its doors to a luxe new level of bespoke dining
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Donna Chang
Donna Chang Brisbane
Donna Chang is a stunning fine dining Chinese restaurant inside one of Brisbane’s most magnificent heritage buildings
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The Lodge Bar & Dining
Rodd & Gunn The Lodge Fortitude Valley
An exquisite 2-storey restaurant and bar housed in a stunning heritage-listed Queenslander
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SK Steak and Oyster
SK Steak & Oyster
Mad Men meets James Bond at Ada Lane's stunning world class restaurant and bar
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OTTO Ristorante
OTTO Ristorante
Brisbane's go-to for exquisite Italian dining in a designer boat-house style pavilion on the riverfront
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Detour
Detour Woolloongabba
Detour is one of Brisbane’s most outstanding dining destinations - a stunning restaurant and bar
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Boom Boom Room Izakaya
Boom Boom Room Izakaya
A heritage-listed bank basement has been converted into a stunning Japanese restaurant and bar
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Moda Tapas Brasa Bar
Moda Tapas Brase Bar Petrie Terrace
Moda Tapas Brase Bar is Brisbane’s best tapas bar/eatery, occupying the stunning heritage-listed police stables
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La Cache A Vin
Le Cache a Vin Spring Hill
La Cache a Vin is the jewel in the crown of Brisbane’s French restaurants, found tucked away in a Spring Hill laneway basement
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The Golden Pig
The Golden Pig, Newstead
The Golden Pig is Brisbane’s holy grail of Pan Asian cuisine, hidden away in a stunning, converted Newstead warehouse
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Still hungry for more suggestions on where to eat out in Brisbane, head to our comprehensive Eat & Drink section HERE! Happy grazing!

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