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Brisbane's Best Winter Bars

Updated: Apr 09, 2026

From cosy vintage lounges and underground speakeasies to whisky dens and igloos, here's 20 Brisbane bars that are perfect for a winter drink:

Streetcorner Jimmy

Streetcorner Jimmy is a charming, old-world bar and eatery housed in the heritage-listed London Woolstore

Toscano Bar & Kitchen

A stunning Italian cocktail bar and eatery in the base of a century old warehouse

Miss Demeanour

This ambient underground eatery and bar is located down Rowes Lane, beneath the historic Rowes building

Hope & Anchor

Hope & Anchor is Paddington's English-style neighbourhood pub that has made its home in a heritage-listed 19th century bakery

Finney Isles

Finney Isles is a low-key glamorous cocktail and wine bar unlike any other in Brisbane, behind a closed blue door in Fortitude Valley

Antico

A gorgeous Italian-inspired cocktail bar inhabiting a character-filled split-level space in Brisbane's oldest lane

Mrs J. Rabbits

Mrs J. Rabbits is a secret 1920s whiskey and jazz speakeasy where the entrance is through an antique wardrobe

The Gresham Bar

The Gresham Bar is one of Brisbane’s most ambient old world bourbon and whisky bars

Lefty's Music Hall

Seating booths, bar and hall inside Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall bar

Lefty's Music Hall is like a lavish honky tonk saloon meets bordello beamed up from the deep south of 19th century America

The Inchcolm Bar

A splendid old world Hollywood-inspired lounge bar in the lobby of the heritage-listed Inchcolm Hotel

Death & Taxes

Death & Taxes is a gorgeous old-world cocktail lounge and wine bar hidden away in Brisbane's oldest laneway

Savile Row

Savile Row is a hidden Valley treasure that's one of Brisbane’s best bars - an opulent speakeasy-style vintage lounge bar

Brooklyn Standard

Brooklyn Standard is Brisbane’s coolest basement bar - a dim-lit brick cellar accessed by a secret laneway door where live music

Mr Mista

Mr Mista is Fortitude Valley’s glamorous Hollywood-inspired bar eatery featuring sunken jade green velvet lounges

Before + After

A secret subterranean Amaro and cocktail bar found down an historic carriageway and located in the basement

Electric Avenue

Electric Avenue is an exquisite old world pub that perfectly captures the spirit of Woolloongabba’s antique precinct

Frog's Hollow Saloon

A stunning 12-metre whisky bar nestled on the upper floor of the heritage-listed John Reid & Nephews building

Black Bear Lodge

Upstairs above the old Cosmo Coffee Shop is this Twin Peaks meets Blue Velvet bar

Still thirsty for more suggestions on where to grab a drink in Brisbane, head to our comprehensive Eat & Drink section HERE! Cheers!

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