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West End Bar Crawl

Updated: Jun 30, 2026

West End is one of the best spots in Brisbane for a bar crawl, with nine funky bars in easy walking distance, including a glam oriental bar, secret rooftop, gin garden, live music bar, laneway microbrewery and Brisbane's two tiki bars:

The Fourth Monkey Cocktail Bar

Interior of The Fourth Monkey Bar West End

The Fourth Monkey is a funky, Caribbean-inspired, tiki bar in West End with a fairy-lit, dog-friendly, cocktail garden

Lychee Lounge

Lychee Lounge is a stunningly opulent east meets west cocktail bar on West End's main drag

Archive Beer Boutique

A splendid leather bound book and newspaper lined lounge within which to hang and sample a bounty of craft beers

The Boundary Hotel

The Boundary Hotel, West End’s iconic landmark pub, is a fascinating multi-layered labyrinth of ambient nooks and crannies

Intermission

Intermission is intimate, indulgent and full of old world glamour, with decadent drinks and a Spanish and French inspired food

Covent Garden

Covent Garden is a splendid botanical-themed bar and eatery with tropical rear garden in a colonial West End store

Brisbane Brewing Co

Brisbane's secret inner city craft brewery and bar is Brisbane Brewing Co. tucked away down a West End laneway

The End

This cosy industrial chic bar in West End is a local favourite

Jungle Bar

Gilligan’s island meets Blue Hawaii at Jungle tiki bar, the West End oasis where the lost world of the Pacific south seas can be found alive and kicking.

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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