Freshies: Exciting and Vibrant New Brisbane Openings to Add to Your Must-Visit List in 2023
Discover your next favourite dish or drink at one of these fresh Brisbane haunts.
Freshies: Exciting and Vibrant New Brisbane Openings to Add to Your Must-Visit List in 2023
Everyone has a favourite restaurant and a go-to bar. They're the types of places you'll revisit again and again, and you always know you're in for a good time. But Brisbane and southeast Queensland's busy hospitality scene is always welcoming new venues — and new spots vying to rank among your trusty faves.
2023 is nearing the halfway mark, and Brisbane is always delivering when it comes to all things boozy and delicious. The region is abuzz with new restaurants, reopened and revamped cafes, riverside pubs, and rooftop bars to while away your days and nights in — some fresh arrivals this year, others debuting to help see out last year. So call the apple of your eye and make a dinner date, or hop in the group chat and plan drinks with your best friends, because these newbies are all worth visiting.
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Sorelle Eatery
The Tognini's team has launched a new Italian-inspired cafe and homewares shop in St Lucia.
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Isla Cantina
This waterfront Southern California-meets-Mexican bar and eatery is now serving crab tostadas and margaritas on the Isle of Capri
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SuperFly Studios
This Fortitude Valley newcomer has ditched disco to turn into Brisbane's newest live music venue.
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Ippin Japanese Dining
This new 140-seat Japanese restaurant pairs popcorn lobster, 24-piece sashimi sets and yuzu panna cotta with sake and Matcha-gronis.
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The Wickham
This Valley favourite is welcoming Brisbanites back in after a $3.1-million makeover.
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Hijinx Hotel Chermside
This OTT challenge room bar chain has finally launched its first Brisbane location, joining Holey Moley at Chermside.
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The Victory Hotel
This 168-year-old Edward Street pub has reopened under new management ahead of a big revamp.
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Los Felix
Woolloongabba's new hole-in-the-wall taqueria serves up Southern California-style Mexican bites over mezcal, tequila and margaritas.
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Lait Noir
This Edward Street newcomer is adding Parisian vibes to Brisbane's cafe scene.
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Ardo's
The City Winery team has opened a new neighbourhood wine bar and bottle shop in Newstead.
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Babylon Garden
Eagle Street is now home to a two-tier waterfront bar cascading down to the river, and serving up Middle Eastern and East Mediterranean bites and cocktails.
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Settimo by Guy Grossi
This Amalfi Coast-inspired newcomer is star chef Guy Grossi's first Brisbane restaurant.
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Da Biuso
Brisbane's first fine-diner on a bus seats 12 and serves up Mediterranean-inspired six-course degustations.
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Future Magic Brewing Co
This old warehouse on Manilla Street is now home a brewery pouring its own tipples, slinging pizzas made in-house and showing nearby beermakers some love.
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La Boca Bar and Grill Brisbane
Stamford Plaza Brisbane is now home to an Argentinian bar and grill by the river.
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Melt Brothers Chermside
Melt Brothers has expanded its cheese toastie empire to Brisbane's north.
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Babylon Brisbane
Sydney's Babylon has launched a 120-seat Brisbane restaurant by the river on Eagle Street.
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Archer Brewing
This new brewpub from aviation-inspired brewery Archer has landed in an old WWII hangar in Wilston.
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Hijinx Hotel Surfers Paradise
This Gold Coast bar from the Holey Moley team pairs challenges with cocktails — and plenty of nostalgia.
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BOS
Chef Adrian Richardson has opened a new meat-heavy Brisbane restaurant on Queen Street with riverside views.
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Hervé's Restaurant and Bar
Restaurateur and entrepreneur Hervé Dudognon is serving up French-inspired dishes and wine in Albion's revamped timber mill.
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SOKO Rooftop
Towering above the Jubilee Hotel, this luxe new 14th-floor restaurant and bar serves up Peruvian and Japanese cuisine.
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South City Wine
Woolloongabba has a new go-to for wines from around the world, French-inspired cocktails, steak frites, escargot, and lemon lime and bitter oysters.
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BrewDog Fortitude Valley
Not content with one Brisbane venue, BrewDog has opened a second River City location — a three-level Fortitude Valley beer bar on Brunswick Street.
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La Luna Beach Club
The Gold Coast is now home to Australia's first European-inspired floating beach club.
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Holey Moley Golf Club Chermside
You can now drink cocktails and play putt-putt at Chermside Shopping Centre, with Holey Moley opening its third Brisbane location.
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Comiskey Distillery
Eatons Hill just scored a new vodka, gin, rum, bourbon and whisky-making distillery — and it hosts workshops.
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TGI Fridays Surfers Paradise
Surfers Paradise is now home to the American bar and grill chain's first-ever beachside venue.
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Purple Palm
This Palm Springs-inspired garden bar in Woolloongabba features a ten-foot wall of gin.
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Maggie May
This Newstead supper club is Brisbane's gloriously 70s-inspired new go-to for cocktails and all-day bites.
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Wahlburgers Surfers Paradise
Mark Wahlberg's fast-food chain has finally brought its burgers — and Sunkist — to southeast Queensland.
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Riverbar & Kitchen
Watch the boats slink down the river with an ice-cold cocktail in hand.
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La Luna Dining
Cider mussels, lobster rolls and pineapple margaritas are on the menu at this Seaworld Drive restaurant, which is part of La Luna Beach Club.
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Booze
The Zoo crew has opened a bottle shop, takeaway pizza joint and coffee spot in Tym Guitars' old digs.
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Nosferatu Bar + Cafe
Nosferatu has opened a dog-friendly gin distillery, bar and cafe in a leafy Bowen Hills warehouse.
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Tillerman
Eagle Street boasts a holiday-style seafood restaurant and bar with killer river views from the Naga Thai team.
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El Camino Cantina Surfers Paradise
The Tex Mex chain's 250-seat Surfers Paradise joint is its first with beach views — and a breakfast menu.
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Ramona Trattoria
Coorparoo's new casual Italian eatery features a menu that changes monthly.
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Maniax Gold Coast
The Viking-themed axe-throwing chain has opened its second Queensland venue on the Gold Coast.
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Yamas Greek & Drink
Oysters with ouzo, lobster from the tank and cotton candy-topped spritzes are all on the menu at this new West End eatery.
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Lune Croissanterie Brisbane CBD
What's better than one Lune Croissanterie in Brisbane? Two, including a CBD outpost in Burnett Lane.
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T'ang Court
Michelin-starred Cantonese restaurant T'ang Court has opened an Australian outpost on the Gold Coast.
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Mews
Howard Smith Wharves' resident hotel is now home to a new street art-filled restaurant.
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Coast Beach Bar & Kitchen
Surfers Paradise just scored a glam new dining spot with uninterrupted ocean views.
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Casa Chow
This new pastel-hued Woolloongabba eatery serves up Chinese Peruvian dishes, and hails from the Sasso Italiano crew.
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Besitos
When night falls each Thursday, Friday and Saturday, this Bulimba restaurant takes over Bellissimo's Oxford Street digs.
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Summa House
This boozy garden hangout has taken over X Cargo's old Fortitude Valley digs.
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Doughcraft
Albion is now home to a new European-style bakery serving up Nutella-filled cruffins and raclette.