Brisbane's Best BYO Food Bars
Updated: May 26, 2025
While BYO restaurants in Brisbane are on the wane, a new wave of bars where you can BYO food have been popping up around town. Here are 9 Brisbane bars where customers can bring in food from nearby restaurants and takeaways or from home and the odd one that will even plate it up for you.
A brick terrace cottage in a bayside suburb houses this laidback craft beer and small batch spirit bar where drinkers can order in Sri Lankan, Mod Oz, Indian or Mediterranean from nearby eateries...more
This cool indie beer bar has 9 craft beer and ciders on tap as well as boutique wines and spirits, with in-house cheese plates and the option to BYO food from the next door Thai or wherever you fancy...more
An historic bootmaker's shop converted into a funky little bar is one of the bayside's best little drinking holes, where food trucks pull up out back on weekends or punters can BYO food...more
One of the Gabba's heritage-listed oldest buildings is home to this cosy vintage lounge bar, which serves up all manner of beers, wines, ciders and spirits while patrons bring in pizza from nearby...more
A dedicated whisky bar housed in London-style digs with vintage cage lights, Cobbler has over 300 whiskies as well as killer cocktails on the menu and punters can bring what they like to eat...more
