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Brisbane's Top Secret Dining Spots

Updated: Jul 20, 2025

From pocket-sized traditional Japanese eateries, quaint suburban bistros and warehouse restaurants in industrial side streets, 15 of Brisbane's best dining spots, some of which even the locals don't know about:

Perspective Dining
Entrance to Perspective Dining Fortitude Valley
The historic TC Beirne building is home to a secret 12-seater chef's table dining room, serving Michelin-worthy degustations
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Hideki
Exterior view of Hideki Japanese
Hideki is an exquisite Japanese restaurant specializing in yakitori, hidden away behind a lit-up cherry blossom tree in Burnett Lane
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Mosconi
Mosconi Fortitude Valley
An old war igloo in a Valley side street has been converted into a chic 2 level European wine bar and restaurant
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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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Layla
Interior dining at Layla
Layla is an exquisite Middle Eastern inspired restaurant nestled wihin the heritage-listed brick walls of the Thomas Dixon Centre
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D.Vino Bistro & Enoteca
Lit-up entrance of D.Vino Woolloongabba
A classy, intimate European restaurant and bar, found tucked away in an old warehouse in an industrial side street
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Velveteen Rabbit
Seating outside at Velveteen Rabbit Petrie Terrace
A whimsical old world restaurant and bar unlike anything else in Brisbane, with a two-hatted chef in the kitchen and a storybook-themed food and drinks menu
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August
Exterior front entrance of August restaurant West End
August is quietly and understatedly one of the best restaurants in Brisbane, located in a heritage-listed church on a corner in West End
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Bosco
Bosco Newstead
One of Brisbane's most moodily striking restaurants, fire-powered and found off the beaten track in a warehouse
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Shunsai
Shunsai East Brisbane
Shunsai is a real slice of Japan in Brisbane - a pocket-sized upmarket Japanese restaurant and bar found tucked away
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Komeyui
Komeyui Japanese Spring Hill
A stunning, minimalist chic Japanese restaurant offering a superb dining experience like its renowned Melbourne sibling
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Honto
Honto Fortitude Valley
Honto is a stunning dark moodily lit Japanese restaurant and bar hidden away in a Fortitude Valley back street
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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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Ach Wine Bar Bistro
Ach Wine Bar Bistro Hamilton
A chic modern wine bar and bistro serving exquisite Levantine-inspired cuisine that is worth travelling for
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The Eucalyptus Room
Glass doors leading into The Eucalyptus Room
Brisbane's first dessert degustation destination is this tiny ten-seater dining room in a heritage-listed building
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