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Montague Rd West End

Updated: May 10, 2025

Located a walk away from Boundary and Vulture street in West End's thriving heart, Montague Rd is one of Brisbane's most eclectic streets and well worth exploring for the array of quirky and unique restaurants, bars, cafes, cultural and shopping facilities.

Not only home to the Queensland Ballet, which shares its heritage-listed building with one of Brisbane's best Middle Eastern restaurants, on Montague Rd you'll find Brisbane's smallest Japanese bar, a tiny French bistro bakery, Korean street food eatery, a convivial neignbourhood pub and inclusive bar, as well as a stunning homewares and organic store, European deli, Ukrainian cafe, boutique nursery, coffee roastery, artisan bakery cafe, discount fashion outlets and one of Brisbane's best weekly markets. Here are 15 places worth checking out: 

Layla is an exquisite Middle Eastern inspired restaurant nestled wihin the heritage-listed brick walls of the Thomas Dixon Centre
Cordeaux Social Club is a cafe by day, wine bar & bistro by night, nestled in a peaceful pocket of West End near the river
+81 Aizome Bar is a glamorous 10-seater Japanese bar unlike anything else to be found in Brisbane, hidden behind bkue curtains
Banette Bistro is a charming little French bistro that brings an authentic taste of France to West End at great value prices
The all inclusive new kid on the neighbourhood block - a bar, eatery and entertainment venue where everyone's welcome
Superthing is a gorgeous, pastel-hued bakery cafe found on Montague Road in West End
Walk through the door at this secret West End emporium and be overwhelmed - in the nicest possible way
This vibrant West End eatery specialises in traditional Korean street food, from jumbo chicken skewers to tteokbokki and
Montague Hotel is West End’s newest neighbourhood pub, reincarnated from an old office block off the beaten track on Montague Rd.
A chilled laidback vibe permeates this boho market by the river
This Ukrainian cafe and pizzeria in West End dishes up a tantalising array of Eastern European eats
West End's popular coffee haunt has reopened with a fresh new look and a tantalising new brunch menu
West End's cool coffee nook is Ash & Monties Espresso Bar and Kitchen serving top notch breakfast, lunch and coffee.
Triton Food Brokers is a hidden gem filled with bulk foods and all manner of tricky-to-find imported edible items
The only one of its kind left in Australia today, this cast iron tower was made in England and shipped out in sections to the 1880’s

A unique nursery and aquarium with an eclectic, curated selection of plants in an old West End warehouse

Tucked away in the historic Thomas Dixon buliding, home to Queensland Ballet is this character-filled all day brunch cafe

Image credits:

Mappins Nursery - courtesy of Mappins Nursery Facebook page

Tom's Kitchen - courtesy of Queensland Ballet

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