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Best Bars in Brisbane

Whether you're after breezy drinks by the river, a stiff whiskey in an underground bar, a cosy laneway hideaway or a rooftop with views, here's where you'll find the best bars in Brisbane:

Death & Taxes
Death & Taxes Brisbane
Death & Taxes is a gorgeous old-world cocktail lounge and wine bar hidden away in Brisbane's oldest laneway
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Fiume Bar
Fiume Bar, Crystalbrook Vincent, Brisbane
Fiume is the stunning rooftop bar of Crystalbrook Vincent, nestled under the Story Bridge at Howard Smith Wharves
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The Gresham Bar
The Gresham Bar is one of Brisbane’s most ambient old world bourbon and whisky bars, tucked away in a corner of the heritage-listed
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Cloudland
Cloudland is a one of the Valley's most stunning venues, complete with hanging gardens, luxury booths and
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Brooklyn Standard
Brooklyn Standard Brisbane
Brooklyn Standard is Brisbane’s coolest basement bar - a dim-lit brick cellar accessed by a secret laneway door where live music
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The Terrace
The Terrace Hotel Emporium South Bank
The Terrace is Brisbane’s most luxurious rooftop bar, encased in glass with jaw-dropping 180 degree views all the way out to Moreton island
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Antico
A gorgeous Italian-inspired cocktail bar inhabiting a character-filled split-level space in Brisbane's oldest lane
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Greaser Bar
Greaserbar Fortitude Valley
Greaser is a secret subterranean bar of retro American-style cool found in the cellar of a 130-year-old heritage Fortitude Valley building
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Savile Row
Savile Row Fortitude Valley
Savile Row is a hidden Valley treasure that is one of Brisbane’s best bars - an opulent speakeasy-style vintage lounge bar
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Mrs J. Rabbits
Mrs J Rabbit
Mrs J. Rabbits is a secret 1920s whiskey and jazz speakeasy whose entrance is through an antique wardrobe
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The Walrus Club
The Walrus Club Toowong
Having undergone a stunning refurbishment after the 2022 floods, the underground speakeasy bar is open
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The Junk Bar
Junk Bar, Ashgrove
The Junk Bar is a swoon-worthy, retro drinking den in a suburban commercial shopping strip on Waterworks Road
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Mr Percival's
Mr Percival's
Mr Percival’s is Brisbane’s stunning octagonal overwater bar jutting out over the river in prime position at the Howard Smith Wharves
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At Sixes & Sevens
People drinking outside At Sixes and Sevens Bar in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley
At Sixes and Sevens is a gorgeous public house come gastro pub inhabiting one of the area's oldest surviving buildings
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Midtown
Midtown bar South Brisbane
Midtown is a swish intimate New York style bar serving top notch food, boutique wine and two-sip martinis
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Maker
Maker South Brisbane
Maker is a chic and intimate hole-in-the-wall bar reminiscent of those found in Barcelona’s back alleys, tucked away in Fish Lane, South Brisbane.
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MAYA Mexican Restaurant & Bar
MAYA Mexican Restaurant & Bar
Occupying a prime rooftop location, with sweeping 270 degree views of the city, Story Bridge, Mt Coot-tha
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The Inchcolm Bar
The Inchcolm Bar Spring Hill
A splendid old world Hollywood-inspired lounge bar in the lobby of the heritage-listed Inchcolm Hotel
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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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