Brisbane's Best Booths

Be it a night for blossoming romance, or catch-up bevies with friends, you can’t go past a luscious booth to get the party started.

Here’s our pick of some of Brisbane’s top restaurants and bars with booths, from rooftop to underground, and cosy nooks in between:

Cindy Chow's Theatre & Cocktail Bar
Cindy Chows Fortitude valley
A stunning subterranean bar inspired by the glamorous 1920's speakeasy bars of old Shanghai
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Donna Chang
Donna Chang Brisbane
Donna Chang is a stunningly beautiful fine dining Chinese restaurant inside one of Brisbane’s most magnificent heritage buildings
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Miss Demeanour
Miss Demeanour Brisbane CBD
This ambient underground eatery and bar is located down Rowes Lane, beneath the historic Rowes building
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Cielo Rooftop Bar
Cielo Rooftop
Cielo Rooftop Bar brings chic Italian coastal vibes and sweeping views to its perch above Brunswick Street
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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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Cloudland
Large atrium style bar hall inside cloudland bar in Brisbane
Cloudland is a one of the Valley's most stunning venues, complete with hanging gardens, luxury booths and
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SK Steak and Oyster
SK Steak & Oyster
Mad Men meets James Bond at Ada Lane's stunning world class restaurant and bar
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The Mermaid Lounge
The Mermaid Lounge bar and booths upstairs in Lefty's
The Mermaid Lounge is a little grotto of sea-faring fantasy tucked away in an upstairs gallery of Lefty’s Music Hall
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Brisbane Distillery Bar
Brisbane Distillery West End
Brisbane Distillery has expanded to create a stunning warehouse cocktail bar next door
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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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Dr Gimlette
Dr Gimlette Brisbane CBD
A splendid bespoke cocktail bar in the stunningly converted base of a heritage multi-level warehouse
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Il Verde
Il Verde Bowen Hills
Il Verde is a little slice of Italy nestled along King Street dining precinct, dishing up authentic Italian fare
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Persone
Persone Brisbane CBD
Persone is an upmarket Italian restaurant and bar in Brisbane Quarter, with stunning dress circle views of QPAC and South Bank
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Mr Badgers
Mr Badger, Woolloongabba Brisbane
Dine within an old-world Brisbane Tram at New York inspired deli Mr Badgers.
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Blind Tiger
Blind Tiger Bar The Gap
Blind Tiger is a fabulous vintage-inspired bar that transports visitors to times gone by
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Moda Tapas Brasa Bar
Moda Tapas Brase Bar Petrie Terrace
Moda Tapas Brase Bar is Brisbane’s best tapas bar/eatery, occupying the stunning heritage-listed police stables
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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 acts and bands play nightly to an eclectic crowd.
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Opa Bar & Mezze
Opa Bar & Mezze Brisbane
This stunning Greek restaurant and bar sits in prime position at Riverside with stunning Story Bridge views
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Kenjin
Kenjin Fortitude Valley
This glamorous Japanese restaurant and bar in Fortitude Valley has a secret night club out back
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Stanton
Stanton Brisbane CBD
Stanton is a casual, chic restaurant and bar in a luxurious setting overlooking Queen Street Mall
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PingPong Asian
This stunning hot pink restaurant bar with secret jungle room is the go-to for Thai street food and luscious cocktails
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Walter’s Steakhouse
Walter's Steakhouse, Brisbane
Walter’s Steakhouse serves up premium, dry aged sizzling steak in a charming, old-world setting in Brisbane’s Old Mineral House
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Lefty's Music Hall
Seating booths, bar and hall inside Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall bar
Lefty's Music Hall is like a lavish honky tonk saloon meets bordello beamed up from the deep south of 19th century America
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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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Les Bubbles
Les Bubbles Fortitude Valley
Les Bubbles is the happening steakhouse brasserie reincarnation of one of the Fitzgerald enquiry’s most notorious Fortitude Valley venues
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Gin Bus
Gin Bus
A vintage double decker gin bus pops up at Riverside in the Gardens on Sundays
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Booths are popular, so make sure you plan your night out and book in advance!

By Danella Perrins

Still thirsty for more suggestions on where to book a table for a night out in Brisbane, head to our comprehensive Eat & Drink section HERE! Cheers!

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