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Brisbane’s Best Date Night Bars

Updated: Jun 23, 2025

For the perfect date night bar, this list has got you covered - from trendy underground bars and breezy riverside drinks, to rooftop views, Brisbane's wide variety of romantic bars does not disappoint:

Miss Manhattan is an exquisite bar and dining room where old world New York meets designer industrial chic in a side street of Newstead.
A stunning European-style terrace bar and all day eatery located on the Brisbane riverfront underneath Queen Street's landmark CBUS building
A gorgeous Italian-inspired cocktail bar inhabiting a character-filled split-level space in Brisbane's oldest lane
Occupying a prime rooftop location, with sweeping 270 degree views of the city, Story Bridge, Mt Coot-tha
Maeve is an art deco Euro-style wine bar occupying the top floor of a heritage-listed bank in South Brisbane
Electric Avenue is an exquisite old world pub that perfectly captures the spirit of Woolloongabba’s antique precinct
Savile Row is a hidden Valley treasure that is one of Brisbane’s best bars - an opulent speakeasy-style vintage lounge bar
LouisB is a funky hole-in-the-wall bar and cellar door dishing up handcrafted Italian lemon liqueur on Latrobe Tce in Paddington
Mrs J. Rabbits is a secret 1920s whiskey and jazz speakeasy whose entrance is through an antique wardrobe
Death & Taxes is a gorgeous old-world cocktail lounge and wine bar hidden away in Brisbane's oldest laneway
Mr Percival’s is Brisbane’s stunning octagonal overwater bar jutting out over the river in prime position at the Howard Smith Wharves
A stunning Italian cocktail bar and eatery in the base of a century old warehouse
Savile Row is a hidden Valley treasure that is one of Brisbane’s best bars - an opulent speakeasy-style vintage lounge bar
A splendid old world Hollywood-inspired lounge bar in the lobby of the heritage-listed Inchcolm Hotel
This glamorous bar is like a plush old world lounge in an English manor that has been beamed up onto Milton Rd
A jaw-dropping opulent cocktail and wine bar evoking the splendour and glamour of the 1920's
The elegant European-style wine bar brings a slice of old world charm to Woolloongabba's dining precinct
The Amazonian jungle-inspired rooftop bar and Peruvian-Japanese restaurant is perched atop the Jubilee Hotel
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
A swanky supper-club style lounge bar tucked away upstairs on the first level of heritage-listed Naldham House
Cicada Blu is a stunning open air bar perched 100m above the CBD streets on the Sky Deck at The Star Brisbane

Still hungry for more suggestions on where to eat out in Brisbane, head to our comprehensive Eat & Drink section HERE! Happy grazing!

See our full list of the best date nights restaurants HERE!

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