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brisbane inner city bars

A curated up to the minute guide to the very best bars and microbreweries in Brisbane’s inner city neighbourhoods.

Fortitude Valley

Netherworld

Netherworld in Fortitude Valley is Brisbane’s first arcade game bar and one that ticks all the boxes

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Fortitude Valley

Tomcat

Tomcat takes the Fortitude Valley bar scene up a secret careworn set of stairs to a whole new level

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Fortitude Valley

Holey Moley Golf Club

Holey Moley Golf Club is Brisbane’s most unique bar in a heritage-listed church with a retro-carnival-themed mini-golf course

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Teneriffe

Zero Fox

Zero Fox Craft Beer and Japanese Kitchen is a funky bar eatery at the base of Teneriffe’s historic landmark London Woolstores

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South Brisbane

Saccharomyces Beer Cafe

Saccharomyces Beer Café is a cool designer beer hall in Fish Lane, South Brisbane, serving craft beers and eats until midnight

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South Brisbane

Maker

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

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South Brisbane

The Charming Squire

The Charming Squire opens its floor-to-ceiling glass doors to a microbrewery and casual and up-market dining

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Fortitude Valley

Greaser Bar

Greaser is a secret subterranean bar of retro American-style cool in the cellar of a 130-year-old heritage Fortitude Valley building

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South Bank

The Sangria Bar

The Sangria Bar is the bodega style arm of Ole Spanish Restaurant and South Bank’s hotspot for summer drinks and late night casual feasting

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Lefty's Music Hall

The Mermaid Lounge

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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Seating booths, bar and hall inside Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall bar

Petrie Terrace

Lefty's Music Hall

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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Fortitude Valley

At Sixes & Sevens

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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Fortitude Valley

Ric's Bar

With live indie bands, space invaders, party-worn décor and a balcony, Ric’s Bar is a Valley Institution

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Fortitude Valley

Press Club

Press Club has a lavish interior and the hunter’s club meets opium den décor of this spacious long-established lounge bar

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New Farm

The Junk Bar

The Junk Bar is a swoon-worthy, retro drinking den and live music bar in a landmark historic building in New Farm

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New Farm

Gertie's Bar & Restaurant

A stalwart on the New Farm bar scene, this rustic art deco cocktail joint behind the chrome and oak doors is the spot for a cosy tete a tete.

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