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Best BYO Restaurants

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Exterior of Kent Road Bistro

Updated: Feb 16, 2025

Out and about and looking to bring your own drinks to a restaurant? Check out this list, from a chic suburban French bistro to no-frills local secrets - it has got you covered with 30+ of Brisbane's best dining venues that are BYO, or allow you to BYO wine for a small charge.

Kent Road Bistro

Kent Road Bistro, Wooloowin

Kent Road Bistro offers an affordable fine dining experience with Mod Oz cuisine influenced by French and Italian fare

KatsuCo Japanese Restaurant

Katsuco Sherwood

This Japanese restaurant specialises in katsu - panko-crumbed, deep fried, premium cuts of meat and seafood

New Farm Curry House

New Farm Curry House

Be transported through India and Nepal at New Farm Curry House, offering authentic cuisine from curries to momos

Phat Pho Newstead

Phat Pho is a bustling Vietnamese street food eatery that inhabits a landmark 1920s shop on the border of Newstead and Teneriffe

Ichiban Sushi, West Village

One of a kind, Ichiban Sushi is a cool Japanese eatery with a huge variety of meals and drinks, that is also BYO friendly

Sing's Asian Kitchen

Sing’s Asian Kitchen at Rosalie is one of the inner west’s long-lasting gems

Kathmandu Newa Chhe'n

Kathmandu Newa Chhe'n

This colourful flag-trimmed cottage in Paddington provides authentic Nepalese cuisine

Bare Knuckles BBQ

Bare Knuckles BBQ, Salisbury

This American-style smokehouse on Brisbane's southside dishes up traditional, low and slow barbecued meats

Mu'ooz West End

Mu’ooz, the long-time fave Eritrean restaurant of Moorooka, has upped roots and moved into a quaint Queenslander in West End.

Caravanserai West End

This hilltop cottage lit by colourful Turkish lights and candles is an enduring Brisbane favourite

Arhibu Ethiopian Restaurant

Arhibu Ethiopian Restaurant Moorooka

An authentic Ethiopian/Eritrean restaurant found in an arcade in the heart of Brisbane's Little Africa

Biryani Place West End

The hidden gem of an Indian eatery occupies one half of an old cottage and serves the best biryani in Brisbane

Sichuan Bang Bang

Plate of spicy chicken inside Sichuan Bang Bang Restaurant

Those in search of some authentic spicy Sichuan cuisine in a funky oriental setting should make a beeline for this little gem

Ethiopian Village

Ethiopian Village Moorooka

Ethiopian Village is a traditional Ethiopian eatery tucked away in the rear of a retro shopping arcade in multicultural Moorooka

Sunny Doll Japanese Restaurant

Sunny Doll Japanese Restaurant, Hamilton

This hidden gem of a Japanese restaurant in Hamilton offers diners an exquisite range of Japanese cuisine

Vietnam House Milton

A sibling for the popular restaurant of the same name in the Valley has a second casual eatery tucked away in a Milton lane

Asian Kitchen Tingalpa

Asian Kitchen is an exotic, modern Asian fusion restaurant located in the quiet eastern suburb of Tingalpa.

Bamiyan Afghan Restaurant

Bamiyan Afghan Restaurant Coorparoo

Traditional Afghan restaurant Bamiyan is an unexpected find in a little strip of shops and eateries in suburban Coorparoo

Latin Manna West End

This quirky colourful Colombian restaurant is located in an old West End cottage

Little Hoi An Vietnamese Restaurant

Little Hoi An Vietnamese Cafe brings all the fresh flavors of Vietnam to an unassuming venue

Taste of Saffron

Taste of Saffron

Taste of Saffron is a Persian and Mediterranean restaurant serving authentic cuisine in Stones Corner

Authentic Char Grill & Kebab

Authentic CharGrill & Kebab Turkish Bardon

The quaint hilltop eatery is serving up the best Turkish street food to be found in Brisbane

A Night in India

A Night in India Milton

Longtime Brisbane dining institution A Night in India has made the move to Milton's Park Road

Pizzeria 1760 Yeronga

Pizzeria 1760 is Yeronga’s go to for authentic Neapolitan wood-fired pizza and traditional Italian pasta

diners sitting outside Trang's restaurant in West End in what used to be the old entrance to the rialto Theatre with the Rialto red neon sign still flashing

Trang Restaurant, housed in the mint green shell of the 1920’s Rialto Theatre is most popular for Vietnamese and Chinese cuisine.

Dami Japanese Restaurant

Japanese croquettes with sauce

You've probably driven past it many times and never noticed it; the unassuming Japanese restaurant on Logan Road surrounded by car yards

Pho Inn Camp Hill's bowl of pho on table

Tucked in the corner of Camp Hill’s Samuel Village, Pho Inn is where the locals go to get their fill of authentic Vietnamese cuisine

Thai Smile Cooking

Maa Kinn Bangkok Street Food, Mt Gravatt, Brisbane budget eats

Bringing a taste of Thailand from the streets of Bangkok to Mt Gravatt with delicious street food and more

Vietnamese Avachat Café

Inside Vietnamese Avachat Café Restaurant in Brisbane's Michelton

Mitchelton locals have been frequenting Vietnamese Avachat Café for years whilst keeping it close to their chests

Mamak Malaysian Brisbane CBD

Bringing the authentic tastes of Kuala Lumpur's Indian-Malay street stalls to Brisbane CBD

Satay Ria Malaysian

Plate of Malasian food inside Satay Ria restaurant in Cannon Hill

Satay Ria, one of the best Malaysian restaurants in Brisbane, is an unlikely suburban find in Cannon Hill's drive in shopping centre.

Giardinetto Restaurant

People dining on footpath outside Giardinetto restaurant

A Valley dining institution of 40+ years continues to attract a crowd in search of home-cooked Italian fare

Banana Leaf East Brisbane

Banana Leaf dishes up top-notch Thai fare in a funky setting

Izakana-ya Okuman

Izakana-ya Okuman West End

Izakana-ya Okuman is a lively little bar eatery and slice of real Japan nestled on busy Melbourne St

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