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Best Seafood Restaurants in Brisbane

Updated: Apr 29, 2025

The best seafood restaurants in Brisbane from casual eateries and a floating prawn trawler to upmarket and waterfront restaurants:

FOSH

A stunning Queenslander-style bar and seafood restaurant located in prime position on the riverfront at Hamilton

Manly Boathouse

This stunning white seafront restaurant and bar features a chic beach resort-inspired interior with views of Manly harbour and the bay

Tillerman

A stunning tropical Queensland-themed restaurant with a seafood focus overlooking the Brisbane River and Story Bridge

Shucks Bar

Shucks Bar is providing a fresh seafood experience, one of the 10% of Australian restaurants that serves freshly shucked oysters

Tempest Seafood Restaurant & Teppanyaki

Tempest Restaurant is Scarborough’s hidden treasure – a rustic waterfront restaurant dishing up some of the best seafood dishes in SEQ

River Quay Fish

River Quay Fish is a casual yet top notch seafood restaurant and bar overlooking the river and CBD skyline in prime position

The Prawnster

Brisbane's most unique dining experience is this floating seafood restaurant onboard two vintage prawn trawlers

Lighthouse Cafe Bar

Overlooking the beautiful bay at Cleveland, The Lighthouse restaurant is the go-to for fresh seafood

Reef Seafood & Sushi

For quality affordable seafood dining, it doesn’t get much better that Reef Seafood and Sushi at Newstead’s Gasworks Plaza

Frankenstein

A thrilling stage adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is now playing at QPAC

May 24 - Jun 8

Sustainable BNE Festival 2025

Brisbane’s favourite sustainable living festival is back

May 25

Festa Italiana

FESTA ITALIANA back at Howard Smith Wharves across two weekends.

May 29-Jun 1, Jun 5-8

TAXIRIDE ft TTSAR live

TAXIRIDE ft TTSAR live are coming to the Kingston Butter Factory Cultural Precinct

May 30

Winter Fire Pit Experience

Warm up on chilly winter weekends at Sirromet

From May 31

Festival of Horsepower

Get revved up for the Festival of Horsepower

Jun 1-30

Dine BNE City

Dine BNE is back for another season of feasting

Jun 1-30

Make Music Month 2025

Make Music Month 2025 celebrates local talent across Moreton Bay this June

Jun 1-30

Education Fair

Queensland’s biggest Education Expo is coming to Nissan Arena

May 31

Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show 2025

Don't miss Australia’s boating event of the year! The four-day extravaganza returns to showcase the best in boating innovation, with over 760 boats

Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show

Sustainable BNE Festival

Formally known as Green Heart Fair, this free, family-and-dog-friendly event at Roma Street Parkland brings together Brisbane’s leading sustainability experts

Sustainable BNE Festival 25

MUST DO

Winter by the Water

With the summer crowds gone, enjoy the serene side of the Gold Coast with Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort Gold Coast’s Winter By The Water package

Winter By the Water Sheraton

THIS WEEKEND

Top Things to Do May 23-25

From Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show, Frankenstein on stage, Brookfield Show & Farm Gate to City Door markets to a new Indian restaurant, the top things to do this weekend

This Weekend May 23-25

COMING UP

What's on in June in & around Brisbane

From Moreton Bay Pridefest, Comedy at The Butter Factory, a mega career & employment expo and a dedicated arts festival for children to a magical immersive Harry Potter Frobidden Forest experience

What's On in May 2025 around Brisbane