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West End Bar Crawl

Last updated: May 03, 2025

West End is one of the best spots in Brisbane for a bar crawl, with ten funky bars in easy walking distance, including a glam oriental bar, secret rooftop, gin garden, live music bar, laneway microbrewery and Brisbane's only tiki bar:

The Fourth Monkey Cocktail Bar

The Fourth Monkey is a funky, Caribbean-inspired, tiki bar in West End with a fairy-lit, dog-friendly, cocktail garden

Lychee Lounge

Lychee Lounge is a stunningly opulent east meets west cocktail bar on West End's main drag

Archive Beer Boutique

Not only is this a splendid leather bound book and newspaper lined lounge within which to hang, it is also the place to sample a bounty of craft beers

The Boundary Hotel

The Boundary Hotel, West End’s iconic landmark pub circa 1864, is a fascinating multi-layered labyrinth of ambient nooks and crannies

Covent Garden

Covent Garden is a splendid botanical-themed bar and eatery with tropical rear garden in a colonial West End store.

Brisbane Brewing Co

Brisbane's secret inner city craft brewery and bar is Brisbane Brewing Co. tucked away down a West End laneway

The Bearded Lady

The Bearded Lady is your quintessential West End bar - an anything-goes kind of joint that is cosy recycled wood cabin

Catchment Brewing Co

Catchment Brewing Co inhabits a stunning character-filled art deco building, with its own beers brewed onsite

The End

This cosy industrial chic bar in West End is a local favourite

Bosc

BOSC is a rustic little beer and gin bar that oozes warmth and hominess from its corner outpost on West End's Vulture St

Still thirsty for more suggestions on where to grab a drink in Brisbane, head to our comprehensive Eat & Drink section HERE! Cheers!

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