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Brisbane's Secret Bars Within Bars

There's something mysterious about discovering a bar within a bar, and Brisbane has a number of these dotted about town. Hear live music at an alpine-style music bar, connect with your inner mermaid, or step back to the days of prohibition at one of these bars within bars featured below:

Mrs J. Rabbits

Mrs J. Rabbits is a secret 1920s whiskey and jazz speakeasy whose entrance is through an antique wardrobe

The Drawing Room

The Drawing Room is a secret, intimate bar within The Gresham that serves historical Queensland inspired cocktails in an old-world venue.

The Boiler Room

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

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

Bowie Rooms

An antler-suspended hallway leads to the need-to-be-seen-to-be-believed Bowie Rooms, paying tribute the iconic pop star

The Copacabana Club

In true prohibition style Cindy Chow’s has a hidden pocket-sized whisky den that seats just 8 people

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