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Best Outdoor Beer Gardens

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Updated: Sep 12, 2025

15 of the best outdoor beer gardens in and around Brisbane, including some of the oldest pubs in South East Queensland, a secret suburban German biergarten and a mountaintop beer garden with jaw-dropping views:

A stunning brewery, restaurant and beer garden located in a gothic landmark heritage building down by the river
The multi-level, heritage-listed Prince Consort Hotel features 8 unique spaces for drinking & dining, including a luxe disco
A Brisbane icon, ingrained irrevocably in the psyche of generations of locals
The Boundary Hotel, West End’s iconic landmark pub, is a fascinating multi-layered labyrinth of ambient nooks and crannies
Felons Brewing Co is Brisbane’s best-located microbrewery and showpiece of the Howard Smith Wharves
Fondly known as “Brisbane's worst vegetarian restaurant”, the Norman Hotel is an iconic Australian Steakhouse and Garden Bar
BrewDog is an epic craft beer brewery, taproom and restaurant located beside the Brisbane River in Murarrie
Salisbury Hotel has reopened following a $1.6 million renovation that includes a fantastic beer garden and more
Iconic Redlands pub features a huge beer garden & kids playground, slick contemporary bar & bistro
Waterloo Bay Hotel is an historic bayside hotel that has been a local gathering spot since 1889

Attached to an old war hangar and part-owned by Australian rock royalty JC from Powerfinger, this is Brisbane’s coolest beer garden

German Biergarten is a traditional German restaurant and beer garden in the suburbs

One of Brisbane’s oldest pubs, dating from 1864, The Plough Inn also has one of Brisbane’s best loved beer gardens

Eagle Heights Mountain Resort boasts one of the best beer gardens in South East Queensland, with jaw-dropping views

The brewery, formerly known as Pumpyard, occupies a stunning heritage-listed building in Ipswich, with a convivial beer garden

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