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Spicers Balfour Hotel

New Farm

Updated: May 31, 2025

Spicers Balfour Hotel is a traditional Queenslander converted into a sublime guesthouse/boutique hotel tucked away in a New Farm street and that is in a class of its own as far as Brisbane accommodation is concerned.

Bedroom inside Spicers Balfour

Over two levels there are nine exclusive guest suites furnished individually with a mix of vintage and designer décor, complemented with Italian bed linen, a Bose sound system, Nespresso machine and luxuriant toiletries.

Room interior with bed and chair

While there is a charming little cache of bars, cafes and restaurants around the corner the guest amenities are designed to discourage venturing out, from the nightly drinks and canapés in the intimate upper level bar with its quintessential Brisbane skyscape of rusty 19th century cottage roofs and a back drop of the Story Bridge, to gourmet breakfast or a three course chef's dinner on the wrap around verandahs, in-house and a Spa treatment and massage.

view of the Story Bridge and rusty roof tops from Spicers Balfour's bar

When not in their rooms guests can relax in the cosy elegant library lounge with its stellar collection of books and magazines and help themselves to a drink from the bar, which operates on an honesty system.

Library with lounge suite inside the hotel

As well, guests and outsiders with a reservation can dine in the top notch in-house restaurant The Balfour Kitchen which is open for breakfast, high tea and dinner on the verandah, inside or in the frangipani-scented courtyard.

Spicers Balfour Hotel New Farm

Meanwhile nearby bars and reastaurants worth a visit include the art deco Gerties Bar, cosy Euro-style brasserie The Continental Cafe and Brisbane's best French patiiserie/boulangerie Chouquette.

And just up the road, the iconic New Farm Cinemas show current films from a retro setting and at yesteryear prices.

Good to know - Four-legged guests are treated to a plush dog bed, a lead with doggie bags attached, dog bowl and long-lasting bone and just 15 mins walk from New Farm's Powerhouse offleash dog park

Need to know: There is off-street complimentary parking for guests to the rear of Spicers Balfour.

 

Spicers Balfour  

37 Balfour St

New Farm

1300 597 540

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37 Balfour St New Farm

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