Must-see nightlife in Brisbane & Around

While the tinted glass panels, moody lighting and wine-lined walls set an understatedly elegant scene, this intimate, well-versed wine bar is…

Melbourne siblings Trevor and Steven Simmons are behind this luminous, statement-making cafe-roastery, complete with coffee-plant greenhouse. Beyond its…

TC Beirne would approve of this on-point yet democratic gastro-bar, housed in the Irishman's former department store. It's a great all-rounder, serving…

Snug, wood-panelled Savile Row hides its assets behind an unmarked orange door. This is one of the city's best-stocked cocktail boltholes, with around 750…

A stylish, grown-up bar that's one of Brisbane's best. Perch yourself at the polished-concrete bar, choose from the sharply curated wine list, and couple…

What began life as Brisbane's first speciality-coffee cart is now this welcoming industrial space, roasting and brewing the city's best joe on a…

A virtual village of stacked shopping containers, roof decks and artificial turf, X Cargo is not your usual boozer. It feels more like a sprawling…

Dark, moody and downright sexy, Snack Man plays little brother to Happy Boy next door. The focus is on Euro wines, sharp cocktails and beautiful, small…

Not only does the Triffid have an awesome beer garden (complete with shipping-container bars and a cassette-themed mural honouring Brisbane bands), but it…

The long timber deck at this sprawling, polished microbrewery – part of the Howard Smith Wharves redevelopment – offers a knockout panorama of the river…

A favourite among local oenophiles, petite La Lune channels Europe with its intimate, moody vibe and enlightened wine list. Slip in and quaff anything…

You'll need to head down a side alley, up a fire escape and through an unmarked door to access this cocktail lounge, an intimate, grown-up affair complete…

After years designing interiors for A-list Melbourne restaurants, Luke Reimers headed north to design his own wine bar. The result is casually elegant Mr…

Paint the town and the front porch too: there's a honky-tonk bar in Brisvegas! Tarted up with chandeliers and mounted moose heads, scarlet-hued Lefty's…

In an old corner weatherboard, the maze of spaces at this slinky gastro-bar include fireplace-and-armchairs, intimate front porch and astro-turf yard. The…

In a cavernous warehouse, Green Beacon brews some of Brisbane's best beers. The liquid beauties ferment in vats behind the long bar before flowing through…

Jaws hit the floor at this opulent, multilevel bar, club and Italian restaurant. Named for a much-loved, long-demolished 1940s Brisbane dance hall,…

It's party time every night of the week at this behemoth club, which offers a range of club spaces and bars for hedonistic night owls. DJ-spun tunes range…

Just south of Stanthorpe is this award-winning, family-run microbrewery. Occupying a humble tin shed scattered with communal tables and a fireplace, its…

The first microwinery to open in Brisbane since 1860, City Winery makes vino from varietals grown in different corners of Australia. Good-value lunch…