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Best Brisbane Bars

Best Brisbane Bars

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Created by Amy O'Brien • Updated On: March 5, 2012

I do enjoy a well made cocktail and Brisbane is lucky enough to have some amazing bartenders.

Kerbside is one of Best Brisbane Bars.

1. Kerbside

1/766 Constance St (Ann St.), Fortitude Valley, QLD
Cocktail Bar · 39 tips and reviews

Amy O.Amy O'Brien: Tell Chris what kind of drinks you like and he'll make you up a cocktail. Great Beer selection

Sling Bar is one of Best Brisbane Bars.

2. Sling Bar

153 Boundary St., West End, QLD
Cocktail Bar · 15 tips and reviews

Amy O.Amy O'Brien: Hang out the back in the Garden, you might see a green tree frog.

Canvas Cocktail & Wine Bar is one of Best Brisbane Bars.

3. Canvas Cocktail & Wine Bar

7.2
16B Logan Rd, Woolloongabba, QLD
Cocktail Bar · 12 tips and reviews

Amy O.Amy O'Brien: Music on Sundays

The Lark Food & Drink is one of Best Brisbane Bars.

4. The Lark Food & Drink

267 Given Terrace, Paddington, QLD
Cocktail Bar · 4 tips and reviews

Amy O.Amy O'Brien: Chips with gorgonzola are to die for.

The Bowery is one of Best Brisbane Bars.

5. The Bowery

676 Ann St, Fortitude Valley, QLD
Cocktail Bar · 22 tips and reviews

Amy O.Amy O'Brien: Only need to know two things, they have booths and their cocktail menu is a book.

6. The Laneway

7.0
181 Mary St, Brisbane, QLD
Cocktail Bar · Brisbane City · 8 tips and reviews

Amy O.Amy O'Brien: Can get busy on fridays so avoid if you want your cocktails quick

Siana is one of Best Brisbane Bars.

7. Siana

71 Eagle St., Brisbane, QLD
Lounge · Brisbane City · 14 tips and reviews

Amy O.Amy O'Brien: Amazing view to sip your cocktails - both night and day.

The Retro Bar is one of Best Brisbane Bars.

8. The Retro Bar

2071 Moggill Rd, Kenmore, Brisbane, QLD, QLD
Cocktail Bar · 3 tips and reviews

Amy O.Amy O'Brien: The chairs make you feel like James Bond in the 60s

9. The Junk Bar

7.5
215 Waterworks Rd, Ashgrove, QLD
Cocktail Bar · 16 tips and reviews

Amy O.Amy O'Brien: Retro bar in the Brisbane Suburbs

10. Black Bear Lodge

7.7
Level 1, 322 Brunswick St. (btwn Ann & Wickham), Fortitude Valley, QLD
Lounge · 4 tips and reviews

Amy O.Amy O'Brien: More for wines and bears - I mean beers.

Byblós is one of Best Brisbane Bars.

11. Byblós

7.2
Shop 7.13, Portside Wharf (39 Hercules St.), Hamilton, QLD
Middle Eastern Restaurant · 25 tips and reviews

Amy O.Amy O'Brien: Hot buttered rum in the wintertime

Greystone Bar & Cellar is one of Best Brisbane Bars.

12. Greystone Bar & Cellar

7/166 Grey St. (btw Ernest & Glenelg), South Brisbane, QLD
Bar · 22 tips and reviews

Amy O.Amy O'Brien: Great before a show or a Friday afternoon