Old-school service and Eurocentric dishes anchor this elegant bar and grill. Visit for Moreton Bay bugs with cafe de Paris butter, a fancy cheeseburger, a globetrotting wine list and classic cocktails.

Rustic Italian cooking reigns at this spacious, timber-clad restaurant. Visit for woodfired Napoli-style pizza; oxtail and pork shin ragu rigatoni; plus a lengthy list of Italian vino to match.

A casual all-day diner that’s equally inspired by Brisbane’s locomotive history and New York’s delicatessens. Visit for Detroit-style pizza and bottled cocktails by The Canvas Club.

A stylish all-day bistro (with an adjacent riviera-inspired laneway bar) that's serving first-class local produce cooked in a Euro-inflected style.

This beautiful, fast-paced and very fun Italian restaurant is from the Same Same and Agnes crew. Expect house-made pasta, stacks of antipasti and soft-serve gelato, accompanied by a 350-bottle wine list – all in one of Brisbane's most beguiling dining rooms.

Enter this sprawling coastal venue for shareable seafood dishes and a cracking list of Australian wines. There's also a patisserie for coffee, pastries and breakfast brioche buns, plus an alfresco fish and chippery with ocean views.

You'll find this new wave French brasserie on the ground-floor of the luxe Hotel X. Enter for French favourites and remixed classics (including cod beignets and escargot on toast), plus a cheese trolley, an oyster and caviar bar, and a 200-strong wine list.

This Southeast Asian rooftop diner is headed up by a former Longrain chef. Try prawn and pomelo betel leaf wraps and soft-shell crab stir-fried with curry powder and Chinese celery, alongside an extensive list of wine, beer and spritzes.

This flash Greek restaurant has a live shellfish and oyster bar plus over 20 mezze plates. Expect moussaka, pastitsio and lamb on a spit alongside chargrilled lobster, chocolate baklava and lesser-known Greek wines in beautiful, island-inspired surrounds.

An immaculate rooftop bar and restaurant from the Donna Chang crew. Expect cocktails, sangria, a tight wine list and a broad menu of Mediterranean share plates served against a backdrop unlike anything else in the city.

A classic fish and chipper in Graceville from the Three Girls Skipping team. Come for barramundi, gold-band snapper and cod, and soft-serve with warm apple crumble. Plus, classics such as chip butties and potato scallops.

Uh Oh Spaghettio is the Valley's new neon-lit, two-storey late-night pasta joint. It's housed inside the heritage-listed 19th century Apothecaries Hall, once home to The Apo. The fit-out builds on the exposed heritage brick with pink neon, concrete and giant pasta-themed art. Out the back is a glass-enclosed, marble-tiled pasta room that allows diners in the courtyard to watch the pasta machine in action. The menu’s pricing keeps things easy. Antipasti dishes are $5 per serve, salads are $10 and pasta is $15 a pop. Plus, $13 glasses of wine and late-night beats.

This long-running institution exercises its sustainable ethos in a former supplements warehouse in the West End. The industrial interiors and a carpark-turned-beer garden are the backdrop for colourful, inventive dishes highlighting local fresh produce.

Housed inside an 1890's brick building in The Valley, this moody Italian diner and wine bar lists more than 150 sustainable drops from Sicily and beyond. House-baked breads, pastas and antipasti sidle refined mains with a traditional twist.

Enter this handsome curry house for fragrant curries, sides and starters drawn from across India and Southeast Asia. It’s all helped down by a tight, Italian-leaning wine list stacked with small-scale producers.

Hit this south-side spot for soul-warming pasta, woodfired pizza and spinning Italo-disco tunes. For drinks, it’s birthday Negronis, an Aether-brewed Italian lager and 80-plus Italian wines.

A grand old bank turned elegant brasserie, bistro and wine bar.

Via a long marble bar, this moody 60-seat restaurant puts guests up close and personal with its woodfire grill, used to cook an ever-changing menu that might include Black Angus short rib or pickled kohlrabi.

Unusual tacos and creative Margaritas are the drawcards at this casual Mexican bar from the owners of Siffredi’s.

Refined pub food and house brews inside a century-old brick precinct by the river.