The Sydney Morning Herald logo
The Sydney Morning Herald logo
Advertisement

Eating out

Restaurant reviews, news and the hottest openings served to your inbox.

Sign up
Advertisement
Advertisement

More in Eating out

The expansive open-air Landers Pocket has space for 800 people.

Our food editor’s guide to the 2026 Queensland Day Awards

“All the Best” might be a 75,000-vote popularity contest, but of Brisbane’s food and beverage winners, these are the ones worth your attention.

  • Matt Shea
Van Der Zwan serves not one but two of the best sandwiches in town.

Introducing the roast beef sanger of your dreams

It has all the glorious nostalgia of the corner carvery, with none of the drawbacks. Behold one of our best CBD sandwich discoveries yet.

  • Matt Shea
Central's fish burger.

What to eat at Dine BNE City 2026

There’s 130 offers and events over the course of June. Here are our picks.

  • Matt Shea
Southside is cooking a retro Chinese menu for one weekend in June.

South Brisbane favourite to transform into retro Chinese restaurant

For one weekend only. Don’t miss out.

  • Matt Shea
Bosc will pour its last drinks on June 20.

After 13 years, a cherished West End bar announces closure

It’s as busy as ever, so why has Emily Tankey called time on Bosc, her Vulture Street boozer?

  • Matt Shea
Advertisement
The Sunnybank Food Trail will return next month.

Sunnybank Food Trail set to return for 2026

Six hours, two shopping centres and 50 (or so) food vendors in one of the country’s best food destinations. Get ready.

  • Matt Shea
The fitout is much the same as the premises’ days as Mede, which closed earlier this year.

Former MKR winner brings imaginative Italian small plates to Bulimba

After a mad dash to renovate in just a week, Simone Presta is bringing an “elevated casual” vibe to Oxford Street.

  • Matt Shea
Dirty Soda fans were queueing down the block for the What’s Poppin’ grand opening.

Dirty soda lands a permanent Aussie home in the Valley

The Mormon-driven craze has arrived in Brisbane, with people queueing down the block to try it.

  • Neesha Sinnya
August occupies a 19th century timber church in West End.
Good Food hat15/20

I went to church to find one of Brisbane’s best independent restaurants

One of the city’s best young chefs has created the suburban diner of your prayers in an unassuming West End spot.

  • Matt Shea
Salmino piccante pizza with with tomato sugo, mozzarella, spicy salami and kalamata olives.
14.5/20

Brisbane’s best pizza? That’s not all at this brilliant Paddington restaurant

It’s adored by locals and has won awards in Italy (seriously). But how good is it, really?

  • Matt Shea

Popular on Good Food