The Brisbane Hotel

Beaufort Street’s leafy heavyweight pours crisp pints beneath sprawling shade trees and delivers serious culinary heat. Locals know The Brizzy as the go-to backyard for unhurried catchups, where dogs lounge near umbrella-shaded tables and the beer garden shelters an unexpected koi pond. Inside, heritage bones meet raw industrial brick. The kitchen runs well past standard counter feeds—regulars point to blue swimmer crab linguini, slow-cooked beef rendang, and a chicken parmi that easily doubles as two meals. Between midweek steak specials, live comedy gigs, and Friday afternoon beers on tap, it hits the mark right down to a flaky rogan josh pie packed with tender beef.