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Brisbane’s Best New Restaurants in 2026
Gather the gang and cross our edit of the best new restaurants in Brisbane off of your bucket list.
This July, Brisbane’s best new restaurants include Euro-inspired breakfast bar Bistro Tino in Fortitude Valley, Argentinian steakhouse San Telmo in Brisbane City and South Bank’s pop-up Mediterranean spot Azure. Updated monthly, this edit rounds up every new Brisbane restaurant worth booking right now.
Best New Restaurants Brisbane: June
Bistro Tino
Another delight from the Mosconi team, Bistro Tino offers a new way to start the day. A coffee and breakfast bar, the brief is pared back Euro, complete with standing espresso and a relaxed atmosphere. The handmade Tasmanian oak bar, the centrepiece of the space, reflects Bistro Tino’s air of simplicity and quality. Nostalgia and simplicity are woven throughout the menu that offers an alternative to the classic Aussie brunch staples. Think fried brioche with honey ricotta and balsamic strawberries for breaky and simmered pastina minestrone and panzanella with yesterday’s bread, cucumber, tomato vinaigrette for lunch.
Suburb: Fortitude Valley
Price Guide: $$
Cuisine: Modern Australian
Best For: Date night, Outdoor dining, Brunch, Long lunch, Locals
San Telmo
There’s no longer a need to jump on a flight if you’re craving an Argentinian fire-cooked feast! Melbourne favourite San Telmo are arrived up north, and they’ve brought their signature flan, dry-aged chamber and open Parilla grill with them. The Asado-style dining experience takes place within a space designed as an homage to the old-world, Art Deco glamour of Buenos Aires, with a wine list of Argentinian drops to top things off.
Suburb: Brisbane City
Price Guide: $$$
Cuisine: Steakhouse
Best For: Special occasion, Date night, Group dining, Long lunch
Azure Mediterranean
Here for a good time and not a long time, Azure Mediterranean is the pop-up our souls have been craving. Tucked onto the riverbank, the brief is Euro summer via long lunches, sunset cocktails and share plates.
Textured, neutral interiors set the scene whilst a series of on-theme beverages enhance the fantasy. We’ve particularly got our eye on the Olio Sour, lashed with olive oil, and the dedicated spritz menu. As for eats, we recommend gathering a group as it’s a case of the more the merrier. Kick off with Moreton Bay bug rolls or a colourful seafood platter, before passing plates of lamb rump and orzom and spanner crab lasagne around the table.
Consider us thrilled.
Suburb: South Bank
Price Guide: $$
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Best For: Weekend plans, Date night., Waterfront, Group dining, Long lunch
Need To Know: Azure is operating as a pop-up open from June 2026 to March 2027
Best New Restaurants Brisbane: May
Greenhouse Newstead
Fuelled by fire, this new opening from the Rebelo Group is a welcome addition to Brissy’s dining scene. Lush greenery and river views complement a delicious feast of mouthwatering woodfired and charcoal menus. More than a restaurant, Greenhouse is a place to gather, whether that’s with something refreshing from the gelato cart on the lawns, a set menu in the private dining space or a Sunday morning long lunch.
Menu highlights include local QLD prawns from the woodfire grill, market fish fresh from the charcoal oven and French rotisserie chicken with 48-hour sage gravy. And to finish? Table-side tiramisu.
Suburb: Newstead
Price Guide: $$
Cuisine: Modern Australian
Best For: Long lunch, Weekend plans, Families, Group dining
Best New Restaurants Brisbane: April
Ruma Rooftop
Designed with local architecture as inspiration, this exquisite rooftop kitchen and bar is set to be your new favourite place for a sunset sip.
Ruma‘s kitchen is helmed by Chef Felipe Oliveira, serving up flavours inspired by the tropics and our abundant island.
We recommended popping by on a Sunday for your first visit to make the most of Ruma’s two long lunch set menus. Start with local bakery Idle’s iconic sourdough, with black garlic butter and native pepper berry salt. From there, expect the likes of oysters with finger lime, braised pork belly and grilled prawns doused in coastal herbs.
As for the drinks? Tropical pours reign supreme. We’re channelling the coconut-washed Ketel One with pandan, banana, ginger and citrus.
Suburb: New Farm
Price Guide: $$
Cuisine: Modern Australian
Best For: Long lunch, Late night, Date night, Weekend plans
Best New Restaurants Brisbane: February
NIIWA
Conveniently located in the heart of James Street. NIIWA is the name and modern Japanese garden dining is the game. Head on in for elevated late-night eats (we’re talking elite prawn toast) and jazzy Japanese-inspired cocktails, whilst soaking up the atmosphere of the curated dining room.
Suburb: Fortitude Valley
Price Guide: $$
Cuisine: Japanese
Best For: Late night, Date night, Cocktail lovers
Venner
Venner is the type of restaurant that will see you off with a full heart as well as a full tummy. Danish for friends, even the name of this welcoming eatery embodies the ethos of connection — from chef to supplier, guest to guest and diner to food.
Venner’s creed is ‘Australian bones, Scandinavian heart’. Distilled into a menu, this means a commitment to the Nordic philosophy of sustainability, seasonality and minimalism, via a larder of exquisite Australian produce, sourced from supplies they know by name. Ingredients are used at their peak, whether fresh of via housemade misos and ferments. Think BBQ deer loin with warrigal green sauce and pickled rosella and kangaroo pastrami with cultured cream.
As for the space, expect a pared-back dining room, hand-thrown plates and an intimate chef’s table counter.
Suburb: West End
Price Guide: $$
Cuisine: Modern Australian
Best For: Date night, Locals, Weekend plans
Best New Restaurants Brisbane: January
Aunty
The 12th venue fromThe Tassis Group (Longwang, Fat Cow, Stilts), Aunty serves up elegant, considered and warm interiors, alongside a generous modern Asian menu designed to be shared.
Despite seating up to 100 guests, the space has been designed to host intimate moments, with dining areas spread across multiple levels with booths and curtains contributing to the mood.
As for the menu, you’ll find a dedicated dim sum selection, alongside signature dishes like chilli mud crab and half duck cooked two ways. A huge offering of over 250 complements the food offering, alongside creative Asian-inspired cocktails.
You’ll find us at the daily happy hour (3pm to 5pm), snacking on $12 lobster rolls and spritz.
Suburb: Fortitude Valley
Price Guide: $$
Cuisine: Asian fusion
Best For: Group dining, Long lunch, Date night
+81 Sushi Kappo
Helmed by Tokyo-trained chef Ikuo Kobayashi, this 12-seat omakase restaurant explore a connection with the diner and the chef, with each course prepared at the counter. Across multiple courses, guests can journey through micro seasons via hyper seasonal ingredients as well as speciality ingredients imported from Japan.
The dining room complements the experience, with a minimalist and refined palette and style.
The experience is rounded out with a selection of artisanal sake, rare Japanese whiskies and a selection of premium wines.
Suburb: West End
Price Guide: $$$
Cuisine: Japanese
Best For: Special occasion, Date night, Solo dining
FAQs
Bistro Tino in Fortitude Valley is one of the standout new openings in Brisbane, offering a pared-back European coffee and breakfast bar from the team behind Mosconi. Expect a handmade Tasmanian oak bar, standing espresso and a menu built around nostalgic, simple dishes like fried brioche with honey ricotta and balsamic strawberries. Argentinian steakhouse San Telmo is also generating strong interest ahead of its late June opening in Brisbane City, bringing its signature Asado-style dining and Art Deco-inspired space north from Melbourne.
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