Vue Lounge Merthyr Rd

Vue Lounge Merthyr Rd

Famous for its great coffee, this popular eatery serves up cafe-style meals by day and more refined, Italian fare after dark. The breakfast burrito is a popular choice with a morning coffee, while for dinner, the slow-baked lamb shanks are a particular specialty.

Situated in New Farm, VUE Lounge is a favourite for locals as well as interstate and international visitors to Brisbane.Serving progressive Modern Australian cuisine VUE oozes style and sophistication and is the place to see and be seen in.

The relaxed and contemporary setting makes VUE the perfect venue for dinner with friends, that very special first date, to entertain important clients or hold a function.Vue is know for serving exceptional DiBella coffee and food, along with great entertainment providing a memoral experience.

Open 7am till 10pm Tuesday to Saturday,
7am till 6pm Sunday and Monday

Shop 83 Merthyr Rd
New Farm 4005 QLD

Phone: (07) 3358 6511
http://vuelounge.com.au/

Vine Caffe Restaurant and Bar Moray St

Vine Caffe Restaurant and Bar Moray St

A great modern bistro with Italian flair, Vine offers a cafe menu during the day and modern Italian dishes with provincial specials at night. The dark polished wood furniture and chocolate leather banquettes complement the renaissance-style artworks and add to the Italian bistro feel. The field mushroom bruschetta is a tasty variation on a familiar starter while dishes like the gnocchi in a Napolitana sauce with sheep's milk ricotta are excellent to follow. Despite the modern twist on the food, the service has all the traditional warmth and welcome that one expects in a good Italian restaurant.

Shop 5 158 Moray St (Cnr Merthyr Rd)
New Farm 4005 QLD

Phone: (07) 3358 6658
www.vinerestaurant.com.au

The Purple Olive James St

The Purple Olive James St

Holding all the charm of the classic alfresco cafes of Europe this well know restaurant also captures the modern class of a gourmet dining establishment. Situated in the ever changing New Farm area, the chic Purple Olive has an accent of the Mediterranean.

Our delicious menus cater for all tastes, while introducing customers to the authentic flavours of Southern Europe. Our menu includes seafood, pastas, risottos, steaks and vegetarian.

With a professionally trained staff, diners are assured of quality and service. At the Purple Olive it’s a certainty, yours will be an exceptionally pleasurable experience.

79 James St
New Farm 4005 QLD

Phone: (07) 3254 0097

Opening hours
Lunch: Friday to Sunday from 12 pm. Dinner 7 days from 5.30pm
www.thepurpleolive.com.au

New Farm Cafe Brunswick St

New Farm Cafe Brunswick St

New Farm Cafe has been serving good quality Italian, deli style breakfasts and lunches to locals for over 14 years. The wonderful aromas from the kitchen waft between the tables inside and there are two outdoor areas to dine al fresco. The service is as good as the food, which makes it rather hard to get a table for lunch or weekend brunch. Book ahead to avoid disappointment.

900 Brunswick St
New Farm 4005 QLD

Phone: (07) 3358 2634

Dell’Ugo New Farm Brunswick Street

Dell’Ugo New Farm Brunswick Street

Dell’ Ugo serves cut-above, authentic Italian dishes in a buzzy dining block along New Farm’s major approach road. It absorbs the character of the street, so it’s fun and lively on a Friday evening – it’s not the place for a love tryst – and at lunchtime more redolent of Italy: vital and indulgent. Although the mood is open and inclusive, part of the dining area can be enclosed around a square table for a group of up to 22. Daily specials such as linguine alla vongole are recommended because the star ingredients always shine. That said, it would be a shame not to explore the menu. Past items such as duck maryland, stuffed with shallots and muscatels, in a honey-and-star anise broth, give you some idea. Professional service adds to the outing.

Suite 693 Brunswick Street
New Farm QLD 4005

Phone: +61 7 3254 2188
http://www.dellugo.com.au

Biagio Brunswick Street

Biagio Brunswick Street

An injection of fresh energy will hit Red Hill’s dining scene in July, as new owners rebrand the restaurant that once housed the Fish Grotto. Chef Biagio Biuso, originally from Sicily, comes to us from Zolli’s Trattoria, Townsville. He and wife Sarah have given their new restaurant a smart, elegant fit-out featuring a black marble bar, white linen tablecloths and black leather chairs. The a la carte menu will focus on seafood, and Biagio’s pasta al pistachio (with crispy pancetta) comes recommended.

Address Suite 695 Brunswick Street
New Farm QLD 4005

Phone: +61 7 3369 7417

Bellaggio Woodfired Pizzeria and Ristorante Brunswick Street

Bellaggio Woodfired Pizzeria and Ristorante Brunswick Street

With a little taste of Italy in every dish, Bellagio has stood the test of time in New Farm and is a popular spot for both newcomers and return diners. The interior of the restaurant is spacious and has a great open window looking onto Brunswick Street, perfect for a sultry Brisbane summer afternoon. The restaurant is comprised of indoor, outdoor and courtyard dining sections, and can cater for up to 200 people. The kitchen is made complete with a traditional wood-fired oven as its centrepiece. It burns western Ipswich ironbark which sets the oven at the necessary temperature while adding a unique taste to the pizzas. The traditional method of preparing these signature pies has remained intact and is just as important as the careful selection of toppings coupled with the right balance of quantity. All too often a pizza’s real flavour can be lost among a myriad of over-compensating toppings, leaving your tastebuds not quite sure which flavour was what. Here the bases are made daily and according to an authentic recipe – the result is a thin, crispy and delectable base that complements the fresh ingredients well.

Diners can choose from a range of interesting Italian-style antipastos and breads to kick off their meal. One starter of particular interest is the prosciutto, melone e ricotta fritta which is comprised of prosciutto crudo served with fresh rockmelon balls alongside deep-fried ricotta and rocket. Follow with a mazzicante pizza with provolone, truffle oil and mushrooms, or the nonno nicola with salsa pomodoro, mozzarella, funghi, grilled zucchini, truffle oil, bocconcini and prosciutto crudo. For those who can appreciate a great pizza, Bellaggio embraces a home-style atmosphere with great traditional fare, and is a must for the to-do list.

Suite 695 Brunswick Street
New Farm QLD 4005

Phone: +61 7 3254 0275

Bar Alto Lamington Street

Bar Alto Lamington Street

Close your eyes, click your heels three times and say "there's no place like Sydney". Or just take the CityCat to New Farm Park, because in a town where a good water view is generally accompanied by a surf 'n' turf smorgasbord, and where dining at a performing arts venue is something you previously only did after a matinee with Nanna, Bar Alto is dramatically removed from your Brisbane preconceptions. On the first floor of the Powerhouse Live Arts Centre, with the precinct's trademark graffitied brick and concrete walls, it's also about as unpretentiously chic as it gets (on a council budget, anyway). The spectacularly open kitchen means there's as much theatre in the galley as there is on the stage outside, but the real star here is the food.
Head chef Pablo Tordesillas - formerly of Otto in Sydney - is Spanish, but the heart of his kitchen is unmistakably Italian. Raise a smug glass of Valpolicella to the folks aboard the Kookaburra Queen; exorcise your demons by devouring a voodoo-doll-like quail saltimbocca; or test your powers of strategy as you mobilise cutlery forces towards your partner's perfect goat ragu. If half a bottle of Chianti Classico doesn't get you giggling, then the ridiculously low prices will, and if there's a better restaurant manager than Rachael Duffield they must be working the floor at Alain Ducasse; with her at the helm, service is polished and friendly and standards never slip.

Suite The Powerhouse 119 Lamington Street
New Farm QLD 4005

Phone: +61 7 3358 1063

Opening hours
Daily 11am till late
http://www.baralto.com.au/

Arriva Merthyr Road

Arriva Merthyr Road

This family-friendly restaurant serves fantastic meals that are generous in size and in flavour. The wine list has a good selection from Italy as well as Australia.

Arriva was awarded top honours for Best Traditional Pizza Maker, Best Use of Cheese and Best Seafood in the 2007 Dairy Farmer's Best Pizza Challenge.

Suite Shop 6, 84 Merthyr Road
New Farm, QLD 4005

Phone: (07) 3254 1599

Opening Hours
Tue-Sun 5.30pm-10.30pm

Re Del Gelato Brunswick Street

Re Del Gelato Brunswick Street

Beautifully made Italian gelato, a perfect cap after a nice meal at one of the close by restaurants on Brunswick Street.

3, 706 Brunswick Street,
New Farm

Phone: (07) 3358 2177

Opening hours
Sun - Thu: 11am-11pm
Fri - Sat: 11am-midnight