Garden Bar
63 Melbourne St, South Brisbane QLD 4101, Australia
Open nowToday 11:30 – 22:30 · by the venue's published hoursFull hours



A lovely garden bar at South Bank in Brisbane with a 4.0 rating across 121 reviews.
Practical details
Opening hours
Open now- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 16:00 – 20:30
- Wednesday
- 16:00 – 20:30
- Thursday
- 16:00 – 21:30
- FridayToday
- 11:30 – 22:30
- Saturday
- 11:30 – 22:30
- Sunday
- 11:30 – 20:00
Menu
Menu link from the venue's own website. Prices and items can change — the venue's page is the source of truth.
Open menuWhy it's worth checking out
Garden Bar is presented on the Southside website as the restaurant’s little sibling, located in the Fish Lane Town Square precinct beneath the train bridges of South Brisbane. For directory purposes, it is listed in South Bank, Brisbane. The setting is distinctly urban, with overhead rail lines and the surrounding town-square environment giving the venue a characterful backdrop rather than a conventional standalone bar setting.
The website provides limited information about Garden Bar itself, so its specific drinks list, food offering and seating arrangements are not clear from the supplied material. The broader Southside venue is described as an East Asian restaurant with Chinese influences, alongside wines from established international regions and Australian producers, but those details are not confirmed as Garden Bar’s own menu. This makes the bar best suited to visitors who want to explore a precinct-style venue and confirm the current offering directly before arriving.
Garden Bar’s listed service times are from 4pm Tuesday to Thursday and from 11.30am Friday to Sunday. The address supplied for the associated Southside site is Fish Lane Town Square, 63 Melbourne Street, South Brisbane. With its position under the railway infrastructure and within an outdoor-oriented dining and events precinct, it may appeal to casual catch-ups and visitors looking for a less formal Brisbane bar setting. The available website information does not provide enough detail to recommend it specifically for dates, families, solo visits or large groups.
Spot Score
The Spot Score is our composite of five signals — two about the venue's standing with visitors and three about how complete and current this listing is. It is not a visitor rating and not a verdict on the food or the experience. The 4.0 from 121 reviews is Google's visitor rating, shown separately and never altered by us.
About the venue · from Google
- ReputationGoogle star rating, smoothed for review count
- 59
- PopularityHow many Google reviews it has
- 63
About this listing · our record
- Information qualityWebsite, menu and structured details on file
- 30
- Category fitHow well it matches its listed category
- 70
- FreshnessHow recently we last checked our sources
- 30
Last checked against sources 17 June 2026.
Our independent editorial score — not a user rating.
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