Restaurants And Cafes

HOT: Mondo Organics Restaurant, 166 Hardgrave Rd, West End

By Brek ⋅ March 10, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Mondo Organics, tucked away in the bottom of west End, seems to divide its patrons and reviewers. I’m surprised at their mixed reputation, as we had a good experience there that is well worth repeating.
Perhaps it is because specialty organic restaurants are not that common, and tend to attract the more discerning diners. Organic eaters, [...]

HOT: Hotel Bravo, Brunswick Central, 455 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley

By CazM ⋅ March 3, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

I was pleasantly surprised when I found out my hens night was being held at Hotel Bravo in the Valley, but wondered if it would adequately cater for 30-odd cackling females.
It’s been about four years since my last cocktail at Hotel Bravo, and I’m pleased to say it seems to have maintained its flare for [...]

HOT: Bistro Alegria, Shop 11, 20 Park Rd, Milton

By CazM ⋅ March 1, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

I’ve never been shy in alluding to the fact that Park Road’s cafes and restaurants are over-rated. Their flare fizzled out with the turn of the new millennium and as a result, I’ve resorted to driving to Rosalie or the City in search of a lunch-time feed, or what’s worse, packing my own lunch from [...]

HOT: Hanabishi Japanese Restaurant, The Barracks, Petrie Terrace, Paddington

By CazM ⋅ February 22, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Here at BNE: HOT OR NOT we do our fair share of sushi and Japanese cuisine reviews – sushi is the new black after all.
But because of its popularity I believe many establishments think it’s a licence to print money and they cut corners in doing so. I’ve sampled both 1 out of 10, and [...]

HOT: Vagelis, Shop 2, 30 Racecourse Road, Ascot

By CazM ⋅ February 17, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

I try not to get sucked into the gratuitous marketing ploys from retailers and restaurateurs that Valentine’s Day often encourages…but as V-Day fell on a Sunday (a night that I refuse to get in the kitchen) I insisted that MM take me out for a romantic meal and a nice end to our hectic weekend [...]

HOT Chat: Mark Lobo, Photographer

By Jetsetting Joyce ⋅ February 15, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Today’s post is a great interview with Brisbane based photographer Mark Lobo. I came across Mark’s work through The Colour and was immediately impressed by the saturated colours and vital personalities he captured in his work. He’s also living the dream as a full time professional photographer. You can follow Mark on Twitter here. Thanks [...]

HOT: Jost 154, 154 Melbourne St, South Brisbane

By CazM ⋅ February 11, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Sometimes the binary rating system of HOT or NOT really puts me in a pickle; there’s no half way mark which really does my head in… but if there was, I’d probably put Jost 154 in the kinda-hot bucket. These guys still have their training wheels on, so I need the Kinda prefix to [...]

HOT: Coco Bella Espresso, Cnr Lamington and Welsby Streets, New Farm

By Jetsetting Joyce ⋅ February 10, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Today’s guest post comes from the Jetsetting Parents, this time sampling the new casual cafe/restaurant Coco Bella Espresso in New Farm.
This eatery site in New Farm has seen quite a few changes of ownership over the last several years, from the “founder” East-West to New Farm Bistro, Bacchus, then The Hutch to the newly-opened Coco [...]

HOT: Bamboo Basket, 190 Grey St, South Brisbane

By Brek ⋅ February 8, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Bamboo Basket is new addition to the increasingly vibrant and unapologetically modern South Bank precinct. Located at the eastern end of Grey St, there was always the danger that when this Chinese restaurant opened a few months ago it would be a little far from the action. But it hasn’t taken long for it to [...]

HOT: Urbane Restaurant, 179 Mary St, Brisbane

By CazM ⋅ February 7, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

Finally Brisbane’s laneways are starting to see some action.
Melbourne is renowned for its utilisation of the funky laneways that branch from main streets of the CBD: bars, cafes, boutique shops…you name it, in the laneways down there they’ve got it.
Brisbane, however, has been a little slow on the uptake. We have plenty of laneways, but [...]

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