New Year’s Eve Brisbane: Ultimate guide to top party spots

With New Year’s Eve coming in hot, we’ve scouted the top spots to eat, drink and party the night away as you usher in 2023.

New Year’s Eve is just three sleeps away, and if you haven’t made any plans, now’s the time.

From black-tie cocktails parties to elaborate seven-course set menus, here’s your guide on where to usher in 2023.

ZA ZA TA MIDDLE EASTERN FEAST

Za Za Ta, 1000 Ann St, Fortitude Valley

5pm-7pm sitting and 7.30pm-late sitting

New Year's Eve at Za Za Ta.

Ambient Middle Eastern vegetarian restaurant Za Za Ta will put on an elaborate Israeli-inspired feast with everything from house-made breads and mezze to kofta, halloumi doughnuts, falafel and shawarma. To ensure guests are in good spirits, there will be roving belly dancers and a DJ, plus non-alcoholic and alcoholic drink pairings.

Cost: $99 per person, with optional $50 gin pairing

PERSONE’S COCKTAIL PARTY

Persone, Persone, 81 North Quay, Brisbane City

7pm-midnight

The Italian riverfront restaurant in the CBD is throwing its annual black tie NYE bash with sparkling on arrival, a premium five-hour beverage package including beer, wine and spirits, canapes, an antipasto station, a live DJ and views of the city fireworks.

Cost: $195 per person⁠

Bookings: opentable.com

NYE AT WET DECK

Wet Deck, W Brisbane, 81 North Quay, Brisbane City

9pm-midnight

New Year's Eve at Wet Deck at W Brisbane.

The pool deck at the glam W Brisbane hotel will be turned into a party pad with a signature margarita on arrival, followed by three hours of free-flowing drinks and a glass of Moet & Chandon at midnight. There will also be a taco station and hot and cold snacks, plus DJs pumping music all night.

Cost: $295 per person

Bookings: eventbrite.com.au

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ESSA SEVEN-COURSE DINNER

Essa, 181 Robertson St, Fortitude Valley

This contemporary fine diner is welcoming in the New Year with a seven-course set menu featuring the likes of oysters, a selection of snacks, coral trout and dry-aged duck.

Cost: $190 per person

Bookings: essa.restaurant

MODA FIESTA

Moda, The Barracks, 61 Petrie Tce, Brisbane

8pm-1am

Celebrate the Spanish way this New Years with a fiesta of food and drink. There will be a five-hour drinks package including the likes of sangria, sparkling wine, Spanish and Australian red and white vino, beer, soft drink and juices, plus spirits from 10.30pm. The food will include a variety of tapas such as octopus, suckling pig ribs and jamon, plus lamb rack, wagyu beef, cheese and churros. There will also be a Latin band performing all night.

Cost: $199 per person

Bookings: modarestaurant.com.au

DONNA CHANG BANQUET

Donna Chang, 171 George St, Brisbane City

5.30pm-7.30 first sitting, 8.30pm-12.30am second sitting

Donna Chang New Year's Eve.

Diners can take their pick of either an early bird four-course contemporary Chinese banquet, or a four-hour, all-inclusive food and beverage package with canapes, dishes to share, Veuve Clicquot Champagne, cocktails, spirits, wine and beer, plus live entertainment.

Cost: First sitting $120 per person, second sitting $218 per person

Bookings: donnachang.com.au

SOUTHSIDE BANQUET

Southside, Fish Lane, South Brisbane

Dinner

Fish Lane favourite Southside will offer a modern Chinese-leaning banquet featuring dishes such as rock oysters, wagyu tartare, chicken and shiitake siu mai, steamed market fish, Chinese-style wagyu and more. There’s also the option of a two-hour beverage package with three cocktails, beer, cider, wine, kombucha and mocktails.

Cost: $119 per person with blanc de blanc on arrival or $199 with beverage package

Bookings: southside-restaurant.com.au

OLIVE AND ANGELO DINNER

Olive and Angelo, 12 Edward St, Brisbane City

5pm and 5.30pm sittings

This set menu Italian affair will include a mortadella pizza, risotto, sous-vide wagyu beef cheeks and an Italian meringue. Drinks are extra.

Cost: $110 per person

Bookings: opentable.com.au

BOOM BOOM ROOM PARTY

Boom Boom Room, 49 Elizabeth St, Brisbane City

5.30pm-7.30 omakase banquet, 8.30pm-12.30am all inclusive package

Celebrate New Year's Eve at Boom Boom Room, Brisbane City.

At this underground Japanese restaurant and bar, guests can choose between an early omakase banquet or a late-night, four-hour, all-inclusive package with live entertainment and premium beverages including sparkling, cocktails, spirits, wine and beer.

Cost: Omakase banquet $99 per person, inclusive package $218 per person

Bookings: theboomboomroom.com.au

NEWSTEAD SOCIAL DINNER OR DANCE PARTY

Newstead Social, 2 Masters St, Newstead

Dinner from 5.30pm, Dance party from 8.30pm

Ring in the New Year with a six-course dinner and two-hour drink package with mimosas, beer, house wine and sparkling; or boogie into 2023 with an Eighties-themed dress-up dance party, featuring music from the era, alongside canapes and a 3.5-hour drinks package including basic spirits, beer, wine and sparkling.

Cost: Dinner $65 per person; dance party $130 per person

Bookings: newsteadsocial.com.au