Inside Drake’s lavish Brisbane and Gold Coast after-dark parties at Norte, Tama and Blowfish

Guests were made to hand over phones before entry to Drake’s Brisbane concert after-party. STEP INSIDE HIS PRIVATE GOLD COAST AND BRISSY SOIREES.

Guests at an invite-only after-party following Drake’s first Brisbane show were forced to surrender their phones at a Fortitude Valley hotspot on Monday night.

At the private supper club soiree at Artesian Hospitality’s TAMA Supper Club a strict no-phone policy was enforced with guests required to give up their devices on entry. Their phones bagged pre-entry and then retrieved at the end of the night.

Phones were bagged on entry as the venue adhered to Drake’s strict no-phone policy at Tama. Picture: Supplied

Guests arrived in a convoy of black Mercedes vans with heavy security.

Drake reportedly arrived at around 1am and left at around 4am.

Approximately 60 hand-picked women attended with some girls turned away at the door. There were no males present outside Drake’s entourage.

Artesian’s new venue, previously a light-filled space, now features blacked out windows to feed into the VIP undercover atmosphere.

The hospitality giant - with a strong portfolio on Surfers Paradise party strip Orchid Avenue and now in Brisbane - has previously entertained icons of the music industry including Justin Bieber, Calvin Harris, David Guetta, Usher and Lil Wayne plus sprinter Usain Bolt and actress Amber Heard.

The convoy of black Mercedes vans outside the Tama venue in Brisbane for a Drake concert after-party. Picture: Supplied

The Take-Care artist was also spotted living the high life at the popular Broadbeach seafood restaurant Blowfish on Sunday evening.

A source said the Blowish soiree was a “very happy atmosphere around the bar”.

“There were lots of girls coming in from around and everyone seemed to be having a lot of fun. There were plates of food coming out and certainly the drinks were flowing.

“[There would have] easily been 50-ish [people] if not more, maybe 70, there were (other) customers there as well. So there was a lot of security.

“Security were just positioned everywhere. There was five or seven limos out the front of Blowfish - all black limos and it was quite evident something was going on. So it stirred a bit of interest, certainly. Put it this way there were numerous people who noticed him.”

Drake joins a crew of celebrities frequenting the Broadbeach venue in recent months. Among those spotted recently are Australian actress Isla Fisher and Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul both on the same night, A-lister Mark Wahlburg and Michael Pena.

Super-selling rapper Drake was also spotted at The Oxley’s new Latin American restaurant Norté Mermaid Beach on Saturday night.

Among the 30-strong Drake supper club at Norte was venue co-owner Nick Woodward, Artesian Hospitality’s managing partner Matt Keegan and a slew of Gold Coast fashion models and local social media personalities.

A source told GC at Large that Drake picked up everyone’s tab in his group – plus surprised other diners unrelated to his soiree by picking up their tabs too.

Originally published as Inside Drake’s lavish Brisbane and Gold Coast after-dark parties at Norte, Tama and Blowfish