What to eat at Dine BNE City 2026

There’s 130 offers and events over the course of June. Here are our picks.

Brisbane Economic Development Agency’s month-long food fest, Dine BNE City, is back for 2026, once again hawking all that is great and open late (or late-ish) in the CBD.

This year, there’s a difference, with breakfast added to the itinerary. Dine BNE’s Morning Edition is helping address the city centre’s growing collection of serious cafes. There’s also plenty of low-impact lunch action this year.

All in all, there are 130 offers and events for Dine BNE City 2026. Here’s our pick of the best.

Adam Wang’s Intersection dining precinct is arguably the best breakfast spot in the CBD right now.

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Countless people go for celebrated sub-venue Coffee Anthology, which has been ranked one of the top coffee shops in the world, but neighbouring Fika dishes up some exceptional food also.

For Dine BNE, it’s serving Indian spiced golden corn pakoras with tomato chutney, green chilli sauce, poached eggs, and an avocado and herb salad. It’s being offered with a premium wet chai for $25 for all of June.

Central, Fanda’s brilliant J.AR-designed Queen Street bolthole, has been peddling this Hong Kong-style fish burger since late January.

It takes a classic McDonald’s style Filet-O-Fish and reimagines it through a Cantonese lens, finishing it with gem lettuce and a house-made tartare that’s packed with green chilli and spring onion oil.

For Dine BNE, it’s served with thick cut fries and a schooner of crisp lager for a wallet-friendly $30 lunch or dinner.

Aloria is leaning into its occasion dining setting on the Sky Deck atop The Star for this generous lunch set.

For $75 diners have a choice of four entrees and two mains, with sides served for the table.

You can also add dessert for $18, choosing from a cheese plate or chef Shayne Mansfield’s killer urban honey cake.

Chinese restaurants tend to be notoriously protective of their dumpling IP, so it’s nice to see Donna Chang throwing open the kitchen doors for this unique yum cha experience on June 21.

This $125 dumpling class will be led by head chefs Tom Smith and Lyndon Tyers, working alongside the restaurant’s dumpling master Wai Sik Tam.

It includes a drink on arrival, followed by a yum cha banquet in the restaurant’s plush dining room. Spots will be limited so book well ahead for this one.

Tillerman has quietly developed a reputation as one of Brisbane’s best seafood restaurants since opening in 2022.

For Dine BNE it’s going late-night with this set menu that f