Melbourne’s Komeyui has a slick new Brisbane outpost and it’s bringing a little Zen interconnection to the everyday.

Same Same's main room provides dining drama aplenty: flames flashing, woks hissing in the central open kitchen, bustling communal tables channelling Thailand's streets through a glamorous lens.

This pint-sized, chef-run venue isn't quite a portal to Shibuya, but it does leave the Gold Coast behind.

Don’t let the location – in the heart of Maroochydore’s new CBD, surrounded by construction – put you off.

Good times (and good tunes) are in abundance at this Brisbane newcomer.

Housed in an historic inner-city terrace, Clarence doesn't appear avant-garde but it's quietly radical.

Bandita’s freewheeling wood-fired take on Mexican cuisine is a breezy crowd-pleaser.