Weekday lunch South Bank Brisbane has a problem most people figure out by expensive trial and error. Most restaurants worth eating at are either too expensive for a midweek meal or too casual to justify the walk across the bridge. The middle ground — somewhere with good produce, proper cooking and prices that don’t make you feel guilty on a Tuesday — is harder to find than it should be.
We introduced the $23 weekday lunch about three years ago because we thought the same thing. The deal is simple: a rotating selection of full menu dishes, $23 each, Monday to Friday from 11:30am to 2:30pm. Not a scaled-back lunch menu. Not smaller portions. The same dishes we serve at dinner, at a fixed weekday price.
It’s become the core of our lunch service. The dining room between 12pm and 1:30pm on a weekday looks nothing like a Tuesday dinner — it’s full of people who’ve come specifically for this, many of them regulars who’ve been coming in the same day every week for months.
What $23 Gets You at Weekday Lunch South Bank Brisbane
The selection rotates by week and season. The Char-grilled QLD King Prawns with smoked mango salsa appear consistently — gluten-free, dairy-free, four large Queensland prawns over the char-grill. If you’ve had prawns at a restaurant and thought “these are fine,” these are not fine — they’re excellent.
The Grilled Fremantle Octopus with smoked paprika miso glaze, chat potatoes, chimichurri and pickled daikon is one of the more complex dishes on the lunch menu and consistently the one people come back specifically to order again.
The Riverina Black Angus Scotch Fillet at 300g, char-grilled with chips, salad and sauce, regularly appears at $23 — we mention it because people assume a steak at that price is a compromise. It isn’t.
Other regulars: Szechuan Calamari with lemon pepper aioli, Hervey Bay Scallops with smoked romesco when in season, and grilled corn cob ribs with chipotle mayo for the vegetarians at the table.
How to Get the Most Out of Weekday Lunch South Bank Brisbane
The 12pm–12:30pm window fills fastest. For a group of four or more, book ahead — online booking takes 30 seconds. For solo diners or pairs, walk-ins work well at 11:30am or after 1:30pm when the main lunch wave has cleared.
For working lunches — laptop out, meeting over food — we’re comfortable with that. The private dining space can be arranged for business lunches where you need time and privacy.
Monday Weekday Lunch Has a Bonus
On Mondays specifically, the $23 lunch deal runs alongside the oyster 50% off offer. Order entree-sized oysters and a main from the $23 selection — a full two-course lunch at a price that’s genuinely hard to beat anywhere in Brisbane’s serious dining scene.
Getting Here
South Bank is a seven-minute walk across the Goodwill Bridge from Eagle Street in the CBD. The Cultural Centre ferry terminal is on the north bank near the State Library. We’re at 24/164 Little Stanley Street — about two-thirds of the way down from the Grey Street end.
Lunch hours: Monday to Friday, 11:30am–2:30pm. Kitchen closes at 2:30pm sharp.
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