Forget the claim that this is a 1920s, prohibition inspired bar. Forget that in current bar-speak this means (drinks in mason jars and other novelty vessels). Leave all these judgements at the door as you perch upon the bar stools and high tables outside Next Door Kitchen & Bar (next door to Ole on Little Stanley Street) or take a table inside. Instead, focus on what they do well: small plates and cocktails. The cocktail list is not extensive by any means, but what they do do they do well. During our UYE I tried the specially concocted Rudolph Valentino (Scotch, Martini Rosso, Cherry Brandy and Cranberry Bitters) which was interesting. The flavour that hit the front of your palette changed by the time it reached your back palette. I didn't mind it. The Clover Club (which was too sweet for my cocktailing like) and a sip of an 18th Amendment (matusalem rum, red wine, violet liqueur, cherry jam, vanilla and nutmeg) a friend ordered, which was easily my pick of the bunch. As for food, try a little or try a lot. The small plates are made to be shared. For our table of 6 we ordered a few of the chips with truffled parmesan (win), beetroot and blue cheese arancini balls (win) with black garlic aioli and baby chard, and my favourite of them all the slow cooked lamb neck, maple roasted pumpkin, fire roasted onions, hazelnut and Maleny yoghurt. Simple flavours that packed a punch when grouped together. Worth every penny of the $19.50 this particular share plate will set you back. There were a few moments where drinks ordered were forgotten or were slow to be delivered but given the patronage on this Wednesday night it was easily forgiven. One bar tender for the number of people in the venue and anyone could understand the minor delays. The staff at Next Door were dear and we were regularly checked on to make sure everything was to our liking. It is the little things. read more

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Came here for an unofficial Yelp event! It was super fun and the weather was perfect to be sitting outside. The chair stools were pretty comfortable. They light tea candles on your table around dusk. Everyone was very kind and checked on how we were doing periodically. The drinks tended to take a little time to be delivered. We weren't sure if it was because of lack of staff or slow service. Once the drinks were delivered, all was forgiven. The food was excellent as well! We tasted the gangster wings, truffle parmesan fries, beetroot and blue cheese arancini, black garlic aioli, baby chard, and slow cooked lamb neck, maple roasted pumpkin, fire roasted onions, hazelnut, and maleny yogurt. Best thing you ask? LAMB. No question. It was so tender and the roasted pumpkin was an amazing compliment. I could have devoured the entire place but since we are to share the plates- I did just that. I recommend the fries if you want a nice appetizer to share or a comfort food with a twist. The place was quite crowded on a Wednesday and I loved the 1920s theme. This would be a fun place to go on a date or take a friend. It was fun seeing all sorts of groups coming. Will definitely be back! Shout out to Lani for organizing the event! Tip: If you come in before 5:30, you can get slingers and wings for $15. read more

Next Door Kitchen was somewhere I had never noticed before, sandwiched between Ole and Ahmet's on the road opposite the beachside area of South Bank. As my buddy Stu suggested, perhaps it's best to refer to them as "Next Door" to these places ;). We were attending a group drinks organised by the lovely Lani, and it was quite a nice location for this, darkish and not so noisy that you couldn't hear each other. It was a little bit quirky, with greeting card-like quips on menu backs, and gorgeous cutlery tucked into napkins (see photo). The drinks list was fairly broad & the cocktails quite once again, quirky, with a number that were appealing. My first was called "The 18th Amendment, and check out the photo to see what it contained. Lets just saw it was kinda like a crazy American sticky sangria, or like a peanut butter & jelly sandwich, boozed up and with no peanut butter (& a hint of nutmeg). We then had a 1L share drink (photo again), which was quite nice, but unremarkable. The others quite enjoyed their food, but the fact that nothing could really be made vegan (oddly, we could get the chips without the truffled Parmesan ok, but the Chef wouldn't offer us ANY vegan sauce!!) which was rather disappointing, and drinks took a bizarrely long time to arrive, with wait staff helpful but a but erratic. Overall, it's not a bad option - but I'd go mainly for quirky drinks. read more

Next Door Kitchen & Bar - Cocktail list for the win! - Restaurants Near Me - Brisbane, QLD

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First of all, I wanted to sit at the counter since I was alone but the waitress told me that the counter seats, which were all empty, were not easily accessible (needed to slalom between tables) and that I would end up sitting too closely to the tables behind me which was, she assumed, not confortable. Why put seats at the counter if you discourage people from sitting on them? Anyhow I ended up sitting very comfortably at the counter. Service was a bit slow and I was ignored quite a few times but to the staff's defense it was a busy night. The Cab-Merlot from Western Australia was very good but the food was not. I am used to great food in Melbourne or Sydney. The salmon was just ok and the sides a bit cold. On top of that portions were small for the price (Singapore style) and I had to take wings afterwards to fill my stomach! The atmosphere is nice and they forgot to charge me for a glass of wine. Normally I would be pretty honest about it but this time I thought I deserved a free glass. read more

Next Door Kitchen & Bar - Tasmanian Salmon (with a shadow) - Restaurants Near Me - Brisbane, QLD

Our first time here. 1) LONG WAIT We were seated at 930am, ordered 3 breakfast and coffees. We got served after half an hr, around 1005am. The restaurant was not busy..but under-staffed for sure. 2) WRONG ORDER We ordered a) special breakfast without bacon and chipolatas (to be replaced with mushroom), b) mushroom and feta, and c) Scambled eggs with bacon. When food arrived, the order for the special breakfast was incorrect. The manager came back without the bacon but told us they ran out of mushroom. . I asked for ketchup 3 times, the manager told me that I will have to wait for her to put the order in. 3) FOOD QUALITY WAS TERRIBLE When we tasted the food.The poached egg became boiled egg. The vege and beans on the 19 dollar breakfast looks pretty sad The sourdough bread was hard as a rock (impossible to break it apart), the mushrooms were way overcooked and extremely chewy. Everything was dry. 4) POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE (MANAGER) I went up to pay. the customer next to us told us to give the restaurant some feedback to help them to improve their business. I agree. When i relate the feedback and showed her the unfinished food, She said if we had pointed out when the food arrived, she would be able to send it back to the kitchen. She said there is nothing that she can do but to charge us. I told her that's fine, i am not asking for free food. I can pay. I just wanted to give them some honest feedback. I asked if she sampled her restaurant food. She said she has been eating there on a daily basis and haven't had an issue with it. the manager told me that " in fact, this is the only complaint we had for the day". -- FACE PALM..i guess we were the unlucky ones. Customers on other tables were waiting up to 45 mins for their food. They told us, "Gordon Ramsay should come and kick their ass to get some food out of the kitchen". read more

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Vibe gets full marks here: 1920s, Prohibition-era? Sign me up. The cocktails were good (though sometimes they sat on the bar, apparently forgotten, for a while before they were brought to us), and they have some very inventive and interesting concoctions available: all worth a try. There is nothing vegan on the menu. We asked if we could get the truffle parmesan fries without parmesan and could we please get tomato sauce or something instead of the aioli and were told there there were NO VEGAN SAUCES in the kitchen (and were glared at by the chef). So, instead, we drank all their booze. Though I'm naturally suspicious of places in South Bank, the Little Stanley St precinct has grown up a lot, and you will very quickly forget that you're but metres away from convenience food. Staff were extremely polite and constantly checked that we were happy with our experience. I would certainly go back there for drinks if invited. read more

Next Door Kitchen & Bar - The Jersey Mule - Restaurants Near Me - Brisbane, QLD

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What hahappendhere? The baked pull-a-part rosemary cobb topped with herb salt and paired with parmesan butter was not cooked thoroughly. The pork belly confit with spiced pumpkin puree, black pudding, apple-ginger cider gel, and scratchings was all fat. Where's the pork? The duck a l'orange with braised potato, fennel, onions, and burn orange vinaigrette was lackluster and did not taste as wonderfully as it sounds. The service was stifled and hurried. It's safe to infer we did not enjoy our meal. read more

The service was satisfactory although one server was a little bit hard to hear as they mumbled. It wasn't too loud and the $20 steak, chips and drink special initially seemed like a small portion but my partner and I left feeling very satisfied. The Blue Lagoon mocktail was absolutely delicious. Overall it was a lovely meal and a good experience. read more

Next Door Kitchen & Bar - Blue Lagoon Mocktail - Restaurants Near Me - Brisbane, QLD

This was stop numero Uno on our New Years Eve traipse through Southbank. We needed a place where we could drink a few cocktails but also where the food menu contained more than just bar snacks. And Next Door delivered! We got a selection of share plates and I also got to tick off trying duck a l'orange from my MKR bucket list. The food came out quite quickly for a busy NYE and was delicious. The duck was a real highlight. Generous portion and cooked so very well. In fact all of the portions were quite generous and didn't make you feel ripped off like some small plates can when the price says 'main meal' but the plate says 'snack'. They have a very extensive cocktail menu but if you're with a squad they've got several jug options available too which I found to be very economical. At roughly $50 a piece and with 4 drinks in each they really were incredibly cost effective and delicious! I deduct 2 stars for the service. While the wait staff were lovely when they were attending to your table they also didn't come round all that often so you can find yourself waiting for a while to order your next drink. Don't think about being proactive about it either because when we approached the bar to order we were told that we really need to do so from our table which no waitstaff had tended to in over 30 minutes. I'd like to say it was just because of the night we went however it was nearing midnight and so most patrons had vacated to watch the fireworks. In saying all of that, I won't hold a grudge. I'd probably try Next Door again if only to eat that duck again. read more

What a great surprise! We turned up at this eatery at 9:30pm on a Sunday - yes Brisbane is normally tucked up and in bed by this time and most places are closed, however, amazingly Next Door Kitchen and Bar was open! Thank you Next Door Kitchen & Bar for being one of the few eateries in Brisbane that understands most people have a life and tend to want to eat when most of Brisbane commercial restaurants chose to close. Don't get me started on the crazy Brisbane commerical opening and closing times and huge voids of time when you are not allowed to eat in between the change over between breakfast, lunch and dinner times as defined by Brisbane restaurant managers. I know I am Northern Hemipshere person and am very fortunate to live in Australia but still after two years cannot get my head around being told when I am allowed to eat. After an appalling expeirence at a Queens Street hotel restaurant, my expectations were well below the floor boards but to my surprise and delight the most lovely serving team combined with an amazing kitchen staff compliment turned an evening into to a fantastic night of taste bud surprises. Lovely, caring service............teams that kept focus on their tables and establishing a great rapport with their guests led to top notch food. Fresh, tasty food, combined with service with a personality made this eatery somewhere I would certainly recommend to others. To summarise - tasty, tasty, tasty menu combined with lovely personal service and open when you want to dine. If you love Pavlova, save some room for a meringue delight after your main course! read more

Share platters are very generously portioned. My party of 3 shared the crushed wagyu meatballs, the spiced calamari and the garlic prawns with black sausage. Definitely wish I had bread or something to soak up the sauces from the dishes. Especially the garlic prawns which were served in smoked almond milk! What a waste! The tapas are a nice step up from the typical affair of meatballs, deep fried calamari, etc. I tried the Girl Next Door cocktail which was a mix of watermelon, strawberries, mint, gin and pear cider. Super refreshing and not sweet at all (if you think of typical flavoured ciders). I love the 1920s theme too! Will be returning to try more of the menu. Keep an eye out on the Facebook and Twitter accounts which feature a codeword for 1/2 priced gangster chicken wings between 12-6pm during the week. read more

Today for lunch my wife, baby boy and I went here for lunch. The place has a relaxed and slightly luxurious feel. The whole menu looked very very tasty so we decided to sit down. It look a solid 5 minutes to be acknowledged and then we ordered straight away. The food came out in a reasonable time. We had the Wagyu Meatballs which were very tasty, the twice cooked duck which was decent, and the parmesan truffled fries which were just OK. The thing I was a little disappointed about is that we were offered aioli with our fries and after lunch I saw a $2.50 charge on the bill, although I don't remember seeing the price for aioli on the menu. Also while the waitress did her job fine, she wasn't particularly friendly. Overall, the chef is doing a pretty decent job here, but there is definitely some room for improvement on the service side, especially where there were so little customers on the day, and our lunch bill ended up being $61 for the 3 dishes, aioli, and 2 glasses of lemon lime and bitters. read more

Southbank is SLOWLY improving, and Next Door Bar and Kitchen is one of the best choices if you are in the area. They have supposed 1920s theme, that really only extends to names of cocktails. The cocktails here are good though, and made well. We had a Jersey Mule (gin, juniper and sage syrup, lemon juice, apple cider, orange bitters) and Its the Berries (vodka, creme de mure, blackberry syrup, peach bitters, fresh orange, pear cider). Cocktails are served in obligatory jars (yawn - am I the only one who is over this? i want a glass, darn it). The food was surprising and unexpectedly good, flash-fried school prawns with aioli intended to be eaten whole were crunchy and more-ish, and moist wagyu meatballs topped with provolone and accompanied by sticky jam were our starters. We moved on to larger plates of twice cooked duck leg that fell off the bone served with a sweet gluhwein poached pear and beet puree, and sliced peppered beef fillet served pink with tasty pancetta crumbs and an extremely smooth pumpkin puree. Desserts were not as good as the savouries, but still good - dark chocolate marquis was mousse-y in texture and served in a flat bowl topped with crunchy salted caramel 'bits' and pretty flowers but needed a bit of something to lift it out of the darkness. Ricotta and cinnamon pannacotta with green apple puree, and biscotti was lovely, but too tiny! I always want MOAR when it comes to pannacotta. Staff were attentive and food and drinks came out quickly, we were never left waiting too long, even though it was packed out and very busy. read more

Beautiful tapas. Loved the slow cooked lamb neck with maple roasted pumpkin, fire roasted onions, hazelnut and Maleny yogurt, as well as, the carved peppered beef fillet with caramelised pumpkin purée and pancetta crumbs. Decided to try a cocktail and found the 'Flappers Fizz' a bit too sweet for my liking. Especially loved the '20s tunes in the background. A bit pricey but worth it. Will go back. read more

Looking at previous reviews, this apparently was some sort of tapas bar. Maybe sometimes it still is, but on this Saturday night there was a normal menu with individual meals, and none of the items mentioned in the older reviews. We were here for a birthday party, and it's definitely worth booking ahead, because it was pretty busy. I ordered just a coke while waiting for everyone to turn up. Didn't want to start drinking on an empty stomach. Well, it came in a mason jar (isn't that trend dead yet?) And it was flat. Already this place is heading downhill. Previous reviews also suggest some sort of 1920s speak easy type of theme, but the music playing was more bluegrass, and with things like brisket on the menu I felt it was yet another bad attempt at an American themed restaurant. Yawn. The meals came quite quickly, as well they should. They were tiny. You can get extra sides, and the menu or the staff perhaps should warn diners this is a necessity when dining here. I am not exaggerating when I say entire meals were finished in under 2 minutes. And no, they definitely were not tapas share plates. How did it taste? I had the compressed lamb shank. A narrow block of shredded meat and a thin slice of zuchinni. It was okay. It wasn't great. Wasn't horrible. Meh. A diner near me tried his girlfriend's lamb shank and said it was a good choice. His sirloin was awful. I didn't try the drinks I had planned on. By this point I didn't want to give them any more of my money. I just wanted to leave. I'm currently staring at the two stars I'm giving this place wondering why it's so high. I guess I didn't get food poisoning? That's a positive. The staff were reasonably attentive? The night was probably summed up when the waiter came and asked how the food tasted and an awkward silence followed. Maybe this is a place just for drinks with a light snack, maybe they should go back to a tapas menu. Either way, there are so many options in Southbank and nearby West End. So many options that this will never be an option I take. And I can't recommend anyone else does. read more

The meals were really good but our service was quite bad when we went on a Saturday morning for late breakfast. Get the red/brown haired waitress for better service. Three tables ordered before us (even though they arrived after us), our coffees never came out until we asked for them (twice), and all the while I could have been at Ole next door (which was empty and begging for customers). Again, the breakfast was really good so kudos to a really good chef, despite being let down by his (blonde) waitress. read more

Next Door Kitchen & Bar - Field Mushrooms & Lamb Bubble - Restaurants Near Me - Brisbane, QLD

We booked a table for a small dinner, the six of us were squished onto a table more suited for 4 while a perfectly sized table next to us went unused on the night. The food was average, the brisket was over cooked and the pork belly was not the best I've really had. The male bar staff were nice and friendly but the female waiter seemed less interested in being there. read more

Service: On a not very busy day the staff was very attentive, helpful, and friendly. Not sure if dinner or evening service is busier whether the service would suffer considerably, but certainly no complaints. Meals came quickly. Food: Pretty good, though not exciting. Reasonable portions, though certainly not large. For the price, it still feels like you're paying for location more than the food. Drinks: Disappointing. Expensive and pretty weak. Hooch was tasty, though after drinking several glasses still couldn't tell we were drinking anything other than juice. Ambiance: Pretty good. Not the best location in the area, but not bad. Didn't love the music coming from inside, but at least with the outside seating you can get away from it a little bit. Price: Usually don't comment directly on cost, but I have to say that the cost of the meal (30% of total), one carafe of hooch (45% of total), and service fees + tips (25% of total), was way more than we expected to pay and about double what I thought the experience was actually worth. Would you pay $130 to eat polenta cheese bits, beet salad, salmon with pearl couscous, and a carafe of hooch? I still can't believe I did. Overall, pretty good food, skip the drinks, and don't eat here on a public holiday. read more

Lovely food with beautiful flavours however service was slow. We let them know ahead of time we had a show to go to. We had to a long period of time between dishes and some came out a little cold for it not being a busy night. Would go again but don't be in a rush! read more