Let’s face it – food is an equaliser across the globe, fostering fond memories for years to come. Many laughs, tales and tipples have been shared over flavourful feasts, and Dine BNE City understands the cachet of this. For the month of June, you are invited to grab your friends, foodie or amateur, and dig in to Brisbane City venues delectable offerings of both food and drink, allowing you to make more memories with the people that you love. Taste your way through Brisbane City – take a trip on a Bar Safari, dine for days at Supper Club, or lap up a midday meal at Let’s Do Lunch. Read on to see our top picks and to survey the full list of offerings, visit the Dine BNE City website.

Let’s Do Lunch
When lunchtime hunger strikes, we need to find the perfect meal that satisfies both our cravings and our budgets. Enter the Let’s Do Lunch program, allowing you to wine and dine each weekday in June with special offers starting from $19. Greeks have been known to do it best, as quoted from My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and with a mouth-watering feast of hearty dishes for $49, we tend to agree! Traverse to Santorini for your midday eats at Opa Bar + Mezze and dig in to classic culinary items from the land of the honey puff. The four-course feast features the likes of pita and dip, fetta saganaki, flash-fried calamari and stuffed chicken, plus your choice of two sides. An offering so good, you’ll Zorba out the door! We’ll catch you there – book it in, here.

For a filling work lunch or overdue catch-up that fits into your weekly budget, pull up a seat at Fat Noodle and satiate your cravings with chef Luke Nguyen’s crowd-pleasing Vietnamese chicken salad and a crunchy side of spring rolls, for the pretty price of $25. This offer is up-for-grabs from Tuesday to Thursday – make your way to the Dine BNE City website to book a spot.

Two words, say it and I’m yours – bottomless fries! European-inspired Banc Brasserie and Wine Bar is serving up a delectable dining moment, of steak or duck with a glass of red or white wine to match, alongside as many fries your heart (and stomach) desires, for $29 per person. If there is a decision to be made, always opt for one with bottomless fries. To book a spot at this sumptuous sitting, click here – you’ll be rollin’ out in no time!

Supper Club
By the time the middle of the year hits, we’re fed up with making decisions. That’s why we’re thrilled to see Dine BNE City’s Supper Club program return for another year, offering up a selection of set-menu dining experiences that make an evening on the town less about choice and more about pleasure. If a martini is your drink of choice, you’re going to want to secure your seat for The Incholm Bar’s Three Martini Dinner. The iconic lunchtime offering is making its after-hours debut every night during Dine BNE City, serving diners a delectable two-course meal alongside its three signature martinis – cucumber rose, martini limon and the Spring Hill – for just $69 per person. The menu includes a choice of starters such as freshly shucked oysters, chicken-liver parfait and garlic-butter escargot, and mains including pumpkin and sage ravioli, Moreton Bay bug tagliarini, and eye fillet with Paris mash. If this sounds like your kind of meal, make a booking here.

For those that have an affinity for modern-Japanese cuisine, Tenya Japanese is offering diners a choice of two flavoursome feasts. Whether you opt for the three-course feast for $35 per person, or go all out with the five-course feast for $55 per person, no one’s going home hungry. Not only will the food take your breath away (think sashimi, king-prawn tempura and juicy chicken), the venue’s vantage point offers a sight for sore eyes with the Brisbane River and twinkling lights of South Bank as your backdrop. Secure your supper, here.

If your palate sings for the tastes of Turkey, look no further than an Ottoman-inspired feast at waterfront wonder, Babylon, offering an $89 sitting that will leave you stuffed with dishes from the land of za’atar. The nine-course banquet includes house-made bread with za’atar spiced butter, local prawn tails with harissa, pan-fried haloumi with local honey, whole wood-roasted chicken, baked rice pilaf and chocolate tahini with caramel sponge. With your choice of wine to accompany, a night out on the town has never looked so good. Make your way to the Dine BNE City website and book a sitting at this scintillating supper, stat!

Bar Safari
With the sun retreating beyond the horizon earlier and earlier each night, we find ourselves seeking out a way to extend our ‘fun time’ each day during winter. Lucky for us, Dine BNE City has curated a stellar selection of sips for us to take ourselves on a Bar Safari! With hand on heart and salivating palates, there is one thing we know for sure – a pairing of oysters and champagne is a match made in culinary heaven. Make your way to Jumbo Thai Restaurant, and sip on glass of Tattinger champagne, while dining on a medley of fresh oysters, for $36 per person. This lustrous affair is yours for the taking every night, from Monday to Friday, during Dine BNE City. To book a sitting and make it official, click here.

Hungry but not hangry? Swing in to the Boom Boom Room, nestled under the bustling streets of Brisbane City, and nosh on a bar set menu of spicy edamame, salmon roe tartlets, crumbed duck katsu and chicken-thigh yakitori for just $35 per person. Served with your choice of house wine, tap beer or a mocktail, this has the makings for an excellent night out. To make a booking, click here.

If, like us, burrata is high on your list of weaknesses, then The Gresham’s offering of Anything from the Trolley may entice you. In partnership with Woodford Reserve, The Gresham’s team will roll up with its cocktail cart to dispense your hand-crafted Woodford Reserve Double Oak Old Fashioned cocktail before your eyes. To ensure you don’t get hungry, you’ll also be served a charcuterie board piled with burrata, chorizo, parma, salami, condiments and sourdough. All this is only $80 for two people and available every night during Dine BNE City. To lock in a sitting, visit the Dine BNE City website.

Dine BNE City’s full program is now online for you to devour – hit the website and start plotting all the meals you’ll be enjoying in June.

The Weekend Edition is excited to be an official supporting partner of Dine BNE City, produced by our friends at The City. This article was created as part of that partnership.