They’re the bars that stand back while you violently hurl your guts all over the bar, wipe it down, then gladly serve you another jug of XXXX.
The pubs with dodgy sofas so crusty, you’re pretty certain you’ve caught genital lice by walking past them.
The hotels that inexplicably remain open in the face of Department of Health inspections.
You wouldn’t dare bring a first date to any of them – but somehow, they’re all brilliant. What is Brisbane’s “best worst” bar, what antics have you seen at them, and what makes them so good?
Despite multiple drug offences – the Family. Despite being full of drunken yuppies – The Normanby. Despite almost burning to the ground and after rebuilding still being a dive and a breeding ground for skeevs – The Victory.
The Down Under Bar. Repeat offender in the drunk foreigners department… but most of the time it’s just full of Aussie tossers trying to pick up backpackers.
The Pineapple Hotel. For a start, IT IS CALLED ‘THE PINEAPPLE AND THERE IS A GIANT NEON PINEAPPLE OUT FRONT. Before you’ve even walked in the door you’re already in love with its crap glory.
The Victory. Mmmm sexual assault on a Friday night.
RGs for being able to smoke outside, and be hit on by gross strangers at the rate of knots. Casablancas for creepy regulars and crap karaoke taken far too seriously. The Down Under Bar for sheer infamy and the frequency with which it is the setting of horrendous stories involving friends.
The Mustang Bar – whoever can’t get into any of the other bars/clubs, they seem to congregate there..
Fridays isn’t a best worst bar, just a shithole.
even when in a suit, because I have a tattoo on my arm that shows beneath the sleeve I’m unable to get in.
a uni-kid in a tshirt splattered with profanity can get in (and did so as I walked away) while I’m turned away because I’m “under dressed” despite the fact I’m wearing a rather snappy suit.
I’m presentable enough to be chosen by the company I work for to have dinner with the health minister to discuss work related matters, yet because of a small amount of ink on my arm I’m denied entry?
bullshit.
Club 299. Most disgusting place I’ve ever stepped foot.
The R.E is pretty foul.
VIC. Why did they bother opening it up? Lets just burn it down again.
I like Jade Buddha and the Shadow Lounge, its classy and has nice views (but drinks can be expensive)…
The Normanby wins hands down… full of pickled neanderthals and vacuous tarts.
Union Jacks the smell is appalling but the atmosphere on Saturday nights is appealing.
I’m laughing my head off at all of these comments. And Nathan, you aren’t exactly missing much at Friday’s except for newly legal teenagers getting off their tits and embarrassing themselves.
Victory is not the “best worst”, it’s just the “worst worst”. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.
Does anyone remember the MARY STREET NIGHT CLUB? Hahaha that was shayyyyyme
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299 is AWESOME!!!! whoever called it shit needs to fuck off and die yewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Ric’s – where the staff, despite being lovely people (individually), make no secret of the fact that they loathe you intensely.
Rosies is great for a drink, but yeah, 299 is for insta-tats, bottle blondes and ribbon tats, stay at home and care for your kids mung.
Chardons Corner wins best-worst. The place hasn’t had a coat of paint since it opened and hasn’t updated its prices either. Cheap and filled with decent people.
haha kids???? preg with my first, and at 28 i think that’s pretty decent. i’ve been going to 299 for a long time, and it has only recently turned into shit. i don’t know how old you are RODGER (hopefully well into your 30s with that name mate), but before make up on boys and shitty nu-metal became all the rage, that place was excellent. rj and the rest have recently done it up and combined it with my people, which is a crap venue hence turning 299 into another crap ‘alternative’ venue that plays the same 50 songs every friday and saturday night. i’ll stick to the jubilee and rosie’s these days. especially with the dreamkillers’ hitting it up once or twice a year. they make any venue an instant yes for me! and agreed with chris, chardon’s corner is love to hate heaven. they give all the local acts a go, and the drinks are cheap!