If you’re experiencing a difficult day and find yourself unable to leave the city – where do you escape to?
Is there a secluded bar or shop that makes for a excellent little hideaway?
Perhaps there’s a specific area of a certain park around the city that’s excellent to take time out in.
Or maybe you’ve found a little location at a public building that is a perfect silent place of reflection.
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Got to be the Atrium lobby bar at the very retro Brisbane Hilton. Its quiet and off the street. Great on hot days, the aircon is always very cool as is the cocktail list or tap beer. Free peanuts, wifi and newspers its more like the Qantas club. Look out for the $10 milkshake!
i love the little courtyard behind the Cathedral of St Stephen. it’s quiet, peaceful, and surprisingly isolated from the city humdrum that still screams only metres away beyond the courtyard walls and the adjacent buildings. when i worked in the CBD this was a calming little sanctuary to enjoy lunch or a coffee, in the sun, way from the perils of the CBD.
In the back garden of the Java Coast Cafe on George St, just a shop or two down from the Dendy. It’s like you’re not even in the city.
I like the courtyard near the Cathedral of St Stephen too! It’s one of the few outdoor spaces that is smoke free. Sometimes I go there for a nap at lunch time if I’m really tired.
I will agree with Kath – the Java Coast cafe is an oasis on George Street. On the other side of the CBD the best option is to get take away and head to the Botanic Gardens unless it is raining.