We really love kicking off the Boothby Best Bars Awards program each year in Brisbane with our Queensland event. The turnout is always fantastic, and the support you show one another for each bar on the Top 30 is always the biggest and best of any show we do.
And here are the photos to prove it. A huge thanks again to everyone who turned up, drank the delicious cocktails put on by Dr Gimlette and our partners Jack Daniel's Bonded, Bacardi, Estrella Damm, Never Never, Campari Academy, Club Suntory, and Perrier.
A huge thank you to Mikayla Adams for the wonderful photos — get a look below.
Pete Hollands (right) with Linus Schaxmann, who handed him the trophy for Person of the Year presented by Jack Daniel's Bonded.
The team from Cobbler and Callum Dann (centre) who awarded them the trophy for All Time Great QLD presented by Club Suntory. Photo: Mikayla Adams
The Shaman team celebrates their win for Best New Bar in Queensland presented by Bacardi, with brand ambassador Lucille Rose-Hopkins (right).
The Savile Row team collect the award for Best Cocktail Bar in Queensland presented by Perrier, with Boothby's Lauren Barbato (right)
The Milquetoast team collects the trophy for Best Bar Eats in Queensland presented by Estrella Damm with Will Cowley (right). Photo: Mikayla Adams
The Gresham team pick up the trophy for the Best Hospitality Team in Queensland presented by Campari Academy, with brand ambassador Jay Lambert (left). Photo: Mikayla Adams
Frog's Hollow Saloon is the 2026 Best Bar in Queensland presented by Never Never! Photo: Mikayla Adams
Sam Bygrave is the editor and founder of Boothby Media, where he writes, shoots, and talks about bars, bartenders and drinks online and in Boothby’s quarterly print magazine.
