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What's Open in Brisbane on Christmas Day 2025

The presents are under the tree ready to go. The ham is taking up all of the space in the fridge. Michael Buble’s Christmas album is locked and loaded. Do you really want to worry about coffee after all of that?

We’re in the southern hemisphere – that means no snow or woolly jumpers. But it also means that we get to make whatever we want of Christmas. Maybe that means brunch then a swim, maybe it’s a glass (or two) of wine at a bar in the city. Plus, here's what open on Boxing Day, New Year's Day and the rest of summer.


Updated on 18 December 2025

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Restaurants and bars

Cafes

Restaurants and bars

Tillerman
Restaurant
Tillerman
Open for lunch banquet (first seating $235pp, second seating $295pp)
Naga Thai
Restaurant
Naga Thai
Open for lunch banquet (first seating $195pp, second seating $245pp)
Libertine
Restaurant
Libertine
Open for lunch banquet (first seating $195pp, second seating $235pp)
Birria Boy
Restaurant
Birria Boy
Open for C'est Bon Christmas lunch ($195pp)
Hellenika
Restaurant
Hellenika
7am–10.30am (à la carte breakfast) and 12pm for set menu lunch ($220pp), 15 per cent surcharge
Naldham House Brasserie & Terrace
Restaurant
Naldham House Brasserie & Terrace
Open for Christmas lunch from 11am ($250pp, drinks on consumption)

Cafes

All Day
Cafe
All Day
Dec 25: 7am–10am
Billykart Kitchen
Cafe
Billykart Kitchen
8am-1pm, 15 per cent surcharge
Hawthorne Coffee
Cafe
Hawthorne Coffee
5.15am–10am
Snug
Cafe
Snug
7am–2pm
Bellissimo Coffee Bulimba
Cafe
Bellissimo Coffee Bulimba
6am–11am
Bellissimo Coffee Fortitude Valley
Cafe
Bellissimo Coffee Fortitude Valley
6am–11am
Bunker Coffee
Cafe
Bunker Coffee
6am–2pm
If You Say So
Cafe
If You Say So
6am–11am with surcharge

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