Theme parks can be for adults, too. Moon Dog is decked out with a pool, hidden tiki disco bar, giant beer garden and an indoor waterfall – and it has capacity for 725 patrons. Enjoy bar snacks and the brewery’s eponymous brews poolside before testing your skills on the pinball machines.

Book a table online at this bright modern pub, which has a basement cocktail bar, sprawling courtyard and rooftop with city views. As for the menu? Expect pub fare, fresh cocktails and a tight wine list full of accessible drops. There’s also a function room with capacity for up to 160.

Enter the cyberpunk facade to find Chris Lucas’s two-level Japanese diner. Watch chefs turn skewered meat over jumping flames, slurp your noodles and call it good manners (it is in Japan), and sip cocktails named after Tokyo’s neighbourhoods. The place seats up to 220, and you can book a table online almost faster than you can say “yakimono”.

Choose your own adventure across three bars, 12 bowling lanes, a gaming arcade, a dance floor and a massive beer garden. At this spot (which has room for 600 punters) you clearly come for the activities. But you stay for the 45 beer taps, kegged cocktails, pizzas and pub food.

You can’t walk past the live seafood tank – one of the largest in the city – without doing a double-take. Reserve a larger table at this Cantonese joint, which specialises in fresh seafood and seats up to 150 people. Aside from the seafood, the rest of the menu has the usual dim sum favourites. You might eat Peking duck pancakes, fried rice in an omelette pouch, and steamed buns decorated like piglets.

Indigenous ingredients and cuisine take centre table here – particularly those from Mer Island in the Torres Strait. Book a group table online and enjoy the share plates, which are inspired by chef-owner Nornie Bero’s childhood. Expect buckets of chargrilled prawns, fried crocodile (it … tastes like chicken) and juicy charred emu. There are also impressive pantry fillers – including spices, sauces and teas – to take home.

A three-storey Italian joint that’s sure to show any group a good time, with maximum capacity for 207 people. Head to the first floor for woodfired pizzas, before ascending for Italian wines and pool in the wood-panelled public bar. Save the best view for last with one of the city’s best rooftops. The best news? It’s easy to book a table online, pronto.

This vegan pizza joint will please everyone on your guest list (even the most avid carnivores). Pass the neon-red sparrow to find perfectly blistered woodfired pie that’s loaded with toppings. You can easily reserve a table online, and it seats up to 96 people.

This two-storey joint is warmly lit and moody, with long timber tables and cosy booths. Order Mediterranean-style share plates, choose a bottle (or three) from the wall, and tuck in with your favourite people. Neptune lets you book a table online and seats up to 105 people.

Start your group’s aperitivo hour at this Greek- and English-inspired restaurant inside an 1880s terrace building. There are share plates of crudo, housemade bread and market seafood; and the Euro wine list. There’s capacity for up to 120 people, plus the option to hire the grand and rustic space for functions. Or you can easily book a table online.

“Bontempo” means good times in Italian. And that’s almost always guaranteed at this laidback pizzeria. The service is attentive and friendly, the Neapolitan bases are prepared over 48 hours, the wine is BYO and there’s layered tiramisu to round out your meal. Plus, you can easily reserve a large table online. This bustling spot seats up to 120 people.

Gather your people and reserve a spot at this sprawling corner pub, which has panoramic bay and city views. Head to the spacious dining room for flame-licked rotisserie meats, or the rooftop terrace that’s perfect for lazy summer afternoons with a spritz in hand. There’s room for up to 250 guests.

The Collingwood brewery’s third venue, located in a cavernous old cigarette factory, has room for 460 punters. Find 25-plus taps pouring easy-drinking and out-there ales, plus some exclusive to the site. On the menu: cheesy pretzels, parmesan-crumbed schnitties and steaks with boozy bacon jam.

This 160-seater used to be a hotpot spot, but now it's a grill-yourself Sichuan restaurant. Come for sizzling skewers, whole grilled cod and dozens of side dishes.

From the owners of Tom Phat, Bhang serves Indian street food in the north.

Wood-fired pizza, beetroot gnocchi and a special pasta from the Amalfi Coast.