Nosferatu Cafe & Bar

With a range of craft gins inspired by a cult-classic movie adaptation of the novel Dracula, Nsoferatu has landed in a back street in Bowen Hills, serving up coffee and snacks by day and boozy sips by night. After migrating up from Melbourne, Nosferatu’s range of gins are now made right there in the warehouse space. Adorned in hanging greenery and fairy lights with one entire wall covered in antique ladders, the bar’s real eye candy is the vintage-style caravan, which is lined with Nosferatu gins, other spirits, wines and beers, in order to function as a very aesthetic bar. 

From 11am, once the liquor licence kicks in (though they serve coffee and snacks from 7am), you can taste your way through Nosferatu’s range of specialty gins on a tasting flight, which comes complete with ice and tonic. You can also taste your way through some other Australian and international gins, and if you find a favourite, just order it up as a gin and tonic board so you can add your own preferred amount of tonic and garnishes. Of course, it wouldn’t be a gin bar without a cocktail or two on offer, and Nosferatu has several, each inspired by a classic concoction, but made using their own gin. 

Not a gin lover? Don’t worry, they’ve got you covered—there’s a handful of craft beer tinnies, other spirits and wines on the menu too. Eats, meanwhile, are taken care of by visiting food trucks, who stop by for lunches, or pre-made cheese and charcuterie boxes. The best part? The bar is totally dog-friendly.

Read more about Nosferatu here.

Image credit: Ranyhyn Laine