The Burrow — Restaurant in Brisbane City

The Burrow Chat, chat, chat….gulp. Chat, chat, chat, laughter, chat, chat “Hang on, I need another drink and gonna order.” Chat, chat, chat…..silence. Chat, chat, PUDDING!

That was the sound of me and my many friends at The Burrow last night enjoying good times, great drinks and tasty food. In case you didn’t get it, the silence happened when the food came out. Obviously we were too busy stuffing our faces with tasty pizza and chips in curry sauce.

In all seriousness though, this was my first jaunt to this classic old Queenslander house turned bar and restaurant, and I really enjoyed it. As other reviewers already told you, The Burrow has a super relaxed vibe and eating out the back — which we were — felt like we were pulling up a bench in a mate’s garden.

Good beers on tap and nice to chat to the barman about what he had on offer. Including this hoppy, lime and coriander corn beer. He took the time to talk us through them and give us a taster. Fab service, sir!

The food was prompt. Considering we were a large table (around 15 of us, including a child) and we all ordered at different times, most stuff came out together. Pretty much everyone ordered pizza. That’s what The Burrow seems to be going for at dinner time, and we were all impressed.

Make sure you take a moment to marvel at the pizza names. There are some excellent puns in there, as well as a particularly dark reference for their pork pizza offering.

My advice: order a small pizza. Why? BECAUSE PUDDING! I had the carrot cake and it was delicious. And smothered in honey. My friend and her daughter had the GF brownie and OMG. It was good.

All in all, a great place to drop into when in West End....

Sought this place out with my kids and pup on weekend. Got the kids to wait outside while I followed an off lead dog inside to bar and kitchen area to inquire where we could sit. I was told rudely by bar staff- front or back only. Front was packed so I asked how I could get out back, and asked why there was a dog offlead standing in bar/kitchen area. She snapped at me that the dog belonged to manager (so this somehow nullifies Workplace Health and Safety) and that I could walk down driveway beside the place to the back seating. Despite being taken aback by the rudeness of staff, and the red flags of a long haired dog wondering around a licensed, food premises inside, I returned to my kids and pup and we walked down to back. Back tables had three empty spots that had food and dishes scattered all over them and yet another offlead dog that came and had a go at my puppy. The only clean space was a table that had cafe staff’s belongings on so clearly not for customers. Cleanliness was non existent, Staff are rude, and apparently having untrained dogs wondering around off lead waiting to attack other people’s dogs is completely acceptable here. I’m an animal lover but I draw the line at venues allowing their filthy, long haired dogs into food prep areas, while preaching about where other dogs are permitted, let alone the failure to clean down tables or actually provide any kind of customer service. Would not advise this place to anyone that values their dog’s, nor their own health. Gross,...

I have walked past The Burrow dozens of times and always surprised by the number of people who visit this place. I ate there last weekend and have to say I was very disappointed. The pizza was something I expect to have been served 30 years ago. Not at all authentic with too many ingredients, a poorly cooked base, and just generally lacking pizzazz. The pizza consisted of very commercial style pepperoni salami and way tooooooooo much red capsicum that made the pizza soggy and unattractive.

I also ordered a cold meat plate which again, was a huge disappointment. It consisted of 3 scrappy sliced meats, a wedge of camenbert, a pile of salty capers, sliced gherkin, a pile of olives, and some sliced bread. Totally uninspired and I would think most people at home would rustle up something better from what they have in the fridge.

To make matters worse, the service could be desribed as lethargic... the staff in the kitchen and the wait staff all look as if they were pulled from the street. The table we sat on was sticky from not being correctly wiped down, the menu was also sticky and very poorly presented.

It wasn't that the food was not edible.... we ate the meal... it is just most of us, in the age of TV chefs etc, could do way better at home. We go out for a break from cooking at home. My experience at the Burrow can only be described as mediocre...