Top 10 LGBTQIA+ Friendly Restaurants in Australia

by The OpenTable team

Updated June 16, 2020

It’s global Pride Month and we’re celebrating with this list of LGBTQIA+ friendly restaurants around the country! Whether they are LGBTQIA+ owned and operated or doing something special to support the community, see how this stellar group of restaurants is dedicated to the kitchen and the cause.

Potts Point Hotel

4.6

4.6 (78)

$A40 and under

Bistro

Potts Point

About the restaurant

Every Thursday this venue in Darlinghurst Rd hosts a super fun gender diverse bingo night. It’s set to be even bigger during Pride Month. The recently refurbished hotel (previously the Sugarmill Hotel) is a modern Australian pub with a strong food focus. Meats in its smoker menu, which includes BBQ glazed pork ribs and beef brisket, are smoked for up to eight hours. Other dishes include fried chicken burgers, crispy skin salmon and pepper lime squid, which can be washed down with boutique beers and cocktails. Its Sweethearts Rooftop is a great place to hang out before or after your meal.

Top review

Cheryl

Dined on Aug 1, 2024

Great night out with friends. Bingo Babes is a great fun night out.

The Moat

4.8

4.8 (299)

$A41 to $A100

Italian

Melbourne CBD

About the restaurant

This restaurant at the base of the State Library of Victoria welcomed the crowds after the gay marriage vote was announced on the steps of the library in 2017, and attracts a range of creative types. It was recently decorated in rainbow colours for IDAHOBIT (International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia). Styled by renowned artist and designer Christo Gillard, the Little Lonsdale St noshery is an intimate venue with 19th century bluestone walls and a homely courtyard. Its menu includes chicken and feta meatballs with slaw, vegetable Thai Panang curry with coconut rice and peanut sambal, confit duck with chard, sweet potato mash and a blood orange spiced jus plus a 12-hour slow-cooked lamb shoulder.

Top review

Renae

Dined on Sep 6, 2024

Food was amazing. Really, really delicious. Service was lovely and the setting is very cool. Kinda tucked away, it has a special feel. Very much enjoyed our dinner there.

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