Flinders Street Wharves
Waterfront pub
A bistro and beer garden on the Ross River. Try the oysters topped with gin-soaked caviar.
📍 108 Flinders Street, Townsville City QLD 4810
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The Metropole Hotel
Pub
Recently revamped by heritage architects Tunbridge & Tunbridge, with Art Deco interiors.
📍 81 Palmer Street, South Townsville QLD 4810
Seaview Hotel
Pub
A recently renovated 1929 pub on The Strand, known for sundowners over the Coral Sea, with craft brews and a cocktail list.
📍 56 The Strand, Townsville City QLD 4810
Townsville Brewing Co.
Brewery
A brewery in the city's 1889 post office, brewing its beer on site.
📍 252 Flinders Street, Townsville City QLD 4810
The Australian Hotel
Pub
Pouring beer since 1888, with free oysters every Friday.
📍 11 Palmer Street, South Townsville QLD 4810
West End Hotel
Historic pub
Open since 1885, Townsville's oldest operating pub.
📍 89-91 Ingham Road, West End QLD 4810
Molly Malone's Irish Pub
Irish pub
An Irish pub with Guinness on tap and open-mic nights.
📍 87-95 Flinders Street, Townsville City QLD 4810
The Commonwealth Hotel
Pub
A pub since 1901 that now serves Korean dishes such as kimchi fried chicken.
📍 46 Allen Street, South Townsville QLD 4810
Tiny Mountain Brewery
Brewery
Named after Townsville's tiny peak, with dogs welcome in the open-air areas.
📍 20 Palmer Street, South Townsville QLD 4810
The Beach Hotel
Pub
A pub on The Strand with a deck over the Coral Sea, in the space that was the Anelay Rooftop Bar and Restaurant.
📍 70 The Strand, North Ward QLD 4810
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Your questions
What are the best pubs in Townsville?
Start with Flinders Street Wharves, The Metropole Hotel, Seaview Hotel, Townsville Brewing Co. and The Australian Hotel. Our full list has 10 bars.
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This guide is written by the team at M.AD Agency. We run Cocktail Week, the ten-day cocktail festival held town by town across the UK and Ireland. Now we're bringing it to Australia. Since 2022 we have taken it to more than 20 towns and cities and worked with hundreds of bars. We put this guide together from our own research and trusted local guides, including Urban List and Australian Traveller.
No bar paid to be included and nobody can buy a place. We check the guide regularly as bars open, change and close.
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