First launched in Queenstown six years ago, The Lodge Bar & Dining by Kiwi menswear label Rodd & Gunn is opening a new venue in Brisbane.
From an iconic, heritage-listed spot it will serve local produce, fresh seafood, and a 250-bottle wine list. Customers will be able to enjoy it outside on a first-floor wraparound veranda with views of the precinct below. The restaurant and bar will also be connected to a new Rodd & Gunn retail space.
Headed by Matt Lambert, a veteran of The Musket Room in New York where, as co-owner and chef, he guided the restaurant to eight consecutive Michelin stars. He will be joined by Cameron Douglas, New Zealand’s only master sommelier.
The Lodge will stretch across both floors of the heritage-listed, circa 1876-built Lawless Grocery Store building, with a 120-seat restaurant downstairs and a 30-seat bar with banquette seating upstairs. The bar area will also make use of the building’s wraparound veranda, lending it views across the James Street precinct. The fit-out is intended to capture the sense of a classic Kiwi lodge but fine-tuned for Queensland with flagstone in place of New Zealand schist.
