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The Katarzyna Group has expanded their prolific and undoubtedly impressive profile of Brisbane’s best entertainment venues – Press Club, Family nightclub, Empire Hotel and Birdee Num Num – to include their newest venue “Cloudland”, the brainchild of Managing Director Raphael Bickle.

Spanning four levels, with a retractable glass roof that opens with the touch of a button, Cloudland is designed to be a veritable ‘urban oasis’. Although the idea of an open-air venue is far from new, Cloudland couldn’t be further removed from your average beer garden. Springing from designer Nic Brunner’s vivid imagination, Cloudland is more like a film set for a futuristic Garden of Eden, operating as an architecturally brave bar, restaurant and function space.

Patrons are visually stunned by: 5,000 plants climbing and sprawling over a 14 metre interior wall; a 10 metre waterfall; imaginative pieces like a solid hand carved ‘China white’ marble bar; and a glass bar made from 19,000 glass balls threaded by hand.

Cloudland’s interior design almost defies description.

After three years in the making this genre-breaking dining and bar experience is a heady combination of over-the-top decoration and contemporary design inspired by nature – infused with a gritty eco-sensibility.

If Cloudland’s design was to be given a tag, ‘mad maximalism’ meets ‘neo-deco’ might fit the bill.

Melbourne designer, Nic Brunner has a track record when it comes to designing spectacular spaces in Brisbane. Brunner created a buzz with his fit-out for the Press Club in Fortitude Valley 10 years ago, and followed up with the funky interior for Family – one of the city’s hottest dance clubs. When the Katarzyna Group decided to create Cloudland, Brunner was the obvious choice.

With a decidedly curvaceous and timeless yet modern feel emanating throughout the four levels, Cloudland effortlessly transcends eras, clichés and standard hospitality architectural guidelines. It has been transformed from what was essentially a spare lot, into a fantastical bar and restaurant, the likes of which has never been seen before in Brisbane.

Dining

Brisbane’s newest contemporary venue offering, Cloudland brings the outdoors inside for a one-of-a-kind deluxe dining experience. Located in the hub of the Valley’s Entertainment precinct, Cloudland is the perfect environment to wine, dine, meet and relax.

Given Executive Chef Mark Maric’s expert knowledge of contemporary Australian cuisine, combined with his passion for creating menus using the best fresh produce with both restraint and artistry, it is no surprise the menu direction is as eclectic and alluring as the ‘urban oasis design’.

Enhancing the more-than-satisfying menu of Contemporary Australian cuisine, Cloudland’s wine list draws from the world’s best wine growing regions, alongside a grand selection of French champagne, and an extensive cocktail menu.

Cloudland’s dining ambience suits anyone who loves a bit of luxury with both seductive and dramatic background. Guests are assured excellent food, lush surrounds and friendly professional service.

Cloudland menu is available until 11am til late Monday through to Sunday.

The Rainbow Room

Cloudland’s dedicated function space The Rainbow Room is designed as a neo-deco architectural tour de force and is set to be Brisbane’s most exclusive and elegant function space fit to rival the original sophistication of New York City’s Rockefeller Centre and complete with a revolving stage.

The Rainbow Room at Cloudland seats 350 cocktail and 180 dining.