Pig N Whistle

This place needs to learn how to treat their paying customers. We are, after all, the reason you have a job! Do not recommend.

Popular chain pub to grab food and drinks. I had my first meat pie here and it was delicious. Not too pricey, and definitely a casual atmosphere.

Racist bouncer. He happens to reject me, the only Asian guy in my group. Reckons I had too much to drink. Me and my mates were together all night and suddenly I’m singled out. I have been here before, admittedly having more drinks than I had tonight and I was fine before. I will never set foot on any Pig n’ whistle ever again. I’m a paying customer, your loss for being snot faced.

While it is a chain, the Pig ‘n’ Whistle on Eagle Street is definitely one of their better locations when it comes to food and service.
A popular spot for the suits to come for lunch meetings and afterwork drinks it is also a super chilled pub where you can grab some awesome food!
The petite fish lunch special with macadamia sauce is really yummy but my personal favourite is the lamb salad– something that tastes that good can’t be good for you but apparently it is!
Sometimes your food will take a little on the long side but it is totally worth it.

If you are looking for a spot to watch any or every sport available on televesion in Australia, expect this bar to show it on one their tv somewhere in the bar.
In big game nights the bar goes out of their way to cater the venue to make it more fun. Make sure to call in to find out what they have prepared for your team!

Fish and chips and the lamb shanks (note shanks not shank). Lots of food.
Lamb very tender in a tomato base.

Great atmosphere it’s a shame the staff are so rude and only seem to like the place full of young people if you are over 40 they treat you like dirt and will use any excuse to chuck you out.

2 stars for some staff who are pretty polite, and the hot chips are good.
Most of your patrons/​CUSTOMERS who visit your establishment are not slobbering drunks looking for a lay. The entitled barchild that served me last night was so f’ing rude if manners and politeness came and slapped him in the face he wouldn’t even know what it is. Although not required in Oz I usually tip bar staff change from a $ 50 out of a drink or 2, ya missed out barbaby. Pretty disappointing, you have one job, customer service keep the customers coming back, it’s not rocket science ha know, this customer is wavering whether to return or not.
Lets talk about your Saturday night D.J. Actually lets not, you should be embarrassed. I guess when you’re drunk off your face music is music, and mates/​family need a paying gig to show off their new iTunes playlist.

If you work in the city its a happening place on Friday nights. Music and good food and great atmosphere.
The old Disco music Fridays is awesome

Great new (ish) bar on Brunswick. They do jugs of beer which I respect, nice outdoor areas to sip, and food is supposed to be good, although I haven’t tried because it’s quite pricey for a bar. Been there a few times and had a guy playing guitar in corner, good music and vibe. Can get a bit crowded at night, I prefer to start night there or go on weekdays when quieter.

Love this place. Both times I’ve had the pleasure to spend time in Brisbane we drink here. Love the cider and the pizza. There is one cider that tastes like bologna avoid that one and its a good place to drink. Bar tenders are fun to BS with

Either they were completely understaffed, or completely underestimated the volume of Canucks celebrating Canada Day. Either way, it was disappointing.
We arrived at 1pm, and we were informed that they were out of perogies, only to find out later that we were mis-​informed.
We ordered the pouting. It was okay.
What was really disappointing is that the service was really disorganised and/​or non-​existent. The dishes and glasses piled up at our booth. We eventually lined up our glasses on the ledge, and flagged someone down to clear our oversized plates.
Drink line-​ups were long, but we didn’t mind. Gave us a chance to meet and greet. The Caesars were quite good. Hats off to them for making them!
A good time was had by all. I’d like to think the service is better on any other day. I love the location. It’s right off of the river. Worth a look!

Went here for the Super Bowl Party. They serve wings WITHOUT ranch dressing… they don’t carry any ranch at all — MASSIVE FAIL. They could at least get some in for this particular event. Took an hour to get the serving of chips to our table and over an hour and a half to get the wings. The bar ran out of Hahn Premium a 2 or 3 hours into the event. 6 of 8 bathroom stalls had ZERO toilet paper — and that was at the start of the day! TV’s REALLY need upgrading. Heard of HD? Same goes for the crappy speakers. Poor set up for sports events — you find a good seat just to have drunks come and stand directly in front of you blocking the view of the TV — having said that, there are definitely NOT enough TVs to make this a good sports bar. TVs should be everywhere and clearly viewable (and audible) from ALL tables and seats.

Pit ‘n’ Whistle is what it is. Sports. Alcohol. That’s basically it. But, it’s pretty nice. I appreciate that in the bathroom, the sing is out in a general area. The actual bathroom seems to be nicer and kept cleaner.
The alcohol is a pretty standard price for the city. Pints of cider are pretty good value. Positive or negative depending on how you want to look at it, I was told, when asking for a schooner, that they only do pints.
Staff weren’t particularly friendly but they definitely weren’t rude. I’d go back if a friend wanted to but I wouldn’t go out of my way to go.

As a mad MMA fan, the P ‘n’ Dub is known throughout the Brisbane fight scene as one of the only bars that play all the UFC’s via Main Event. This is a true sports bar and although miles away from where I live, our group will usually make the trek into the city to chow down, drink and watch the best sport in the world!
Having worked in the city, I think originally the P ‘n’ Dub tried to use the whole Irish feel, but gave up and now its just a great Friday arvo pub for the corporate’s, a good starting place before heading out, and the best MMA pub in Brisbane City.
The food is normal pub food, big plates lots of good beer soaking grub but nothing to rave about. Pommy beers a plenty and believe it or not, this place actually makes a mean coffee!
If you are looking for a loud, sporty pub where many start their Friday arvo/​nights on the booze, this is it. If you’re a football fanatic or MMA nut, this is also your pub.

Being a Football fan (the round ball version (and before you boot me out the door remember I have a black belt in karate)) I regularly am disappointed with the number of bars and clubs across Brisbane that claim to be sports bars yet that just means they have 20 televisions running reruns of NRL.
Enter the Pig ‘n’ Whistle.
Self proclaimed A-​League supporters and anything football. Don’t waste your time arguing with bar staff changing channels 20minutes after kick off (thank you Normanby Hotel) or Entertainment Managers downright refusing to play live matches of the Socceroos in favour of reruns of Samanatha Stosur getting knocked out of the Australian Open final (ala The Chalk Hotel). Just head down to the Pig ‘n’ Whistle Riverside and get your fix of EPL, A-​League, Europa League or whatever footballing desire you need,
They go off during World Cup Football too.
Love it, love it, love it! Also they don’t look at your weird when you ask for a pint of beer or give you some BS line like «sorry pints are only for this new pear cider we are promoting’ (that one is courtesy of the Oxford 152 in Bulimba.
They also serve great UK pub food and have just a great atmosphere in general.

Pig ‘N’ Whistle has no shame in admitting what it is. A rough and very loud bar for older ladies and gentlemen looking to get completely written off. The dance floor will be filled with older people who obviously thought they could handle more of their alcohol. The bar will be four people deep with patrons looking to take advantage of the cheap beer and the tables and booths will be filled with drunken conversation desperately trying to be louder than whatever the Top 40 was that weekend thats blasting through the speakers.
However the nights that I will go to the Pig are ones that feature some kind of sporting event. The last Wallabies game against the Welsh was a fantastic night filled with extremely drunk Welshmen and women and drunken shouts as we managed to just beat them at Cardiff Stadium. If your not going to the game live, then this might just be the nearest thing.

Why is there a giraffe in the Pig N Whistle? Or elephant for that matter? These are questions that constantly enter my mind when I venture into the beer garden of this pub. You would think that maybe a statue of a pig would be more fitting but these sculptures are pretty rad nonetheless.
The Pig N Whistle is a great place to casually meet a group of friends for a brew and watch some soccer. They serve a pretty decent pub meal too. The servings were massive and I could not even get through my whole Chicken Parma. They will have some live music in the afternoon but I tend not to listen so much and opt for a cosy booth and some soccer instead.
The place is massive with multiple inside and outside areas and bars. They also have a strange bathroom area where the sinks are unisex and outside of the bathroom. I hate to think what germs stay on the door but then again when have pub bathrooms ever been that hygienic? I must say the funny thing about shared sinks is that you can see the girls give the guys dirty looks when we know for certain they haven’t washed their hands!!!
The Pig N Whistle is a pretty fun place for a chilled out night.

Pig n Whistle is a fairly iconic bar based on the edge of Eagle Street. There’s something refreshing about watching sport at a sports bar. Perhaps it’s the camaraderie or the atmosphere, or even the easy access to the bar? Either way it’s a great little pub and one that’s worth checking out when you can.
I recommend going down during the soccer season (English, not local). It’s absolutely hilarious to see old men give each other hell. You can buy food as well, and they do make a mean pork belly. Fairly standard pub prices, too. Bonus.

A massive hit with the ex-​pats, the Pig ‘n’ Whistle on Eagle Street boats a large selection of brews and what is quiet rare to find in Brisbane — Guinness on tap.
Big brother to the nearby outlet on Queen St Mall, this English pub caters for a much larger crowd and is the ideal location to watch a footy match (footy in this case referring to soccer, less so to rugby). The majority of the staff hail from the UK, so it’s easy to get caught up in a heated argument over whether Manchester United or Arsenal are a better side, or whether cider is a girls’ drink or a guys’ drink.
There are plenty of cosy booths to down a sneaky pint and chow into traditional British fare (think the likes of roasts, bangers and mash and of course, chicken tikka masala). Or chill out with a bunch of mates in the beer garden and listen to some live acoustic guitar in the late afternoons.