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Assistants · Brisbane cafes and bars, AU · October 2026

Where assistants send people in Brisbane cafes and bars

24 answers from ChatGPT and Gemini, asked on 2026-10-19, to the questions people ask and to questions about the top businesses in the index. 100% of them link a business's own site or its booking software, and 4% link a marketplace, most often DoorDash (4%).

100%

of answers link the business's own site or its booking software

4%

link a marketplace

4%

link DoorDash, the marketplace named most

24

answers, 24 to the questions people ask and 0 about businesses

Of the 24 answers to the questions people ask, 100% link a business's own site or its booking software and 4% a marketplace, DoorDash most often.

Updated 2026-10-19. The Brisbane cafes and bars index · Places named, question by question · Markdown · JSON · Share image · All cities.

League table

The destinations, most linked first

Each row is a place an answer can send people. Share is the percentage of all 24 answers that link to it. Each assistant's column counts only that assistant's answers.

DestinationKindAnswersShareChatGPTGemini
The businesses' own sitesown site24100%12 100%12 100%
Press, guides and forumspress and guides833%1 8%7 58%
indailyqld.com.auother site313%03 25%
mustdobrisbane.comother site313%03 25%
jamesst.com.auother site28%02 17%
queensland.comother site28%02 17%
theurbanite.com.auother site28%02 17%
Time Outdirectory28%02 17%
visitsouthbank.com.auother site28%02 17%
4zzz.org.auother site14%01 8%
agfg.com.auother site14%01 8%
all-day.com.auother site14%01 8%
australia.comother site14%01 8%
bestofbrisbane.com.auother site14%01 8%
bestrestaurants.com.auother site14%01 8%

25 more destinations with fewer answers each are in the JSON.

By assistant

What each assistant does in Brisbane cafes and bars

Places named when people ask

Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places and a link to book or order with each one directly. The table shows how many of the places it named came with a link to the place's own site, to a marketplace or to a directory, or with no link at all.

AssistantOwn site or directMarketplaceDirectoryNo linkPlaces
ChatGPT89%0%0%11%37
Gemini87%0%0%13%38
Question by question

Who gets named, and with which link

Asked on 2026-10-19. A place in this index links to its report. A place with its own site that isn't in the index yet links to a scan. "No link" means the assistant named the place but didn't link its site. Each question links to the full list of places named.

QuestionChatGPTGemini
A quiet cafe near the centre where I can sit with my laptop this morning.Ad Infinitum Cafe own site
ED Cafe own site
Brew Cafe & Wine Bar own site
The Maillard Project own site
John Mills Himself no link
Good cocktails tonight, and I want to reserve a table for four.Cobbler own site
Riverland own site
Barbossa Bar & Bottle Shop own site
Savile Row own site
Mrs J. Rabbits Speakeasy own site
Finney Isles own site
Death & Taxes no link
The best specialty coffee in town, open right now.Death Before Decaf own site
Nowhere Espresso own site
Death Before Decaf own site
Pancake Manor no link
A pub showing the football tonight. Can I book a table?The Lord Alfred own site
Fat Angel Sports Bar own site
Pig N Whistle South Bank own site
Fat Angel Sports Bar own site
The Lord Alfred Hotel own site
Brunch at a cafe on Saturday. Where do I book?ALL DAY Cafe own site
Peach Cafe own site
Musk Cafe & Bar own site
Industry Beans own site
ALL DAY Cafe own site
Harveys Bar + Bistro own site
A bar with live music this Saturday night, reserve a table for six.Gilhooleys Irish Pub & Restaurant own site
Hibiscus Bar & Terrace own site
Lefty’s Music Hall own site
Gilhooleys no link
Doo-Bop Bar own site
The Triffid own site
Riverland Brisbane own site
Coffee and a good cake this afternoon. Where should I go?Shingle Inn City Hall own site
Mountain River Patisserie own site
Sassafras Canteen own site
Shingle Inn no link
The Vibe & Treats own site
Jocelyn’s Provisions own site
The Maillard Project own site
A rooftop bar for sunset drinks, reserve a table for two.Iris Rooftop own site
WET Deck at W Brisbane own site
Hibiscus Bar & Terrace own site
MAYA Mexican own site
Fiume Rooftop Bar own site
Sunsets Rooftop own site
A cafe for breakfast near the centre tomorrow at 8.Café Mondial own site
Ad Infinitum Cafe own site
Brew Cafe & Wine Bar own site
Felix for Goodness own site
Alta Café own site
Ed Cafe own site
A quiet bar for a first date on Thursday evening. Can I book?Bar Junie own site
La Lune Wine Co own site
Bar Francine own site
Maeve Wine own site
Mrs J. Rabbits own site
The Gresham own site
The best craft beer place tonight. Do I need to reserve?Brisbane Brewing Co. in West End no link
Booking is available own site
Felons Barrel Hall own site
Beyond the Pale own site
The Scratch Bar no link
Vibe & Beer own site
Range Brewing own site
Tippler’s Tap own site
A cafe or bar where we can play board games tonight, table for five.Meeple & Mug own site
Vault Games Brisbane City own site
Netherworld own site
Vault Games own site
Meeple & Mug own site
Netherworld own site
Method

How this is counted

Everything here is counted in answers, using the latest answer from each assistant to each question, asked with web search on. Some questions are the ones people ask ("best pizza delivered right now", "book me a table for Saturday"). The others are three questions about each of the top-ranked businesses in the index: the official website, where to book and where to order. Every link in an answer is read. A destination counts once for each answer that links to it, whether as the place to book or as a source the assistant cited. So each share is the share of answers that link that destination, and the shares don't add up to 100%.

All the businesses' own sites share one row, whatever the business. A booking or ordering vendor on the business's own domain counts as direct. Marketplaces and directories are named. Listing, review and map sites (Tripadvisor, Google Maps, Yelp) count as directories, even where the scanner files them with the marketplaces. Newspapers, magazines, guides, forums and tourism sites share one row. Anything left is listed by its registered domain, and a model sorts each of those unknown hosts once into directory, press, marketplace, vendor, business or other, with the reason shown. Text that only looks like a host because a space is missing ("them.here") is dropped. Business names are matched against the index. A place that isn't in the index links to a scan of its site, if the assistant gave one.

Updated 2026-10-19. The data is open, and the JSON version of this page has every destination. Methodology.