Restaurant licence condition to sell wine with takeaway meals

With approval, some liquor licensed restaurants can sell wine with takeaway meals.

You can only sell a maximum 1.5L of takeaway wine in any transaction, regardless of how many meals are ordered.

Takeaway sales can only be between 10am and 10pm (with delivery before midnight).

Other alcoholic drinks—like beer and pre-mixed drinks—can't be sold as takeaway.

Eligibility

To be eligible to sell wine with takeaway meals you must be a licensed restaurant where the principal activity is serving meals on the premises.

A meal is food that can be eaten with cutlery while seated—for example, roast beef with vegetables, lasagne, a stir-fry or a curry with rice. It is not light takeaway food like snacks, hot chips, an entree or kid's meal.

This means licensed cafes aren't eligible to sell takeaway wine.

You must also check you have the appropriate town planning development approval for your licensed premises. In some cases, development approval can restrict licensees from selling takeaway liquor. In this case, you'll need to contact your local council to have these conditions changed.

We'll check with your local council as part of the application process. If you don't have development approval to sell takeaway liquor, your application can't be considered.

How to apply

Existing Queensland restaurant licensees with a commercial-other subsidiary on-premises licence can apply for a permanent licence variation online.

Fees apply when varying licence conditions.

If you can't apply online, download and complete the application for a permanent variation of licence form instead.

You can lodge the completed form and any supporting documentation:

New applicants can apply for the takeaway condition to be endorsed on their liquor licence as part of their new licence application.

Responsible service and delivery of takeaway wine

You must comply with several responsible service conditions that will be added to your licence, including:

Contactless and unattended delivery of wine with takeaway meals is also not permitted.

Also consider...

Read the Liquor Act 1992.