This work included the removal of all the verandahs, lacework, canopies and chimneystacks and renovation of the interior fittings.

[1] Due to its low-lying position, the Port Office Hotel was sandbagged to provide protection during the 2011 Brisbane floods.

The Port Office Hotel, located on the corner of Edward and Margaret Streets, is a two storeyed rendered brick building with a corrugated iron roof.

[1] A separate store with a hipped roof, filling in the "L" shape plan to create a rectangle, has been incorporated into the structure.

[1] Internally some of the early timber doors, architraves, and skirtings survive but otherwise the majority including the stair has been altered in various refurbishments since the 1950s.

[1] Port Office Hotel was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.