BARS along Caxton Street are hoping for another visit from German Chancellor Angela Merkel tonight to lure in more patrons.

A visibly cheerful Ms Merkel greeted pub-goers at Caxton Street when she arrived in Brisbane on Friday night.

Rolling into the night-life precinct in a motorcade about 11pm, the popular German Chancellor mingled briefly with drinkers before heading into her exclusive accommodation at Gambaro Hotel.

Brewski bar owner Antoinette Pollack said she was hopeful Chancellor Merkel would again drop in after embracing a number of their drinkers and posing for photos on Friday night.

She has had to place staff on call with a possible rush of partygoers flocking to Caxton Street for the chance to see Chancellor Merkel.

Ms Merkel was met with huge cheers on Friday night from the Caxton Street crowds as she greeted patrons and outside.

The Courier-Mail photographer Sarah Keayes was at Caxton Street with a friend and said their group was the first to realise the German head of state had suddenly turned up.

“We knew there would be a motorcade because all the police starting turned up,” Ms Keayes said.

“So we all sat outside and waited — we speculated it was going to be Myanmar.

“We had a German friend with us who started screaming ‘Germany!’, and we realised it was Angela Merkel.”

“My German friend who was next to me said ‘Welcome to Australia’. She was so nervous, she struggled to get the words out!”

Amazing. Merkel crossed the road, mingling with locals & shaking hands with German pub goers @tennewsqld #G20Brisbane pic.twitter.com/LHLappnqRk — Sarah Greenhalgh (@GreenhalghSarah) November 14, 2014

The German Chancellor, in town for the G20 Summit, shook hands with bystanders outside Brewski bar before crossing the road and chatting with the people outside Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall.

“A huge amount of cheers erupted from all of the bars along Caxton Street,” Ms Keayes said.

Her security team were around her, however they said that she doesn’t usually do that, so they were surprised that she would not just go straight into the restricted zone, but hang out and say hello to everyone.

“She was in a great mood, she seemed to get a real buzz from the crowd, and took the time to say hello, and was all smiles.”

German chancellor on Caxton St

Yesterday afternoon police and soldiers swept Ms Merkel’s hotel for suspicious objects.

About six army soldiers, accompanied by Queensland police, AFP and men believed to be from a security agency, went room-to-room at the Gambaro Hotel in Petrie Terrace.

They were inspecting the rooms and balconies of the 68-room hotel, including lifting paving and checking the outdoor furniture.

A black Labrador sniffer dog also checked over the hotel, which has been designated as a “sole use” hotel for G20 delegates, meaning only people with Commonwealth accreditation can enter.

Police declined to reveal the identity of men in grey suits who were also involved in the search.

Already the hotel’s front entrance on Caxton Street has been surrounded by a temporary seven foot high perspex and metal fence.

A temporary metal gate restricts the entry into its underground car park.

Police Minister Jack Dempsey today said the fact that the world’s most powerful people were strolling Brisbane’s streets and heading to the pub showed security operations and planning had paid off.

“Where else have you seen a G20 where leaders are walking to events,” Mr Dempsey said.

“The fact you have the German Chancellor at Caxton Street and the British Prime Minister (David Cameron) walking down the street to Parliament is indicative of the confidence the international security teams have in our operations.

“For the volumes of people involved in this whole operation, it is a credit to everybody who has done the organising.”

He said while it was pleasing there had been no major incidents so far, the event was not over yet.

“All our contingencies are in place,” Mr Dempsey said.

Queensland Police Union president Ian Leavers there had been good cooperation between all the police from different states and New Zealand.