Vegetarian and Vegan Restaurants, Gold Coast
The vegan dining scene has flourished during the past few years. Gone are the days when ordering a vegetarian or vegan meal drew the expectation of a plate of steamed vegetables or a green salad landing on your table. Nor is it just about tofu and tempeh. Now your dining preference may be vegan, lactose […]
Kopitalk reopens in Surfers
From humble beginnings beside a service station, Kopitalk relocated to The Sovereign Hotel in Surfers Paradise in March 2023. It’s recognition of the respect that the restaurant has garnished, its popularity due to the authentic Malaysian cuisine it serves and the welcoming hospitality received from its owners and staff. Situated beside the JW Marriott Resort, […]
Finn Poke celebrates the goodness of life
If there’s something we never tire of, it’s freshness. The first dedicated poke bar to open in the south-east corner, Finn Poke, opened their second venue upstairs in Pacific Fair exactly a year after the opening of their Byron Bay shop. With a longterm hospitality background in extended family restaurants ‘Fig & Olive’ and the […]
Dine at Cabukee on our own Italian Riviera
There are few suburbs on the Gold Coast built to encourage a sense of community well-being, however Emerald Lakes is one of them. Oozing the charm of a modern European-inspired village, its centre is surrounded by a village, an 18-hole golf course and clubhouse, along with 13 kilometres of walking and bike tracks around a […]
Café Catalina
If there’s an eatery with a top location, this is it: Café Catalina, an eatery offering fine casual dining with superb water views across the Broadwater to SeaWorld. Situated adjacent to the expanded Broadwater Parklands leisure area, the Rockpools play and picnic area and the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, Café Catalina is well worth seeking […]
Elk Espresso
For ten years, Elk Espresso has been at the top of its game, wooing diners with its quality food and seamless service, producing food that’s innovative, perfectly cooked and beautifully presented. Looking back, the reasons for its success were evident from its beginnings. Elk Espresso wins friends, first of all, for its simple but funky […]
Ally Chow
In the past ten years or so, Australian cuisine has embraced Asian flavours and endeavoured to make them our own. Lots of recent new restaurant openings boast Asian-inspired dishes, each one with their own palate of flavours, none more unique than Ally Chow. Inspired by the depth and breadth of Asian cuisine, Ally Chow’s owner-chef […]
La Cha Cha Cabana
It was the smile that first got us in. The young couple gave customers such a warm welcome that of course we had to buy their food, even though it looked different: arepas, the crunchy pocket bread stuffed with filling that’s the most common food of Venezuela and Colombia. We tried arepas and loved them […]
Moo Moo The Wine Bar + Grill
Moo Moo’s has long been a dining destination for meat lovers. It’s our most celebrated ‘steakhouse’ with plenty of choice for steak-lovers and something for everyone. There are traditional steakhouses, and then there are restaurants that specialize in premium steak. Moo Moo’s falls very much into the latter category; nothing traditional about it except for […]
O-Sushi Coolangatta
One of the benefits of living in a tourist destination is being around after the day-trippers have gone home. Finally, when buses and boats have pulled away, carrying their camera-toting guests, we are left with the locale that we love, the reason that we settled there in the first place. That’s exactly how we feel […]