Gold Coast Organic Meats in Mermaid Waters is the only ACO certified organic butchery on the coast. What does that mean? How is it different to a butcher’s shop that sells organic meat? Basically, it means that the shop itself is certified. Not only is the meat fully traceable from birth to sale, but also...

With twenty-one restaurants under her belt, Rose Morton decided to retire from the bright lights, and set up a little restaurant on the Gold Coast: The Noodle House on Chevron Island. Born in Koh Samui, the idyllic island off the coast of the Thai mainland, Rose had worked for many years on cruise ships before...

I walked into the Woodbox Café at West Burleigh and felt right at home. There’s that spacious ‘earth mother’ vibe going on which is rare on the Gold Coast: that of a large open country kitchen, where the bread is freshly baked, the heady aroma of coffee wafts through the room, produce picked in the...

It’s easy to get lost to the grunge in the Lido Arcade, Surfers Paradise. You can get a buzz haircut, choose your latest tattoo, buy a surfboard, indulge in almost poster size slices of pizza, adorn yourself with diamante nails, or (most desirable of all) eat a meal at Amimoto. Worn in from over thirteen...

You may not have visited the edBaker shopfront, but chances are that you’ve tasted their food under the banner of an upmarket café, specialist chocolate shop, hotel or restaurant without knowing it. The edBaker outlet is inconspicuously tucked away in the industrial backblocks of Burleigh Heads. In fact, I would never have known about it...

Stepping into Chiang Mai Thai, Surfers Paradise, you could be mistaken for thinking that you were in an upmarket restaurant in Chiang Mai itself. Restaurateurs Michael and Nopporn Theravanish have opulently created an authentic Thai atmosphere in each of their Gold Coast restaurants, but Chiang Mai at Mantra Crown Towers is our favourite, the place...

Bumbles, on Budd’s Beach, is only a short walk from Surfers, but it could be miles away. There’s a relaxed sleepy feel to this riverside suburb. Even the cars drive slower on the flip side to the surf beach. It was a top spot for Kate Madison to open a café in 2000, following her...

In an inconspicuous little shop in a tiny suburban shopping centre in Parkwood you’ll find a butcher who sells only organic products: GJ’s Organic Meats. While there are several Gold Coast butchers who sell organic meat, GJ’s is only one of two butchers where every single product in the shop is from certified organic producers....

Thai Eatery at Main Beach is the better looking, sassier younger sibling of Thai on the Hill, Robina. If you’ve already discovered the fresh and exciting combinations of Thai food served up by Piti Chitchamnonk, you can now enjoy his cuisine in the more ambient alfresco surroundings of Main Beach. Like many Main Beach cafes,...

Kampung Malay is testament to the successful formula that Jason Tan and partner Kate Ferber have used in their existing restaurants. It is the same in all three of Tan’s restaurants: a combination of Malaysian/Chinese food, consistency of product, friendly service and BYO ($1 per head) which make this an extremely affordable dining experience.  As...