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houndkwok
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Tantalising Turkish at Zafron
Isis shines
Great find - Food & Soul
Yummy Yum Cha
Overpriced restaurants
Vue is tops
Big burgers!
Fantastic dining @ Aria
Great food
Super sashimi - Mizu
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Reservation Required

Perfect for a Romantic Evening

Great with a large group

We made a last minute decision to go out for dinner on the the Queen's Birthday holiday and were very happy to decide on Zafron on Brunswick. THey have a special 4 course menu for $29 Mon - Thu but decided to pass on that and sampled the a la carte menu instead. Had a Mediterranean dip platter which had 3 dips, lavash chips and very nice turkish bread. Dips came in a hommus, sun dried tomato/pesto and baba ganush. For mains we had the Special Kebab (cannot remember the name) and the Koresht Shirazi a melt in your mouth lamb stew with the best flavours. Service was average but food was well worth it. Definitely coming back again for more!

Loved the: Food
Nice: Value
So-So: Atmosphere, Service


Overall: Nice

Reservation Required	Perfect for a Romantic Evening	Good for a romantic drink
Great with a large group	Bad place to meet people	Bad for watching sport

My partner & I had a lovely Valentine's Day dinner at Isis.  While it was a set course menu with 4 courses, there was a range to choose from each course and the food was just devine.  The service was top class, attentive but not obtrusive and the tables were also not crammed in together.  All in all a fabulous dining experience.

Loved the: Atmosphere, Bar Service, Cocktails, Door Staff, Food, Value
Nice: Wine List


Overall: Loved It!

Reservation Required	Good Wheelchair access	Perfect for a Romantic Evening
Good for Business Lunches	Bad with a large group

What a gem this little restaurant is - tucked away in Auchenflower, discovered it through this website. We went there Friday evening and had really nice time. Food was of very high quality and was well presented. Staff were very attentive (regularly re-filling water glasses without being asked) without being overly intrusive. We had a pumpkin & cashew wanton entree which was in a nice and light saffron infused yoghurt based sauce - great combination of flavours. For mains, had a medium rare veal with bugs and gnocchi with mushroom, crabmeat, leeks & parmeson. The veal was the best I have had in a long while - finally someone that knows how to cook veal!! Will definitely be back again. Thanks to the great chefs!

Loved the: Food, Value
Nice: Atmosphere, Service


Overall: Nice

Bad Wheelchair access	Great with babies	Great with kids
Bad for a Romantic Evening	Good for Business Lunches	Great with a large group

Had the best yum cha in Brisbane recently at Landmark. Crowded as ever - we had previously booked but that does not help, you still have to queue and wait for table (20 minute wait) but was so worth it. Between the 6 of us, we got to sample lots of different dishes. Their traditional steamed prawn har gows were the best - really fresh and tasty, nice pork buns, rice flour rolls with pork, everything was just superb, and all had different flavourings which made things interesting. Also, was a very reasonably priced meal considering the amount we had.

Loved the: Food, Value
So-So: Atmosphere
Dodgy: Service


Overall: Nice


What is with restaurants that charge a fortune and serve up the tiniest portions??? How can one justify charging over $30 for 6 pieces of ravioli. Ok so the ravioli was probably fresh made, it was filled with crab, but be serious, each piece was filled with no more than a thumb nail sized portion of crab meat.  Not happy

Reservation Not Required	Good Wheelchair access	Great with babies
Great with kids	Perfect for a Romantic Evening	Great with a large group
Great for Business Lunches

Group of 4 of us decided to wander into Merthyr Village for bite to eat & found Vue - what a great little place this is. The staff are the most friendly, attentive and helpful - would rival some of the more expensive so called silver service restaurants around town. Food was also just perfect. The dishes we all had were omelette with smoked salmon, asparagus & rocket; open grilled sandwich with bacon, egg, chicken; vege pizza and chicken wrap. Even though it was quite busy, all the staff were amazing. In particular, we all watched how the staff were so helpful and patient with 1 fairly elderly customer. Well done Vue - definitely will be back again

Loved the: Food, Service, Value
Nice: Atmosphere


Overall: Loved It!

Reservation Not Required	Great with babies	Great with kids
Bad for a Romantic Evening	Great with a large group

It is definitely everything that a Macdonald's burger is not! Big very filling burgers with big meat patties. A meat eaters version of heaven!

Nice: Food, Value
So-So: Service
Dodgy: Atmosphere


Overall: Nice

Reservation Required

Good place to meet people

My partner & I were at Broadbeach to catch the Zingara show at the Conrad Jupiters Casino and decided to wander around and found the nicest little restaurant in Broadbeach - Aria GC. The food was divine and service was pretty good too. We shared oysters and duckfilled springrolls for entrees and everything was just really fresh and tasty. My partner had a lamb rack on a risotto and the lamb was super tender and cooked perfect. My dish was a laksa with moreton bay bugs and vietnamese lime and chinese kai lan - the laksa was just like home and the bugs added a nice twist to it. Really enjoyed the meal. Because we ran out of time, did not stay for dessert but the dessert menu looked pretty good too - definitely going back again

Loved the: Food
Nice: Bar Service, Cocktails, Door Staff, Drinks
So-So: Atmosphere, Value


Overall: Loved It!

Reservation Required	Great with kids	Perfect for a Romantic Evening
Good for Business Lunches	Great with a large group

Recently had the most fantastic lunch at Restaurant Two. It was my first vist there and the food was totally brilliant. Had a tempura soft shell crab for entree which was done in light tempura batter with tasty soft shell crab and for mains had a perfectly done grilled barramundi. It was interesting because I had a grilled barramundi a couple of weeks before at Kingsleys and the one at Restaurant Two won my vote hands down. Great food, great service, could not ask for more.

Loved the: Food, Service, Wine List
Nice: Atmosphere, Value


Overall: Loved It!

Reservation Required	Good Wheelchair access	Bad with kids
Bad for a Romantic Evening	Good for Business Lunches	Great with a large group

Love dropping in to Mizu as they always have really fresh sashimi. They also always have a specials board serving slightly different but always interesting dishes. While not cheap, always a decent meal to be had. Try a gen-mai cha (japanese green tea with roasted rice) to wash meal down with. Oh and the staff are always really polite and friendly

Nice: Food, Service
So-So: Atmosphere, Value


Overall: Nice