There’s something deeply satisfying about plunging a fork into a bowl of freshly made pasta, that first sip of a slightly chilled red or wrapping your mitts around a sizeable slice of pizza.

The Gold Coast sure kicked off 2025 with a bang, welcoming several new cafes, restaurants and bars to the fold.

Whether you’re craving sashimi, grilled bugs, fresh prawns or a fish sando, you want to seek out the best of the best. So, we’ve put together a handy list of some of the top seafood restaurants on the Gold Coast.

If you love nothing more than schmearing salted butter on a piece of fresh sourdough, and consider cream-filled choux bombs a breakfast staple, then you’ll take great pleasure in working through this list of must-try bakeries and patisseries on the Gold Coast.