The Gold Coast offers a fantastically diverse restaurant scene. Whatever your taste buds fancy - you're sure to find it on Australia's Gold Coast. Cuisine style is only limited to your imagination - but includes favourites like Chinese, Thai, Italian, French, seafood and modern Australian. Perhaps you'd prefer one of the many buffet style restaurants offering a smorgasbord of seafood or food from around the world; or alternatively a relaxed alfresco café, or one of the many surf club bistros located at beaches along the coast.

Gold Coast restaurants number more than 500, with a concentration around Surfers Paradise, Broadbeach, Burleigh Heads and Coolangatta. There are great restaurants to choose from offering a variety of experiences - such as live entertainment, waterfront dining and award-winning chefs.

In Surfers Paradise, check out the Hard Rock Café located on the corner of famous Cavill Avenue and Surfers Paradise Boulevard. With regular live entertainment and masses of cool rock memorabilia to check out, it's an excellent night out.

You might also enjoy dining at the Chevron Renaissance. A unique dining and shopping experience, Chevron is open-air and beautifully landscaped with a great atmosphere providing a relaxed, yet luxurious dining experience.

Many restaurants on the Gold Coast are open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, seven days a week. Some are open 24 hours and others offer meal deals and early bird specials where you need to finish by a certain time - great for families who need to eat early. Check out individual venues for special deals and exact opening times.