Yum cha, roast rolls and top-tier steaks – level up your lunch game at The Star Gold Coast
Tired of mid-week toasties? Planning a business lunch? Or are you searching for a new spot to enjoy sun-soaked weekend lunches with the crew? The Star Gold Coast has your cravings covered with an array of daytime dining options to suit every occasion. From weekday yum cha and on-the-go noodle soups to mouth-watering roasts and five-star steaks paired with skyline views, take your pick from this list of lunch hot spots.
Mei Wei Dumplings
If you’re looking for a fast bite or lunch on-the-run, Hawker-style eatery Mei Wei serves up wok-fried delights, dumplings galore and delicious rice dishes in a flash – perfect for when you’re ducking out of the office for a mid-week lunch break. From xia jiao prawn dumplings to dan dan noodles, sweet and sour pork stir-fry and punchy Thai salads topped with honey-glazed barbecue pork, there are plenty of options for takeaway lunches and casual dine-in feasts – and you can grab a bubble tea while you’re at it.
Uncle Su
Cantonese dining spot Uncle Su serves up yum cha lunch from Wednesday through to Sunday, with an extensive array of handmade dumplings and delights on offer. This is where you’ll find some of the Gold Coast’s best shu mai, har gao and xiao long bao, served up alongside tasty plates like pan-fried turnip cake, congee, rice-noodle rolls and barbecue pork buns. Complete your yum cha lunch with salted-egg lava custard buns and steamed Chinese sponge cake.
Harvest Buffet
Take your taste buds across the globe with a mouth-watering buffet feast at Harvest, which is open for lunch on weekends. Grab a table overlooking the sparkling pool and dine to your heart’s content on fresh seafood and delectable sushi, carvery roasts, piping-hot pizzas and pastas, indulgent curries, soups, salads and the incredibly decadent dessert station. To sweeten the deal, diners enjoy $20 off Harvest buffet during February.
Food Quarter
If you fancy a roast lunch, a hearty chicken schnitty, a tasty pizza or towering burger, curb your midday cravings at Food Quarter. Open for lunch daily, the carvery serves up a menagerie of mouth-watering roasts like slow-cooked sirloin with all of the trimmings, and a hearty roast-pork burger with apple sauce and chips. You’ll find plenty of lunchtime bistro classics like chicken parmis with chips and salad, as well as a raft of pizzas and lighter lunch bites like the roasted pumpkin salad.
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Nineteen at The Star
Want to take your Friday lunching up a notch? Take the elevator up to Nineteen at The Star. Open for lunch on Fridays only, Nineteen is the perfect end-of-week lunch destination – and is known for serving up some of the finest steaks in town. Soak up the skyline views and peruse the award-winning wine list, before indulging in signature dishes like the Patagonian toothfish with smoked bone and caviar pil pil sauce, wood-fired Moreton Bay bugs and rock lobsters, and a delectable selection of prime steaks from the grill. You can also head up to Nineteen’s sun-soaked bar from Wednesday to Saturday, and enjoy afternoon sips and grazing platters at Spritz Saturdays.
Garden Kitchen & Bar
Open for lunch on Saturday and Sunday, Garden Kitchen & Bar is ideal for long lunches, breezy cocktails and charcuterie, or a quick weekend bite. Seafood lovers can enjoy a crudo of yellowfin kingfish with yuzu-shallot dressing, indulgent seafood platters brimming with the day’s best catches, and beer-battered tiger-prawn rolls with lemon-myrtle mayonnaise and pickles. Grab a beer and tuck into the hearty Angus beef burger with a side of crispy chips or keep it light with Garden’s colourful nourish bowl topped with pickled curried cauliflower and fried chickpeas. The Garden bar is stacked with an array of sips if you’re partial to a lunchtime cocktail or two.
For more information, lunch menus and booking details, head to The Star Gold Coast website.
This article was created in partnership with our friends at The Star Gold Coast. The Star practices responsible service of alcohol.