Enjoy Food and Music when visiting the Gold Coast

The Gold Coast has a great array of food and music, which is one of the factors that lure visitors to choose this fun destination, when looking for holiday destinations.

The food is simply divine and fresh, with most dishes being prepared with local produce and freshly caught sea food. World famous restaurateurs Simon Gloftis, Carlo Percuoco, Scott Imlach and Daniel Ridgeway have shared some of their favourite restaurants and places to enjoy a hearty meal packed with goodness and flavour.

Places recommended by culinary expert Simon Gloftis are the Canteen at Burleigh, whichis a great place that serves food that is ‘more than your average dining experience’ and a place that will not disappoint as termed by the expert.

A must try at the Pinocchio and is the witlof salad, Fellini with their take on fish carpaccio and the lobster.If you love your coffee a recommended place by Gloftis is the No Name Lane.

Some of favrouite haunts of Carlo Percuoco is the Omeros Bros, which has some amazing service and fresh and consistent food. Some of the recommended dishes by Percuoco includes the Chill on Tedder, Hellenika, and Social Eating House + Bar in Broadbeach.

Scott Imlach named the Fish House and the Fellini in his top five favourite restaurants along with Moos Moos for atmosphere, and RockSalt, Verve, Little Truffle and Room81 for their amazingly tasty food.

Daniel Ridgeway’s delights included the local suburban venue such as the Itoshin, Pablo Pablo, Justin Lane, Oskars, and Commune and Street Corner Espresso.

If you are planning on where to stay and what accommodation options are available in Gold Coast, there are a plethora of accommodation options to choose from, they range from budget hotels, resorts and Gold Coast Luxury Apartments.

Budget hotels and backpacker hostels are a good value for money if you are travelling on a budget and willing to spend a minimum on accommodation. Budget hotels and motels are also good for a business traveler or a single traveler.

If you like to be spoilt and prefer to stay at Gold Coast Luxury Apartments, then make the most of your stay with a luxury accommodation option. These Gold Coast Luxury Apartments are tastefully furnished and are equipped with modern conveniences and facilities. They are also self-contained and serviced regularly. These accommodation options are good for a family as well, especially with small children.

All accommodation options are centrally located close to attractions, town centre, restaurants and other activities.

Dinning out in the Gold Coast is not a difficult choice but with the plethora of restaurants available, making a choice of where to eat can be very difficult as most of them serve the best. Apart from some of the most recommended restaurants by the culinary experts here a few great choice that are favorites among the locals as well.

The Elk Espresso is a cafe that offered the ultimate caffeine experience and helps to kick start your day. The menu features 16 types of tea and a generous variety of coffee with their specialty breakfast being the poached egg potato hash.

The BIN 12 is a great place to relax and enjoy American-inspired tapas and mouth-watering cocktails.

Little Truffle, lives up to its names and is a little restaurant, with a little kitchen and a big menu.

Gold coast is also famous for and hosts many popular musical festivals and events through the year. Some of the popular festivals and events are as follows,

Summafieldayze is music festival that is held every January on the Gold Coast. It attract array of major international and local artists and is referred to as Australia’s most iconic festival. It draws in as many as  30,000 people. The festival usually lasts for just one day, and it is a ticketed event.

Big Day Outis an annual music festival that is held during the summer in five Australian cities. It is a large event with multiple stages with as many as 700 performers.

Good Vibrationsa popular exciting festival on the Gold Coast held in February. The festival features a number of local and international performers.

This makes the Gold Coast a sought after destination due to its diverse activities and features.