Food is its own love language, but when it’s served in a cosy room or a candlelit booth? Guaranteed fireworks. OpenTable analysed over 300,000 diner reviews and metrics to find the restaurants that had diners swooning—these are the Top 50 Romantic Restaurants in Australia favoured by diners on OpenTable.
Let’s dig into the list.
Queensland
A Touch of Salt – Townsville, QLD
Amici Restaurant – Caloundra, QLD
Bella Venezia Restaurant and Bar – Mooloolaba, QLD
Bocca Italian – Bokarina Beach, QLD
Etsu Izakaya – Mermaid Beach, QLD
Green Zebra – Parrearra, QLD
Joey’s – Kangaroo Point, QLD
Locale Restaurant and Bar – Noosa Heads, QLD
Lyrebird – South Brisbane, QLD
Mamasan Kitchen and Bar – Broadbeach, QLD
Market Bistro – Maroochydore, QLD
Moo Moo Restaurant – Gold Coast. QLD
Mr Hizola’s – Burleigh Heads, QLD
Olive and Angelo – Brisbane City, QLD
Rick Shores – Burleigh Heads, QLD
Rickys River Bar and Restaurant – Noosa Heads, QLD
Sails – Noosa Heads, QLD
Shorehouse – Townsville, QLD
The Doonan – Sunshine Beach, QLD
Tuscan Terrace – Mount Cotton, QLD
Zinc – Port Douglas, QLD
Victoria
Cecconi’s Flinders Lane – Melbourne CBD, VIC
Di Stasio Citta – Melbourne CBD, VIC
Donovans – St Kilda, VIC
Elwood Bathers – Elwood, VIC
Freyja – Melbourne CBD, VIC
Il Solito Posto – Melbourne CBD, VIC
Maccaroni Trattoria Italiana – Melbourne CBD, VIC
Meatmaiden – Melbourne CBD, VIC
Rococo – St Kilda, VIC
Serai Kitchen – Melbourne CBD, VIC
Teatro – Southbank, VIC
The Woodhouse Restaurant – Bendigo, VIC
Trattoria Emilia – Melbourne CBD, VIC
Waterfront – Southbank, VIC
Waves on the Beach – Frankston, VIC
Yugen Dining – South Yarra, VIC
New South Wales
Bistrot 916 – Potts Point, NSW
Doyles on the Beach – Watsons Bay, NSW
Garfish – Manly, NSW
Pellegrino 2000 – Surry Hills, NSW
The Potting Shed – Alexandria, NSW
The Wintergarden at Hydro Majestic – Blue Mountains, NSW
Ursula’s – Paddington, NSW
Whalebone Wharf – Port Macquarie, NSW
Zushi – Barangaroo, NSW
Tasmania
Landscape Restaurant – Hobart, TAS
Longhorn Smokehouse – Wrest Point, TAS
South Australia
Noi Vietnamese Eatery – Fullarton, SA
Northern Territory
Ella – Darwin, NT
