2 Best Restaurants in Southport and Main Beach, The Gold Coast

Run by charismatic chefs, who clearly love to please a crowd, this popular teppanyaki restaurant at the JW Marriott Gold Coast Resort & Spa is as much about the spectacle of the meal as the quality ingredients and perfectly executed flavors. Try the succulent fillet steak with teriyaki chicken, traditional tofu and hibachi vegetables, or salmon and lobster tail.

This iconic seafood restaurant perched on the waterfront at the lovely Marina Mirage center has dishes spanning the seafood spectrum—from bouillabaisse and classic surf and turf to local barramundi, lobster, oysters, mud crab, and Moreton Bay bugs. This is also a tempting selection of meat, vegetarian, and pasta dishes, and an extensive dessert menu and wine list. The A$55 set menu includes choice of entrée, main, and dessert.