Reviews

YUMM Family of 5. 3 grown adult children. Had a nice dinner here. If you like your Italian this is the place to eat.

Amazing food! The Gold Coast offers a diverse range of dining options and finding good quality food is not always that easy. We were so happy to find Costa D'Oro a few... read more years ago and have been religiously dining here every time we come on holiday to Surfers Paradise (which is at least 3-4 times per year). We just love this restaurant. The food is incredible. The menu diverse and the quality of service and meals exceptional. If you like italian food you can not beat this wonderful restaurant! The staff and atmosphere is wonderful - a hidden gem in Orchid Ave that is hard to beat. read less

Lovely staff, nice pasta; pizza disappointing My partner and I came here for an easy dinner one evening. They have 25% off prior to 6.30pm, which makes it reasonably priced - before the discount, pastas were... read more $25-30 and pizzas $22-25, which is quite pricey for what you get. The pasta I had was delicious - prawns, olives, sundried tomatoes and chilli spaghetti. The sweet potato chips were also excellent. Unfortunately, the pizza my partner had was VERY salty, which was disappointing. However, the staff were very friendly and helpful, and overall it was a nice experience. read less

Italian dining without going to Italy This excellent restaurant is located in Orchid Avenue - a palm tree lined street located one block back from the beach at Surfers Paradise.

There is indoor seating and a large... read more covered outdoor dining area at the front, which is perfect on the many warm and sunny days you can expect on the Gold Coast.

We were greeted by a waiter called "Simone" (that's an Italian name, pronounced as - Si-mon-eh), who spoke both fluent English and Italian, like a few of the other waiters. We were given very attentive and professional service throughout our lunchtime meal, and you could easily imagine you were sitting in a restaurant in Italy.

As we were there for lunch during the week, many menu items were half price, including most of the pasta, pizza and some of the meat offerings. This offers fantastic value dining, when you compare it to the dinner price for the same food.

The pasta we ordered was just like from nonna's kitchen - excellent authentic flavours and very generous size dishes. We tried the tortellini, fettuccine and spaghetti.

The pizza was excellent - a well-cooked crust and quality toppings, which easily beats all of the cheap pizza chains like Domino's and Pizza Hut.

If Italians dine here, you know the food must be good!

A bit of trivia - translating "Costa D'oro" from Italian to English gives "Coast of Gold", thus "Gold Coast", which is where this restaurant is - at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast. read less

AMAZING Best restaurant in the in surfers. Staff are amazing!!! Food every time was perfect & true Italian food.

VGood pizza I am from Melbourne, where there is an abundance of good pizza places. When I travel I generally find that the pizzas are pretty crappy. Whilst this pizza was just... read more a tad greasy, I would definitely come back to this place again and actually seek it out.

The pizza base, quality and the spread of toppings was perfect, just as I said a tiny tiny amount to Wallie would be the only criticism. I was hanging out for a pizza so if I was hanging out again I’ll deathly be going here. It was busy on a Wednesday night, and whilst the pizza and a Peroni cost $39, in this area that is pretty reasonable.

I ordered the “delicious” or some similar name pizza, but it was the one with salami and prawns. The prawns were not frozen crappy tiny prawns, check out the photo.

The Peroni Red I had was $8, which I suppose is sort of reasonable for a Restaurant, but I wasn’t going to sit there on a beer drinking session.

Whilst the place was very busy, the waiters were very attentive, and very Italian… Although I’m not actually sure if they were italian, but they could’ve been?.... read less

Great Italian at reasonable price This is a great Italian restaurant with a wide range of choices. Staff are very helpful and in an ideal location in Surfers Paradise. Drinks are reasonable and weather for... read more Lunch or Dinner great place to eat and relax. read less

Great food Excellent food, great service. Very enjoyable night. Ordered the Moreton Bay Bugs - absolutely delicious.

Best Ever!!! Best Italian meal I’ve ever had. Kids asked to come back tomorrow night. Pizza 10/10, pasta 10/10.

Beautiful food at this restaurant. The service ws quick, the food was delicious and we had a great time! Would definitely go back again.

Amazing Italian Food !!! When the pizza is soooooo good you have to take some home 😉

Such amazing food and atmosphere we can’t wait to come back 🙂

Really really good Really love this place, only been once but will be back when in the G.C well done guys, great food and staff

An easy meal Great service and a warm welcome. We ordered drinks and asked for time to choose our food options which was no trouble. Bruschetta was gorgeous. We both had pasta for... read more mains and lovely flavours. Very quick to be served. No complaints and early bird eating meant we got 25% off!! read less

Anniversary dinner Amongst the strange array of eateries in Surfers Paradise what a delight to sit down in this thoroughly authentic Italian restaurant- prices so reasonable and the servings more than ample... read more my Bosciola was delicious and husbands Pollo penne same great wine selection and a great coffee to finish - highly recommend / just walked in no booking. read less

Accommodating and comfortable Went here with a group of like 30 girls and we received our food super quick considering how many of us there were. Everything was very reasonably priced for the... read more the amount you get and the actual dishes were very tasty. They let us split the bill even though there was a sign saying they don’t do that for this they are getting five stars. read less

Great service and food Great service and excellent food. We order pasta and pizza, both was very good. The waiters are very sympathetic.

Italian on the Coast My wife and I experienced this restaurant this evening and without doubt the food is excellent and if you are staying on the Gold Coast, the location is also excellent.... read more I would recommend the Fettuccine D'oro and the Ricasoli Chianti was also an excellent choice. However the service, although very good at the start became virtually non-existent. An experienced head waiter who could guide the young, inexperienced staff would go a long way to improving the restaurant overall.

Our initial contact with the staff was very good, shown to our table provided with a menu and drink list, order taken in an efficient manner and food provided in a timely manner, unfortunately that is where it stopped. While we in the restaurant - approximately 1.5 hours the staff never returned to the table to top up a glass, check on the quality of the food served or ask if we needed anything more than what we originally ordered. We were never approached to see if we wanted desert or coffee or extra drinks.

Perhaps the owners of this restaurant are happy to generate all of their revenue from an entree and main meal. read less

Friendly staff lovely food, very long wait The food was amazing, traditional Italian flavour well presented and delicious. The staff were all very friendly and polite. We did wait well over an hour for our food with... read more no indication of wait time, however the food was worth the wait once it arrived. read less

Great Italian Food Great food, fantastic service. A solid bet for unpretentious Italian food. Good for kids and a convivial atmosphere.

Beautiful restaurant! Came to visit with a group of 11 people and the staff/food was amazing!!

They accomodated for every single one of us, bringing the food out quickly and getting involved... read more in our conversations 🙂

The staff are absolutely beautiful - my dad visits every fortnight and highly recommends the Aussie pizza! read less

Great service We went to Costa doro for a dinner , the service was just amazing. The staff were very friendly and the waiter Francesco give us a good raccomandation about food... read more and wine . Great value I really racommend a visit. Thanks !!! read less

Amazing Italian experience From the service to the food they get 5 stars all the way. Delicious pizza and super friendly staff members!

Delizioso the smell, the atmosphere, and great service, my husband had veal fungai and i had gnocci boscali, we were very impressed and would recommend in a heart beat,. We will... read more be back. read less

Amazing Place was packed out, but they soon organised a table for the 4 of us.

The food was, well, just amazing! and served quickly, despite being very busy! All the... read more staff were very friendly.

Highly recommend the Chocolate Brownie dippped in melted chocolate with Ice Cream... delicious!! read less

Good food, friendly service For lunch we selected Barramundi and Garlic Prawns, both dishes have been very good

and the salad was crisp and fresh.

Great Service & Food at Reasonable Prices We were a group of 4 (2 couples) and made an online booking. Upon arrival we warmly greeted and given the option of outside/inside seating. We were then quickly given... read more water for the table and menus and then shortly after asked what drinks we would like. We then ordered two large pizzas and a green salad to share, all of which were served in a very timely and professional manner. We loved the ambience, the food, the reasonable pricing, and the quick and professional service. It therefore comes as no surprise that this restaurant was so popular on the night we were there. We loved the food so much that we ordered takeaway the next night!! Thanks Costa D’oro we will return when next we visit Surfers Paradise. read less

Best restaurant! Staff were so friendly and greeted you as you walk in. The food was beautiful and really represented a true Italian restaurant. Felt like I was in Italy! Absolutely beautiful... read more only issue was a small wait on food but can’t complain when service is that good read less

Dinner for two We had walked all around the Cavill avenue shops area looking for a place to eat. It was the delicious aroma of this delightful Italian Restraunt that caught my wife's... read more attention as we were on our stroll.

We were quickly welcomed to a table and each given the customary glass of waterand the menu.

My wife chose Scallopine Alla Panna and I chose Scallopine Boscaiola .We had a drink each and the meal came within 10 minutes.

Both meals were served hotter than we expected but this was very welcome.The waiter peppered our meal with suprising enthusiasm and we had to ask him to stop but it was the perfect amont for us. The veal was tender,the sauces beyond what we expected in flavour and outright yumminess. The only thing I would have liked is a few more vegetables with the meal.

Overall the whole experience was a 9/10.

The waiters were very polite. Very Italian and very well mannered efficient and alert.

The Restraunt was very busy and the team effort between chefs, wait staff and the maitre'd reflected in the cheerful vibrant feel we experienced while we were there.

Not being a big drinker ,I did notice that there wasnt much choice on the wine list and I might have chosen a red if It was recommended to me. . A small thing only .

We shall definately go here again .

9/10 . read less

BEST EVER!!! Staff are absolutely adorable & so so friendly & welcoming. BEST atmosphere. To die for beautiful, real italian food. We went back the next day & all the staff remembered... read more us by name & were so lovely!

Can not wait to come back ♡♡♡ read less

The Best Lunch in the GC The best Italian and super pricing during lunch hours. We ended up eating here two days in a row it was brilliant.

Tortellini was perfect! So many amazing flavours.