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Gold Coast
Reviewed by Tim
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Service:
Although the open Members area is plain as for décor, the Tuesday night specials are over all excellent in value. The service is plain; you line up to order your meal and pay. Then you get your number and pick out a table. The food is delivered hot and fresh by a very friendly staff, but when it is very busy, they are a harried bunch.

Presentation:
Tuesday night is two-for-one special occasion. Although it is a very plain presentation, the food is good value. For the price of $24.95 for two, you receive hot garlic bread, a glass of house wine each, and a substantial mean meal. The menu had three choices on this particular Tuesday night including the Dory and Pork dishes that we ordered. The larger than normally found serve of Dory comes with chips and small green salad. While the Pork was a very large and thick cut of meat with a nice variety of vegetables and sweet potato mash. Both dishes were very good, and very filling. The port wine sauce on the Pork was excellent and surprising to find in "club" restaurant setting. For desert, which is additional in cost, we tried the Apple Strudel and Crepes Suzette. The Strudel was a large serve that can easily feed two and was very good. The Crepes had a flavorful orange sauce and the only thing it lacked would be the flambé presentation.

Wine List:
The Gold Coast Italo-Australian Club is fully licensed. Although the wine list is not exceptional, you can order any type of libation that you fancy.

Value for Money:
The Tuesday night two-for-one special is over all an exceptional value, especially with the quality of the meals and the size of the portions.

Ambience:
The Club area is rather stark. Nevertheless, the walls are slowly filling up with large painted venues of the Italian countryside. There is an area with fine dining tables that have crisp white tablecloths, candles and that intimate feel that is nice at dinner, but it was not open on this Tuesday night.

The feel good factor:
The people are friendly, the staff, and the members. It is a family place, but usually you find the families are couples that are a little bit on the older side. Therefore, it is not overly loud and is actually rather welcoming in feel. I give the Gold Coast Italo-Australian Club a very strong three.

Worth a trip back