Northern Gold Coast restaurant’s romantic Saturday dine-in option taking restrictions off date night

Looking for a table for two? This Gold Coast restaurant has dinner plans for lovers available from this weekend.

A NORTHERN Gold Coast restaurant will host five pairs of lovebirds from this weekend to manage the newly eased restrictions on hospitality.

The Local at Paradise Point will open its restaurant for tables of two for dinner, allowing five couples to dine in at once to coincide with the Queensland Government’s new legislation on capping restaurant guests at 10 people.

The restaurant and bar will also be available to be booked out entirely with a private chef and bartender for 10 people.

The Local owner Natalie Perry said since announcing the date night idea, the phone has been ringing off the hook for bookings.

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Paradise Point cafe The Local are doing couple's bookings this weekend to manage the 10 person limit. Runaway Bay couple Vanessa Cardona and Nicola Paro can’t wait for the weekend. Picture Glenn Hampson

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“We’re going to do couple’s night. There will be an early bird sitting and later sitting, and we’ll sanitise and clean the tables and everything in between,” she said.

“We’re also looking at hiring out the venue for 10 people — they have the whole venue to themselves at a minimum spend, with a personal chef and bar person for the night.”

The Local has already been booked out with a 10-person group set to celebrate the easing of restrictions on Saturday night, however more evenings are available for bookings.

“We’re going to stick to our standard menu, the steaks and good old fashioned parmie,” Ms Perry said.

“We’ll do a lot of our normal menu, we are going to do some specials as well.”

Nearby Cafe 7 will open to dine-in customers as of Saturday 6am.

Manager Lauren McCarthy said the cafe won’t be taking bookings and sittings will be for 1.5 hours.

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The Local owner Natalie Perry. Photo by Richard Gosling

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“We’ll have five tables outside and they’re going to be monitored by one person,” Cafe 7 manager Lauren McCarthy said.

“It’s first in best dressed. We can’t really go full on just yet until the restrictions come off further — we’ll have the takeaway menu and a separate dine-in menu.

“We’re just trying to create some sort of atmosphere for our regulars to have some sort of brekkie.”

More northern Gold Coast restaurants and cafes have announced they are opening this weekend, including Sanctuary Cove restaurants Artichoke and Quay Street Cafe.

Helena’s Espresso in Nerang will open again on Monday (closed weekends).