Ristorante Fellini

With its glittering view of yachts bobbing on the Broadwater, Fellini attracts the Gold Coast's beautiful people. But beauty here is more than skin deep. From gracious service to the elegantly Italian dining room, attention to detail is evident at every turn. The expansive menu could signal disaster in less capable hands, yet here each course wows you just a little bit more. There's no molecular trickery but rather a deft reinterpretation of classic Italian dishes. A dish of delicate zucchini flowers bearing spanner crab meat is paired with a salad of exquisitely ripe tomatoes. The house-made pasta shines in a saffron linguette served with Moreton Bay bug meat and an ethereal cream sauce. No boring mains here - generously portioned rolled tenderloin of pancetta wrapped veal atop a deeply flavoured jus is lifted by the addition of truffled cream and earthy mushrooms. Classic Italian desserts add to the contentment, particularly when paired with a choice of vintage armagnacs dating from 1959.