Il Barocco

3.5 Below Average

Food  7      Ambience  5      Service  1      Value  1     

When we didn't order coffee after having a look at menu, the waiter said 'they aren't cheap are they', knowing that we came here with 2 for 1 deal. Without knowing whether he was trying to be funny, I was even shocked because his tone sounds very rude. Ruined everything.

Feb 21, 2010 

9.5 Highly Recommended

Food  10      Ambience  9      Service  9      Value  10     

What a divine buffet. I take my parents in law here every time I visit the Gold Coast. Giant prawns, smoked salmon, roasts, oysters, lovely petite fours, delicious puddings. There is something for every taste and appetite here. Australia's leading buffet, in a league of its own.

Dec 02, 2009 

8 Recommended

Food  7      Ambience  10      Service  7      Value  8     

We went here for a friend's birthday. We had the alacarte menu for dinner. The mushroom risotto was a bit disappointing, I've made better risotto at home. But the Atlantic Salmon on lemon risotto was superb! Highly recommend this dish.

May 31, 2009 

8.3 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  9      Service  8      Value  7     

My first visits were a couple of years ago, and since then I feel that the service just isn't the same. But I do expect a high level of service when dining in such elegant surroundings.

Mar 22, 2009 

9.3 Highly Recommended

Food  10      Ambience  10      Service  9      Value  8     

We visited this superb restaurant during a stay the Palazzo Versace, one of our favourite haunts! The night offered a seafood buffet for the patrons and we didn't have a booking but a light break waiting in the bar area of the Versace wasn't even long enough for us to finish our pre-dinner drinks! We were happy to be seated so soon, considering the restaurant was fully booked.

The food: superb, try the oysters kilpatrick. The service: a pleasure, wait staff should be awarded. The ambience: fabulous to showcase your utterly horribly expensive designer handbag. We wrapped the night with more drinks in the bar filled with votiles of soft candle lighting. Truly wonderful.

Mar 01, 2009 

9.5 Highly Recommended

Food  10      Ambience  10      Service  9      Value  9     

This is a lovely place. It is stylish and elegant, and it is where beauty meets great service. It is here where the food is great, for breakfast one day you could have bacon and eggs, the next could be muesli and fruit. ( Palazzo Versace fruit i might add.) The wide variety of food will appeal to anyone, whoever they may be. We are so lucky to have this wonderful establishment in Australia. This is a massive go-to if you are planning to go to the Gold Coast.

Nov 03, 2008 

9.5 Highly Recommended

Food  10      Ambience  9      Service  10      Value  9     

This buffet is without peer in Australia. I've dined here more times that I'd care to admit, and the quality and variety of food is truly outstanding. The extensive selections of seafood, cheese and desserts are a highlight of this beautifully crafted showcase, where you really are spoilt for choice.

Service is slick and professional, whilst also being very friendly and intimate. After our second visit, the waiters were aware of my daughters favourite drinks, and presented them with flourish without being reminded. I have also dined here with friends and work colleagues, and the service adapts seamlessly to accommodate all customer needs.

And a word of warning, you must dine here more than once because you will, without doubt, be unable to sample most of the delights on offer. And that would be a shame. And if the food and service aren't motivating enough, visit so that you can dine in the beautiful surrounds of the Palazzo and enjoy the rare luxury of dining with Versace crockery and cutlery. Not something that most mere mortals get do everyday!

For those of us from interstate, a visit to this restaurant is more of a 'must-do' than a day at DreamWorld. For those who are lucky enough to consider this a local, we envy you!

Sep 14, 2008 

10 Highly Recommended

Food  10      Ambience  10      Service  10      Value  10     

I have am very hard to please in dining experiences, but one stop to Il Barocco changed all that, I don't go anywhere else on the Gold Coast as nothing satisfies Me than this restaurant, great food, great service, great value.

Feb 05, 2008