Dine Out on Valentine's Day

There’s more to Bluestone than meets the eye. Behind the modest street frontage is a welcoming and spacious restaurant sporting an elegant downstairs bar.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $34.00 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

Re-opening in March 2007, this Greek eatery has retained some of its Middle Eastern past out of respect for its former inhabitant.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $17.50 // Cuisine: Greek

For exquisite fine dining among the stars, there’s no experience like that of Eureka 89 restaurant to make you feel on top of the world.

Category: Restaurants // Cuisine: Modern Australian

Gingerboy is Teage Ezard exploring his love of Asian flavours and managing to turn hawker-food into elegant morsels in a witty setting reminiscent of night markets.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $30.00 // Cuisine: Chinese

One of the many restaurants at Docklands, Livebait has great views and a menu that relies on seafood.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $26.00 // Cuisine: Seafood

Climb to the top of this colossus for an al fresco tipple.

Category: Bars & Clubs, Restaurants // Venue Type: Bar // Mains from: $18.00

Quay’s superb location, sandwiched between the bridge and the Opera House, is not all that makes this restaurant such a success with discerning diners.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $38.00 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

Offering spectacular panoramic views of Sydney Harbour, Opera House and the Royal Botanic Gardens, the 25th Floor Restaurant offers modern international cuisine with an Australian touch. The relaxed and elegant setting and the million dollar view makes The 25th Floor Restaurant is a great destination for a delicious meal as you look out at the serenity of Sydney Harbour and the city.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $25.00 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

360 BAR AND DINING is an intimate, stylish fine dining experience that makes any occasion extra special. With a unique revolving floor, guests can enjoy a dining journey with 360 degree panoramic views of Sydney and beyond together with an innovative menu by an award winning culinary team – cuisine is Modern Australian with a refined French influence.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $41.00 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

Take a stroll after breakfast by day, rekindle the romance at evening. At Venice you’ll want to linger over the sparkling view and terrific food.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $30.00 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

Pastis and absinthe (including Mr Jekyll's) abound while the more or less adventurous can go down on a Vesper Lynd or engage in a Spanish wine battle; BYO galleon.

Category: Bars & Clubs, Restaurants // Venue Type: Bar // Mains from: $36.00 // Cuisine: French

Jellyfish Restaurant serves up its modern Australian cuisine in the heart of Brisbane’s CBD with a focus on fresh and inspired seafood dishes.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $35.00 // Cuisine: Seafood

One of Brisbane’s hidden gems (or should I say precious metals?) with exceptional food and a dazzling view over the Brisbane River.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $37.00 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

Brisbane’s Barolo restaurant’s modern Mediterranean cuisine matched to international wines and served in contemporary surrounds makes it a real crowd-pleaser.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $30.00 // Cuisine: Mediterranean

The Buffalo Club restaurant in stylish Fortitude Valley provides a unique experience. Diners receive a set menu of innovative modern European dishes, which changes daily.

Category: Restaurants // Cuisine: Modern Australian

Fine food and wine coupled with exceptional service is what makes Bistro Felix in Subiaco a restaurant worth visiting time and time again.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $29.00 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

The Old Brewery restaurant on Perth’s winding Mounts Bay Road offers best quality steaks cooked to perfection and Swan River views with a city backdrop.

Category: Bars & Clubs, Restaurants // Mains from: $22.00 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

Chapter One Brasserie in Subiaco offers diners a little slice of Europe with an intimate setting and fresh, uncomplicated rustic fare.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $20.00 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

A favourite with local business folk, Villa D’Este Restaurant in West Perth continues to impress clientele with fine Italian fare and professional service.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $33.80 // Cuisine: Italian

Experience Italian cuisine at its best at Perth’s Maurizio Restaurant with delicious dishes like baby goat, homemade gnocchi and fig and marscapone cheesecake.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $32.50 // Cuisine: Italian

Hailed as one of Perth’s top restaurateurs, Albasio La Pegna demonstrates why he is so successful with his riverside seafood restaurant, Zafferano.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $42.00 // Cuisine: Italian

Welcome to Dominique's. This award-winning New Orleans restaurant offers the French Quarter's superlative dining experience. Treat yourself to the region's richest blend of fine cuisine and romantic atmosphere.

Category: Restaurants // Cuisine: French

Arguably one of Perth’s most prized restaurants, Fraser’s in West Perth combines breathtaking views with fine food and service for a most memorable meal.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $37.00 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

This popular Darwin institution brings the authentic flavours of Gallic cuisine to the tropics with fine French dining and personalised service.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $23.30 // Cuisine: French

With an open-air mid-city rooftop location, cheerful vibe, exotic decor and excellent Thai food, Darwin’s Thailicious restaurant is a Top End favourite.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $15.80 // Cuisine: Thai

Some of Darwin’s top restaurateurs make a habit of visiting this fine diner for its exquisite food, impeccable service and knockout views.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $25.00 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

Argentine steak houses are a popular part of the European dining scene. Adelaide comes to the carnivore party.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $28.00 // Cuisine: Argentinean

The name suggests a level of refined elegance, and this restaurant doesn't disappoint.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $29.90 // Cuisine: Italian

Panacea restaurant is a prize find in Adelaide's Halifax Street. Sitting sleekly among high-rises and offices, it serves Mediterranean cuisine with finesse.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $7.00 // Cuisine: Mediterranean

Auge isn’t shy about airing its dream to be top of the pops on the Adelaide restaurant scene.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $29.00 // Cuisine: Italian

With a list of accolades tucked into its cap, Assaggio in Hyde Park is a restaurant which lives up to its name, meaning “to taste”.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $22.00 // Cuisine: Italian

Fly into North Adelaide for a gastronomic treat. Sparrow is a restaurant that fuses Spanish and Italian flavours with mouth-watering results.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $26.50 // Cuisine: Italian

The Manse has held graceful residence in North Adelaide for decades. Its modern French menu and restaurant professionals continue to shine in the industry’s spotlight.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $36.00 // Cuisine: French

While at times this Hatted restaurant cafe seems slightly chaotic, the food at Artespresso speaks for itself and you'll always leave wonderfully satisfied.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $25.90 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

With impeccable food and service, the celebrated (and hatted) Courgette is a must for visitors and Canberrans alike, delighting the palate with their sumptuous fare.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $33.00 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

Canberra’s favourite new dining spot, Flint Dining Room & Bar, features a seasonal Modern Australian menu that showcases the products of the wood-fired oven and grill. With dishes designed to be shared, it is best to come to this restaurant with at least a few friends to sample as much of the fare as possible

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $27.00 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

In the library of restaurants, Ainslie’s Pulp Kitchen is hardly a cheap, paperback novel; instead it belongs firmly on the shelf marked “Modern European Classics”.

Category: Restaurants // Cuisine: Modern Australian

Relax on the shore of Lake Burley Griffin for a chilled weekend brunch, or a romantic candle-lit dinner at Canberra’s famed Watersedge restaurant in Parkes.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $28.80 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

The view, the vines, the wines from the vines and the excellence of the food, Daniel Alps at Strathlynn in Rosevears has it all.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $33.80 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

Fee and Me has a record of quality fine dining and a longevity that places it at the top of Tasmania’s culinary tree.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $25.00 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

The Source restaurant at Moorilla Estate in Berridale combines a stunning vineyard setting with the breathtaking cuisine of chef Philippe Lebain.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $29.00 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

Mud Bar and Restaurant in Launceston is much cleaner and brighter than the river it overlooks and the service flows much faster too.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $20.00 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

Straight out of the Left Bank, this little restaurant has been serving authentic French food for over a decade to a very appreciative local crowd.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $25.00 // Cuisine: French

Surrounded by vines, at the entrance to Tasmania’s most highly acclaimed wine region the Coal River Valley, this restaurant is a wonderfully inviting, double-storied architectural statement in itself.

Category: Restaurants // Cuisine: Modern Australian

The award-winning Restaurant 1834, with its unique heritage décor and contemporary Australian cuisine is enjoyed by hotel guests and Hobart residents alike. Open every day and fully licensed, Restaurant 1834 promises á la carte dining in an intimate setting. Our menu features Tasmania's famous quality King Island diary produce, with a comprehensive wine list showcasing an extensive selection of Tasmanian, Australian and International wines.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $24.50 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

The restaurant at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens would have to be one of the most delightful places to enjoy a meal anywhere in Tasmania, and its magnificent new deck offering sweeping views of the Gardens and Derwent River are an ideal place for an intimate meal or celebration.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $16.50 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

The exciting food, exemplary service and great wine selection at Stillwater make this one of Tasmania’s very best dining experiences.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $36.00 // Cuisine: Modern Australian