Picture this…
The sun is out and beaming down, you can hear the waves from the ocean rolling onto the shore line, you are being drifted away by the cool island sounds playing around you. Your taste buds are being tantalised by a mix of watermelon liquor and rose.
Have you guessed where you are yet? Why The Island Rooftop of course and you’re making your way through our wonderful new cocktail menu.
Each week we will bring you our favourite cocktail and this week it comes for The Island Rooftop bar. This beauty is made for Instagram and one just won’t be enough. Let us introduce…
Lady Luck
A fruity variation on a Gin sour, adding watermelon liquor and rose… This fruity lady will make your week even better!
The Rooftop is open Wednesday – Friday 3 pm till Midnight and Saturday – Sunday from 12 pm to Midnight. Check out our website for more information on what’s on this week.
How do you start off your perfect day?
Well for us it certainly doesn’t start until we have that delicious cup of hot coffee in our hands. To make this situation even better why not accompany that liquid gold with a ½ Avocado on Quinoa & Soya Sourdough buon appetito!
Did you know that Quinoa is related to spinach, swiss chard and beets? Quinoa is also a complete protein which is very versatile. It is pronounced Keen-Wah, and is a game changer for our version of avocado on toast!
Our Chefs also suggest accompanying your avocado with a side of poached eggs, as the beautiful, golden runny centre adds a rich & tasty addition to your breakfast.
If big is your thing than The Island Breakfast is for you! Smoked bacon, tomato, pork & fennel sausage, teamed up with slow cooked mushrooms & red pesto, finished with eggs of your choice. This is a crowd pleaser and our most popular breakfast choice. How do we know this? We had a tough bunch of critics – our tradies.
It has been a long few months for the crew working effortlessly to bring us The Island and it was a tough gig having to test the breakfast menu but they bonded together and the result was a positive one all round.
The Island Gold Coast, serving you breakfast daily from 7 am. Come and say hi to our wonderful team, who are sure to help create the perfect start to your day. View our full menu here.
Surfers Paradise. Whether you’re a born and bred on the Gold Coast or not, most of you would be familiar with The Islander – that pastel-pink hotel that catches your eye as you head along Surfers Paradise Boulevard. Well, after more than 12 months of works, the lid has been lifted on the iconic site to reveal what will now be known as The Island. We had a peek inside the boutique hotel’s new-look restaurant, bar and rooftop – and it’s pretty darn impressive.
The Island now cuts a stylish and distinctive figure on the corner of Beach Road and Surfers Paradise Boulevard, with the newly opened restaurant and bar already creating a vibrant buzz from the heart of Surfers Paradise. The Island’s transformation marks the first Gold Coast venue for renowned hospitality operators The Katarzyna Group, which is behind a swag of popular Brisbane venues like Cloudland, Press Club and The Family (due reopen as EI8HT in June). Whilst the Surfers Paradise hotel has always been (and will remain) an icon, the added element of a refined restaurant and bar offering has taken the destination to a whole new level.The Island’s striking fit-out sees the street-level restaurant and bar space wrap around to seamlessly open up onto the precinct’s main drag – it’s one of those places where long lunches can easily lead into afternoon cocktails … and merge into dinner and few drops of wine. The Island’s main restaurant serves breakfast seven days per week from 7:00 am, before stepping into a vibrant Italian-style lunch and dinner menu.
The Island kitchen offers smaller shares plates from charcuterie boards to polenta-herb crusted sardines with cress, red onion and shaved fennel, which leads into an impressive line-up of land-based dishes. There’s top-end dry-aged steaks and a hearty 1.2kg shoulder of biodynamic lamb with duck-fat potatoes, alongside a refined selection of seafood dishes like the confit of king ora salmon with braised fennel, broccolini, barley and farro. You’ll find a modern spin on Italian favourites, from the braised-duck gnocchi to a simple and traditional salami, chilli and basil pizza rosso. Whilst the restaurant and bar is the perfect place for an afternoon or evening tipple (just quietly, this is also an exceptional people-watching spot), head upstairs to The Island’s rooftop bar for some next-level drinkables and a little bit of cocktail-inspired fun in the sun.