Jimmy Wah’s

Jimmy Wah's brings modern Vietnamese cooking to the Gold Coast Highway in Burleigh Heads. It is open seven days for lunch and dinner and has built a following among locals for food made to share and a wine list that has won awards. Tourism Australia includes it among the Gold Coast's best restaurants and singles out its seven-course Feed Me menu as good value.

The menu moves between bright, fresh dishes and richer, slow-cooked ones. Highlighted items include tempura oysters, yellowfin tuna sashimi and ha cao, the delicate Vietnamese dumplings, followed by larger plates such as caramelised pork belly, a beef short rib red curry and grilled barramundi with yellow curry. For a splurge there is an MB7 Wagyu sirloin. Ordering a mix of small and large plates for the table is the best way to see the range, and cocktails are part of the experience too.

If you would rather not choose, the Feed Me menus take the decisions out of your hands. There is a sample Feed Me menu for dinner and a separate lunch Feed Me menu, both posted as PDFs on the website, which is useful for checking what is included before you go. These menus suit groups and first-time visitors who want to try a broad selection.

Jimmy Wah's works for couples, groups of friends and relaxed celebrations. Reservations are recommended and can be made online through the booking link on the website. Note the restaurant's policies before you go: bills cannot be split, and surcharges apply on Sundays and public holidays, as well as a small card surcharge. Allow about two hours for dinner, more if you take the full Feed Me route. The website also has separate pages for bookings and for contacting the team about larger groups or functions.

Lunch runs from 12pm until 2:30pm, extended to 3pm on Fridays and Saturdays, and dinner starts at 5:15pm every evening and runs late. The restaurant sits on the main highway through Burleigh Heads, so it is easy to combine with a walk on the beach or around Burleigh Head National Park before dinner, and with drinks at one of the area's bars afterwards.