Enzo's Cucina Carrara — Restaurant in Gold Coast City

Was excited to visit on my birthday as my wife secretly booked for us. So disappointed. When we arrived the service seemed really good, but that didn't take long to disappear. After first ordering a bottle of wine and a beer, I asked for a second glass for the wine by grabbing attention. Glass supplied, left on table empty. That's ok we have arms. Just not sure why there is corking for byo when they don't pour after pouring the first glass at all when you buy their wine, and Including water. Crispy skin pork belly was fat with gelatinous skin, mostly fat and some hard pork, not crispy, didn't eat more than a bite. Calamari really just average. Arancini was amazing, real saviour of entrees. Waited another 15 mins and finally asked someone to clear the plates please. Stayed waiting with no service and finally got attention with waving 15 mins later. Couldn't be bothered with mains now so asked for dessert menu and told server our experience, she apologised and brought menus. We ordered the Tiramisu and Creme Brulee. Tiramisu.. awesome! Creme Brulee had a scoop of ice cream on top of the toffee??? Was ok, but lost all the cracking surprise until we removed the scoop. Just ridiculous. If either the service or meals were better would have loved to score a higher review, but the apology and the free limoncello is the reason for the 3 stars ones of 2. Thanks for trying to save the day team, too...

We sat outside as we were on holidays and had my little dog. We called ahead to ensure Lulu could accompany us and the staff were fantastic, they said they weren’t busy and it was lunch time so no worries. When we arrived the wait staff greeted us like family, bought Lulu a little water bowl and loved on her. The food was exceptional. (Baby octopus and muscles being the stand out) then dessert! I had the mousse and was without a doubt the most amazing I’ve ever had. Our waiters first language wasn’t English and she had a bit of trouble nailing our requests but came back to double check exactly what we wanted and the food came out perfectly so absolutely no complaints. This restaurant is 100% a must and worth a visit. We...

We started with the 3 for $60 entrees - Garlic Prawns, BBQ Octopus and Fried Soft Shell Crab. All were great, but the crab was the standout for me – light, crispy and juicy. The prawns were big and flavourful, and the octopus was fresh and yummy.

For mains, we shared the Pulled Beef Pizza with mushroom, caramelised onion and aioli. Such a unique combo and it worked perfectly, especially with that spot-on pizza base.

Dessert was a dream. Sticky date pudding (my fave dessert ever) with butterscotch and gelato was heaven. I would come back just to get this. The cheesecake was creamy and nice but thought the pistachio could’ve been stronger.

Lovely staff, modern vibe, and plenty more on the menu I need to go...