Gip's Restaurant — Restaurant in Queensland

We had our ceremony and wedding reception at gips. The venue itself is stunning, the food was sensational, couldn't fault it and the wait staff were great! However, we were extremely disappointed by a number of things. Firstly the events coordinator. The events coordinator had told us in our meeting prior to our ceremony that she would meet myself and my bridesmaids at the car and help facilitate when to walk down the isle (as we didn't have time to have a rehearsal as there was another wedding the day before). On the day when we got out of the car, she was no where to be seen and myself and my bridesmaids were put on the spot. My partner also didn't have his flower pin for the ceremony because apparently no one at gips knew where it was put, when the florist dropped it off that morning with the flowers for our tables. When the events coordinator was finally seen she was rude and abrupt to our photographer saying no more photos it's time to go in. It would have been nice to work together and find a solution instead of being rudely spoken too. And no compromise. I had a number of guests pointing out the coordinator saying how rude she was to them l. We were also asked to give up a high chair that was needed in the restaurant for a family. Even though we paid $89 for a child and we had to "fight" for their seat. When our bride and groom dance commenced outside in the garden, gips staff started packing up the tables in the reception (it was 8:15pm and we had paid for the room till 9:00 As well as paying extra to extend the night till 10pm) our guests spirit beverages we had paid for on the tab were thrown away that was on the table, cupcakes we had paid for that were left on the table (while our guests were watching our dance) were thrown. A family having dinner in the restaurant had complained the music was to loud during our dance so the event coordinator told the DJ to turn it down. So we danced to very soft music. We also had a list of names that were available to have open bar, (bridal party and parents) but when they asked for a drink stating their name they were turned away, we were constantly going up to the bar reiterating they are on the list and can have what they like. At the end of the night there were about 15 of us left. instead of coming out and telling us that it's time to leave they turned off all the lights in the garden so we were in darkness, we got the picture and started to leave and once we were on our way turned them back on. A simple conversation that time is up, hope you had a great night would have been appreciated.

Gips is beautiful, but from our experience if you are looking for a wedding venue where you are priority, I would recommend...

My husband and I after 25 years of marriage still take care of our marriage, bearing in mind the every ready rescue of a "Date Night". This time I asked him to choose, as he asked me, where did I want to go. As we have had already, quite a few expensive but lacking nights at my suggestion, I thought to give my husband his choice, while honestly, letting me off the hook for continuing bad choices, with a whisp of romatic regret, for all the Resturants that I chose. Time for him to choose. Well, he talked between 2 restaurants. First choice "Gipps". Our daughter was married there 2 years before. A never heard of "troublesome free Wedding" with the amazing Cath, whom is so skilled and so wonderful the only problem with our daughters Wedding was that there wasnt a "pause button", just to enjoy each moment, as she effortlessly arranged everything. The only difficulty, being the delay in which choice our daughter had to choose from. Anyway back to our date night, my husbands choice, and my thought to leave a message, maybe she would remember us (our wonderful family night) or not, but most of all, enjoy our date, the environment remembered, mostly to appreciate each other. While we enjoyed predinner drinks, that lovely lady turned up for a cuddle. We swapped memories, all of a sudden on our date, we were surrounded by precious memories of our family, our future. Wow! I felt gratified, almost continued.

Our night ended like this, we had the best steak meal, ever, in all our history of dinning around the world and here resting, in Toowoomba. The individual taste of everything on our plate, wanted me to ask how do you cook like this, I wish I did, while my Husband said I wish she did to.

Seriously, go taste the Granchester Steak with wild mushrooms, etc etc, every item on our plate had its separate taste, sounds easy, until the mushroom sauce isnt a taste extension of an incredibally for once cooked steak, medium but more rare, as ordered. The vegetables did taste like vegetables, but unique, nor did the Jus disguise everything on the plate, that tasted nice overall anyway. Seriously, Ive never had this taste sensation, nor explosion in my mouth, that ended with the stomach protesting, before the palate did. A new talented Chef that apparently, would get cranky if you asked him out, to congraulate his finery talent and our sincere pleasure. Wow at last Toowoomba, we have the best and "finery" palate Chef here to experience. If hes that grumpy let me know how u all taste this fine...

A consistently high quality dining experience. Gips has become my wife's and my favourite "date night" restaurant. In our experience the staff have always been friendly and helpful; the gentleman behind the bar is very knowledgeable and knows the perfect drink pairings for each meal; and the chef continues to exceed our expectations. We have very particular, some might say finicky, dietary requirements but the chef has continued to create superb alternate gourmet meals which never feel lacking in quality or content.

Which brings me to the food itself. While I'm still a bit green to the world of fine dining, I can say that each meal on the menu is unique and superbly paired with a range of vegetables, spices, and condiments that always leave a smile on our faces.

While you shouldn't expect to pay pub meal prices, you may also be surprised with how much you get for the price, although don't expect to pay any less than $60 per person for a main meal and accompanying drink.

The dining experience inside is intimate and relatively comfortable, and the local art on display lends an upper-market feel to the place. The alfresco area is typically noisier as events are regularly held on the premises so try to book on days where no events are being held if you prefer a quieter environment.

The bathroom could do with a refurbish and timber chairs would benefit from some cushioning but I'm straining to find further constructive criticism now.

Overall, a fine dining experience which consistently leaves us feeling well-valued, well-fed and like our money...