Rosella's
Australiana bar
Best Bar on the Gold Coast, Boothby Best Bars QLD 2023
An Australiana-themed bar with cocktails inspired by Aussie icons and a long list of natural Australian wines.
📍 1734 Gold Coast Highway, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220
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Malibu Racquet Club
Cocktail bar
A Californian-inspired cocktail bar with a mid-century look, tasting plates and a tennis-themed cocktail called the mac Enroe.
📍 1740 Gold Coast Highway, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220
Mr P.P.'s Deli & Rooftop
Rooftop bar
A two-storey deli and bar in Southport with a laneway and a rooftop, DJs, a retro-styled cocktail bar and leafy nooks.
📍 43 Nerang Street, Southport QLD 4215
Lulu Rooftop Bar
Rooftop bar
A retro, Miami Vice-themed rooftop with a frosé wall and a two-hour bottomless brunch on Sundays.
📍 4 Orchid Avenue, Surfers Paradise QLD 4217
The Island Rooftop
Rooftop bar
Billed as the Gold Coast's largest open-air rooftop bar, retro in style, looking over the skyline, with entertainment Thursday to Sunday.
📍 3128 Surfers Paradise Boulevard, Surfers Paradise QLD 4217
Skyline Rooftop Bar
Rooftop bar
Up the stairs from Waxy's Irish Pub, a rooftop bar with live music and pool tables.
📍 Level 1, 3206 Surfers Paradise Boulevard, Surfers Paradise QLD 4217
The Loose Moose
Tap and grill house
A brick-lined tap and grill house with pub food and a prohibition twist, at the same address as the Roosevelt Lounge.
📍 75 Surf Parade, Broadbeach QLD 4218
Nightjar
Dive bar
A rock 'n' roll dive bar down Justin Lane with live music.
📍 Justin Lane, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220
The Gin Parlour
Gin bar
A gin bar at Miami Marketta with more than 105 gins and gin tasting boards.
📍 Miami Marketta, 23 Hillcrest Parade, Miami QLD 4220
Map: fun bars for groups
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Your questions
What are the best bars for groups in Gold Coast?
Start with Rosella's, Malibu Racquet Club, Mr P.P.'s Deli & Rooftop, Lulu Rooftop Bar and The Island Rooftop. Our full list has 9 bars.
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Who wrote this guide
This guide is written by the team at M.AD Agency. We run Cocktail Week, the ten-day cocktail festival held town by town across the UK and Ireland. Now we're bringing it to Australia. Since 2022 we have taken it to more than 20 towns and cities and worked with hundreds of bars. We put this guide together from our own research and trusted local guides, including Experience Gold Coast, Must Do Gold Coast and Urban List.
No bar paid to be included and nobody can buy a place. We check the guide regularly as bars open, change and close.
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