Labart Gold Coast

Labart sits on West Street, a five-minute walk from the boutiques lining James Street. It is a ten-minute walk from the sand of Burleigh Heads Beach.

The restaurant holds the 2024 Gourmet Traveller Australia Queensland Restaurant of the Year award, a distinction that sets it apart in a town accustomed to casual, surf-adjacent dining. While the room runs smart and elegant—a rarity for this strip—the cooking employs a contemporary, seafood-focused approach that avoids the stiffness often found in similar environments. It is a more disciplined kitchen than its neighbours, providing a precise, refined alternative to the relaxed bistros that populate the walk toward the beach. By prioritizing technical restraint over the coastal aesthetic of its surroundings, Labart feels like an outlier among the stops for the post-surf crowd.