Two Wollongong eateries have been included in the top 50 most romantic restaurants in the country by a booking website.
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OpenTable released their list of clients best suited for a hot date ahead of Valentines Day, with the popular Wollongong pizza bar Kneading Ruby and the fine dining experience of Rookie among the best.
The list was generated from more than 126,000 verified OpenTable diner reviews collected in the previous year.
More than a third (38 per cent) of restaurants featured on the list serve modern Australian dishes, 20 per cent European cuisine, eight per cent Asian. The remaining 34 per cent was made up of vegan / vegetarian, seafood, steak/grill, Brazilian and Lebanese.
Spokesman Tim Domelow said this year’s list has seen a resurgence in seafood restaurants – making up 16 per cent of the spots – along with the very first entry from purely vegan and vegetarian eatery.
Alphabetical list of Australia’s top 50 romantic restaurants 2019:
- A Touch of salt - Townsville, Queensland
- Alibi - Sydney, New South Wales
- Bankvale Run, Mickelham, Victoria
- Bistro Guillaume - Sydney, New South Wales
- Cecconi's - Melbourne, Victoria
- Circa 1876 at The Convent - Pokolbin - Hunter Valley, New South Wales
- Donovans - St. Kilda, Victoria
- Eau De Vie Melbourne - Melbourne, Victoria
- Eightysix - Canberra, ACT
- Elio’s Osteria - Carina Heights, Brisbane, Queensland
- Epocha Restaurant - Melbourne, Victoria
- Four Winds Revolving Restaurant - Surfer’s Paradise, Queensland
- Glass Brasserie - Hilton - Sydney, New South Wales
- Glasshouse - Timbumburi, New South Wales
- Hemingway's Airlie Beach - Airlie Beach, Queensland
- Kisume - Melbourne, Victoria
- Kneading Ruby - Wollongong, New South Wales
- Madame Wu - Brisbane, Queensland
- Malt Dining - Brisbane, Queensland
- Meet - Newcastle, New South Wales
- Mjolner - Melbourne, Victoria
- Mjølner Sydney - Sydney, New South Wales
- Momofuku Seiobo - The Star - Sydney, New South Wales
- Moo Moo Restaurant - Gold Coast Highway, Broadbeach, Queensland
- Moo Moo The Wine Bar + Grill - Brisbane, Queensland
- Northerlies Beach Bar and Grill - Airlie Beach - Airlie Beach, Queensland
- Nour - Sydney, New South Wales
- Osteria di Russo and Russo - Sydney, New South Wales
- Polpolo - Brisbane, Queensland
- Press* Food & Wine - Adelaide, South Australia
- Pt Leo Restaurant - Frankston, Victoria
- Rick Shores - Burleigh Heads, Queensland
- Rickys River Bar and Restaurant - Burleigh Heads, Queensland
- Rogue Bistro - Newstead, Queensland
- Rookie Eatery - Wollongong, New South Wales
- Sails Noosa - Noosa Heads, Queensland
- Shorehouse - Townsville, Queensland
- Smith & Daughters - Melbourne, Victoria
- Stokehouse Q - South Brisbane, Queensland
- Stokehouse St Kilda - St Kilda, Victoria
- Sydney Cove Oyster Bar - Sydney, New South Wales
- The Courthouse - Brisbane, Queensland
- The Fish House - Burleigh Heads, Queensland
- The Lounge Restaurant by Frogmore Creek - Hobart, Tasmania
- The Potting Shed - Sydney, New South Wales
- The Rocks Mornington - Mornington, Victoria
- The Woodhouse Restaurant - Bendigo, Victoria
- Tinamba Hotel - Tiamba, Victoria
- Waterfront Southgate - Melbourne, Victoria
- Whalebone Wharf - Port Macquarie, New South Wales