About

Swingin' Safari in Surfers Paradise

Swingin' Safari is the Gold Coast Australia .com Surfers Paradise and Gold Coast restaurant of the year. It's the coolest, kitchest kitchen in town. The food is fantastic, the ambience is Surfers Paradise circa 1970 and the people are great.

In Swingin' Safari's words:

Located at the Southern gateway to Surfers Paradise in the longest standing licensed premise on the Gold Coast, Swingin Safari takes you back to Vintage Surfers Paradise nightlife of the 70's in which the Dinner Dance was the focal point of the hip scene. 

Born as an original old school Queensland beachouse in the fifties the premises evolved into 'Bacchus' the first Wine Bar in Queensland in the mid seventies, to become the legendary 'Crab Cooker' Australia's top seafood restaurant in the heady seventies and eighties.

So what do you get in the naughties when you put a co-operative of local identities in a melting pot with the ghosts of past generation party animals, Restaurateurs and raconteurs?...Swingin Safari !!

 Swingin' Safari - tapas . bar . dining . music :

Expect something totally different, slightly bohemian, charismatic, 'grown up'; a feel that's just on the stylish side of tacky, a retro-chic antithesis of that minimalists modern look. Set in an original Queensland Beachouse it offers 7 different themed rooms or areas for private parties dinners corporate functions and fun. So in the gallery images on this site you can see what we mean by Bruce Les Bar, the Parlour [ which doubles as a stage for live bands or comedy eg: Funk on a Thursday nite ] , the lounge [ which doubles as a dance floor on a Saturday Night ], the Library, front balcony and lawn, mexico or the back patio.

Food wise : we have endeavoured to design a healthy selection which reflects our place and cultural identity. Surfers Paradise is an International Hub of the South Pacific, hence the flavours have been drawn from the many cultures and communities that live together peacefully in this corner of the planet...

The Restaurant is open from 5.30 pm to 11pm Wednesday to Sunday

The Music and Enterainment is drawn from the best of regional local original artists musicians and DJs...the vibe is simply laid back and friendly the music funk soul classic old school rock n roll that gets you in the groove