Reclaimed hospitality

One river. Three rooms. The lost art of lingering.

River House sits on the Nerang in Southport, quietly reasserting the Gold Coast's lost art of hospitality. Under one roof, three rooms keep three different promises: a restaurant for the weekend, a neighbour for Monday night, and a floor built for celebrations. The river sets the pace for all three.

Guests with wine on the deck, the Nerang River behind

The restaurant

River House

Thursday to Monday · dinner

Fine dining above the water. Our chef cooks flavours that wander from Europe to Asia and settle in Queensland, served at the pace of theatre across three candlelit levels.

Enter River House

The neighbour

River Cottage

Monday night · bring your own bottle

One night a week the house belongs to the neighbourhood. Bring the bottle you have been saving, we will cook around it: bread from the oven, chowder, and a table nobody hurries.

Enter River Cottage

A long table dressed with flowers for a private function

The occasion

Functions

Functions and celebrations · by arrangement

The top of the house, set for your night. Weddings, wine dinners and corporate tables above the river, with the city skyline as the backdrop.

Plan an event

The Surfers Paradise skyline across the Nerang River

Arriving by water

The Pontoon

Order ahead · collect at the water's edge

The house has its own pontoon on the Nerang. Order takeaway online, pay by card, tie up below the deck, and carry dinner back to the wheel.

Order takeaway

The river sets the pace

2 Barney Street, Southport · Gold Coast, Queensland

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