Limlay Thai Burleigh Heads | Must Do Gold Coast

Limlay Thai is an exquisite Thai street food restaurant and bar nestled within Burleigh Heads' bustling shopping and dining strip on the Gold Coast Highway.

One step inside and you realize that Limlay is way more than your average Thai restaurant, with its stunning minimalist beach-hued interior, featuring textured pastel walls, golden lighting and, to the rear, a secret tropical garden behind a frosted glass wall.

At the rear there are also elegant booths, perfect for small groups or date nights, and the whole venue has a golden glow thanks to its bespoke table lamps and lighting.

The food is a match for the surrounds, served on bespoke crockery and taking street food to a whole new level, starting with small bites like shiiatke and taro spring rolls, lotus root with satay; Angus eye fillet skewers with broccolini, pickled ginger and wasbi lime dip; or homemade fish cakes.

Divine seafood small dishes include fresh oysters (natural, or with green lime or Asian sauce); Hokkaido scallops, salmon or prawn with chilli lime dressing; scallops with Tom Kha puree; or spanner crab and prawn yellow curry with fried onion and crispy sweet potato.

For larger plates it's hard to go past the signature dishes such as BBQ chicken yellow curry; crispy pork hang-le; and Wagyu or crab with betel leaves in turmeric curry.

Other recommended dishes include roasted lamb rack with herbs; whole barramundi with Thai 'three-flavour' sauce; BBQ dishes including pork ribs, lamb cutlets, chicken or Wagyu; and Thai style pineapple fried rice with egg, prawn, cashew nut and curry powder served in a carved half pineapple.

There's also a selection of curries, wok-fried, noodle and rice dishes. while for dessert there's toast with creamy pandan coconut; mango sticky rice; coconut ice-cream; and the must-try Limlay (sweet potato, butterfly pea, tapioca starch, milk & egg).

Limlay's drinks menu is next level too, with incredible Insta-worthy offerings to share like the Wonder Wheel, a multi-coloured ferris-wheel containing 12 shots of vodka and lemonade; and the lit-up coloured Tipsy Tray of six shots, Soju and gummie shots or a Beer Tower (Asahi or Singha Lager and Stone & Wood).

Another picture-perfect signature cocktail to share is the luminous multi-coloured jelly fish, comprising coconut rum white rum, cointrea and lemonade surup, otherwise there's Lemongrass Mojito, Cha Thai, Melon Sour, Long Thailand Iced Tea, Lychin and tonic and Chilli Margarita. There's also an equally creative list of mocktails.

Beers on offer include local craft beers as well as Thai and Mexican. while the wine list features boutique predominantly Australian wines and there's also an impressive selection of quality spirits. Otherwise there's pink lemonade, Thai Lime Iced Tea, Thai Iced Coffee, cold pressed juices and barista made coffee.