The Bombay Cricketers Club - KINGSCLIFF

Amazing banquet meal with each course more tasty than the last. Wish it was open more often!

Salt Beach, when I first visited this place, I never thought I will be back again, I was wrong, I came back. Not that there is nothing wrong with this place, it’s totally fine, in fact it is a nice place but it was too far from Gold Coast I never would have thought of going back here. Last time I was here was late 2014 and since then this place changed a lot, even a couple of the restaurants I tried before was already replaced by something else.

“When you step inside the Bombay Cricketer’s Club you are transported to a British-inspired, plantation-style Indian oasis,” the website tells us. Founded by Mark Wilson, Lia Mason and Lee Middendorf (ex-Spice Den, Osteria, Taverna and Ancora), the Northern Rivers restaurateurs with the Midas touch, it also relies heavily on an age-old tradition: cricket clubs...Chef Andy Melville presents us with a special menu of items inspired by the cuisine of the west coast of India, made with produce from the local Tweed area, listed on the flip side of the menu: A bowl of rich Goan crab masala with local carrot, scented with coriander, anise myrtle and the balancing acid of bush lime, too delicious to waste a drop. Kangaroo Xacuti samosas with Davidson plum, red amaranth, beetroot relish and yoghurt...

Incredible food, incredible service. Highly recommend! We came here on a Monday night for the 5 course meal. Every dish was sensational. The young male waiter’s attention to detail and customer service exceeded our expectations. We will be back!

Probably a case of poorly managed expectations on my side, really. The BCC website sells a damn good story, and subsequently I was looking forward to dining there all week. Modern Indian with an extensive gin bar looked like some sort of Kingscliff Gaggan to me!<br/ <br/ Arrived to a changed menu which is fine, but I think it was a step down from their website in terms of creativity and interest. The gin bar is impressive, but they were sold out of my first preference, which was disappointing. <br/ <br/ Food was delicious, but lacked a bit of zing. Ordered a pair of curries for mains, which had had the meat cooked separately which had terrific texture, but lacked continuity with the sauce as a result. <br/ <br/ Honestly most of these problems were minor, and it was only my ridiculous and unfair expectations which got in the way. Would be happy to return.