Bin 232

Finally got the chance to dine here tonight for dinner after eyeing the menu off for several weeks. OMG - Amazeballs!!! The service was absolutely amazing. Such lovely staff. The food was Devine! The Asian Sticky Pork Salad was so delicious - the salad worked so well with the richness of the pork belly & that crackling OMG! The Prawn Stuffed Zucchini Flowers & the Mozzarella Balls were also to die for. And that Panna Cotta.... No words to describe it.... Just wonderful & the perfect end to a meal. Good prices, awesome food, nice atmosphere & great service! We'll definitely be back

We had lunch special. I had soba noodle salad which was very light taste and my friend had sticky pork salad which was very rich but tasty. Staff was very friendly and good service.

Great little restaurant. Food was very fresh and very creative. Even at a busy day the food came out pretty quickly, we were very happy to try

We shared a few dishes between myself and my sister. Asian pork belly salad, Mozzarella balls, Mixed olives, prawn stuffed zucchini flowers and a sticky pork belly dish (honestly I can't remember exactly what they where) but anyhow it was all amazing! Great cocktails from their bar staff and most importantly the waitresses very professional, friendly and knowledgeable. Good music and nice atmosphere.

I really really enjoy this place, the tapas meals like the squid or the teriyaki chicken is just superb. By and far your best choice at Pac Fair.

So on the last day of our holiday on the Gold Coast, we had some time to kill between checking out and flying out. We were just going to do some mindless shopping and random walk abouts before making our way nice and early to the Virgin Australia Lounge to kick back in and eat our way through the hours before boarding.

Instead and completely by accident while looking for the bathroom at Pacific Fair, I happened past Bin 232 and saw some of the food being tabled and it looked fantastic. Still a bit wary and battle worn from my experience at Four Winds and every other place we have eaten at in Surfer's so far I still wasn't sure we should try to poison ourselves before being stuck on a 3 hour flight ... but we chanced it anyway.

There isn't much to make of Bin 232 ... the main aspect of the restaurant looks like a bar/restaurant anywhere in Australia, or New Zealand for that matter, but it is attached to a mall and in a part of the mall that attaches itself to other similar quality dining experiences (at least from what I could assess and assume based on appearances and menus). Like a lot of food courts, there is a central eating area, which is where we chose to sit if only because it was 2-3 degrees cooler than inside Bin 232.

The menu is made up of a small and large plates with food being predominantly asian fusion dishes. Not a huge selection but certainly enough to tempt most tastebuds. Small plate prices range from around $12-18 and as for most tapa like experiences, you can expect to have 1.5-2 small plates per person. How that works out is if you have a group of 2 you will need 3-4 plates, for a group of 3, around 4-5 ... subject to how hungry your company is or is not. The larger plates I wont go into as we didn't order any.

We ordered the Fried Jamon & Mozzarella Balls, Salt & Pepper Squid, Asian Sticky Pork Salad, Beef Empanadas, a bowl of fries (largely for our child) and popcorn chicken.

Food came out one by one, rather than together, which made it easy to get through. The empanadas were first, consisting of 4 of them. The pastry was light and fluffy and while there wasn't a huge amount of filling within them, they were still fairly tasty and flavoursome. Next came the Fried Jamon (which is a type of ham) Mozzarella Balls, accompanied by a mayonaise. This was my favourite of the dishes and was also loved by my 2 yo son. These certainly made up for the cold arancini that I had at Four Winds the night before.

The Asian Sticky Pork Salad was tasty, sweet so not entirely to my liking but my wife loved it. I did however love the Salt & Pepper squid. The tempura was exactly how I liked it, light and very crispy. 

The food was so good that we actually didn't need the Popcorn Chicken. Which was a good thing because it was actually forgotten. However we were refunded and the manager was apologetic and to be honest, I can forgive a wee failing like that when the food is so so good! The plates actually ended up being a wee bit larger than we expected as well, so we were probably being ambitious anyway hoping to finish off another plate.

Presentation of the food was fantastic, it looked good and it tasted better. The staff were friendly, all in all, Bin 232 saved the reputation of the Gold Coast in my eyes. I was about to go home having given up on any and all eateries in GC and then Bin 232 just throws that back in my face ... and I'm happy that they did.

I only wish now that they could open a restaurant in Christchurch ... but will definitely be back on my next trip. I can just sit and eat while my wife goes shopping around Pacific Fair!

So while I haven't given a perfect score, largely because of the missed plate, I can forgive wee things like that when the food is so good and the service pretty good as well - so I would have loved to have given a 5 but 4.5 is by no means a negative reflection on these guys. Do visit!!! Your tastebuds will love you for it!

All of the food has lovely flavours, everything cooked perfectly. The staff are so friendly and accommodating, definitely top customer service. They only had 2 foh for 8+ tables but managed the place so well. We had the arancini, cured salmon, seafood agnolotti and duck spring rolls. Panna cotta to share.

Had our first lunch here with all my siblings since the pandemic. The food as always was excellent. Mia, the maitre'd was so helpful and accommodating with our party. She set us up in the separate area so Dad wouldn't be affected by the shopping centre noise. It reminds me that great customer service is rare these days, I'm so glad Bin 233 can still do it. Thanks Mia 👍❤️

Had the most fantastic prawn stuffed baby zucchini flowers today - AMAZING- highly recommend - fabulous service from everyone and in particular front of house Mia - I highly recommend a visit