Restaurants

Most businesses rely on advertising to promote the sale of their products or services to consumers - and restaurants, cafe's and hotels are no exception.

Restaurants across the southeast yesterday flouted pricing laws, slapping diners with public holiday surcharges of up to 20 per cent without advertising the full price on menus.

There's no Jamie Oliver-sized budget nor is there a film crew hanging around the kitchen.

Gold Coast restaurants could soon be forced to display their food hygiene credentials on their front doors.

Young Brisbane restaurateurs have put the seasoned southern foodies on notice.

A Tamborine Mountain winery is encouraging restaurants and bars to disclose the alcohol content of the wines they are serving to their customers.

A Darwin restaurant is charging patrons $10 for wearing thongs while they dine.

A vast majority of exhibitors at this weekend's Fine Food and Hospitality Show expect restaurant trade to pick up in 2010 after a downturn during the global financial crisis.

A pizza restaurant in Brisbane's south has been fined $60,000 after a council inspection found it was infested with cockroaches.

A busy Brisbane hotel that serves thousands of meals each week is being investigated by an action group for breaches of the Food Act.