+61 7 5592 8100
Nineteen at The Star, 1 Casino Dr, Broadbeach QLD 4218, Australia
Open daily 12:00 – 24:00
What's On

The calendar above the casino floor

Gastronomic evenings, poker tournaments, wine tastings, live jazz and private banquets. This page is the schedule; the concierge is the shortcut.

  This Month

The next four weeks at a glance

Every listing below can be booked through the concierge or the form on our contacts page. Members get first allocation on limited seats.

Weekly, 19:00 to 23:00. The terrace trio, a buck-a-shuck oyster hour and a shortened bar menu. Entry is free with a dinner reservation or $25 at the door with a welcome pour.
$150 buy-in, dinner seating at 18:00, cards at 20:00. Top three take house credit; winner takes the table and the trophy menu. Details.
A four-hour shared-table lunch with winemaker guests. 12:00 start, family-style courses, $185 with pours. Next sitting sells out roughly two weeks ahead.
Chef Ellingsen teaches truffle handling, storage and the three dishes worth using it in. $220, sixteen seats, includes lunch.
Eight wines, one theme, ninety minutes of guided tasting with our head sommelier. $95 per guest, cellar tour included.
The one night the whole floor becomes a party. Degustation, live band, midnight on the terrace. Bookings open to members in October.
  Live Jazz & Acoustic Nights

The terrace trio and guests

Friday nights belong to the house trio; the last Saturday of each month brings a guest act from Brisbane or Sydney. Tables near the stage book out first.

Book a Stage Table
Jazz trio performing

The Whitfield Trio

Every Friday, standards and requests until late.

Guest acoustic artist

Guest acoustics

Last Saturday monthly, announced on our socials.

  Mixology School

Learn the bar's secrets, keep the recipes

Ninety-minute classes with our head bartender. You make three drinks, you drink three drinks, you leave with the spec cards.

Mixology class
Nov 8

Classics, rebuilt

Martini, sour and old fashioned, the way we make them.

$120 Book
Australian botanicals class
Nov 22

Native botanicals

Finger lime, wattleseed and lemon myrtle in drinks.

$135 Book
Zero proof class
Dec 6

Zero proof, full flavour

Non-alcoholic builds that don't taste like compromise.

$95 Book
  The Academy

Cook with the people who cook here

Small-group masterclasses in the kitchen itself, capped at twelve. Aprons provided, egos optional. Each session ends with lunch and a glass of whatever the theme deserved.

  • Take-home recipe cards and a bistro apron
  • Lunch with the teaching chef included
  • Twelve seats maximum, two hours long
Seafood masterclass
Nov 15

Whole fish, no fear

Filleting, roasting and the saffron broth we serve it in.

$210 Book
Pasta masterclass
Nov 29

Pasta by hand

Tagliolini, tortellini and the butter that carries them.

$185 Book
  Private Rooms

Choose a room, we'll draw the floor plan

Three private spaces, each with its own view and its own character. Tap a room to see capacity and style.

Conservatory room

The Conservatory

Glass-walled, terrace access, sunset facing.

Vault private room

The Vault

Boardroom-dark, discreet, its own cellar wall.

Gallery event room

The Gallery

Full-width windows, dancefloor optional.

Selected: tap a room above
Talk to the Banquet Manager
  Field Trips

Truffle hunting with the chef, once a season

In June, a dozen guests fly to Manjimup with Chef Ellingsen to hunt truffles with the dogs, eat lunch in the orchard and carry home whatever they found. It's the only field trip we run, and it sells out in days.

Charter included Working dogs, not props 12 places
Join the Waitlist

Next expedition

June 14–15, 2026. Two days, one night, all meals and the truffle you find. Returning guests get first refusal in April.

$2,400 pp6 spots left
  Gastronomic Weekends

Dinner here, everything else arranged

Package weekends built with our partner hotels and tour operators. You book one thing; we handle the rest of the itinerary.

Hinterland weekend
2 nights

Hinterland & table

Tamborine stay, vineyard lunch, degustation dinner.

$1,480 Enquire
Coastal weekend
2 nights

Coast & cellar

Beachfront suite, sommelier session, late checkout.

$1,650 Enquire
Casino weekend
1 night

Dine & play weekend

Dinner, lounge access, breakfast in bed, valet included.

$980 Details
  Ask The Chef

Monthly Q&A, streamed from the pass

The last Wednesday of each month, Chef Ellingsen answers questions live while service runs around her. Submit yours below; the best ones get asked on air.

Chef Q&A archive
  Event Questions

Booking events, answered

Twenty per cent to hold the date, balance seven days out. Deposits are refundable to 48 hours before; see the refunds page.
Yes, corkage is $35 a bottle in private rooms. Our sommelier can also source specific bottles with a week's notice.
VIP lounge entry can be added to any package. Guests must be 18+ for gaming areas, always.
The Vault starts at $1,800, Conservatory $3,500, Gallery $8,000. All figures are flexible depending on date and menu.