A guide, not a directory.

Locals Guide exists because finding a genuinely good coffee, a decent sparky or somewhere worth booking on a Friday night shouldn't mean scrolling through a thousand star ratings left by people who've never set foot in your suburb.

Hand-picked in each suburb

Every business in the Guide is checked by us before it goes live. We’re starting close to home on the Gold Coast, then taking Locals Guide to more suburbs and communities as we grow.

Discover the locals

No algorithms deciding what deserves your attention. Just local businesses, their story, their offers and everything you need to decide where to go next.

In print and online

Alongside the site, we produce a printed Locals Guide that lands in letterboxes across the suburbs we cover. Print placement is deliberately limited to ten businesses per suburb each month so it stays a guide rather than a catalogue.

Meet Louie

Louie is your ultimate local guide, she points you at the good stuff, the deals worth knowing about, and the places you'd only find if you'd lived here for years.