A few months back I found myself with a lot of money, so I decided to take my mother out for a really nice meal on her birthday.
Until then I had never been to a really nice restaurant, but I told her to pick anywhere she wanted in town, with money being no issue. She picked this very, very nice (and expensive) Italian place called Giulianos, and we both had an incredible meal (the wine was excellent).

It's really nice to splash out once and a while, because if you pick the right place then money really can buy a brilliant meal.