Restaurants in Blue Mountains
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Silk's Brasserie
The decor and staff are equally welcoming at Leura's long-standing fine diner. Dishes can sometimes be overworked, but serves are generous and flavours generally harmonious.
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Solitary
The magnificent views to Mt Solitary are the main event here, but the seasonally driven and totally delicious food lives up to this elegant restaurant's setting atop the Leura Cascades. Also serves Devonshire teas ($10).
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Niagara
High ceilings with ornate cornices, oversized tiles underfoot and large wooden booths embellish this gay-/family-/vegetarian-friendly diner. The food is fab too: gourmet burgers, pastas and salads with a twist during the day, scrumptious steaks and fish at night. Monthly dinner-and-show Cabaret Nights are sequin-soaked spectaculars.
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Savoy
The Savoy has booths (we love booths), perfect for day-time pastas, burgers, focaccias and salads. At night the lights lower and the menu lifts – progressive dishes such as pan-seared barramundi with lime and chilli, and kangaroo sirloin with roast zucchini, garlic and red wine jus bring smiles to faces.
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Gallery Restaurant
This French-focused restaurant forms part of the Fine Art Gallery housed within a grand old Katoomba residence. Wander through the gallery between courses and admire (or buy, depending on how much wine you’ve consumed) the paintings, sculptures and glassware on display.
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Paragon Café
The heritage-listed 1916 Paragon is Katoomba’s undisputed art-deco masterpiece. Sampling coffee and handmade chocolates in the salubrious surrounds is a compulsory Blue Mountains experience (Bob Dylan and Ginger Rogers both seemed to enjoy themselves).
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Conservation Hut
You have to endure inflated prices for the cliff-edge view, but you won’t get many finer panoramas with your coffee and cake. It’s still a meeting place for a local conservation society, and has walking maps and brochures available.
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Café Memento
Injecting Blackheath with a world view and a social conscience, colourful Café Memento serves up organic breakfasts, wraps, soups, cakes and burgers. Political inclinations aside, the food is great and there’s a sunny patio.
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Ashcrofts
Chef Corinne Evatt has been wooing locals and visitors alike with her flavoursome, globally inspired dishes for the past decade. The wine list is possibly the best in the mountains and service is exemplary.
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IsoBar Café
Despite the hackneyed IsoBar name, this café hums with chilled vibes, ambient tunes and moody lighting - as funky as Katoomba gets. Tasty staples include Turkish toasties, burgers, stir-fries and salads.
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Parakeet Café
This colourful cafe dishes up hearty staples along with the odd surprise such as the tempura hoki with chips. There are a couple of couches, a courtyard out back and wireless internet access.
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Cafe Zuppa
This friendly mountain cafe brews excellent coffees and hot chocolates. The belly-warming burgers and sandwiches are foolproof, but the more experimental dishes are sometimes hit-and-miss.
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Loaves and the Dishes
Wholesome, hearty deli goodies (pies, quiches, frittatas, tarts etc) in a curvy corner deco cafe: no preservatives, additives, colourings or artificial flavourings.
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Victory Café
The Victory is where folk come for coffee and to catch up on local news. The Mod Oz menu is straightforward and wholesome.
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Whisk & Pin Store & Cafe
This gorgeous cafe is set in a store selling gourmet pantry products and stylish gifts. Claim a seat on a couch or at the communal table and enjoy the freshly prepared and deliciously healthy food on offer. You'll find it opposite the railway station on the northern side of the highway.
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Fresh Espresso & Food Bar
The organic, rainforest-alliance and fair-trade coffee served at Fresh attracts a devoted local following. Excellent all-day breakfasts are popular, too. The Katoomba branch is small but the new cafe/roastery on the corner of Megalong St and The Mall in Leura has plenty of seats.
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Escarpment
The decor at this recently opened bistro near the railway station features attractive artwork and an old-fashioned espresso machine. There's nothing old-fashioned or overly arty about the menu, though – it changes with the season and makes the most of local produce.
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Blue Mountains Food Co-op
The perfect stop for hard-core self-caterers and bushwalkers in need of goodies for their backpacks, the Co-op stocks organic, vegan and gluten-free local foods and produce.
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Le Gobelet
For a unique dining experience head to this French restaurant (it’s the one painted bright purple) at the top of the Mall. Run by a husband-and-wife team, the service can be haphazard and the language colourful but the food is absolutely beautiful. Bring a sense of humour.
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Cafe Bon Ton
Indulge in banana pancakes for breakfast, a smoked-salmon panini for lunch and slow-braised pork cheeks for dinner at this convivial cafe on the edge of the roundabout. The leafy courtyard is ideal for alfresco dining.
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