Restaurants in Airlie Beach
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OnAqua Restaurant & Bar
By candlelight, murmurs of conversations resolve into a soothing chant as tastebuds tango at this small and intimate restaurant overlooking a sapphire-blue pool and the Coral Sea beyond. To describe the menu here as simply food is an injustice. This is gastro par excellence, a multidish journey through modern Australian cuisine. Service is efficiently attentive but non-obtrusive - just enough space between courses to pause for savouring and superlatives.
OnAqua oozes taste in more ways than one but is not pretentious.
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Armada Lounge Bar
You can dine upstairs and outdoors under a rippling canopy at smooth and classy Armada, a big city lounge with loads of sophisticated drinks as well as sublime meals to wash them down. There is a sultry, stylish mix of Japanese and Balinese décor, and dim lighting sets a romantic vibe. Food is well presented and flavour packed, and the menu offers everything from kangaroo to barramundi to plenty of options for vegetarians.
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Déjà Vu
In an airy Polynesian-style thatched building overlooking a pool, the Déjà Vu sets the standard in Airlie. The menu is modern, but unpretentious, and takes its flavours from Asian and Mediterranean cuisines. The scallop pad thai is genius and the tiki torches are always firing. The slow-burning Sunday lunch (just $36 for eight courses) starts at noon; be sure to book ahead for ocean views.
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Shipwrecked
An exceptional wine list accompanies the best seafood menu in town. The barramundi and coral trout are always safe bets, but you’re on holidays, for crying out loud, so try the sweet and sultry Penang seafood curry or the Shipwrecked Platter ($135 at last count), which will easily please three fussy pescatarians.
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Capers
This casual, though classy restaurant gets a huge rap from locals and tourists alike. Lots of fresh seafood along with steaks, fine cheeses and a mouth-watering array of desserts complement a good wine list and a prime people-watching locale. Grab a plump couch and get stuck right in.
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Fish D’vine
The darling of Airlie cheap eats is this incongruously imagined ‘fish cafe and rum bar’. In the heart of the Beach Plaza, thong-clad patrons munch fresh fish handpicked from the counter and wash it down with evangelical mojitos like they were Hemingway in a shopping mall.
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Village Cafe
With grand plans to rule the luxury cafe world, the Village is a heaving hangover breakfast joint that rewards those who hang around for the freshly prepared lunch menu. Definitely try the lemon pepper calamari with chilli jam. The takeaway picnic boxes are a speciality.
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Whitsunday Sailing Club
Canny travellers make their way to the sailing club terrace for a sunset drink and a yarn with the locals. The bistro menu is the usual Queensland coastal fare – hearty steaks and schnitzels, huge plates of fish and chips – but it’s fresh, friendly and inexpensive.
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Cappa’s Cake & Ale
Tucked in an alley behind Shute Harbour Rd in central Airlie, it has heaps of breakfast options, real bagels and great sandwiches and cocktails.
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Extreme Bean Espresso Bar
An excellent cafe specialising in frappés, eggs Benedict and cheesecakes. Check the blackboard for scrawled specials.
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