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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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Capers at the Beach Bar & Grill
Actors Matthew McConnaghey and Kate Hudson put this place on the global map in 2007 when they spent a boozy day eating and partying at the hotel lounge and grill. It's a big boxy room that's at once informal and formal - think plump couches around tables with white linen. The patio has water views. The menu features lots of fresh seafood along with steaks, cheese and a mouth-watering array of deserts. It's won its share of local awards for food and service.
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Cappa's Cake & Ale
Tucked in 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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Déjà Vue
This perennial favourite recently moved to a gorgeous hilltop location at the swanky Water's Edge Resort. In an airy Polynesian style-thatched building with a romantic (and nearly always full) patio overlooking an infinity pool, the new Déjà Vue is cooler than ever. The menu promises modern interpretations of Thai, Mediterranean, Indian and others, and the execution and presentation is faultless. The warm Indian lamb rubbed in dry spices is sensational.
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Extreme Bean Espresso Bar
Airlie's favourite coffee shop serves the bean any way you please, although our favourite is the frappe, which comes in a variety of flavours including a yummy vanilla. If you're in the mood for food try the eggs Benedict (part of an all-day big breakfast) or one of the specials scrawled on the blackboard - everything is made with local produce and herbs. You can grab a current newspaper from the rack and dine in, or order your drink and muffin to go.
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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.
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Village Deli
Our favourite deli in Airlie serves delicious overstuffed sandwiches, mixed salads, fabulous coffee (and equally great chai) and some kick-arse light meals (like perfectly grilled barramundi that tastes beyond heavenly) in casual alfresco (but covered) café environs. Come early as the place is popular enough to run out of many options early on - everything is freshly made each day. Takeaway provisions and picnic boxes are a speciality.
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