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Jack’s Teppan Char
Noosa’s very own brewery – Laguna Bay – now has its very own teppan-yaki restaurant serving char-grilled goodness in a hip cocktail-induced atmosphere. The vegetarian udon is deliciously crunchy and the noodles perfectly sweet and sticky, while the chicken teriyaki is outstanding. Serves are not huge, so dig into the extensive entrée menu. Best of all, the adjoining bottle shop keeps the price of the booze down.
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Riverhouse
Understated, underrated Riverhouse has a stylish Queensland sensibility, with a bright, open aspect on a street away from the Noosaville drag. Staff are warm and non-intrusive, while the seasonal menu includes buttery Wagyu steak, organic chicken and ham hock terrine with fig chutney and angel shell pasta with croutons, tomato, rocket, fresh basil and dollops of sweet olive oil.
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Iceworks
You guessed it: this place was formerly an ice factory (1926–96) and reopened as a swanky bar-lounge-restaurant in 2008 with cool light-blue-and-white modern decor. Coffin Bay shucked oysters or Szechuan spiced calamari are popular shared-food options, or sit back with your sparkling white and gaze out through the enormous bi-fold windows towards Suncorp Stadium.
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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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Sister Organic
This excellent new cafe is like a cute younger sibling to the bland high-rise eateries further south – plus it’s totally organic. The imaginative breakfast menu includes delicious homemade baked beans on sourdough, and scrambled polenta and chorizo. There’s also quality coffee and juices.
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Sassi @ Balé
Named after its chef, Toni Sassi, this is a high-quality Italian restaurant where the pasta is made on the premises and the spinach is cooked to order. To top this, your food is served in an exceptional dining environment (by the pool under palm trees highlighted by lights).
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Muse
Upon entry through the waterfall windows, you know you’re in Noosa’s new king of stylish dining. If the pleasures of the sea are not your thing, then how about roasted venison with sweet potato and pecan pie? Or triple-orange glazed duck? You get the idea: it’s fancy.
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Dundees
An unpretentious waterfront restaurant serving seafood chowder, smoked crocodile salad and steak cooked ‘blue’ (sealed both sides, room temperature in the middle). There’s a delish seafood ‘hot rock’ option, which goes down well as you sizzle and enjoy the boat views.
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La Focaccia
For a sophisticated dining experience, La Focaccia is one of the island’s finest. Service is snappy, the wine list is superb and seafood rules here – try the Straddie chilli prawns tossed with glass noodles and coriander, or a gourmet marinara pizza like no other.
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Dom’s Restaurant
Isa’s most beloved eatery has recently reopened on Marian St. The menu is thankfully unchanged, and the clientele still pours in for delicious crispy pizzas, soft, buttery pasta and tasty salads. It’s worth booking on weekends, especially for alfresco dining.
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Lake Barrine Rainforest Tea House
Eat up award-winning scones at Lake Barrine Rainforest Cruise & Tea House and check out the captured stinging tree, growing safely in a perspex box, or spot water dragons and tortoises on the 40-minute cruise.
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Sage
Vodka oyster shots are the entrée of choice at this award-winning alfresco restaurant with bubbly staff. For mains, there are thick and tender steak cuts and plenty of seafood dishes. Discounts between 5pm and 6pm nightly.
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Whet
This is a flash restaurant with dishes including pan-fried local tiger prawns matched with wine suggestions. There is also tapas if you happen to hit this place in the afternoon, and movies screen in the upstairs cinema.
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Juliettes
This is the perfect place to fill up on a cheap breakfast ($3.50 to $9) while indulging in great water views. There’s also coffee, ice cream (fig or black forest anyone?) and exotic salsa yoghurt on offer.
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Fratellini
This mostly Italian restaurant is the pick of the Sunshine Beach cafe stretch, partly for the food, partly for the party mood. The friendly kitchen pumps out delicious homemade pasta and crispy-thin pizza.
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Flame Café & Takeaway
Funky Flame serves fish burgers with grated organic beetroot and carrot, lettuce and balsamic dressing, and the chips are deliciously beer-battered. If you’re hungry and it’s open, you’ve found a winner.
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Lucky’s Trattoria
This gritty diner has been serving up authentic pasta and pizza in the Valley since 1974 and the original Italian owners still run the business. It’s BYO and there’s a bottle shop right next door.
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Metro Bar
The front bar at Metro is perfect for a breezy post-work beer on stainless steel tables and comfy black bar stools. If you get peckish, head out the back for some reasonable Australian pub food.
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Frosty Mango
A break at Frosty Mango is perfect for indulging in its range of ice creams (mango included) or buying some tacky but cute souvenirs featuring the legendary ‘frosty mango’.
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Lock’n’load
Pub-style grub goes down a treat at this bistro which also stocks a huge selection of international and Australian handcrafted beer brands. Live reggae, funk or soul music on Sundays.
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Noodies on the Beach
The island’s nudist beach may be a few kilometres away, but Noodies has arguably the best coffee on the island, magazines to peruse while you’re drinking it, and a book exchange.
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Food Courts
There are several food courts serving up sushi, kebabs and dozens of international dishes. More takeaway options are in Brisbane Sq, facing the Treasury casino.
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Oceanic Gelati Bar
A sprightly ice-cream-parlour-cum-coffee-shop where gelati is made on the premises. Folks take their ice creams to the grassy hillside opposite for views over Frenchman’s Beach.
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Soul-Sa
A stylish little Asian fusion restaurant serving sizey burgers and pastas for lunch, while the slick dinner menu includes sambal squid vermicelli and Rangoon sweet beef curry.
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Rock Salt by the River
A bit of a tourist trap, but nonetheless ideally situated by the river and starring the most mouth-watering seafood platter for two ($85), which is better suited to four!
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