Must-see restaurants in The East Coast

  • Oyster Bay Seafood

    The East Coast

    Ground zero for seafood in Swansea, Oyster Bay Seafood occupies an old store building on the main drag (1850) and serves super-fresh fish and chips,…

  • Blue Edge Bakery

    The East Coast

    Blue Edge does serviceable sandwiches, pies, Cornish pasties, cakes and salads in a room all a-waft with the aromas of freshly baked bread. The chicken…

  • Flinders Island Bakery

    The East Coast

    Divine wallaby-and-red-wine pie (or chicken and corn, if you're not into eating the natives). Passable coffee, sandwiches, rolls, hamburgers and sausage…

  • Bridport Bay Inn

    The East Coast

    Bridport's main-street tavern plates up fresh, locally caught seafood, roasts and wood-fired pizzas. There are also 10 basic motel rooms out the back …

  • Freckles Cafe

    The East Coast

    This friendly main-street cafe serves decent coffee, wallaby pies and excellent homemade sausage rolls. Some gluten-free stuff too if you need it.

  • Sea Life Centre Restaurant

    The East Coast

    The best thing about this place – an '80s aquarium successfully reincarnated as a seafood restaurant – is the view over the startlingly blue waters of…

  • Mt Elephant Pancake Barn

    The East Coast

    This rustic, woody, hilltop place, 9km south of St Marys on the wiggly road to Bicheno, is a bit of an institution. Some say it's overrated, but the…

  • Hayshed Café

    The East Coast

    Fingal's best (only) cafe is the little Hayshed on the main drag, serving pasties, quiches, sausage rolls, lasagne, scones, impressive-looking cakes…