All Places to Eat

“Maleny's worst-kept secret”

Tight, modern-Aussie menu in a small Maple St room - duck pâté, considered cooking and a famous Sunday roast.

• sunday roast
• date night
• fine dining

“small plates, big bloody bang”

Modern Asian small plates and serious cocktails just off Hastings St - book well ahead, it's always packed.

• date night
• small plates
• cocktails

“pasta on the Espy, fair dinkum”

Big, polished Italian on the Mooloolaba Esplanade - house-made pasta, a seven-course tasting menu and a wine list to match.

• italian
• date night
• esplanade

“Hastings St Italian, schmick as”

Polished resort-side Italian doing house-made pasta, premium produce and a wine list that travels well beyond Italy.

• fine dining
• wine list
• hastings st

“Peruvian plates, Pisco till sunset”

Peruvian-leaning small plates, ceviches and pisco sours on a buzzy Sunshine Beach Rd corner.

• ceviche
• date night
• cocktails

“where the salty crew get brekkie”

Easy, riverside brunch and coffee spot pumping out steak sangas, crab omelettes and acai bowls from dawn.

• brunch
• coffee
• riverfront

“a flat white worth the drive”

Rustic micro-roaster doing pour-overs and house-roasted beans just up the road from the markets.

• coffee
• specialty
• market day

“crepes by the river, oui oui”

French café doing savoury galettes, sweet crepes and proper cider served in tea cups, river side.

• crepes
• brunch
• dog friendly

“river views n' Mooloolaba prawns”

Sharing-style Pacific seafood right on Gympie Tce, looking out over the Noosa River.

• seafood
• share plates
• river views

“post-surf brekkie, sorted”

Small, design-led Sunshine Beach café doing seed-oil-free brekkie and damn good coffee, two blocks from the surf.

• brunch
• coffee
• beachside

“Peregian's brunch, sorted”

Polished village café in the Peregian markets doing huge brunch plates and properly considered coffee.

• brunch
• coffee
• village

“treehouse vibes, lake views, no rush”

Treehouse-style dining deck wrapped in rainforest over Lake Baroon - long lunches, comfort food, total escape.

• lake views
• special occasion
• hinterland

“Bay bugs n' a sunset, easy”

Tucked at the back of The Wharf overlooking the Spit - proper seafood, Moreton Bay bugs, and a chilli-mussel sauce that should be bottled.

• seafood
• marina views
• special occasion

“tacos n' margs, no bookings, easy”

Walk-ins-only taco bar pouring frozen margs and stacking goat, pork and beef tacos to a soundtrack of pure fun.

• tacos
• walk ins
• margaritas

“up the range for a feed n' a flatty”

Country café and gift shop in a converted barn - generous brekkie, local produce, hinterland views.

• brunch
• hinterland
• country