Woodshed at the Kin Kin Hotel
69 Main Street, Kin Kin (07) 5485 4155 Executive Chef: Oscar Holgado There are restaurants you drive to because they are convenient. And there are restaurants you drive to because they are worth it. The Woodshed, at the Kin Kin Hotel on Main Street in the village of Kin Kin, is emphatically the second kind: a destination restaurant in the truest sense, drawing diners from Noosa, Brisbane and beyond to the deep hinterland, where a five-metre granite hearth burns at the centre
Theo's Social
Shop 2A/14 Sunshine Beach Rd, Noosa Heads 0404 492 309 Executive Chef: Jake McWilliams Theo’s Social Club belongs to the side of Noosa where an evening can begin without much planning. Tucked into Arcadia Walk in Noosa Junction, the wine bar offers seats inside and out beneath a tree threaded with fairy lights. The setting suits its name: a place to gather, settle into conversation and discover that one drink has become dinner. Opened at the end of 2020, Theo’s has establishe
Sum Yung Guys
1/205 Weyba Road, Noosaville (07) 5324 1391 Head Chef: Matt Sinclair When Matt Sinclair finished as runner-up on MasterChef Australia in 2016, the obvious next move might have been a polished restaurant with his name above the door. Instead, he called his mates. Michael Rickard, Jeremiah Jones and Dylan Campbell had been cooking, eating and dreaming together for years. Sum Yung Guys, which opened in Sunshine Beach in 2017, was never going to be a solo project. It was always g
Stone Bowl
251 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville (07) 5446 2068 Executive Chef: Kelly Pham Gympie Terrace has always fed people. From Maisie Massoud’s fish café in 1920 to the riverside tables that line it today, this quiet stretch of Noosaville has never really stopped being about the pleasures of eating well beside the water. The Stone Bowl, at 251 Gympie Terrace, is a worthy addition to that long tradition — a Vietnamese restaurant that brings something genuinely different to the Noosa dini
Season
5/25 Hastings St, Noosa Heads (07) 5447 3747 Exec Chef: Andrew Tomlin Season Noosa sits between two of the town’s defining attractions: Hastings Street and Main Beach. At its beachfront address, the appeal is immediate, but the experience is about more than finding a table with a view. It is about the ease of moving from a day by the water into a meal that feels like part of it. The restaurant embraces a casual, welcoming style, with lunch, dinner and a cocktail bar offering
Rickys
2 Quamby Place, Noosa Heads (07) 5447 2455 Head Chef: Enrique Mancilla There is a table at Rickys, any table really, where the Noosa River stretches out in a 180-degree sweep of light and water, and the whole Sunshine Coast seems to slow to the pace you always wanted. That view, and what arrives from the kitchen to match it, is why Rickys River Bar & Restaurant has held its place as one of the great dining institutions of the region for more than two decades. Located at 2 Qua
Popina
1/104 Memorial Dr, Eumundi 0460 302 786 Executive Chef: Alex King Popina Eumundi sits quietly in the heart of Eumundi, a restaurant shaped by season, simplicity and the kind of hospitality that feels personal from the moment you arrive. It is intimate rather than showy, with a courtyard atmosphere, warm service and a menu that draws its strength from the Sunshine Coast and hinterland food bowl. Run by husband-and-wife team Alex and Penny King, Popina has the feeling of a rest
Peli's
Noosa Marina (07) 5370 5754 Executive Chef: Matt Sinclair There is a philosophy at the heart of Peli’s that is easy to state and hard to execute: do the simple things well. In the hands of Matt Sinclair, Michael Rickard and Jeremiah Jones — the celebrated trio behind Sunshine Coast institution Sum Yung Guys — it is executed with a precision and warmth that has made Peli’s one of the most talked-about openings on the Noosa Marina since the restaurant launched on 12 September 2
Noosa Waterfront by Zibros
142 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville (07) 5474 4444 Head Chef: Alessio Zichichi Noosa Waterfront Restaurant & Bar has always had one of the most enviable settings in Noosa. Tucked beside a calm inlet of the Noosa River on Gympie Terrace, it is the kind of place where the view does half the welcoming before a menu is even opened. Water, lawn, trees, light and the quiet movement of boats give the venue a sense of ease that has made it a long-standing favourite for locals, visitors, w
New York Minute
5 Sunshine Beach Rd, Noosa Heads 0447 809 849 New York Minute began with burgers, but Noosa has made it something bigger. When Antony Crowther first brought the Melbourne-born New York Minute brand to Noosa Junction, the foundations were clear: fast, generous, New York-inspired food built around the simple satisfaction of a great burger. That DNA still matters. Burgers remain part of the story, and part of the reason people first found their way through the door. But the Noo
Lucio's Marina
Noosa Marina, Tewantin (07) 5470 2331 Executive Chef: Tommaso Belforti Some restaurants arrive fully formed, carrying a lineage so deep you can taste it in the first bite. Lucio’s Marina is one of those places. Opened in November 2021 on the banks of the Noosa River at Tewantin, it brings with it three generations of Italian hospitality — and the kind of cooking that only a family with something to prove, and something to honour, can produce. The story begins in Liguria, on t
Locale
62 Hastings St, Noosa Heads (07) 5447 5111 Executive Chef: Chris Hagan Locale Noosa brings a distinctly Italian sense of warmth, elegance and appetite to Hastings Street. Tucked into a protected corner just steps from Noosa Main Beach, it offers a different mood from the beachfront’s brightness: intimate, shaded, atmospheric and quietly transportive. It is the kind of restaurant that feels made for evening, when the pace of the street softens, and the pleasure of a long meal
Halse Lodge
2 Halse Lane, Noosa Heads (07) 5447 3377 Executive Chef: Ryan Fitzgerald A building tucked behind Hastings Street has welcomed guests to Noosa since the 1880s. Through generations of changing tastes and the extraordinary growth of Queensland tourism, it has remained a place to arrive, settle in and feel at home. Boarding house, church retreat, backpacker hostel and now a thoughtfully restored guesthouse, restaurant and bar, Halse Lodge carries a history few Noosa addresses ca
Gusto
257 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville(07) 5449 7144 Executive Chef: Ben Presser Set along Gympie Terrace with views across the Noosa River, Gusto Noosa has become one of Noosaville’s enduring dining favourites. The restaurant captures much of what people love about eating by the river: relaxed atmosphere, polished service, good wine, generous food and the easy rhythm of long lunches that drift into afternoon. Gusto describes its food as modern Australian cuisine with a French influe
ēthos at Alsahwa Estate
20 Rifle Range Rd, Palmwoods (07) 5234 8000 ēthos at Alsahwa Estate feels less like a restaurant placed on a farm and more like a dining experience grown out of the land itself. Set within a 30-acre regenerative agritourism property at Palmwoods, Alsahwa Estate was founded by Jo Walker with a philosophy built around “Mind . Body . Planet .” – a commitment to nourishment, connection, conscious living and a deeper relationship with nature. The name Alsahwa means “the awakening,
Embassy XO
Cnr Duke and, Bryan St, Sunshine Beach (07) 5455 4460 Executive Chef: James Wu There is a pleasure in leaving the brightness of Sunshine Beach and stepping into the deeper colours of Embassy XO. Above the village streets, bronze pendant lights, dark timber and red accents create a room with a different mood from the coast outside. The ocean remains close, glimpsed from the balcony, but the lighting and intimate furnishings turn the attention towards the table. Since opening i
Cibaria Noosa
14–16 Hastings Street, Noosa Heads(07) 5449 4888 Chef de Cuisine: Lucas Bach There is a word at the heart of Cibaria Noosa that explains everything about it. Cibaria, from the Latin for food, sustenance, the nourishment that brings people together. It is a name chosen with intention by Alessandro and Anna Pavoni, the Sydney restaurateurs behind Maestro Hospitality, who have spent two decades building some of Australia’s most celebrated Italian dining rooms: Ormeggio at The Sp
Bistro C
49 Hastings St, Noosa Heads (07) 5447 2855 Executive Chef: Tony Holland-Bennett Bistro C is one of those rare restaurants that feels inseparable from its setting. Sitting directly on Noosa’s beachfront at Hastings Street, it captures the easy confidence of the town itself: polished but relaxed, sophisticated without losing the barefoot spirit of the coast. The dining room opens towards the sand and sea, giving guests the kind of view that turns lunch into an occasion and dinn
Bask
Shop 3–4, 218 David Low Way, Peregian Beach 0431 728 190 Executive Chef: Jack Madden There is a particular kind of restaurant that understands its own purpose completely. It knows what it is, what it wants to be and who it is cooking for. Bask, tucked into Peregian Village Square on David Low Way, is that kind of restaurant. A menu that changes with the seasons and the sea. A room dressed in white linen and soft tropical greenery. And at the centre of it all, Jack Madden, a c
Aromas Noosa
32 Hastings St, Noosa Heads (07) 5474 9788 Executive Chef: Jules Santisi Aromas Noosa is one of Hastings Street’s defining addresses, a restaurant and cafe that has become part of the daily theatre of Noosa. For nearly 35 years, it has occupied its place at the heart of the street, helping shape its rhythm through coffee in the morning, long lunches in the sun, cocktails in the afternoon and dinner as the lights come on. Its story began modestly, without a full kitchen, servi
Ricky's
2 Quamby Place, Noosa Heads (07) 5447 2455 Head Chef: Enrique Mancilla There is a table at Rickys — any table, really — where the Noosa River stretches out before you in a 180-degree sweep of light and water, and the whole Sunshine Coast seems to slow to the pace you always wanted. That view, and what arrives from the kitchen to match it, is why Rickys River Bar & Restaurant has held its place as one of the great dining institutions of this region for more than two decades. L
Mr Jones & Me
301 Weyba Rd, Noosaville (07) 5474 1394 Executive Chef: Marcus Denby Tucked away from the river at 301 Weyba Road, Mr Jones & Me has become one of Noosaville’s much-loved local dining spots. It may not sit directly on Gympie Terrace, but that is part of its appeal. This is a restaurant with a neighbourhood feel: relaxed, welcoming and quietly confident, with a loyal following of locals and visitors who know where to find it. Mr Jones & Me describes itself as a locally owned r
Lanai
1/201 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville (07) 5449 4425 Executive Chef: Ryan Fitzpatrick On the edge of the Noosa River, Lanai Noosa brings together the best of coastal dining: water views, polished service, relaxed atmosphere and food designed to be shared. Positioned in Noosaville, the restaurant captures the easy sophistication that defines the Noosa lifestyle, offering a dining experience that feels special without becoming formal. Lanai’s appeal begins with its setting. With vie
Humble on Duke
Shop 4, 48–54 Duke Street, Sunshine Beach (07) 5345 5530 Executive Chef: Stacey Connor There are restaurants that announce themselves loudly. And there are restaurants that simply open a door, set fourteen places, and let the food do all the talking. Humble on Duke, tucked into a quiet corner of Duke Street in Sunshine Beach, is emphatically the second kind — and it is, by any measure, one of the most quietly extraordinary dining experiences in the Greater Noosa region. Stace
