A beachside all-rounder that moves from breakfast and coffee into cocktails and dinner. It earns its place through flexibility: useful for mixed groups who cannot agree on one style of outing.
Guide price band: $$. Check the current menu.
Around the Sunshine Coast
Coolum & North Shore
Coolum, Marcoola and Mudjimba picks for coffee, casual meals and drinks.
7 editorial picks. Unpaid and unranked.
A small, family-run Greek restaurant serving traditional dishes in a notably personal, welcoming style. Choose it for generous food and character rather than a slick beachside fit-out.
Guide price band: $$. Check the current menu.
A relaxed local Italian for pizza, pasta and unfussy family meals close to the beach. The strength is broad appeal and an easygoing room rather than fine-dining polish.
Guide price band: $$. Check the current menu.
Marcoola café known for coffee, breakfast and playful specials.
All-day Mudjimba venue moving from breakfast into lunch.
A French-leaning neighbourhood bakery for croissants, baguettes, quiche and sweet pastries close to Coolum’s main strip. A better choice for a pastry run than a sprawling brunch.
A more irreverent independent brewery with bold branding, rotating releases and a Coolum taproom. Choose it when you want contemporary craft styles rather than a conservative lager-and-pale lineup.
Check opening hours, current menus and access with the venue before travelling.