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Backstreet Cafe

Mooloolaba

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A long-running Esplanade café pairing ocean views with substantial breakfast classics such as caramelised-banana pancakes, corn fritters and smashed avocado. Best when you want a proper sit-down breakfast rather than a quick takeaway coffee.

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Rice Boi

Mooloolaba

Lively Asian street food at The Wharf, known for dumplings, bao and curries in a deliberately casual setting. Expect queues and noise at peak times; that energy is part of the proposition.

Guide price band: $$. Check the current menu.

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RB Dining

Mooloolaba

The more polished sibling to Rice Boi, offering a seated menu of Asian-influenced dishes and a calmer room upstairs at The Wharf. Choose it when you want those flavours with bookings and table service.

Guide price band: $$$. Check the current menu.

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Spice Bar

Mooloolaba

A moody dining room above the Esplanade serving contemporary Asian dishes designed to share. It suits date nights and celebrations where cocktails, lighting and presentation are part of the brief.

Guide price band: $$$. Check the current menu.

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