Top Restaurants in Nelson Bay
Most Popular Australian food in Nelson Bay, Port Stephens, New South Wales
Best Australian restaurants nearby. Discover the best Australian food in Nelson Bay. View Menus, Photos and Reviews for Australian restaurants near you. including Little Beach Boathouse, The Little Nel Cafe, Sandpipers Restaurant, Nice Cafe, The Home Interior, Nigronis, Seabreeze Hotel, Evviva Cafe & Bar, The Galley Kitchen, Cellar Cafe
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10. Cellar Cafe
Overall Ratings
4 based on 135 reviews
Reviewed By deliverance73
This is a gem. Delicious food prepared by a chef who frantically dashes around his small kitchen with a serenely calm demeanour. He is in control. And his work is terrific. Good selection of pizza with a crispy base. Three little pigs, and the seafood are both great. Wife loves the very cheap but very fancy salads. Nice selection of wine, (bottle shop on premises) and three beers on tap, including a coopers (meh) a wheat beer (not my thang) and a home grown âcellar lagerâ (delicious!). Service is home town/family and super friendly. Strongly recommend either dining in or getting takeaway to one of the parks with ocean views. Best value in Fingal, Shoal or Nelson Bay.
9. The Galley Kitchen
Overall Ratings
4 based on 298 reviews
Reviewed By rmp26
This restaurant is definitely at the high end of the market. Having said that the service was excellent. Nothing was too much trouble for the waitstaff. I am hoping that this review will fall into the right hands as I ordered the smoked trout with curry sauce as an entree. The dish arrived looking beautiful but the curry sauce JUST DOES NOT GO with the delicate flavour of the trout. PLEASE remove the sauce from this dish as it ruins it. Apart from this everything was good. My husband had the snapper fillet which although was rather on the small side was moist and nicely cooked. The cheese plate was a lovely end to the evening but PLEASE take that curry sauce away!!!!!
8. Evviva Cafe & Bar
Overall Ratings
4 based on 105 reviews
Reviewed By Pioneer802830
Had breakfast here for eight days yum and a dinner for a special day. Great staff led by Tammy, thank you.
7. Seabreeze Hotel
Overall Ratings
4 based on 525 reviews
Reviewed By mummycate
Super quick visit for an after dinner night cap. Really busy and popular hotel with beautiful relaxed decor. As weâd already eaten we were only planning a quiet drink before going back to our hotel ... the dishes being served at surrounding tables looked spectacular. The wine list was very impressive and I was very happy to see a favourite vineyard from a trip to orange (angullong) had multiple offerings. The shared dessert of sticky date pudding was the best weâve ever had
6. Nigronis
Overall Ratings
4 based on 407 reviews
Reviewed By Funlovinfella
A real great find. Very friendly staff (many thanks to Mary for looking after us!) and the food was really, really nice! The Ham Shank was (according to the boss) absolutely gorgeous! I had the Chicken Parm and the big fella had the Chill Prawn Spaghetti, all were top notch!You won't go far wrong here!
5. The Home Interior
Overall Ratings
4 based on 337 reviews
Beautiful cafe in the heart of Nelson Bay providing fresh, healthy and tasty meals for breakfast, lunch and in between. Serving Allpress Coffee, fresh juice and smoothies. Large furniture and home wares store attached to the cafe. Drop in for a coffee and
Reviewed By kymnye2014
Trendy café in Nelson Bay. Staff were extremely friendly and helpful. Best HOT chai and chocolate.Yummy potato, cauliflower and leeks soup with toasted sour dough. Great chips with aioli and relish.A wonderful homewares store is attached with beautiful décor items.Would definitely recommend.Thank you Kymnye2014We are so glad to hear you enjoyed your visit and that you took the time to let us know.We do appreciate it.
4. Nice Cafe
Overall Ratings
4 based on 576 reviews
Reviewed By L337337
Yep... we needed a flag to tackle this amazing mountain of food.Eggs Benny, Smashed Avo and Zucchini Fritters were our poison of choice. The fritters were deep fried and a little brown but very tasty. My eggs Benny was bloody awesome. Yep, worth a visit. Take your spare tummy!
3. Sandpipers Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 837 reviews
Open for dinner Tuesday to Saturday from 5.30pm
Reviewed By Haznig
I always have difficulty choosing from the menu but usually something will jump out and grab me but not at Sandpipers. The menu was so varied and everything sounded so delicious I just could not decide. We ended up sharing a couple of entrees that were stunning. The crab arancini was delicate and deliciously yummy and the Aloo Chop was sensational. It tasted just like a samosa but without the heavy pastry just breadcrumbs. Total opposites of each other. My partner had tagliatelle with lobster in a tomato sauce with a little chilli on the side. He said it was awesome. I opted for the barramundi and salad which was cooked perfectly. There were so many different things to choose from. The staff were all very attentive and friendly and the bill very reasonable. Definitely recommend this restaurant and will certainly be back to try some other dishes
2. The Little Nel Cafe
Overall Ratings
4 based on 945 reviews
A leafy cafe popular with the locals, just off the main street and worth searching out for the best coffee in town.
Reviewed By jenniferhelen92
We had a really lovely lunch here - great menu with lots of good options, both healthy and more indulgent! We had the Asian chicken salad and the tiger prawn tacos and both were delicious! All the other food coming out looked great too. Would definitely recommend and hope to be back for breakfast.
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1. Little Beach Boathouse
Overall Ratings
4 based on 1537 reviews
Reviewed By phillipk8
Wow once again we dinned at the Boathouse . And again we had the best waiter called Sherwin . Fantastic personality brilliant memory, can remember your name and what you have ordered . Ten âï¸âï¸âï¸âï¸âï¸âï¸âï¸âï¸âï¸âï¸for his ability to handle fussy clients Now to the food !!! We all throughly enjoyed our meals of Mussels in coconut and lemongrass broth , Squid ink spaghetti with king prawns with mussels and cherry rocket and herbs . Spiced lamb blackstrap , and the market fish we shared before our entree a great serving of Fried squid A fabulous night , stunning food , great service and nice decor Well done to the Boathouse .
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