Dining

Bellingen

Welcome to a coast of flavours

Call in to a local restaurant, café or bistro - coast or countryside, you'll find plenty of places keen to meet the needs of a hungry traveller. Interested in sampling the local fare?

Fresh from the Pacific, our seafood is simply sublime. Raised on rich Tableland pastures, the beef is brilliant. Ripened in warm sunshine, you've never tasted bananas, mangoes, avocados or macadamias like ours.

Delicious fruits and nuts, ripened in the warm subtropical sunshine; nutritious vegetables from rich volcanic soils; fine beef and dairy herds grazing on lush alluvial pastures; plump oysters from the estuaries of broad rivers; and superlative seafood, the splendid bounty of the ocean.

The chefs and restaurateurs of Coffs Coast relish this abundance of fresh local produce – with skill and flair they use them to craft memorable meals that are best enjoyed close to the source.

Bellinger River oysters, Dorrigo potatoes, Orara Valley vine-ripened tomatoes, small fruits from Bellingen, Coffs Harbour prawns and bugs and local wines – don’t miss any of them when you experience the wonderful tastes of Coffs Coast.

Emerald Beach With all of this to offer, we have put together a comprehensive dining guide so you can get a taste for what the region has to offer.

In it you will find a great range of resturants offering varying styles and cuisines, funky cosmopolitan-style cafés and bistros, wineries, local producers and markets where you can access fresh produce direct from the grower, food and wine flavoured festivals and events, chef's secret recipes and sample menus.