Waterfront dining in Currumbin: the Beach House restaurant

The Cafe at Tarte Beach House sits down on the sand, but the restaurant is where the kitchen gets ambitious. It looks out over Currumbin Creek, with the Tea Garden beside it and The Hideout perched above through the branches of a 100-year-old fig tree. It's one of the prettiest rooms to eat lunch on the southern Gold Coast.

What the kitchen does here

This is a step up from the bakery brunch. The Mediterranean Grilled Barramundi is Queensland Coral Coast fish with crispy skin, warm confit tomatoes and a caper caponata. The Steak and Frites is grilled Wagyu sirloin with chimichurri and a house L'entrecote sauce. The Lobster Roll is Australian Bay Lobster with garlic butter in a warm brioche bun, and the Crab Linguine uses Queensland wild-caught spanner crab. There's a Pollo alla Parmigiana with Byron Bay buffalo mozzarella for the table that wants comfort.

Start small, finish sweet

Open with the Crispy Chilli Burrata, the Charcuterie board, or a classic French Onion Soup on rich house beef stock. Finish with the housemade pastries from the bench, or the Choc Chip Cookie Skillet served warm.

How to come

The restaurant takes bookings through Now Book It, and walk-ins are always welcome. The brunch menu runs all day if you'd rather keep it relaxed. One thing worth knowing, the Beach House is a daytime place, the doors close mid-afternoon, so this is a long-lunch-by-the-water plan rather than a dinner one.

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