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Cat Jones - I’m either eating & drinking in Byron Bay or thinking about what to eat & drink next 🥂💙🥑🌴
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B R E A K F A S T S E R I E S 🥞🍳🍵🍓
Roca 🔥🔥

Next up in the Breakfast Series is one of my favorite places for happy hour, dinner, cocktails, poolside hangs…and now breakfast!! 🙌♥️ @rocabyronbay has just launched a new breakfast menu and it is Latin fusion breakfast perfection 🔥🔥 This is one of the best breakfasts you will find in Byron Bay…a beautiful selection of fresh & healthy breakfast dishes each created with care & elevated with thoughtful touches 🍳🍓 Head Chef @chef_juanhernandez has spent years working at top restaurants throughout the region (including Beach and Loft) and he has created a breakfast menu that uses the best local, seasonal produce, showcasing the best of Byron Bay while celebrating Latin culture with the addition of creative fusion elements in each dish 🙌👨‍🍳 The Brioche French Toast is perfection with poached pear, an epic dulce de leche marscapone, mixed citrus, candied walnuts & a divine bitter chocolate crumb…it is an exceptional breakfast dish, I highly recommend ordering it!! 🍊🍐 The açaí bowl is one of Byron Bay’s best, topped with a beautiful combination of fresh fruit, nutty granola, cacao nibs & coco flakes, and made even better with the addition of @byronbaypeanutbutter 🍓🍌 The Aguacate is divine…organic sourdough topped with avocado, roasted cherry tomatoes, whipped smoked feta, a poached egg & preserved lemon herb salad…such a beautiful combination of flavors 🥑🍅 I also love the Tortilla de Patatas, a traditional potato & egg frittata with @salumiaustralia chorizo, piquillo pepper, tomato, pickled onion & a super tasty truffle mayo…yum!! 🍳🔥 Coffee is served out of Roca’s striking chrome trailer and there is an excellent selection of freshly squeezed juices, healthy smoothies & specialty elixirs to accompany breakfast 🍉🥥 The breakfast experience at @rocabyronbay is made even better by the venue’s chilled tropical vibes, friendly service & elevated design…thanks for an excellent breakfast team, this one is going straight to the top of my breakfast list!! 🙌♥️

#byronbayeats #visitbyron #byronbayeatsbreakfastseries #rocabyronbay #byronbaybreakfast taken in Roca Byron Bay by @byron.bay.eats

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O M A K A S E 🍣🍸
T O K Y O D O L L 👨‍🍳🍶

On the first Thursday of every month, just 12 guests take a seat at the softly-lit bar at @tokyodollbyronbay for an intimate 10 course Omakase dinner 🍣🍶 There is no menu - the Chefs let the season do the talking, designing each course around the best and freshest produce available that day, sourced from local seafood suppliers and the Farmers Market…just as they do in Japan 🐟👩‍🌾 The chefs also weave a number of luxurious specialty ingredients into the dishes such as Uni, caviar and various house made sauces, pastes & ferments 💛✨ A curated selection of sake, tea & well-crafted cocktails created specifically for the evening is served throughout 🍸🍵 Dishes are prepared right in front of you at the bar and served by the chefs themselves who talk you though each course 🍣👨‍🍳 Every dish is thoughtfully constructed and totally delicious, bursting with freshness, quality and flavour 🙌🍱 Sashimi is butter-soft and divine…high quality, super fresh fish that melts in your mouth 🎣🐟 Freshly shucked oysters are served with a zesty citrus sauce with fresh herbs 🌿🦪 Perfectly set, silky chawanmushi is packed with flavour and topped with uni, salmon caviar & scallop…an exceptional umami-bomb of a dish that I am still dreaming about, it is definitely the best chawanmushi I have ever had!! 🔥🔥 Crispy prawn tempura deliciousness is complimented by a super tasty house made dipping sauce 🦐🦐 Tataki-style beef with truffle sauce is incredible, richly delicious beef perfection 🔥🔥 A divine sago pudding with coconut cream for dessert is topped with an epic sweet syrup & fresh fruit, including the exotic Black Sapote from local organic farm @consciousground which is known as ‘chocolate pudding fruit’ due to its creamy chocolate appearance, texture & taste 😍😍 @tokyodollbyronbay Omakase is an exceptional dining experience - intimate & delicious, it is a little taste of Tokyo in Byron Bay…I highly recommend you check it out, and book ahead as it is strictly limited to 12 seats!! 🍣🍶

#byronbay #byronbayeats #tokyodollbyronbay #omakase taken in Tokyo Doll Byron Bay by @byron.bay.eats

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@crystalbrookbyron has just completed a stunning refurbishment of signature restaurant @forestbyronbay 💛✨ On a chilly mid-winter night in Byron Bay, we dined outside surrounded by the rainforest seated on plush new couches with snuggly blankets on our laps and heaters above us…and had a perfect evening 🌴🔥 Along with a new look - soft lights, natural materials & calming neutral tones - Forest has a rockstar new Executive Chef @the__lizzy, a spectacular new winter menu and an epic new cocktail & wine offering 👩‍🍳🍸 The food is exceptional…beautifully presented creative dishes made with locally sourced ingredients 🙌♥️ I recommend getting the Tasting Menu which starts with the most divine hot damper roll with epic cultured smoked butter & ash salt 🔥🔥 The first dish is a stunning twice-baked @nimbinvalley Monti Nardi cheese soufflé with caramelised truffle leek, velouté & a potato crisp…this is the winter dish of my dreams - cosy, comforting & totally delicious 🔥🔥 Next up is an incredible torched slipper lobster with preserved lemon, braised fennel & salted caper macadamia crumb 🦞🍋 Then there is the succulent grilled Ballina king prawns with tamarind beurre noisette, shaved bottarga & samphire 🦐🌿 The main dish is the richly delicious Chef’s cut steak (ours was sirloin) with king brown mushrooms, Forest mustard, puy lentils & bordelaise sauce 🥩🍄‍🟫 For dessert, the white chocolate crémeux with local honeycomb, wattleseed sponge & honey pearls is delicious and a beautifully presented dish with incredible attention to detail including a bee & honeycomb moulded into the crémeux 🍯🐝 We also had to try the Wategos’ Bonfire…an epic Bombe Alaska in the shape of a bonfire with @lordbyrondistillery rum…visually stunning and totally delicious 🥃🔥 Forest’s new cocktail menu and wine list are excellent - the wine list contains many premium by-the-glass options and the cocktail list has been thoughtfully constructed to celebrate local spirits…the Cinnamon Negroni is a must-try 🍷🍸 @forestbyronbay is an incredibly special night out - dining there is such a beautiful experience, I highly recommend a visit 🌴💛

#byronbayeats #forestbyronbay #crystalbrookbyron taken in Byron Bay, New South Wales by @byron.bay.eats

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Last week I had the most beautiful evening at @rocabyronbay with excellent food, incredible cocktails & refined service 🙌♥️ On a chilly winter evening, we sat outside underneath heaters that kept us toasty warm 🔥🔥 Roca feels elevated yet cosy, with soft lighting, refined decor and a fun South American playlist 💛✨ Roca has a new Head Chef @chef_juanhernandez and his refreshed latin fusion menu is better than ever 🙌👨‍🍳 I recommend starting with a perfect Pisco Sour - the classic version is excellent and I also absolutely love the well-balanced Rhubarb version…honestly I could drink these all night long , they are so delicious!! 🍸🍋 I also highly recommend starting with the epic Tuna Tostada - the most divine, buttery soft raw yellowfin tuna with avocado, finger lime & miso mayo on top of a crispy corn tostada…absolutely delicious! 🐟🌽 The Yellowfin Tuna Tiradito is also a must-try starter - the same buttery soft slices of raw tuna with yuzu & aji amarillo gel, passionfruit, blood orange & fermented chilli oil…an epic combination of flavors 🐟🍊 Roca has a woodfire parrilla grill and everything cooked on this charcoal BBQ is absolutely delicious including the Ballina Prawns with lemon myrtle & herb butter and fermented chilli oil…so good! 🦐🔥 The charcoal grilled bone-in Pork Cutlet is another must-try dish - the most succulent pork served with salsa roja, burnt apple purée & honey mustard…it is divine! 🔥🔥 For dessert the homemade churros are perfection…warm, crispy churros with vanilla bean gelato, chocolate ganache & cacao crumble 🍫🍨 The cocktail list is extremely creative with bold, original flavors and something to suit every palate 🍹🍸 I especially love the cocktails we had with our dessert 🙌♥️ The Sobremesa with coconut tequila, coffee liqueur, fresh espresso & a coco cream float is epic, it is like drinking an alcoholic coconut foam latte 🥥☕️ The Beso de Cereza is also incredible with cachaça, dark cacao, cherry liqueur & cherry syrup - a super delicious ‘cherry ripe’ cocktail to enjoy with dessert 🍒🍸 I highly recommend a visit to @rocabyronbay - it is such a beautiful dining experience 🙌♥️

#byronbayeats #rocabyronbay #visitbyron taken in Roca Byron Bay by @byron.bay.eats

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The most cosy lunch in the sun at the gorgeous @hummingbirdbyron 🙌♥️ Located right in the heart of Byron Bay on Bay Lane, Hummingbird is serving up exceptional food & wine with European vibes 💛✨ Owned and run by passionate, talented couple Wizz & Ash, the service is warm, welcoming & down to earth 🔥🔥 The menu changes with the seasons inspired by local, seasonal produce 🍁🌳 One item that has been on every menu since the beginning is the incredible Chili Prawn Fettuccine and it is easy to see why - a favorite dish with regulars, it is fresh, zesty & flavorful 🦐🌶️ The food is exceptional - dishes are thoughtfully constructed with multiple creative components - like the BBQ Fish served with braised leeks, figs & lemon butter…an absolutely delicious combination 🍋🐟 Crispy Cheese Croquettes with roasted Granny Smith Apples & raw honeycomb is epic 🍏🍯 The Beef Tartare is one of the best I’ve had - tender eye fillet with a rich tomato oil, lemon myrtle creme fraiche & soft boiled quail egg served with house made potato chips…so tasty! 🔥🔥 Steak Frites is divine - eye fillet steak with fries & a delicious peppercorn sauce 🥩🍟 The wine list is constantly evolving and favours small, high-quality producers with great by-the-glass options…I had an excellent Sangiovese and a perfect Chardonnay 🥂🍷 The tiramisu for dessert is perfection, best paired with an excellent coffee by local @zentveldscoffee 😍😍 I highly recommend a visit to @hummingbirdbyron - they are open for lunch & dinner Thursday - Sunday 🙌♥️

#byronbay #byronbayeats #visitbyron #hummingbirdbyron taken in Byron Bay, New South Wales by @byron.bay.eats

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@carmitabyronbay has become a firm favourite with in-the-know locals for their excellent food & drinks, friendly service and good vibes 🙌♥️ Local couple Carmi & Dane put their hearts into designing and building Carmita from scratch and they have created such a gorgeous space with cosy bench seating, an expansive outdoor area, and a striking bar at the heart of the venue 💛✨ The bar is the perfect spot to enjoy the well crafted cocktails or a glass of wine with some snacks - I could quite happily perch here all night 🍷🍸 The outdoor area is lit by fairy-lights and warmed by heaters - it is a charming space, perfect for the coming warmer weather and longer days…I am looking forward to enjoying cocktails and dinner here on balmy summer evenings ☀️🍹 The food by talented Chef Momo is a fusion of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern flavors and is flavorful & creative, with an epic smokiness from cooking with charcoal infusing many of the dishes 👩‍🍳🔥 If you are a fan of Steak Tartare, you are going to love the one at Carmita - it is one of the best in Byron Bay!! - made with organic grass-fed beef, burnt egg yolk butter, cornichons, chives & Dijon mustard and served with a delicious slightly sweet hazelnut cracker…so good!! 🔥🔥 The Fish Crudo is also delicious - super fresh fish mixed with diced vegetables & herbs, beautifully seasoned with a zesty dressing and served with labneh…super tasty!! 🐟🍋 The Charcoal Barramundi Skewer is perfectly cooked and served with a delicious silky beurre blanc & baby spinach - this dish is a must-try, the barramundi literally melts in your mouth, it is so tender! 🐟🥬 Chargrilled Eye Fillet Steak is also perfectly cooked, well-seasoned & served with a tasty salsa verde…another epic dish! 🥩🌿 The Fire Cabbage Wedge is divine - a smoky charred cabbage wedge served in a richly delicious sauce with honey, butter, sour cream & roasted almonds 🥬🍯 For dessert the Salted Honey Tart is delicious, rustic & comforting 🍯💛 I absolutely love dining at @carmitabyronbay…the menu is full of dishes that I want to keep coming back to eat again and again…I highly recommend a visit! 🙌♥️

#byronbay #byronbayeats #visitbyron #carmitabyronbay taken in Carmita Byron Bay by @byron.bay.eats

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It has been a big week for @threeblueducks - their Southern Highlands fine-dining restaurant at Burradoo Park Farm just received this year’s highest rating for a NSW venue by Good Food and was awarded 2 Chefs Hats 🙌👨‍🍳 The restaurant was also recently included in Gourmet Traveller’s round up of the Top 100 Restaurants in Australia for 2026 🥳🥳 Luckily for those of us based locally, and while I am super-keen to try the new Burradoo restaurant, we don’t need to travel to the Southern Highlands to experience farm-fresh Three Blue Ducks excellence 🙌♥️ The OG Three Blue Ducks farm-to-table restaurant at @thefarmatbyronbay continues to be one of the most popular and consistently excellent venues in the Northern Rivers 🌳🦆 Head Chef @sammorton.eats just launched his new Spring menu and it is exceptional - extremely well-executed dishes with exciting, fresh flavors made using ingredients sourced on-site from The Farm’s producers 👩‍🌾🐓 There are so many stand-out dishes…you really can’t go wrong with anything on the Spring menu! 🙌♥️ I absolutely love the creamy fresh curds with sweet honey beets topped with crunchy macadamia & the most delicious sweet Ooray plum sauce…it is so good! 🙌🫜 The betel leaf with beef tartare is also incredible served with @olivershens egg, a range of herbs fresh from The Farm & an epic nahm jim dressing…a super tasty dish! 🍃🌿 The crispy-skin Murray cod served with a delightful selection of Spring herbs & vegetables is fresh and delicious…a perfect dish for the season 🐟🌿 The green curry with vegetables and greens from The Farm served with brown rice is another perfect Spring dish - comforting on cooler days, while the bright & fresh flavors also suit warm days 🌸💛 For dessert, I highly recommend the epic fire-roasted banana cheesecake with burnt cream - it is totally delicious and made using bananas grown on-site by the wonderful @good_natured_gardening 🍌🔥 Spring is such a beautiful time to visit @threeblueducks at @thefarmatbyronbay - the farm is coming to life after winter with baby animals and fresh crops and the menu is full of Spring deliciousness 🙌♥️

#byronbay #byronbayeats #visitbyron #threeblueducks #thefarmbyronbay taken in Three Blue Ducks Byron Bay by @byron.bay.eats

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O M A K A S E 🍣🍶
Tokyo Doll 🙌♥️

Last week I attended the first Omakase dinner at @tokyodollbyronbay and it was one of the best dining experiences I’ve had in Byron Bay! 🔥🔥 Omakase is a traditional Japanese dining style that translates to “I leave it up to you” - where the chef creates a highly personalized, multi-course tasting menu focused on seasonal ingredients 🇯🇵🍱 Tokyo Doll’s Omakase is an exclusive, intimate dining experience with just 12 seats available at the softly-lit bar overlooking the chefs preparing the meal 👨‍🍳✨ 10 courses of beautiful food drawing on the best quality local, seasonal ingredients - seafood from @miamifishmarketau & @northernriversseafood and fresh produce from organic farm @consciousground 🦐🥬 The dishes included high quality, fresh sashimi that literally melted in my mouth; divine sushi topped with an incredible yuzu chili ferment; an epic raw beef & tuna hand roll; a scallop grilled in front of me served in its shell on a bed on cauliflower puree; a freshly shucked oyster with a citrus & herb dressing 🦪🍣 Everything was so delicious - I’m still dreaming about the perfect tempura - lightly battered crisp prawns & organic vegetables served with a warm dipping sauce 🦐🍄‍🟫 And the richly delicious chawanmushi topped with a luxurious piece of umami-packed uni 🔥🔥 And the exceptional Tataki-style beef served with an incredible mushroom sauce & Japanese turnip 🥩🍄‍🟫 Throughout the meal we were served a beautifully paired selection of sake, cocktails & tea which elevated the experience 🍵🍸 There were also various additions and surprises between courses including a gorgeous light & fluffy passionfruit granita, and a super tasty sago pudding with fresh fruit & a divine syrup for dessert 💛✨ The chefs interacted with guests throughout the meal, introducing each course and generously explaining the different components and what ingredients had been used 🙌👨‍🍳 @tokyodollbyronbay Omakase is such an incredible experience - it is on the first Thursday of every month and I highly recommend recommend you check it out 🍣🍶

#byronbay #byronbayeats #tokyodollbyronbay #visitbyron #omakase taken in Byron Bay, New South Wales by @byron.bay.eats

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With his beachside multi-venue dining precinct @thebelongil, Chef Shannon Bennett has launched an exciting new chapter in Byron Bay’s dining scene 🌊👨‍🍳 The Belongil is an immersive experience of incredible food, design & art encompassing four distinct and unique venues 🙌♥️ @belongilkiosk is The Belongil’s casual offering, a streetside outpost serving up coffee, snacks & takeaway meals 🍵🍔 @feu_belongil is The Belongil’s 40 seat fine dining room serving 3, 5 or 7 courses of exceptional produce cooked over charcoal 🔥🔥 Blind Tiger is a members-only bar with the feeling of a speakeasy that is strictly invitation only and hidden behind a secret door 🐅🍸

@belongilbistro is The Belongil’s breezy, beachy restaurant that is designed to be the kind of place you can pull up to with bare feet straight from the beach, while at the same time being the perfect spot for a sophisticated long lunch or an elevated celebratory dinner 🌊💛 At the heart of Belongil Bistro is a refined menu that changes with the seasons and celebrates the very best local, sustainable produce 🥬🐟 The food is outstanding with @chefcorycampbell, who collaborated previously with @chefbennett23 at @vuedemonde, leading the kitchen 🙌👨‍🍳 The richly delicious Smoked Beef Tartare is served with epic Fried Bread 🔥🔥 There is a beautiful selection of ethically sourced seafood with Line Caught Pink Snapper served grilled with a drizzle of olive oil 🐟💙 Beef is the @coppertree.minnamurra range by @coppertreefarms - the Speckle Park Heritage Fillet Steak is absolutely incredible, perfectly cooked and served with a tasty jus & smear of mustard…so delicious! 🔥🔥 Dessert is presented on a trolley, with a beautiful selection including a divine Chocolate Tart with Davidson Plum & raspberry…and must-try passionfruit crème brûlée that is theatrically finished at the table 🙌♥️ There is an incredible selection of wine with many by-the-glass options - The Belongil’s wine cellar is extensive, overseen by Master Sommelier @santosimoes_ms 🍷🍾 Relaxed tropical luxury vibes, exceptional food & wine - bravo team, @belongilbistro is outstanding! 🌊💛

#byronbay #byronbayeats #thebelongil #belongilbistro taken in Belongil Bistro by @byron.bay.eats

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Gourmet Traveller’s annual Restaurant Awards, the oldest continually running hospitality awards program in Australia, were announced last night at a ceremony in Sydney, and one Northern Rivers restaurant came out on top 🏆🏆 The awards celebrate our country’s chefs, restaurateurs, front-of-house staff, beverage talent, food visionaries and more 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳 Every year Gourmet Traveller recognise a Restaurant of the Year in every state 🌊🌴 In very exciting news for our region, Murwillumbah fine diner @bistro_livi_ was named New South Wales Restaurant of the Year 🥳🥳

In giving this prestigious award to Bistro Livi, @gourmettraveller said:

“Murwillumbah’s shining star hasn’t dimmed since it opened in 2022. This cosy little restaurant still champions the best produce the region has to offer such as flavour-packed salad greens from Boon Luck Farm, bouncy Stokers Siding mushrooms, and their incomparable curry leaf butter Moreton Bay bug. The kitchen, led by Danni Wilson and Ewen Crawford, layers it all with ferments, pickles and preserves, lending a verve that farm-to-table restaurants can sometimes lack. The wine list, too, always turns up something small-scale and interesting. It’s reason enough to detour inland next time you’re in the Northern Rivers.”

A huge congratulations to @bistro_livi_ 🙌♥️

#byronbayeats #bistrolivi #gourmettraveller by @byron.bay.eats

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Typically reserved exclusively for retreat guests, Thursdays at Gaia offers a rare opportunity to enjoy a seasonal 3-course dining experience at Byron Bay’s acclaimed wellness retreat @gaiaretreat 💛✨ With a stunning location in the heart of the Byron Bay hinterland, Gaia is in a league of its own 🙏🏼🌳 The food at Gaia is exceptional and one of the things that this celebrated venue is best known for, winning Best Wellness Cuisine at the Asia Pacific Spa & Wellness Awards in 2025 🍓🥑 With an ethos rooted in creating nourishing meals using the highest quality local, seasonal, organic produce, the ingredients used at Gaia are sourced from trusted local producers as well as Gaia’s carefully tended gardens 🫛🥕 Led by Head Chef @dan_trewartha, the Gaia culinary team creates a new menu every day guided entirely by what is growing, harvested & sourced that day 🙌👨‍🍳 Dishes are creative, bursting with healthy goodness and totally delicious 🙌♥️ On my visit we enjoyed an incredible first course of braised shittake mushrooms (from Gaia’s own inoculated logs) with roasted fioretto cauliflower served with a chicken dashi broth, parmesan chip & witlof - this dish was like a hug, warm & comforting with incredible depth of flavour 🍄‍🟫🥬 The second course was an equally delicious dish - grilled local snapper with kipfler potato, zucchini, pea purée, green romesco sauce, roast nuts & shaved fennel - all components of this complex dish were perfectly cooked and worked incredibly well together 🐟🫛 Dessert was a super tasty Wattleseed Tiramisu with cacao miso caramel mousse, cacao almond gel & cacao nib praline 🔥🔥 Gaia has a wonderful selection of minimal intervention wine including a silky Pinot Noir by @athletesofwine 🙌🍷 Thursdays at Gaia is a beautiful dining experience and an incredible opportunity to enjoy the magic of Gaia 💛✨ It is $135 per person for the set 3-course dinner and bookings are essential - to secure your reservation, call 6687 1216 🙌♥️ As a special treat, mention this post when booking & enjoy a complimentary glass of @stefanolubianawines sparkling wine or a non-alcoholic drink with your meal 🍾🥂

#byronbay #byronbayeats #visitbyron #gaiaretreat taken in Byron Bay, New South Wales by @byron.bay.eats

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