Guidebook for Main Beach

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Guidebook for Main Beach

Food Scene

Quality coffee. Delicious lunch menu.
18 locals recommend
Hot Shott
17 Tedder Ave
18 locals recommend
Quality coffee. Delicious lunch menu.
Quality Italian and great vino selection!
8 locals recommend
Domanis Cafe Restaurant Bar
19-21 Tedder Ave
8 locals recommend
Quality Italian and great vino selection!
Exceptional curries, quality ingredients and good service. Select dishes are $12.90 for early birds between 5pm-6pm.
Goa Indian Fusion
17 Tedder Ave
Exceptional curries, quality ingredients and good service. Select dishes are $12.90 for early birds between 5pm-6pm.
Quality breakfast and launch menu items. Quality coffee. Easily accessible after some beach time.
15 locals recommend
Beaches Off Tedder
5 Woodroffe Ave
15 locals recommend
Quality breakfast and launch menu items. Quality coffee. Easily accessible after some beach time.
Quality Thai food with excellent food presentation. Also great for takeaway should you want to watch a DVD at the apartment.
Lemongrass Thai
26 Tedder Ave
Quality Thai food with excellent food presentation. Also great for takeaway should you want to watch a DVD at the apartment.
Good breakfast menu and top coffee.
11 locals recommend
Lark Cafe Grocer Resto-Lounge
11 locals recommend
Good breakfast menu and top coffee.
Fancy restaurant for a romantic evening.
13 locals recommend
Shuck on Tedder
20 Tedder Ave
13 locals recommend
Fancy restaurant for a romantic evening.
Eat a delicious meal with exceptional views of the ocean. Family friendly.
17 locals recommend
Southport Surf Life Saving Club
MacArthur Parade
17 locals recommend
Eat a delicious meal with exceptional views of the ocean. Family friendly.
Offers exceptional views of the Broadwater and marina. Family friendly buffet breakfast for $18 per adult.
20 locals recommend
Southport Yacht Club
1 MacArthur Parade
20 locals recommend
Offers exceptional views of the Broadwater and marina. Family friendly buffet breakfast for $18 per adult.
Want to spoil yourself with a romantic lunch or dinner? Omeros is a local favourite seafood restaurant. It has hosted movie stars, pop princesses and celebrities for years. Great views of the marina and Broadwater.
30 locals recommend
Omeros Brothers Seafood Restaurant
74 Seaworld Dr
30 locals recommend
Want to spoil yourself with a romantic lunch or dinner? Omeros is a local favourite seafood restaurant. It has hosted movie stars, pop princesses and celebrities for years. Great views of the marina and Broadwater.
Glass offers an exceptional menu and wonderful views. It's a nice restaurant to spoil yourself.
13 locals recommend
Glass Dining & Lounge Bar
13 locals recommend
Glass offers an exceptional menu and wonderful views. It's a nice restaurant to spoil yourself.
Famous with locals for years. Main Beach Bakery has a delicious selection of pies, pastries, breads and sweets. Try their steak, bacon and cheese pie or their custard tart. Perfect to grab a snack and adjourn to the balcony for some sun and sea views.
12 locals recommend
Main Beach Bakery
24 Tedder Ave
12 locals recommend
Famous with locals for years. Main Beach Bakery has a delicious selection of pies, pastries, breads and sweets. Try their steak, bacon and cheese pie or their custard tart. Perfect to grab a snack and adjourn to the balcony for some sun and sea views.
Milan offers a delicious breakfast menu, friendly staff and good coffee. It has been popular with Main Beach residents for years.
Milan On Main
14-16 Tedder Ave
Milan offers a delicious breakfast menu, friendly staff and good coffee. It has been popular with Main Beach residents for years.
Hidden French cafe with a delicious menu. Great for a morning coffee or lunch snack.
10 locals recommend
Le Jardin Cafe Restaurant
13 Tedder Ave
10 locals recommend
Hidden French cafe with a delicious menu. Great for a morning coffee or lunch snack.
Hogs Breath is a known family restaurant with respectable steaks.
Hog's Breath Cafe Gold Coast
60-70 Seaworld Dr
Hogs Breath is a known family restaurant with respectable steaks.
Need a quick, cheap bite to eat? The closest Maccas is at Marina Mirage.
McDonald's Marina Mirage
74 Seaworld Dr
Need a quick, cheap bite to eat? The closest Maccas is at Marina Mirage.
Located next door! Super convenient for a quick snack. Open until 9pm.
27 locals recommend
Subway
166 Marine Parade
27 locals recommend
Located next door! Super convenient for a quick snack. Open until 9pm.
Exceptional seafood with great views across the Broadwater to the city and sea way entrance. This restaurant is popular with locals.
13 locals recommend
The Lazy Lobster
300 Marine Parade
13 locals recommend
Exceptional seafood with great views across the Broadwater to the city and sea way entrance. This restaurant is popular with locals.
A local, classy marketplace with excellent seafood, butcher, patisserie, coffee establishments, tea shop and high-end produce.
22 locals recommend
Brickworks Ferry Rd
107 Ferry Rd
22 locals recommend
A local, classy marketplace with excellent seafood, butcher, patisserie, coffee establishments, tea shop and high-end produce.

Drinks & Nightlife

Nice local bar in the centre of Tedder Ave. Low key with quality beers, wines and a delicious menu. Try the all-day roast on a Sunday.
9 locals recommend
Mano's Tedder Avenue
19-21 Tedder Ave
9 locals recommend
Nice local bar in the centre of Tedder Ave. Low key with quality beers, wines and a delicious menu. Try the all-day roast on a Sunday.

Sightseeing

Great attractions for kids. Only 5 minutes up the road.
92 locals recommend
Seaworld Drive
Seaworld Drive
92 locals recommend
Great attractions for kids. Only 5 minutes up the road.

Parks & Nature

Check out the spit seawall. It's good for fishing and provides nice views back towards Main Beach, Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach. Ride your bike to the end of the Spit for some exercise and to get in touch with nature.
28 locals recommend
The Spit Beach Fishing
28 locals recommend
Check out the spit seawall. It's good for fishing and provides nice views back towards Main Beach, Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach. Ride your bike to the end of the Spit for some exercise and to get in touch with nature.

Essentials

This is a well stocked Woolworths Metro. Catch the tram or walk across the bridge.
15 locals recommend
Woolworths
42 Marine Parade
15 locals recommend
This is a well stocked Woolworths Metro. Catch the tram or walk across the bridge.
Located next door! Super convenient.
8 locals recommend
7-Eleven Main Beach
3568 Main Beach Parade
8 locals recommend
Located next door! Super convenient.

Shopping

A little touristy, but still the heart of Surfers Paradise. Only 2 stops away on the tram (heading south).
47 locals recommend
Cavill Avenue
Cavill Avenue
47 locals recommend
A little touristy, but still the heart of Surfers Paradise. Only 2 stops away on the tram (heading south).
High-end fashion, home goods and dream boats in the Marina. It's ritzy glitz with some excellent food venues. Don't forget your boat shoes!
85 locals recommend
Marina Mirage station
85 locals recommend
High-end fashion, home goods and dream boats in the Marina. It's ritzy glitz with some excellent food venues. Don't forget your boat shoes!

Entertainment & Activities

Check out the Q1 Observation Deck for stunning views of the Gold Coast from level 75. Consider an afternoon drink at the bar to watch the sunset. Take the tram and depart at "Surfers Paradise Station." The Observation Deck entrance is directly opposite the tram stop.
131 locals recommend
Q1 Gold Coast
9 Hamilton Ave
131 locals recommend
Check out the Q1 Observation Deck for stunning views of the Gold Coast from level 75. Consider an afternoon drink at the bar to watch the sunset. Take the tram and depart at "Surfers Paradise Station." The Observation Deck entrance is directly opposite the tram stop.