This Hastings Street icon has been confidently doing its thing since 1986. These days, that means wholesome brunches, Fonzie Abbott coffee and locally baked goods by Tanglewood Bakery. Plus, freshly shucked oysters, Euro-inspired eats and good times galore after sunset.

Since 1994, this beachfront icon has kept the quality as consistent as the peelers rolling into Little Bay. Come for the signature sand crab lasagne, stay for the tome-like wine list tapping the restaurant's four cellars. This is the kind of place where you can easily make afternoons disappear.

Noosa does white on white, golden sands and blinding blues better than most. But tucked away in a quiet corner of Hastings Street, this suave Italian diner is the Negroni to the area’s favoured mimosa. Come for produce-driven dishes, theatrical cocktails and an Italian-heavy wine list.

Start your holiday with a bang at this breezy Asian diner on Hastings Street. It’s the sibling to a popular Byron Bay restaurant of the same name, with killer cocktails to match those curries, soups and wok-fried hits.

An absolute beachfront diner hugging the boardwalk at Main Beach. Mediterranean and Asian influences make excellent friends on the menu, and go dangerously well with a zingy house spritz.

Cool cafe by day, laidback bar by night. That's the elevator pitch for this versatile spot, which channels the all-day venues of Europe with a breezy al fresco section up front and DJs at sunset. It's also a contender for the biggest Aussie gin selection on Hastings Street.

Sofitel Noosa’s elegant in-house restaurant serves modern European fare by a Three Blue Ducks and Harvest Newrybar alum. Before you tuck in, the breezy cocktail bar overlooking Hastings Street is definitely worth a look in.

Hastings Street is packed with oceanfront dining gems. This family-run spot is up there with the best of them, flaunting a seafood-focused menu and a breezy outdoor terrace that looks straight out over Laguna Bay. There’s nowhere else you’d rather be at golden hour.