Where to Eat in Mallacoota: Restaurants, the Pub and Cafés

Each venue has its own section below. Tap a number to ring it.

Scallywags Restaurant & Bar is a waterfront seafood restaurant on the inlet at 14 Allan Drive. It serves fresh locally caught fish and chips and cocktails, has live music, and has a pirate theme. Grant "Gutsy" Shorland runs it, and he runs the barbie boats too: see our Mallacoota barbie boats guide.

Scallywags takes bookings online, or you can ring 03 4110 2059. A courtesy limo picks up diners in town, so ask about it when you book.

The Mallacoota Hotel Motel (the pub) is at 51–55 Maurice Avenue and opens seven days from 10am. Ring it on 03 5158 0455.

Its Family Bistro opens seven days for lunch and dinner. It serves seafood, steaks, pizza and pub classics with weekly specials, and seats 150+. The pub also does sit-down fish and chips. The Hotel also has a beer garden, pool, bottle shop and TAB.

The pub now does pizza. Every one is on napoli sauce with mozzarella, and the pizzas include these five:

We don't have prices for them, so ring the pub on 03 5158 0455 if you want to check before you go.

Lucy's is at 64 Maurice Avenue and is known for handmade noodles and dumplings. Dogs are welcome at its outdoor tables. Phone 03 5158 0666.

Lucy's also does a Vietnamese-style iced coffee. For everywhere else to get a coffee, see our guide to coffee in Mallacoota.

Cafe 54 is at 54 Maurice Avenue. It's open year-round, seven days, for breakfast and lunch. Breakfast includes pancakes and egg and bacon rolls, and lunch includes burgers, steak sandwiches and lasagne. It does fish and chips too. Phone 03 5158 0646.

Mallacoota Golf and Country Club has a bistro, with views over the course and inlet. The bar opens at 4pm daily over the festive season, and Thursday to Sunday the rest of the year. Those are bar hours, so ring 03 5158 0277 to check when the kitchen is open.

The Hotel and the Golf Club run a courtesy bus. Ask about it when you ring if nobody in your group wants to drive.

Mallacoota Bakery opens early for pies, pasties, bread and coffee, and there's often a queue in summer.

Lee's Takeaway has closed, so if you've been told to go there, go to one of these instead:

• Scallywags, 14 Allan Drive: fresh locally caught fish and chips at the waterfront restaurant on the inlet. 03 4110 2059
• The Mallacoota Hotel, 51–55 Maurice Avenue: sit-down fish and chips. 03 5158 0455
• Cafe 54, 54 Maurice Avenue: fish and chips as well as breakfast and lunch. 03 5158 0646

Dogs are welcome at the outdoor tables at the Mallacoota Hotel and at Lucy's. Anywhere else, ask before you sit down.

If the dog is coming on holiday with you, 15 of our 17 houses take dogs, with a limit of two per booking and no size limit. See our pet-friendly houses in Mallacoota.

In January, cafés and restaurants are generally open seven days. Book a table a few days ahead. Mallacoota goes from a few hundred people to several thousand over Christmas, and Christmas to mid-January is the peak. The crowds thin from late January.

For takeaway and what's on in town over summer, see our summer dining guide.