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Just a few minutes away from Sunshine Coast’s busiest beach spots, Tewantin is a quiet coastal town on the edge of Tewantin National Park and Noosa River. Its historic local, The Royal Mail Hotel, is ideal for fuelling up between outdoor adventures. This November, the 143-year-old pub has unveiled a fresh coastal-inspired fitout that might tempt roadtrippers to linger during their pit stop.
The pub has expanded into the neighbouring Liquorland, which has been transformed into a convivial beer garden with picnic tables overlooking the Noosa River. Sage and terracotta accents run throughout the venue, spanning a timber-clad bistro with boho chic woven ceiling pendants and a sports bar outfitted with plush armchairs, a pool table and big screens showing rugby, cricket and footy matches on every wall. If you’re staying in town for a few days, the 13 rooms that sit above the hotel have also been spruced up.
It’s not just the fit-out that got a facelift. The new sharing-focused menu opens with a prawn and lobster brioche roll with a zesty aioli, burrata with blistered grapes and cherry tomatoes and a lineup of ten types of woodfired pizzas. There’s variety in the bread basket – opt for your garlic bread to be plain or dotted with cheese and bacon, and the woodfired flatbread comes with either a dukkah and hummus combo or garlicky with a ricotta salata.
Bigger plates mostly stick to the classic meat-and-potatoes formula — the oven-baked barramundi with dukkah potatoes and caper beurre blanc stands out – though there’s also a prawn pappardelle and wholesome roasted cauliflower with portobello mushrooms and a side salad for vegos. The cosy nooks and crannies around the pub were designed to turn it into a social hub, and that ethos is echoed by the discounted senior offering and a kids’ menu. Everything on the latter comes with a nostalgic Dixie cup or a frog in the pond for dessert – and all prices drop to zero on Thursday, when kids eat for free.
Other weekly specials include a $25 steak night on Tuesday, $25 parmi and trivia on Wednesday, raffles on Friday and live music over the weekend. Sunday Roast comes in at $29 on Sundays, accompanied by kids’ entertainment in the afternoon.
Visit the Royal Mail Hotel website for more information or to make a booking.
