Best Bars on the Sunshine Coast: Beach Bars, Craft Beer, Wine Bars and the Noosa Bar Scene

The Sunshine Coast's bar scene reflects the region's coastal lifestyle and the high expectations of the growing population of former Brisbane residents who have relocated for the lifestyle without lowering their standards for quality food and drink. The Noosa Heads and Noosa Junction bar scene serves the resort end of the market, while the Maroochydore and Mooloolaba bar culture serves the larger residential population of the central coast, and the hinterland village bar culture of Maleny and Eumundi provides a more relaxed rural Queensland drinking experience.

The Noosa Boathouse (194 Gympie Terrace Noosaville) — the Noosa Boathouse is the Sunshine Coast's most celebrated waterfront bar, with the Noosa River setting, the quality cocktail and wine program, and the elegant riverside design creating a bar and restaurant experience that is among Queensland's finest waterfront venues. The evening bar service on the Noosa Boathouse deck, with the Noosa River and the national park backdrop, is the quintessential Noosa sundowner experience.

Noosa Heads and Hastings Street bar culture — the Hastings Street and Noosa Junction bar precincts provide the Sunshine Coast's most concentrated quality bar circuit, with the resort-town atmosphere, the quality wine bars and cocktail venues, and the evening energy of the Noosa Heads entertainment strip creating a bar scene that is nationally profiled and consistently delivers quality above the Queensland regional norm.

Mooloolaba and the central coast bar scene — the Mooloolaba Esplanade and the Maroochydore CBD bar culture provides the central Sunshine Coast's most active bar precinct, with the craft beer bars, the beach club venues, and the outdoor bar culture of the Mooloolaba surf club and the Esplanade creating a high-volume but quality-focused bar experience for the region's largest population centre.

Craft beer and microbreweries — the Sunshine Coast has a strong and growing craft brewing scene, with the Brouhaha Brewery (Maleny), the Heads of Noosa Brewing Co., and the various Sunshine Coast microbrewery taprooms providing quality local craft beer that is increasingly available in the region's best bars and restaurants.

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