Eating & drinking in Crescent Head
There aren't fifty places to eat in Crescent Head. There are about a dozen, and you can walk to all of them in fifteen minutes. That's a feature, not a limitation — but it does mean knowing which ones are worth your time.
3 guides
Written by Trent and Liss, who live here.
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6 min read Self-catering in Crescent Head: where to shop Cooking for yourself in Crescent Head, NSW? What you can buy in town, what needs a Kempsey run, and what to bring from home. A practical shopping guide. -
9 min read Where to eat on the NSW Mid North Coast A guide to eating on the NSW Mid North Coast — Crescent Head, Kempsey, Port Macquarie and Sawtell. What each town does well, and which one to drive for. -
6 min read Crescent Head restaurants & cafes: where to eat Where to eat in Crescent Head: the Tavern, the Country Club bistro, Sea Sea, Cressence, fish and chips, takeaway pizza and the best coffee in town.
The shortlist, and what each one is for
Barnett's Bakery is the most important food stop in town and the reason there's a queue by nine on a Saturday — get there before then on weekends, because they run out and that isn't a marketing line. Sea Sea does the coffee and the breakfast you'd plan a morning around, with a dog-friendly verandah. The Tavern is the pub: schnitzels, seafood, its own Limeburners Lager on tap, and the bay out the front. The Country Club bistro has the best outlook of any table in town and the least fuss about it — Sunday lunch there is a local institution. Cressence is a café until five and a cocktail bistro after it. Mezzaluna2440 is the Italian, for the nights you don't want pub food.
The half of it you'll cook yourself
Most people staying in a house here cook at least half their meals, so the shopping matters as much as the menus. The Foodworks on the main street is small but better stocked than you'd expect, and covers the day-to-day — it just won't have anything specific. The proper supermarkets are in Kempsey, twelve kilometres west, along with a butcher worth the detour. The move is one big shop on the way in, then top up in town.
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