Locale Restaurant and Bar Noosa

Not very kid friendly, one of the waiters told us to put the kids volume down however the noises from the general ambiance was louder.

Exceptional food in relaxed atmosphere/ highly recommend this restaurant if you’re in Noosa

We tried gnocchi and taggliatelle, Panna cotta and afogatto. Delicious!
And the cocktails also amazing! Mojito and Caipirinha. Best service ever!
Thank you all!

Lovely atmosphere, friendly service & great food. A very enjoyable evening.

as good as the best pasta I've ever had ....service was great as well

Pre booking $50 charge per person to make reservation is off putting and rude. Early booking of 5.30 only time available and the restaurant was filled with families with noisy young children which is not what you would expect to find and diminished the feel of us celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary at a 'Special' restaurant when others are using it as a family diner. The waitress spoke so softly and with strong accent we could not hear or understand her. The food menu has surprisingly limited choices, and no chef's specials. The zucchini dish was overly salty. The wine we chose was not available. We could not wait to finish our meal and get out of there, and the bill was outrageous for the 1.5 hours in total that we endured it. On the plus side, the decor is stylish and the cocktails were delicious. The Caprese salad was lovely. The food service was quick and the waiter we ended up with was professional. Overall there are just too many other really good restaurants to chose from and spend your money at.

Great location and delicious food. Unfortunately service let our experience down, with long waits to be offered first drinks, food order and drinks throughout meal.

We loved Locale so much on Saturday night that we cancelled our Sunday lunch elsewhere to visit again and try more items off the menu - we were not disappointed and will visit again when back in Noosa. Balanced flavour bombs in every dish. Delicious.
The service was also excellent.

TAGLIATELLE
Squid ink pasta, Fraser Isle spanner crab,
Noosa Reds cherry tomatoes, chilli, lemon pangrattato

Best pasta dish I have had so far in Australia

Farewell dinner with our daughter from Melbourne. Atmosphere, ambience & service were 5 star. 2 of us had the Bug Tail entree which was ‘missing’ something ie the flavours didn’t gel - too much cucumber and it overshadowed the bug tail.

Service was excellent with absolutely fantastic quality food. Alcohol free cocktails were the icing on the cake. Desert came with "happy birthday " and a sparkler - top experience! Thanks to all

The gnocchi and lamb were amazing! Lovely atmosphere

Great Food and Service

Loved it! A must each stay in Noosa

Outstanding Italian food in a delightful restaurant with very professional service

Degustation was amazing. It always is. Service was friendly and down to earth which is what I love. the food came out at a good pace! which was good as we had our 2yr old with us! just a lovely experience as always. I live here and try to go at least twice per year!

Last night in Noosa was lovely place to dine... would like to come back in quieter time. Very nice restaurant would recommend to try.

Service and staff lovely. Food bland.

Food is way to salty. Both fur steak and sea food.

I love the fact that I was greeted by an Italian, would have loved the waiter to also be Italian but she was good.

Very nice Italian food with great ambience in nice pocket of hasting street cocktails are amazing

I didn’t get the waitress’s name but she was incredible! You could clearly see she put time and effort into making a connection with every table she served (talking about things that clicked with each group) - simply marvellous!

The atmosphere of the restaurant was stunning and definitely heightened the experience! All of us enjoyed our meals and drinks!

Have regularly visited Locale over the years and have always enjoyed our experience . And have always recommended to friends .
However our recent experience was very disappointing .
Our hostess was very off putting and not friendly at all and treated us like we’ve never dined out before !!
Eg ,we were only asking about the wines and what the main meals were serve with .
“ just a question lovely , didn’t want to offend you”!
They was not much choice for mains or Entree for that matter , we normally have the pumpkin gnocchi , but don’t have it on the menu , due to Covid !!
What the ... pumpkin is bought from local produce market or supermarket !
The Kingfish was terrible , which we always have but it was warm and unusual tasting.
My chicken dish was tough and dry, and only served with Barley and 3 green little leaves.
My husbands squid ink linguine was no where near its usual standard .
I have mentioned this to local friends and they have said the same thing .
It’s a shame as this was one of my all time favourites on Hastings .

Great creative food, portions are moderate so need to order a few, great service.

Food was amazing and service outstanding. Will definately visit again on next trip.

Great food, great service

It was fantastic

Wonderful service, excellent food. Can’t fault the experience.

Chicken was amazing. Excellent Martini to drink with the huge olives!! A Noosa staple each year we are up

Signature Tagliatelle was amazing- highly recommended

Service and cocktails are great.
Food is not.
Extremely small portions and overpriced.
Food that should have been served cold, was warm.
Food that should have been warm, was cold.
Lived in Italy for 5 years and I wouldn’t class it as an Italian restaurant.
Italian inspired maybe but lacks any resemblance to decent Italian food.

Fantastic meal with family, great service and will definitely return

Fantastic from start to finish. Second time here but first degustation. Just everything about our dining was great so can only highly recommend and say a big thankyou

Locale is a regular spot for me when on holidays and my partner and I always bring our friends.
This time was a little disappointing. The serve size of the gnocchi was certainly not $40 worth. I don’t ever leave an Italian restaurant hungry, however this time I did. The size was way off and needs to improve for the price being charged.

Great Dinner, as always 💗

I think for the price point the service & food were below par. I mentioned both in my booking & during dinner that I was my friends 40th bday and zero effort was made to make it feel special. The staff seemed annoyed that we had a 9.15pm sitting. Not worth the hype. Also the desert was below average.

Food and service disappointing compared to the last time we ate there , but it was over a year sgo, drinks service was so slow we had finished our tiny meak by the time the wine had arrived and the restaurant wad only a third full

Overall average food and overpriced.
I would not recommend

We went for lunch for our wedding anniversary and it was perfect for a special occassion. Beautiful setting - we were on the little balcony surrounded by greenery. The service was smooth, the food was sensational and the cocktails were interesting and delicious. The lamb tortelli and zucchini salad were stand out dishes. Pricey but well worth the drive for us.

Expensive for what you got. Extremely small portions! A bit disappointed this time round...