Ventura Restaurant and Bar

Best Known For

Seafood platter, with oysters, bugs, prawns, calamari, smoked salmon, fish fillets, dipping sauces, chips and salad.

Soak up Airlie Beach sunshine and views alfresco while sipping an ice-cold wine at Ventura Restaurant and Bar on Port Drive. Watch boats sail into port as tropical breezes rustle palm trees at this waterfront venue; while potted greenery, banquette seating and recycled timber table settings add a rustic vibe to indoor dining. Dive in for a memorable meal with entrées such as battered reef fish tacos, citrus and herb slaw, mild chilli crema and soft flour tortillas; before hooking a main like grilled salmon, mash, cauliflower purée, seasonal vegetables, capsicum and sun-dried tomato pesto and herbs. Perhaps slice a knife into perfectly cooked Scotch fillet, roasted baby potatoes, vegetables and red wine sauce; finishing indulgently with Mississippi mud cake, raspberry coulis and ice cream.