Hemingway's Airlie Beach

Probably the best food I’ve had since living in Mackay. Really good menu and just very different from the normal plates you see on the menu. The only thing that let it down was the wait for our food. Our main was nearly an hour after our starter.

Amazing food and beautifully presented, has lovely decor and view - this is our favourite special occasion restaurant in Airlie Beach.

Amazing. Customer service was exceptional would recommend this restaurant 110%
Food was amazing, atmosphere was amazing!

This was the most amazing night here. The service was incredible, the food was amazing couldn’t fault this at all. Will deffinately be back!

Nice food but found the music to loud for fine dining and had trouble hearing others at the table as everyone in the restaurant was talking louder to beat the music.

Went to Hemingway's this week for the third time. As usual the venue, service and food was just lovely.

Blew me away. Everything was spectacular and a great way to try something new or a funky combination. The cafe martini dessert was especially outstanding, quite possibly one of the best things I have ever eaten.

Hemingways came with a good reputation and high expectations but we were let down by inconsistent food, poor service by inexperienced waitstaff and non-availability of wines (not once but twice!!)

Amazing food at the lay day yacht racing lunch. Very glad to be able to do lunch which we did several times last year but have missed this year. We prefer lunch out rather than dinner. Very friendly locals -appreciated their company.

Beautuful room with a good fit out and great location.
Food was poor value and cooking was overcomplicated and imprecise. Duck was explained to be served MR on ordering. Both serves were WD.
Our waitress was a Scottish girl, she was nice.

Food sensational. Awesome views. Fantastic wine. Worth trying.

The food was very tasty and imaginative. The waitress, Angie, was very friendly, and reasonably efficient though seemed slow with wine service.
The matre d seemed not to know how to smile, and even though she was on the floor both serving and supervising she also seemed unwilling to pour wine, even when visiting the table to deliver food. Whilst we would not necessarily expect this service in all Airlie Beach cafes etc, this venue is supposedly a little more sophisticated and service expectations therefore higher. Attention to detail just not quite there.

Great place for a pre-dinner cocktail. Menu has a wide choice, make sure you start with the oysters!
Service very friendly and the view outstanding of the marina!

Outstanding food, service & live acoustic singer. The beef cheeks & oysters are a must try.

Food was presented very well and tasted nice. The service however was poor and needs improvement.

Awesome. Had a ball. Great food. Great View. Can not complain at all. Keep it up guys.

This was a lucky find for me. Stunning location and scenery but was even more blown away by how fresh and flavourful the food was!! I had such a satisfying experience and will definitely be back, Thank you!

A wonderful and surprisingly good meal in an incredible location. The chef did a good job of playing with flavor combinations and textures, he/she would fit in well in a Michilen starred restaurant in NYC or SF. Thoughtful and attentive service and a view that encourages you to savor the moments between courses.

Delicious food in a beautiful setting. Highly recommend a visit.

When eating at a hatted restaurant, there are certain expectations, the biggest being that the food will be spectacular and the service excellent. Our waiter was obviously inexperienced which was fine, but the front of house manager spent the entire evening at the service counter out back and never once shadowed the waiter, or asked us (or anyone else) how the evening was going.

After 15mins of waiting, we said we hadn’t ordered. The waiter walked off and served others (who arrived after us) for another 5 mins or so before returning. The waiter didn’t know what cutlery to lay out for entrees and took away the entree knife with the bread and never replaced it. We eventually helped ourselves to a knife from another table, and when we pointed this out, there was no apology, no acknowledgment that this shouldn’t happen, and it wasn’t replaced on the next table either.

The food was plated VERY attractively and most of it was really tasty. However, the honeydew consumee with the smoked trout was ‘on-the-turn’ and imparted an “off” flavour to the rest of the dish. We couldn’t point this out because there wasn’t a waiter available to speak with, though there were 3 chatting together at the bar for about 7 mins.

Mains were lovely but served literally 45 seconds after entrees were cleared, not even allowing us time to take a sip of wine in between. Every meal was very “busy” but the quality was excellent... perhaps less is more though, as it’s easy to see how the ‘busy-ness’ might slow down the kitchen. The people next to us waited over an hour for their meal and the whole night felt so ‘Faulty Towers’, we didn’t stay for dessert.

We had other meals with service problems in Airlie Beach but those were rectified by senior staff, apologies and a complimentary drink. Here, nothing more than a big fat bill and some poor memories... really disappointing!

We simply loved our meal at Hemmingway’s for the ambience, quality and affordability.

a beautiful meal in a lovely location with awesome wines and excellent service. A great way to spend my husbands birthday and our last night in north Queensland

Had a lovely meal to celebrate a birthday! Food was delicious and the marina location was great!

We went to your restaurant 12 months ago with friends when we were visiting and the whole experience was fantastic. We enjoyed the food so much we all had 3 courses (very unusual for us).
We went back again this year expecting another great meal. The service was excellent but we struggled to even understand what dishes to expect from the cryptic menu description and were disappointed with our meals. My duck was very tough.

We are happy to pay good money for a great meal but this was not the case this time.

We will not return next time we visit unless we know the food has improved and the menu descriptions are easier to understand.

The only criticism would be because it is open to the weather and they do not have gas heaters it can be cold at this time of year. However that does not take anything away from what is on offer

Sensational food only to be matched by the service and attention of our waiter, Tatiana. Made for a very special dining experience.

Very enjoyable night. Good food and service. Good wine list and cocktails v good. Extremely well presented and clean

Beautiful atmosphere couldn’t have picked a better place for a first date 5stars all day

Absolutely loved the mother's day lunch. The food was exquisite, even though I didn't like cured trout, but when you have a set menu you can't please everyone. The dessert should be on the menu permanently. The only thing I was disappointed with, we wanted to buy a bottle of wine, and they couldn't accommodate, they would only do that glass of wine, and between 2 of us we had 6 glasses, equivalent to a bottle. This wine has been an issue on a few occasions before that I have dined at Hemingway's. The music was very well selected, especially for a Sunday lunch.

Another excellent night at Hemmingways. Meals and service outstanding once again. Special thanks to the waitstaff.

Food was excellent fish was very tasty and the chips were amazing I normally don’t eat them but the spice they put on them is so tasty

We really enjoyed our dining experience. The food was amazing. We loved all three courses and were impresssed with the flavours, presentation and servings. The service and ambience was perfect.

The food I had was lovely but two of my colleagues complained about their steaks being very tough and chewy. Staff was attentive and cordial. Great ambience.

Food was fabulous and dessert sensational. Staff were very friendly and professional and there is a lovely ambience - highly recommend.

There was a lovely atmosphere, the service was attentive, friendly and speedy. The menu was small but covered everything (seafood, chicken, red meat and vegetarian) and all food was beautifully presented.
The view was great but would have been even more spectacular at sunset.

An exquisite location on the harbour, excellent service and sensational food. Easy to book online. Not overly expensive for the quality. We all loved it!

Hemingways is an exceptional restaurant with great food and service.

Our third visit to hemingways and loved it .

We had a table of 5 and decided to share all the food we had 3 foodies on the table and 2 people who play it safe

All the food and service was great.

The food was brilliant, I enjoyed the crab chilli pasta dish which I would recommend to friends. Nice an easy booking online.
My only criticism would be the mango sorbet and sauce was too sour to eat.

Fantastic food and atmosphere. Made my birthday extra special.