Menus - Food, Dessert and Kids

ENTREES

GENEROUS ENOUGH TO SHARE BETWEEN TWO. START YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH AN INDULGENT FOREWORD.

BREADS

Wood-Fired Garlic Bread

Locally sourced spelt sourdough loaf, brushed in garlic butter and sprinkled with salt and parsley.

Pumpkin Hummus & Flatbread

Freshly made pumpkin hummus topped with pistachios, pepitas and served with locally sourced flatbread.Vegan option available.

Tomato & Feta Bruschetta

Local wood fired sourdough topped with vine ripened cherry tomatoes, rocket and feta, drizzled in balsamic dressing.

STARTERS

Crab & Salt Cod Fritters

Crispy on the outside and served on saffron aioli with a squeeze of fresh lemon.

Buffalo Wings

Spicy chicken wings house basted in lekker sauce finished on the chargrill. Served with a punchy bluecheese dip.

Salt & Pepper Squid

Crispy and sprinkled with fresh coriander and chilli, served with lime aioli.

Grilled Prawns

Local grilled tiger prawns served on a traditional African maize meal polenta cake with a Thai red curry sauce and pickled veg.

Brie & Biltong Bruschetta

Local wood fired sourdough layered with caramelised onion jam, South African style biltong, creamy brie and rocket.

Boerewors

South African spiced beef sausage with African maize meal and chakalaka sauce.

MAINS

SEAFOOD

Beer Battered Spanish Mackerel & Chips

Local line caught fish served with a garden salad and lime aioli.

Prawn Linguine

Tiger prawns pan fried in garlic, lemon and olive oil. Served with cherry tomatoes and fresh herbs. Vegan option available.

Wild Barramundi

Crispy skin barramundi fillet served on coconut rice with bok choy and a rich red curry sauce.

Snapper

Local line caught fish, kipfler potatoes, snow peas and riesling lemon dressing.

Mozambique Peri Peri Prawns

Butterflied local king prawns grilled in garlic lemon butter and peri peri sauce,served on fragrant saffron rice.

SALADS

Roast Pumpkin & Spinach Salad

Roasted pumpkin, quinoa, pepitas, sunflower seeds, spring onion, coriander and pomegranate, tossed in a zesty orange dressing. Vegan friendly.

PRAWN & AVOCADO SALAD

Grilled local tiger prawns tossed in crunchy cos with avocado, cherry tomatoes, cucumber and chives, served with a thousand island dressing.

Peri Peri Chicken Salad

Tender grilled chicken breast, avocado, mixed lettuce, tomato, cucumber, Spanish onion, doused in our house dressing.

Thai Beef Salad

Rump steak grilled rare and thinly sliced, mixed with cucumber, cherry tomatoes, peanuts, mint and Asian herbs, doused in a Nahm Jim dressing

OUR SPECIALITIES

Reef & Beef

280g of prime rib eye and decadent garlic mash, topped with tiger prawns, grilled in garlic butter and a side of broccolini.

Boerewors

South African spiced beef sausage served with decadent garlic mash and a red wine + chilli sauce.

Espetada

350g of rump beef, basted and grilled on the skewer, drizzled with a red wine and chilli sauce and served with decadent garlic mash.

Portuguese Chicken

Flame grilled chicken doused in African peri peri or smoky BBQ sauce, served with a fresh salad and steakhouse chips

BURGERS

Waterbar Beef Burger

Crispy smoked bacon, 200g beef mince, tasty cheddar, lettuce, homemade pickles and aioli, served on a milk bun with steakhouse chips. GF bread available.

Crispy Fried Chicken Burger

Seasoned, crumbed and fried chicken, tangy slaw, homemade pickles, piping African hot sauce and aioli, served on a milk bun with steakhouse chips. GF bread available.

Grilled Chicken Burger

Flame grilled chicken breast, bacon, avocado, salad and aioli with brie melted on top, served on a milk bun with steakhouse chips. GF bread available.

SIDES

Steakhouse Chips 14

Garlic Tiger Prawn Topper 14

Roast Garlic Mash 14

ROAST PUMPKIN

A rustic wedge of pumpkin with pepitas and baked ricotta, drizzled with an orange dressing.

Seasonal Greens

Olive oil and lemon dressing with toasted almonds

Mixed Garden Salad

A fresh melody of cherry tomatoes, avocado, cucumber and mixed leaves

NASHI PEAR SALAD

Spinach tossed with blue cheese and walnuts

RIBS

OUR RIBS ARE TENDER BUT RICH: SLOW COOKED BEFORE CHARRING ON THE GRILL IN OUR SIGNATURE LEKKER SAUCE.

Pork Ribs

Served with either steakhouse chips or decadent garlic mash

Half 50 / Full 72

Beef Short Rib 500g (Organic)

Served with button mushrooms, smoked thick bacon, garlic mash and chimichurri

LAMB RIBS

Served with either steakhouse chips or decadent garlic mash

Rib Combo

Your choice of pork or lamb ribs with any main:

Peri Peri Chicken $62
220g Sirloin $70
Boerewors $62

RIB PLATTER

Our chef’s finest selection of lamb and pork ribs

PREMIUM STEAKS

THESE CUTS ARE EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE TO WATERBAR AND GRILL.

DRY AGED

Dry Aged Sirloin 350g (On the bone)

YARDSTICK

Darling Downs QLD – 150 day grain fed – marble score 3+

HIGHEST GRADE WAGYU

Rump 300g

W.BLACK. Wagyu x Angus F1 – F4 – Riverina, NSW – all white grains based rations for 400 days – marble score 7–8

Sirloin 300g

TAJIMA. Crossbred Wagyu Beef – Southern NSW – specially formulated Japanese diet for 450 days – marble score 9+

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STEAKS

ALL STEAKS ARE SERVED WITH STEAKHOUSE CHIPS OR DECADENT GARLIC MASH.

New York Sirloin 220g

Darling Downs QLD – grain fed 150 days – marble score 3+

Rump 350g

Riverina NSW – grain fed 120 days – marble score 2+

Rib Eye 280g

Southern QLD - grain fed 150 days - marble score 3+

New York Sirloin 320g

Darling Downs QLD – grain fed 150 days – marble score 3+

T-Bone 500g

Northern QLD – grain fed 150 days – marble score 3+

Rump 500g

Riverina NSW – grain fed 120 days – marble score 2+

Fillet 250g (Tenderloin)

Central QLD – pasture fed – marble score 2+

Prime Rib Eye 400g

Northern QLD – grain fed 150 days – marble score 3+

Rib Eye 540g (Enough to share)

Southern QLD – grain fed 150 days – marble score 3+

Sauces 4.8

African Hot Sauce
Red Wine + Chilli
Green Peppercorn
Blue Cheese + Caper Butter
Creamy Porcini Mushroom
Peri Peri

Meat Temperatures

Blue Sealed, very red in the centre. Room temperature
Rare Red in the centre. Lukewarm temperature
Medium-Rare Pinkish-red in the centre. Warm Temperature
Medium Pink in the centre. Hot temperature
Medium-Well Very little pink in the centre. Hot temperature
Well-Done No pink, brown in the centre. Hot temperature

DESSERT

Tropical Yoghurt Panna Cotta

With mango and passionfruit salsa

Creme Brulee

Vanilla bean brulée, served with a crunchy house made apricot and fennel biscotti.

Salted Caramel Parfait

Accompanied by home made salted caramel chocolate, crunchy hazelnut clusters and popcorn snow

Homemade Sticky Date Pudding

Hot and drowned in rich butterscotch sauce,served with vanilla bean ice cream.

Chocolate & Hazelnut Brownie

Warm and topped with a heavenly chocolate and Frangelico sauce and vanilla bean ice cream.

Gelato & Sorbet

A trio of tropical artisan flavours, ask your server for this week’s selection. Each small batch is freshly made with Far North Queensland fruit and natural ingredients for a smoother, more intense flavour.

Affogato

Espresso and vanilla bean ice cream. Add your choice of Frangelico, Cointreau or Baileys.

14 | 20

Cheese Plate For Two

A plated spread of Danish blue, brie and mature cheddar, balanced with a sprinkle of dried fruits and nuts.

GENEROUS ENOUGH TO SHARE BETWEEN TWO.
START YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH AN INDULGENT FOREWORD.

Breads

Locally sourced spelt sourdough loaf, brushed in garlic butter and sprinkled with salt and parsley

15

Wood-Fired Garlic Bread

Freshly made pumpkin hummus topped with pistachios, pepitas and served with locally sourced flatbread.

Vegan option available

17

Pumpkin Hummus & Flatbread

Local wood fired sourdough topped with vine ripened cherry tomatoes, rocket and feta, drizzled in balsamic dressing

19

Tomato & Feta Bruschetta

starters

Crispy on the outside and served on saffron aioli with a squeeze of fresh lemon

22

Crab & Salt Cod Fritters

Local grilled tiger prawns served on a traditional African maize meal polenta cake with a Thai red curry sauce and pickled veg

28

Grilled Prawns

Spicy chicken wings house basted in lekker sauce finished on the chargrill.Served with a punchy bluecheese dip

22

Buffalo Wings

Crispy and sprinkled with fresh coriander and chilli, served with lime aioli

26

Salt & Pepper Squid

Local wood fired sourdough layered with caramelised onion jam, South African style biltong, creamy brie and rocket

30

Brie & Biltong Bruschetta

South African spiced beef sausage with African maize meal and chakalaka sauce

32

Boerewors

Seafood

Local line caught fish served with a garden salad and lime aioli

36

Beer Battered Spanish Mackerel & Chips

Tiger prawns pan fried in garlic, lemon and olive oil. Served with cherry tomatoes and fresh herbs.

Vegan option available

39

Prawn Linguine

Crispy skin barramundi fillet served on coconut rice with bok choy and a rich red curry sauce

46

Wild Barramundi

Local line caught fish, kipfler potatoes, snow peas and riesling lemon dressing

48

Snapper

Butterflied local king prawns grilled in garlic lemon butter and peri peri sauce,served on fragrant saffron rice

56

Mozambique Peri Peri Prawns

Our Specialities

280g of prime rib eye and decadent garlic mash, topped with tiger prawns, grilled in garlic butter and a side of broccolini

62

Reef & Beef

Boerewors

South African spiced beef sausage served with decadent garlic mash and a red wine + chilli sauce

38

350g of rump beef, basted and grilled on the skewer, drizzled with a red wine and chilli sauce and served with decadent garlic mash

50

Espetada

Flame grilled chicken doused in African peri peri or smoky BBQ sauce, served with a fresh salad and steakhouse chips

38

Portuguese Chicken

burgers

ALL BURGERS ARE SERVED ON A MILK BUN WITH STEAKHOUSE CHIPS.
GLUTEN FREE BREAD AVAILABLE.

Crispy smoked bacon, 200g beef mince, tasty cheddar, lettuce, homemade pickles and aioli

30

Waterbar Beef Burger

Seasoned, crumbed and fried chicken, tangy slaw, homemade pickles, piping African hot sauce and aioli

30

Crispy Fried Chicken Burger

Flame grilled chicken breast, bacon, avocado, salad and aioli with brie melted on top

30

Grilled Chicken Burger

SALADS

Roasted pumpkin, quinoa, pepitas, sunflower seeds, spring onion, coriander and pomegranate, tossed in a zesty orange dressing. Vegan friendly

26

Roast Pumpkin & Spinach Salad

Grilled local tiger prawns tossed in crunchy cos with avocado, cherry tomatoes, cucumber and chives, served with a thousand island dressing

32

Prawn & Avocado Salad

Tender grilled chicken breast, avocado, mixed lettuce, tomato, cucumber, Spanish onion, doused in our house dressing

32

Peri Peri Chicken Salad

Rump steak grilled rare and thinly sliced, mixed with cucumber, cherry tomatoes, peanuts, mint and Asian herbs, doused in a Nahm Jim dressing

34

Thai Beef Salad

SIDES

14

Steakhouse Chips

14

Garlic Tiger Prawn Topper

14

Roast Garlic Mash

A rustic wedge of pumpkin with pepitas and baked ricotta, drizzled with an orange dressing

16

Roast Pumpkin

Olive oil and lemon dressing with toasted almonds

18

Seasonal Greens

A fresh melody of cherry tomatoes, avocado, cucumber and mixed leaves

18

Mixed Garden Salad

Spinach tossed with blue cheese and walnuts

19

Nashi Pear Salad

ribs

OUR RIBS ARE TENDER BUT RICH: SLOW COOKED BEFORE CHARRING ON THE GRILL IN OUR SIGNATURE LEKKER SAUCE.

Served with either steakhouse chips or decadent garlic mash

Half 50
Full 72

Pork Ribs

Served with either steakhouse chips or decadent garlic mash

64

Lamb Ribs

Served with button mushrooms, smoked thick bacon, garlic mash and chimichurri

58

Beef Short Rib 500g (Organic)

Your choice of pork or lamb ribs with any chicken, steak or boerewors main

Peri Peri Chicken 62
Boerewors 62
220g Sirloin 70

Rib Combo

Our chef’s finest selection of lamb and pork ribs

86

Rib Platter

premium steaks

THESE CUTS ARE EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE TO WATERBAR AND GRILL.

dry aged

YARDSTICK

Darling Downs QLD – 150 day grain fed – marble score 3+

68

Dry Aged Sirloin 350g (On the bone)

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highest grade wagyu

W.BLACK

Wagyu x Angus F1 – F4 – Riverina, NSW

– all white grains based rations for 400 days – marble score 7–8

75

Rump 300g

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TAJIMA

Crossbred Wagyu Beef – Southern NSW

– specially formulated Japanese diet for 450 days – marble score 9+

110

Sirloin 300g

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steaks

ALL STEAKS ARE SERVED WITH STEAKHOUSE CHIPS OR DECADENT GARLIC MASH.

Darling Downs QLD – grain fed 150 days – marble score 3+

38

New York Sirloin 220g

Riverina NSW – grain fed 120 days – marble score 2+

48

Rump 350g

Southern QLD - grain fed 150 days - marble score 3+

52

Rib Eye 280g

Darling Downs QLD – grain fed 150 days – marble score 3+

56

New York Sirloin 320g

Northern QLD – grain fed 150 days – marble score 3+

56

T-Bone 500g

Riverina NSW – grain fed 120 days – marble score 2+

58

Rump 500g

Central QLD – pasture fed – marble score 2+

58

Fillet 250g (Tenderloin)

Northern QLD – grain fed 150 days – marble score 3+

60

Prime Rib Eye 400g

Southern QLD – grain fed 150 days – marble score 3+

94

Rib Eye 540g (Enough to share)

African Hot Sauce

Red Wine + Chilli

Green Peppercorn

Blue Cheese + Caper Butter

Creamy Porcini Mushroom

Peri Peri

4.8

Sauces

Meat Temperatures

dessert

With mango and passionfruit salsa

15

Tropical Yoghurt Panna Cotta

Vanilla bean brulée, served with a crunchy house made apricot and fennel biscotti

16

Creme Brulee

Accompanied by home made salted caramel chocolate, crunchy hazelnut clusters and popcorn snow

16

Salted Caramel Parfait

Hot and drowned in rich butterscotch sauce,served with vanilla bean ice cream

18

Homemade Sticky Date Pudding

Warm and topped with a heavenly chocolate and Frangelico sauce and vanilla bean ice cream

18

Chocolate & Hazelnut Brownie

15

Gelato & Sorbet

Espresso and vanilla bean ice cream. Add your choice of Frangelico,Cointreau or Baileys

14 | 20

Affogato

A plated spread of Danish blue, brie and mature cheddar, balanced with a sprinkle of dried fruits and nuts

25

Cheese Plate For Two

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The Original.

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Menu

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ENTREES

BREADS

STARTERS

GENEROUS ENOUGH TO SHARE BETWEEN TWO. START YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH AN INDULGENT FOREWORD.

Breads

15

Wood-Fired Garlic Bread

17

Pumpkin Hummus & Flatbread

19

Tomato & Feta Bruschetta

starters

22

Crab & Salt Cod Fritters

28

Grilled Prawns

22

Buffalo Wings

26

Salt & Pepper Squid

30

Brie & Biltong Bruschetta

32

Boerewors

GENEROUS ENOUGH TO SHARE BETWEEN TWO.
START YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH AN INDULGENT FOREWORD.