5 Best Restaurants in The Blue Mountains, New South Wales

In Glenbrook, one of the first Blue Mountains towns you'll reach coming from Sydney, this is a great place for breakfast or a relaxing lunch before continuing to Wentworth Falls, about a 30-minute drive west. Dinner is served Thursday through Saturday, with the menu firmly focusing on local produce, especially organic meat from Lithgow Valley (on the other side of the mountains). The menu offers both large eats and share plates. 2773 serves only fair-trade tea, coffee, and chocolate and uses many organically grown ingredients and locally sourced beer and wine. Live music on Sunday afternoon is a great way to enjoy the weekend. Kids love meeting the pigs out the back.

Housed inside the Hotel Mountain Heritage, the restaurant's large bay windows and balcony allows for the best views of the Blue Mountains mountain range and Jamison Valley. The menu is compact, with just three starters and three mains that change seasonally. But each dish is packed with flavor, with an eye on using local produce. There's a comprehensive selection of quality Australian wines available. Open for breakfast daily. Dinner is only served on Friday and Saturday, with a two course minimum costing A$59. Three courses at A$69.

Located in the center of Katoomba township, this café offers casual breakfast eats, freshly baked bakery items, and roasts its own coffee blend on-site. The menu is a mix of big, hearty eats or smaller, simpler items, like raisin toast and Bircher muesli. There's indoor or street-side seating available, with a fire burning in the winter months. 

Prides itself on serving specialty coffee, with beans from trendy Melbourne and Sydney roasters. There are pastries available that are baked on-site each day and an extensive breakfast menu. Avocado on toast, waffles and pancakes with fresh fruits, and edible flowers are just a few regulars to the menu. This is a small café with limited indoor and outdoor seating. 

Found on the ground floor of a three-story Federation era building, this café has a bit of a '70s hippy vibe. Inside is filled with mix-matched upcycled furniture. There's the front room that looks out over the busy main strip of Katoomba. And the backroom, which looks out over native trees. The menu changes every day, with hearty eats like fresh pumpkin soup and chowder staple in the winter months. It also doubles up as a popular juice bar.