My Favourite Cafes
Tamworth has a great coffee culture if that is your thing. Here is a list, starting with my favourite, Ruby's.
Great food, amazing coffee, great feel, cosy and quirky.
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Ruby's Cafe and Gift Store
494 Peel StGreat food, amazing coffee, great feel, cosy and quirky.
Beautiful French Café, great homemade take home soups, dips, bread and cheese. Coffee is great too! Nice and close. They have organic fruit and veg to buy in the market too.
Le Pruneau
83 Bridge StBeautiful French Café, great homemade take home soups, dips, bread and cheese. Coffee is great too! Nice and close. They have organic fruit and veg to buy in the market too.
A great café that send you back to your Grandma's kitchen with the décor. Food is amazing and the coffee is a little strong, but some like it that way :)
Hissy Fits Cafe
457 Peel StA great café that send you back to your Grandma's kitchen with the décor. Food is amazing and the coffee is a little strong, but some like it that way :)
A great bakery and café new to town. Sourdough is amazing and the coffee and breakfast menu will leave you wanting more!
Sonny’s Bakery Tamworth
427 Peel StA great bakery and café new to town. Sourdough is amazing and the coffee and breakfast menu will leave you wanting more!
A great spot and great coffee (Campos) with some yummy lunch and brunch menus on offer.
The Terrace Tamworth
73-75 Kable AvenueA great spot and great coffee (Campos) with some yummy lunch and brunch menus on offer.
A great place to take the kids. A hop, skip and a jump from the Cottage with many yummy meals popping up on the changing menu. A great kids menu too!
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Hopscotch Restaurant & Bar
Hill StreetA great place to take the kids. A hop, skip and a jump from the Cottage with many yummy meals popping up on the changing menu. A great kids menu too!
Just down the road from the Cottage, I love the Naughty and Nice menu they offer. The Nice menu is a raw foods menu with treats a plenty. Their lunch menu is amazing and their breakfast menu has a huge variety as well. I love the Protein Pancakes and the Snickers slice from the Nice treats side :0)
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Megabites @ The Retreat
63 Bridge StJust down the road from the Cottage, I love the Naughty and Nice menu they offer. The Nice menu is a raw foods menu with treats a plenty. Their lunch menu is amazing and their breakfast menu has a huge variety as well. I love the Protein Pancakes and the Snickers slice from the Nice treats side :0)
Parks
Tamworth has some great parks, many you can walk to from the Cottage and some require a short drive. Plus we have the huge expanse of grass soccer fields just across the road to enjoy as well.
A great park for kids of all ages. In summer time bring a change of clothes as the kids as their is a splash pool which can be hard to resist on the 38 degree plus days. Super slides, a gym area.
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Tamworth Regional Playground
89 Kable AveA great park for kids of all ages. In summer time bring a change of clothes as the kids as their is a splash pool which can be hard to resist on the 38 degree plus days. Super slides, a gym area.
This is a great park up Endeavour Drive, past Weswal Gallery. It had kangaroo, peacocks, a bird sanctuary, small bushwalks and the playground is fully secure with flying fox and climbing towers, slides, musical activities. It has BBQ areas if you want to take something to cook up and also lots of tables and chairs. Great for parties too.
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Marsupial Park
Endeavour DriveThis is a great park up Endeavour Drive, past Weswal Gallery. It had kangaroo, peacocks, a bird sanctuary, small bushwalks and the playground is fully secure with flying fox and climbing towers, slides, musical activities. It has BBQ areas if you want to take something to cook up and also lots of tables and chairs. Great for parties too.
A lovely set up of gardens from around the world to walk through. The 3rd Sunday of every month they have the Miniature Trains which is a wonderful experience for kids big and small.
Adults and children are $2
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Botanical Gardens
A lovely set up of gardens from around the world to walk through. The 3rd Sunday of every month they have the Miniature Trains which is a wonderful experience for kids big and small.
Adults and children are $2
A great park with a couple of play areas and great large spaces to explore and run around or kick a ball or ride a scooter/bike around.
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Anzac Park
A great park with a couple of play areas and great large spaces to explore and run around or kick a ball or ride a scooter/bike around.
Pubs and Clubs
Tamworth has a great number of trendy Pubs to choose from. I have added a few and why I like them. Enjoy
A great new beer garden with play area for the kids, a seasonal menu and wonderful atmosphere with occasional live music, trivia and much more. A little on the expensive side for beers and wine, but they do have a happy hour so check out their FB page.
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Tamworth Hotel
147 Marius StA great new beer garden with play area for the kids, a seasonal menu and wonderful atmosphere with occasional live music, trivia and much more. A little on the expensive side for beers and wine, but they do have a happy hour so check out their FB page.
If you like craft beer than this is the place for you.
No menus, just help yourself to the 'Make your own tasting/cheese plate'.
Great atmosphere!
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The Welder's Dog Tamworth
37 Dowe StIf you like craft beer than this is the place for you.
No menus, just help yourself to the 'Make your own tasting/cheese plate'.
Great atmosphere!
Tamworth's newest bar. Great live Music and a huge variety of cocktails on offer. I really like this place, wish I could visit more often!
The Press2340
179 Marius StTamworth's newest bar. Great live Music and a huge variety of cocktails on offer. I really like this place, wish I could visit more often!
Not really a Pub but it has a bar which you can sit at and eat from their selection of sharing plates and bar snacks. This will appear in my favourite restaurant section as well. Great food and variety of beer and wines on offer and cocktails. No kids menu, but they have Woodfire Pizza's and chips.
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The Pig & Tinder Box
429 Peel StNot really a Pub but it has a bar which you can sit at and eat from their selection of sharing plates and bar snacks. This will appear in my favourite restaurant section as well. Great food and variety of beer and wines on offer and cocktails. No kids menu, but they have Woodfire Pizza's and chips.
A Pub in need of a makeover, but don't let the décor put you off. It has a great feel from the 80's but the food is amazing, and they do Two for Tuesday. I recommend their tacos, arancini balls and Southern Fried Chicken Burger, and Lamb Salad....they have a good kids menu as well.
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Court House Hotel
232 Peel StA Pub in need of a makeover, but don't let the décor put you off. It has a great feel from the 80's but the food is amazing, and they do Two for Tuesday. I recommend their tacos, arancini balls and Southern Fried Chicken Burger, and Lamb Salad....they have a good kids menu as well.
They infamous Longyard Hotel, possibly sung about by many a famous Country Music Singer. A great Country atmosphere and the food is fresh, quick and yummo! Great for large groups as well. Also has a play area and kids menu!
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Longyard Hotel
12 The Ringers RdThey infamous Longyard Hotel, possibly sung about by many a famous Country Music Singer. A great Country atmosphere and the food is fresh, quick and yummo! Great for large groups as well. Also has a play area and kids menu!
A little drive into the community of Calala but not that far from the Cottage is a lovely atmosphere of the Calala Inn. The food is very yummy and the atmosphere is great. No live music at the venue, but it is always clean and cosy in the front bar, during winter with the fire burning.
Calala Inn
53-54 Calala LnA little drive into the community of Calala but not that far from the Cottage is a lovely atmosphere of the Calala Inn. The food is very yummy and the atmosphere is great. No live music at the venue, but it is always clean and cosy in the front bar, during winter with the fire burning.
A great little village pub with a village atmosphere and a menu which is amazing. If you fancy a 25 minute drive to the community of Kootingal you won't be disappointed. Has a kids menu and playground, with sand!
Kootingal Hotel
20 Gate StA great little village pub with a village atmosphere and a menu which is amazing. If you fancy a 25 minute drive to the community of Kootingal you won't be disappointed. Has a kids menu and playground, with sand!
Another great pub that serves the beer cold and the food hot, fresh and fast! Too many to choose from. Sorry!
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Joe Maguires Pub
148 Peel StAnother great pub that serves the beer cold and the food hot, fresh and fast! Too many to choose from. Sorry!
The Club that is walking distance from the Cottage. A great club we have here. Smokey's restaurant up the top (also do Two for Tuesday) and a café down the bottom, plus the usual pokies, outdoor dining and great atmosphere.
Wests Diggers Club
4 Kable AveThe Club that is walking distance from the Cottage. A great club we have here. Smokey's restaurant up the top (also do Two for Tuesday) and a café down the bottom, plus the usual pokies, outdoor dining and great atmosphere.
Resturants
So many restaurants and many attached to the great pubs as mentioned before, but some wonderful award winning restaurants to be enjoyed.
A taste for all things Italian, some amazing dishes made by Carmen herself. She offers great lunch time set menus and dinner menus to choose from. Don't forget the homemade gelato!
Carmen's Restaurant Tamworth
2-24 Spains LnA taste for all things Italian, some amazing dishes made by Carmen herself. She offers great lunch time set menus and dinner menus to choose from. Don't forget the homemade gelato!
As mentioned before this one is a favourite as they do great shared plates or set menus for small and large groups. I love the atmosphere here as well!
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The Pig & Tinder Box
429 Peel StAs mentioned before this one is a favourite as they do great shared plates or set menus for small and large groups. I love the atmosphere here as well!
The best Indian in town, takeaway or eat in, it is always fresh and delicious!
Taste Breeze Indian Restaurant
266 Peel StThe best Indian in town, takeaway or eat in, it is always fresh and delicious!
A great Thai restaurant. We enjoy the coconut rice, duck curry and Penang lamb! Great Money bags too!
Your Place Thai Restaurant
296 Peel StA great Thai restaurant. We enjoy the coconut rice, duck curry and Penang lamb! Great Money bags too!
If you have a big appetite this is the one for you. Great steaks and ribs, popcorn and nuts (all you can eat). Can be a little expensive but worth the experience. A great place to spot the Country Music stars during the festival.
SSS BBQ Barns
1 Craigends LnIf you have a big appetite this is the one for you. Great steaks and ribs, popcorn and nuts (all you can eat). Can be a little expensive but worth the experience. A great place to spot the Country Music stars during the festival.
A more up market eat, this restaurant epitomises fine dining. But it is still affordable. They have a good kids menu as well, but we choose to leave the kids at home for this one :)
The Workshop Kitchen
248 Armidale RdA more up market eat, this restaurant epitomises fine dining. But it is still affordable. They have a good kids menu as well, but we choose to leave the kids at home for this one :)
Another great restaurant for the all round fine dining experience. Located close to the Cottage you may want to walk this one off on the way home. Yummo!
Frog & Toad Restaurant and Bar
236 Goonoo Goonoo RdAnother great restaurant for the all round fine dining experience. Located close to the Cottage you may want to walk this one off on the way home. Yummo!