Cecilia's Restaurant & Wine Bar

Delicious food and a lovely, calm atmosphere. We didn’t feel rushed and enjoyed the whole experience rather than feeling like we were just there for a meal. The yuzu dessert was especially good. See you next time!

What a fantastic meal we had on Saturday night. The leek, swordfish, beef sukiyaki, baked Kewpie oysters & steak were absolutely delicious. We’ve dined here so many times over the past few years & have never been disappointed. But this meal has elevated the taste buds to another level. Bravo, Cecilia’s!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Had a delicious meal at Cecilia’s at Toowoon Bay on Saturday Night. You could tell the chef was passionate about his dishes. Packed with flavour. Nice outdoor undercover dining. Highly recommend.

Great service from start to finish. Menu was first-rate, we ordered lamb, octopus, pork, duck and wagyu to share and all of them were impressive. The chef definitely knows how to combine flavours. Highly recommend the brussel sprouts as well. My phone camera does not do the dishes justice.

(3.5 stars) Cecilia's is an all-day restaurant located in a locally-focused strip mall in a Central Coast suburb best known for its beach, the pretty Toowoon Bay. Lured in by an online menu that promised six small plates for $90 with interesting options running from prawn Thermidor to kingfish crudo, we were disappointed to find them offering a short bistro lunch menu with just five options. While my mother-in-law was quite pleased to see her usual, barramundi and chips ($25), our disappointment was somewhat assuaged by being allowed to order a dozen deep-cup Pacific oysters ($40/12) from the night-time menu. We took them three ways—au natural, sloshing in over-done ponzu and chives, and under a clever cheesy bacon and wasabi topper. Oysters felt appropriate in this coastal venue filled with whitewashed furniture, fishing basket lights and—being a corner restaurant—plenty of natural light. Beef cheeks ($25) with crisp Brussels sprouts and confit spuds seemed a bit heavy for a seaside lunch, but are well and were generously proportioned. Many guests seemed to be soaking up the restaurant’s laid-back vibe and lingering over all-day breakfast. Not feeling like a dish with bistro-style fries, I opt to join them by switching out smoked salmon for copious bacon on the smoked salmon crumpets ($20) with scrambled eggs, spinach and caviar. To drink, the short list of house-wines are inexpensive with almost all of them bearing the Falling Leaf label. Otherwise there are crafties, Brookvale Ginger Beer ($9) or frosty lychee and mint smoothies ($9) for the designated driver in your party (that would be me). With lots of dining events geared at locals, I suspect I’d have liked this venue more if I’d visited for dinner. I was however pretty chuffed to see Sydney performing icon, Deb Roach gracing the walls.