Flicking through the Australian Gourmet Traveller 2008 Australian restaurant guide that I brought along with me I saw that Alegria was recommended.
Alegria is a modern Spanish restaurant located in Sunshine Beach (about 15 minutes away from Noosa Heads/Hastings street.) Sunshine beach is popular for its surf beach and offers cheaper accommodation than staying in the heart of Noosa.
There’s so many multi million dollar houses at Sunshine Beach perched on hillsides with amazing ocean views - what do all these people do for a living? The amount of mansions in Noosa is incredible.
So anyway on a whim (and to get out of Hastings street which was packed out due to the jazz festival) I decided to ring to see if on the off chance they had a table free that night. The only choices were 6:30pm or 8pm so we chose 6:30pm and booked a table inside (good choice as the restaurant is elevated and it was quite breezy outside being so close to the ocean.)
The service was very fast and the restaurant is narrow with a wall seperating the dining room in two. There’s also a small bar area next door if you want a pre or post dinner drink. Maybe it was me being paranoid about vacating the table before the 7:30 bookings arrived but I did feel slightly rushed and there wasn’t much of a break between courses but the food was fantastic and next time I will book a bit earlier so I can fit in a dessert.

Location: Shop 5, 56 Duke St Sunshine Beach. Ph: (07) 5474 5533

We ordered peroni beers, a bottle of pellegrino sparkling water (should have just gone with the tap as a 1 litre bottle was overkill for just 2 people) and some olives $6 to start. They brought out a cauliflower soup appertiser which was very tasty though very hot! (as in temperature)

One of the yummiest pizza’s I’ve had in a very long time. It had a garlic oiled base, salami, olives, goats cheese, artichoke and basil pesto. This pizza was so intensely full of flavour it was literally a conversation stopper. Such a simple dish but it was done so well - it’s all about top ingredients people!

Orzo (rice shaped) pasta with bug meat and octopus $18 for entree. We decided to share an entree as we were already full from previous breakfasts and lunches so they were nice enough to split our entree into two bowls. The seafood broth was amazing, the bug meat was firm and top quality and I was glad that they served the octopus (the white bits on the top of the bowls) in segments as I don’t like eating them when they look like mini spiders.

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