Four of us came here for lunch the other day as my sister is on holidays from London.

I’ve been to Songbirds once many years ago and I’ve heard so much about this restaurant that I was excited to try it again. It’s located not far from the main street on Tamborine Mountain. When you arrive you walk down a gravel stepping stone path. The restaurant is set amongst beautiful gardens and there’s plenty of wildlife to look at from kookaburra’s to butterflies.

The service was fantastic, our waitress was very friendly and helpful in describing the unusual ingredients listed on the menu. They also pay attention to detail such as adding a slice of lime at the table to each glass before they pour the sparkling water.

My dad commented that the last time they visited they had a bad experience - it was his birthday and they took a long time to bring out his meals and the service was poor but this time we were very fortunate. We booked for 12pm which was before the other tables filled out so maybe this had something to do with it but from my experience I can’t fault them.

I won’t describe all the meals as I’ll do so below but we all ordered the set menu (I can’t remember accurately but I think it was $60 for 2 mains and around $15 for each dessert) Entrees on their own are around $20 each and mains $36 plus.

Songbirds is very much a fine dining experience. I think it is best to visit at lunch so that you can enjoy the garden outlook and if you have the means, make a weekend of it and stay at Songbirds as they have onsite accommodation.

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Location:
Songbirds in the Forest
Modern Australian

Tamborine Mountain Road
Tamborine Mountain, 4272

Phone: 07 5545 2563
Web: http://www.songbirds.com.au

The alfresco restaurant - luckily it wasn’t raining

The grilled calamari and orzo pasta entree. The calamari was stuffed with chorizo, spinach and tomato

I ordered this for entree - the smoked ham hock consomme with a cabbage dumpling. It was very good. They bring it out with just the peas and dumpling in the bowl and pour the soup at the table.

The open lasagne of roasted yabbi tails entree

My boyfriend ordered this for his entree as he’s a huge scallop fan -roasted Queensland scallops on a tomato terrine with cucumber foam

The view from our table - the gardens surrounding the restaurant. Afterwards we went for a walk as they’re quite large gardens.

Black bean glazed duck breast - underneath was tofu

The wagyu beef with an oxtail and mushroom dumpling on top. Three of us ordered this for our main.

The boned whole quail with kipfler potato salad. One person from our group wasn’t that hungry so they ordered this entree as their main.

We ordered two sides - chips with aioli sauce (the sauce was sooo good) and a rocket and beetroot salad.

The banana fritter with chocolate sauce dessert which I ordered.

The souffle of the day - coconut and mango

Chocolate creme brulee with chocolate strudel

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