The best restaurants Katherine

Typical Australian rural pub, with TVs for sports. Frequented by the inhabitants of Katherine, they serve huge portions at a reasonable price. The menu includes all the classics, pizzas, pastas, schnitzel, steaks and the classic barramundi with fries. You can dine inside or outside on the lawn under the stars. It is also the clubhouse for Katherine's golf and lawn bowls, if you want to spend a pleasant afternoon before going to the pub. There is often live music and events, check out Facebook.

It's rare to find such a modern and original café in the Outback, so don't hesitate to stop in and sample their bagels, quesadillas, poke bowls and cakes with a good cup of coffee or a refreshing smoothie. Tables indoors (well air-conditioned) or outside where beautiful trees provide shade. The café's name comes from the Gouldian Finch, a colorful little bird that lives all over the Top End but is very, very rare to see in the wild. The area around Katherine, especially Edith Falls, is one of the best places in the NT to spot it.