Tavola Restaurant Bar

Tavola Restaurant Bar offers a relaxed dinner setting beside the lagoon-style pool at Ballina Byron Islander Resort in West Ballina. Guests can eat indoors or alfresco beneath the covered courtyard, surrounded by tropical gardens, making it a quieter alternative to a conventional dining room. The restaurant is open to resort guests, locals and visitors from around Ballina, Byron Bay and nearby towns, with walk-ins welcome and bookings recommended at busy times.

The menu is modern Australian in style, with a focus on fresh local ingredients and Northern Rivers produce. Its dinner offering includes seafood, premium steaks, pasta and other locally inspired favourites, with menus changing seasonally according to what is available from local suppliers. The website also identifies vegetarian, gluten-free and dairy-free options, with the team able to discuss additional dietary requirements. On Friday and Saturday nights, the restaurant shifts to a more casual all-you-can-eat pizza and pasta format, with optional seafood and steak upgrades.

The venue also includes a wine bar in the poolside setting, suited to a drink before dinner or a more informal visit. Its resort location makes it practical for travellers staying onsite, while the covered courtyard and garden surroundings give local diners a change of scene without leaving Ballina. Resort guests can also order from the Tavola menu for in-room dining during restaurant service.

For larger occasions, Tavola caters for group bookings, private functions, weddings, conferences and celebrations. Options can be tailored around shared platters, set menus, buffets or multi-course meals, with event spaces including the restaurant, wine bar and covered courtyard. That combination makes Tavola a fit for a relaxed meal for one, a casual dinner for two, resort guests wanting an easy evening, or smaller groups planning a function in Ballina.