We go for a glass of natural wine, we end up staying for many more and a glorious banquet of sharing plates. Oysters, prawn toast, fermented pork sausage or brassicas with hemp and dill. Whatever the combo, Bar Heather somehow manages to just make it work. 

Serving freshly roasted Allpress espresso is High Life. Though the coffee is perfection it's the resident artists which makes this spot a league of its own. Expect good tunes, tasty snacks and fabulous art alongside that ever-so creamy oat capp. 

Start as you mean to go on! Making brekky the best meal of the day is Bayleaf, a place where locals flock for their daily matcha or egg scramble and a place which is just as dedicated to sustainable sourcing as it is great food. 

Motel no more. Instead this design-led, '80s brick building has been reimagined into a boutique stopover. Shaded by green bushes, wooden canopies and tropical garden, stay in one of the bungalows for the ultimate Byron Bay retreat.