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Pelican Café

Redland Bay

Updated: Sep 11, 2025

Pelican Cafe is the bayside's best kept secret, with an all-day breakfast/lunch menu and lovely views of Redland Bay and the Southern Moreton Bay islands of Macleay, Russell, Lamb and Karragarra. 

Housed on the second story of the big, green shed at the end of the Esplanade, overlooking Weinam Creek, diners can sit inside the nautically-inspired space with plenty of timber or outside on the breezy deck.

Exterior of Pelican's View Café

Pop in for breakfast, with choices like buckwheat pancakes, salmon omelette, avocado & feta on sourdough, shakshuka and the Pelican Big Breakfast (also a vegetarian version).

Bayside Pelican Cafe Redland Bay

Some of the brekkie dishes are also available for lunch, along with dishes like fish and chips, steak sandwich, pasta of the day and roasted beetroot and pumpkin salad. There's also a kids menu.

Food is all made fresh on site with locally sourced produce where possible, including the delicious salads Besides Genovese coffee, there's a small selection of tea, milkshakes, juice and soft drinks.

By Deb Lidster

The menu may have changed since our visit.

Pelican Café

293 Esplanade 

Redland Bay

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293 Esplanade Redland Bay

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