About Us - Goumet Galah

The Gourmet Galah is a beautiful garden café where you can dine with the birds under shady trees or umbrellas. The king parrots, rosellas, lorikeets, fire tail finches, kookaburras and cockatoos visit us most days. If the days are cooler you can dine inside where you can sit around the log fire with a mug of hot chocolate or a glass of wine or maybe a game of chess. From the dining room you can see the birds feeding and on clear days you can see the ocean over the mountains.

Owners David and Lynne provide quality value meals using fresh regional produce where possible in beautiful relaxed surroundings with jazz playing birds chirping and customers smiling. So come and try his homemade pie, crispy battered fish and chips or award winning scones the Gourmet Galah is also licensed so a glass of Queensland wine with lunch is a must

The Gourmet Galah also sells regional produce Jams, Juice, Vinegars, Pastes and David’s famous scones to eat at home.

History

The Gourmet Galah was built in the 1920's by Walter and Julia Gillespie. Julia built a beautiful garden at the property. It became a teahouse and was called The Copper Kettle later it was sold to the Leather family and the name changed to Gleneagles.

The building has been a café restaurant for the majority of the time since.

There was only one road up to Springbrook it was opened in February 1928 it was one way so people gathered at the site of the Gourmet Galah waiting for the road to open for the downward trip the road was called the Toll road as you had to pay 9 pence each journey the speed limit was 12 mile an hour.