The Pav sits smack-bang on the water’s edge of Terrigal Beach with long-distance views throughout. Owner-operators Ben May and Rob Domjen have renovated the former Reef Restaurant site into a multi-level, several-venues-in-one, casual drink and dining spot that glamours up a pub ethic with its whitewash, frozen cocktails, open kitchens and no-bookings policy.

The top floor is for pub food favourites of pizzas, burgers, salads, schnitzels, fish and chips). The ground floor, The Tropic, is the more upmarket dining experience with “Mediterranean” leanings and a more considered focus on seafood and fancy pastas. A general store has more causal eating options and takeaways. The new “it” place for the in-crowd of the Central Coast.

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