6 Best Restaurants in Uluṟu–Kata Tjuṯa National Park, Red Centre

Australian wines and Northern Territory specialty dishes like bush salads and Australian game are served at a lookout here before you dine on your buffet meal in the middle of the desert and enjoy an astronomer-led stargazing tour of the southern sky. Add on the Field of Light experience for a truly memorable night out. A more intimate and pricier small-group table d'hôte four-course dinner called Tali Wiru is also available for a maximum of 20 diners at a different vantage point.

If you're looking for a romantic night out, you can't go past this refined noshery Arnguli Grill, which means "bush plum" in the local the Pitjantjatjara language. Overlooking the pool in the Desert Gardens Hotel, its modern Australian à la carte menu is pepped up with native spices, grains, and seeds.

Near the Town Square at Ayers Rock Resort, this casual eatery offers soups, salads, burgers, pasta, and pizza, with a dedicated children's menu and desserts such as lemon myrtle brûlée. It's open every day for lunch and dinner, and you can dine alfresco on warm days or opt for a table inside on chilly nights.

This stylish restaurant, which means sky in the local Pitjantjatjara language, offers an impressive buffet, with egg and pancake cooking stations at breakfast and a range of salads, antipasto options, curries, noodles, and seafood at dinner. Don't miss the Australian native high tea, which features everything from barramundi tarts to lemon myrtle scones.

Kulata is a bit more than a grab-and-go café. This is where the trainees of the National Indigenous Training Academy take their first step in their hospitality career. You'd never guess the staff were just at the start of their careers though. Friendly and professional, serving coffee, croissants, meat pies and ready-made sandwiches which are perfect for a packed lunch for that day's adventures.

Order steak, kangaroo, barramundi, or emu sausages from the server, then cook them to your liking Aussie-style on large barbecues. This DIY-dining option and its adjacent bar with live music has a fun Outback pub vibe, and with barbecue being practically a national sport here, it’s easy to see why it's so popular.