Spirit House Awards
- American Express Awards:
- Best Restaurant, Sunshine Coast - 1998, 1999, 2000
- Best Queensland Restaurant - Finalist, 2000
- American Express “Hall of Fame” Award, 2001
- Best Five Queensland Restaurants - Queensland Catering Association, 2001
- Best Queensland Restaurant - “Queensland Entertainment” Gold Award, 2000-’01
- Best Australian Restaurants - Gourmet Traveler Magazine, 2000-2006
- Eating and Drinking in Australia - Mietta’s Queensland Award, 2001
- Best Asian Restaurant, Sunshine Coast - Restaurant & Caterers Award 2004
- Best Themed Restaurant, Queensland - Restaurant & Caterers Award, 2004
- National Tourism Restaurant & Catering - Australian Tourism Award, 2005
- Tourism Restaurant & Catering - Queensland Tourism Award, 2006
- Top 10 Qld Regional Restaurants - Gourmet Traveler Magazine, 2007
- ‘One Hat’ Award - Good Food Guide, Qld. 2007
- Qld & National Small Business Excellence Award 2007, Tourism Category
- Tourism Restaurant & Catering - Queensland Tourism Award, 2007
- Top 10 Qld Regional Restaurants - Courier Mail Food Guide, 2007
- Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Award – Hall of Fame, 2007
- Restaurant and Caterer's Award - 2008 State Winner - Best Tourism Restaurant, Best Themed Restaurant
Spirit House Food Reviews
Courier Mail food and wine guide Queensland 2008 Score: 15.5/20, One Hat
It's hard to imagine a malign spirit that wouldn't be appeased by the tranquillity and beauty of the restaurant setting, and the superb food that emanates from the kitchen.
Gourmet Traveller 2008 Australian Restaurant Guide
It could be the restful lagoon, lush gardens or the many smiling statues of Buddha. It might be the vibrant flavours and heady but balanced dressings and accompaniments
Brisbane News Dining Out Guide 2007
of quality Asian food and tranquil dining have come from far and wide to experience a feast for the senses at Helen Brierty's restaurant.
Gourmet Traveller 2007 Australian Restaurant Guide
Spirit House experience is so unique and uplifting that diners continue to seek it out in droves. The cuisine is described as Modern Asian, but in essence it's Thai. And it's very, very good Thai powerful, heady and exotic, honed to a sharp, modern edge.
Traveller 2006 Australian Restaurant Guide
Dining at Spirit House is an almost magical experience. The fabulous setting, wrapped around a lagoon and surrounded by lush tropical forest, gives the restaurant a rare tranquillity and transports the diner to a location that seems a lot more exotic than the Queensland hinterland.
Courier-Mail Goodlife Restaurant Guide 2006
A pathway winding through a forest of tropical plants and surrounded by streams and carved statues leads the way to the Spirit House. At night the gardens are lit up by fairy lights and lanterns.
Brisbane News Eating Out Guide 2006
Wander through the gates into a tranquil tropical location, where the lake is home to frogs, ducks and water dragons. The food takes its lead from Thailand
Courier-Mail Goodlife Restaurant Guide 05 **
Visitors approach the restaurant along a pathway winding through a forest of tropical plants. Streams, carved statues and little spirit houses line the route and at night hundreds of fairy lights and lanterns transform the landscape into something special. The restaurant is built across and around a lake which has become home to ducks, bearded dragons, kingfishers and other wildlife. The food matches the setting
Gourmet Traveller Australian Restaurant Guide 2005
The most striking feature of this hinterland restaurant is the incredible setting. Built around a man-made lake and bamboo forest, Spirithouse places the diner amid tranquil surrounds. Thai, Malaysian and Chinese influences are apparent in the menu.
The Age Good Food Guide 2005
This tropical sanctuary with ruby red pavilion and waterlily lake is a refreshing sea change.
Brisbane News Dining Out Guide 2004
An immensely popular cooking school and restaurant, the Spirit House has a strong Thai influence in everything it does. Tropical Asian gardens and ponds surround the restaurant.
Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide Australia 2004
This is a tropical setting for The Spirit House whose open verandas beside the lake provide a cool shelter for diners...modern Asian, the food shows a heavy Thai and Malaysian influence, albeit with some innovative interpretation...Service is as gentle as the surrounds...
