Yamanto Central Debuts YUManto Dining Precinct and Play Area

Yamanto Central shopping centre has launched its eagerly awaited YUManto outdoor dining area and children’s playscape, just in time for the cooler months. This new space offers diners the chance to enjoy outdoor dining in a semi-enclosed area that overlooks the children’s play area, making it a convenient spot for families.

Since Yamanto Central began operations in 2022, the YUManto precinct has been developing with the addition of popular restaurants like Pattysmiths and Sushi Hyo. Now, Café 63 has opened its doors, offering its well-known celebrity-themed meals and drinks. The centre’s cafes and restaurants now provide a variety of indoor and outdoor dining options, complemented by a broad range of drinks, including alcoholic beverages.

The newly opened children’s playscape adjacent to the outdoor dining area allows parents to enjoy their meals while keeping an eye on their children playing nearby.

“We are delighted to officially open our outdoor YUManto dining precinct. Yamanto Central outdoor dining is a wonderful environment for families and the local community to enjoy a get-together. The restaurants offer a great range of quality and affordable dining options for every budget,” said JMK Retail general manager, Vicki Leavy.

“Our focus at Yamanto Central shopping centre is to provide a community hub where people can meet, eat, play, and shop.”

Leavy emphasized that the YUManto outdoor dining precinct provides a casual, affordable, and enjoyable place for people to eat and catch up, offering a much-needed space in Ipswich for families to bring their children and relax, knowing they are playing within sight.

The YUManto outdoor dining precinct is a key feature of Yamanto Central and is expected to transform dining in Ipswich. “Yamanto Central offers the catchment its very first purpose-built precinct offering a unique dining experience like no other. For people working at Amberley and the surrounding areas, the dining precinct offers a place to meet in a relaxed dining environment where they can grab a cup of coffee in the morning or enjoy a hot meal with a range of beverage options for lunch, or a relaxed bite to eat at sundown with an alcoholic or nonalcoholic drink with dinner,” Leavy added.

“For travelers via the Cunningham Highway, the centre provides a convenient place to take a break with a broad range of dining options."

“For local families, the dining precinct offers a casual family-friendly alfresco dining experience – a much-needed venue in the fast-growing area.”

The YUManto dining precinct covers 750 square meters of architecturally designed outdoor undercover dining space, featuring modern comfortable seating, planters, gardens, and ornate lighting leading out to a gorgeous open-air area. The total space is 1,200 square meters.

“The dining precinct allows for a variety of restaurants and food outlets, some of which are licensed. Dining is available from breakfast through to lunch and dinner, so there are plenty of options for every palate,” Leavy noted.

“The dining precinct currently accommodates 200 people and will eventually increase to over 300.”

“What we love about our YUManto dining precinct is that it invokes a sense of backyard family warmth. Our aim is to provide an area which delivers a comfortable environment that boasts a backyard spirit; somewhere that can host individual or family activities, amongst an eclectic mix of food offerings and spaces. The YUManto precinct will continue to naturally evolve as more restaurants are added. We want our shoppers and local community to be part of this evolution to ensure the space is immersed in local identity, spirit, and character,” Leavy concluded,