Dining
Discover a diverse array of dining experiences just moments away from The Villa. Whether you crave international flavors, local delicacies, or cozy cafes, our area offers a culinary landscape to satisfy every palate. From casual eateries to fine dining establishments, there’s something for every taste and occasion, promising a delightful culinary journey during your stay.
Peats Bite Restaurant
Peats Bite Restaurant
www.peatsbite.com.au
bookings@peatsbite.com.au
Ph: 02 9985 9040
For an amazing dining experience you cannot go past Peats Bite. This “water access only” restaurant is located at Sunny Corner (2min boat ride from The Villa). It has an intimate and relaxed atmosphere and has been serving customers for nearly 40 years. Enjoy a long-relaxed set lunch, served over a 4-hour period. Peats Bite proudly supports Australian wines and has an extensive range from boutique wineries. Speak directly with the restaurant about their water taxi service which can pick up and drop off to the Villa by pre-arrangement. Bookings are essential.
Berowra Waters Inn
Berowra Waters Inn
www.berowrawatersinn.com
Ph: 02 9456 1027
Berowra Waters Inn is a water access only restaurant located in Calabash Bay in close proximity to Berowra Waters Marina. It is a 15 minute boat ride with a 50 horsepower engine (travelling at approx 20 knots). Travel time with self-drive hire boat will be longer due to speed restrictions.
Set in bushland on the beautiful Hawkesbury River and accessed only by seaplane, boat or a short trip in their own private ferry, Berowra waters inn is truly a Sydney icon. Combining internationally awarded architecture with stunning cuisine and an exceptional wine collection in its unrivalled location, Berowra Waters Inn is a place where experiences become life-long memories. This is one of Australia’s great dining rooms with views across the river to undisturbed natural bushland and towering sandstone cliffs. Irish born chef, Brian Geraghty has reinterpreted the traditional ‘degustation menu’ concept and has crafted a menu of smaller dishes. The aim being that you graze your way through a selection of dishes reflecting the best of produce available from the markets and their network of dedicated suppliers. If you’re up for it, choose to match each course with wine. It will make your experience that much better, trust us. Ideal for special occasions and events, Berowra Waters Inn is unlike any other restaurant – It’s hard to beat this beauty. Bookings are essential.
A Chef Secrets
A Chef Secrets
www.achefsecrets.com
Ph: 02 9456 6614
A Chef Secrets is located in Berowra Waters in close proximity to Berowra Waters Marina. It is a 15 minute boat ride with a 50 horsepower engine (travelling at approx 20 knots). Travel time with self drive hire boat will be longer due to speed restrictions.
Located on the pristine Hawkesbury River. ACS Gastronomia Italiana provides a simplistic and refreshed approach to Italian food.
From humble beginnings in 2014, ACS has evolved into a well-respected culinary business. On offer is a diverse and uniquely authentic menu built upon a foundation of modest Italian cuisine. The location sets the tone for what is to be a blissful dining experience as the ambience of the surrounding bushland and serene waterfront views epitomise ‘simplistic beauty’. Bookings are essential.
Hawkesbury River Oyster Shed
Hawskbury River Oyster Shed
https://www.hawkesburyriveroystershed.com/
0423 285 867
6 Kowan Street
Mooney Mooney NSW
Hawskbury river oyster shed is a 20 minute boat ride with a 50 horsepower engine (travelling at approx 20 knots). Travel time with self drive hire boat will be longer due to speed restrictions.
Winners of the 2019 Local Business Awards for Outstanding New Business and 2023 Fresh Foot Outlet!
Located in the heart of Hawkesbury River, we are a small local oyster farm supplying produce straight from the source.
We have devoted many years to farming the freshest, highest quality oysters from the Hawkesbury River region. We love what we do and we put pride into the entire oyster process, from collecting to shucking to selling.
We are also working towards being environmentally friendly; our oyster shells are saved for either fish farms or returned back to nature.
To us, Hawkesbury River Oyster Shed epitomizes our passion for quality, fresh oysters, Australian farmers, and the Hawkesbury River as a region.
Spencer Thai
Spencer Thai
https://www.lovecentralcoast.com/spencer-thai
Shop 1/4670 Wisemans Ferry Rd, Spencer NSW 2775
0401 775 959
Spencer Thai is a 15 minute boat ride with a 50 horsepower engine (travelling at approx 20 knots). Travel time with self drive hire boat will be longer due to speed restrictions.
Situated in the heart of Spencer and loved by locals and visitors, Spencer Thai has a broad menu of traditional and classic Thai favourites. Delivery and takeaway options are available to properties in Spencer and surrounds.
Weekend breakfast is also available Saturday & Sunday.
Our goal is to serve fresh, healthy and delicious food to our local community.
The Anchor Spencer
The Anchor Spencer
Ph: 0472 507 877
Welcome to The Anchor Spencer – where history meets modern charm along the picturesque banks of the Hawkesbury River. The Spencer Store has undergone a breathtaking transformation, emerging as a beacon of hospitality and community spirit. Renamed The Anchor Spencer, this beautifully renovated establishment seamlessly blends old-world charm with contemporary flair, creating an inviting haven in the heart of Spencer.
The menu is a celebration of the region’s freshest produce and seafood, promising a culinary journey that mirrors the natural beauty surrounding us. The majestic Hawkesbury River sets the stage for a leisurely breakfast, lunch, or dinner, inviting you to unwind and relish the moment.
The Anchor Spencer is a 15 minute boat ride with a 50 horsepower engine (travelling at approx 20 knots). Travel time with self drive hire boat will be longer due to speed restrictions.
The King Tide Cafe
The King Tide Cafe
https://thekingtidecafe.com/home
(02) 9985 7102
thekingtidecafe@gmail.com
Ground Floor, The Hawkesbury River Marina, 9 Dangar Road, Brooklyn
The king tide cafe is located at Brooklyn which is a 25 minute boat ride with a 50 horsepower engine (travelling at approx 20 knots). Travel time with self drive hire boat will be longer due to speed restrictions. Boat mooring at the restaurant is available and can be discussed when making your reservation.
Our motto has always been “something for everyone.”
A meeting place for families and friends, locals and travellers, we love to cater to everyone from the oyster connoisseurs to the vegans, the pastry-lovers to the coeliacs, the espresso aficionados to the detox juice fiends.
Whether it’s a Monday morning caffeine pick-me-up, mid-week brunch, or a good old-fashioned Sunday sesh, our philosophy is simple; fresh & classic ingredients, prepared well.
Family lives at the heart of our business; the regulars and locals we see as often as family, the staff who have become part of the family, and our big crazy family that started it all.
The Estuary Restaurant
The Estuary Restaurant
www.estuaryrestaurant.com.au
Ph: 02 9985 7881
The Estuary Restaurant is located at Kangaroo Point which is a 10 minute boat ride with a 50 horsepower engine (travelling at approx 20 knots). Travel time with self drive hire boat will be longer due to speed restrictions. Boat mooring at the restaurant is available and can be discussed when making your reservation.
The Estuary is an amazing restaurant located on the absolute waterfront of the Hawkesbury River. The restaurant has a café for takeaway orders on its lower level and a beautiful eatery upstairs, which allows the diners to enjoy the view whilst being undercover and unexposed in the restaurant itself.
The restaurant is located at Kangaroo Point, just off the Pacific Highway near the Mooney Mooney Bridge, in Brooklyn New South Wales. Estuary is located right on the point and looks out to the lovely Hawkesbury River to deliver amazing riverside views.
Cottage Point Inn
Cottage Point Inn
https://www.cottagepointinn.com.au/
2 Anderson Place
Cottage Point, NSW 2084
Phone: 02 94561011
Email: info@cottagepointinn.com.au
Cottage point inn is located at cottage point which is a 40 minute boat ride with a 50 horsepower engine (travelling at approx 20 knots). Travel time with self drive hire boat will be longer due to speed restrictions. Boat mooring at the restaurant is available and can be discussed when making your reservation.
During the 50s with an increase in holiday makers 2 apartments were built and the business began to focus on providing food for sightseers and travellers. With the opening of road access in the 70s the Inn could for the first time call itself a restaurant with successive owners gradually lifting the bar on food and service.
Over several decades regulars, boaties and Sydneysiders in the know have enjoyed the Inn’s transformation from a pleasant bistro into an assured and respected fine dining restaurant that matches its stunning riverside, national park setting. Once a well kept secret The Cottage Point Inn is now widely recognised as one of Sydney’s finest dining destination restaurants.
Owners Shane and Ally Olesen are looking forward with a clear goal to ensure that Cottage Point Inn continues to blossom and further define its identity reflecting the unique location in a Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park abundant in native flora, fauna and natural beauty.
Cottage Point Kiosk
Cottage Point Kiosk
1 Notting Lane
COTTAGE POINT NSW 2084
Phone: 02 9456 3024
Email: enquire@cottagepointkiosk.com.au
The Cottage point kiosk is located at cottage point which is a 40 minute boat ride with a 50 horsepower engine (travelling at approx 20 knots). Travel time with self drive hire boat will be longer due to speed restrictions. Boat mooring at the restaurant is available and can be discussed when making your reservation.
The Boathouse Hotel Patonga
The Boathouse Hotel Patonga
https://www.theboathousehotelpatonga.com.au/
6-8 PATONGA DRIVE,
PATONGA, NSW, AUSTRALIA 2256
PH: +61 2 4379 1111
patonga@theboathousegroup.com.au
The Boathouse Hotel Patonga is located in Patonga which is a 35 minute boat ride with a 50 horsepower engine (travelling at approx 20 knots). Travel time with self drive hire boat will be longer due to speed restrictions. Boat mooring at the restaurant is available and can be discussed when making your reservation.
The Boathouse Hotel Patonga is located in the coastal fishing village of Patonga, on the New South Wales Central Coast. Surrounded by the Hawkesbury River and Brisbane Waters National Park, the offering includes a Hotel, Kiosk
Sydney High Tea
Sydney High Tea
Ph: 0418 975 443
www.sydneyhightea.com
Sydney High Tea will organise for you and your friends to experience a luxurious high tea get-together at the Villa.
Sydney High Tea will deliver and set up at The Villa, providing you and your guests with a beautiful table display of crystal, vintage British and Japanese trios, tea sets, antique silver cutlery, cake stands and decorations.
They will provide delicious array of sweet and savoury petit fours, sandwich wraps, fresh scones with cream and jam. They offer a variety of world-renowned teas, coffee and a glass or two of the best bubbles wouldn’t go astray.
At the end of your high tea, they will arrive to clean up so you may continue to enjoy the social occasion with your friends.
What a wonderful way to enjoy good company! Contact Rhian Jones from Sydney High Tea and she will be able to specifically tailor a memorable event for you.
Private Chef
Private Chef
Have one of our chefs prepare a lunch, brunch or dinner for you and your guests in your luxury villa. Bespoke menus range from casual shared plates to individually plated three course lunches. A special dining experience can be tailored to your needs. Additional charges apply. Ample notice must be given to us if this is an option you wish utilise.
Catering Boxes
Catering Boxes
Made-to-order catering boxes with pre-prepped ingredients including salads, meat, seafood and sauces with instructions on preparing available for the length of your stay. Dietary and special culinary requests are catered for. Additional charges apply.
An example of a one day box may include – Breakfast provisions such as muesli, yogurt, milk, fresh fruit, fresh sour dough loaf, condiments, eggs and avocado. Lunch of Sydney rock oysters, Local king prawns with chipotle mayonnaise and selection of fresh salads. Dinner – Eye fillet Steaks, Caprese salad with fresh buffalo mozzarella, asparagus and broccolini. Selection of chocolates for dessert.
Available for pick up or delivery (Delivery + Transport fee applies) Pick up from either Sydney CBD, Brooklyn wharf or have the box delivered to The Villa. Ample notice must be given to us if this is an option you wish utilise.
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