Restaurants venues

Cupitt's Estate — Ulladulla

Winery, brewery, fromagerie and award-winning dining stacked on one family estate overlooking Burrill Lake.

120 seated · 200 standing

Crystalbrook Byron — Byron Bay

A 45-acre subtropical rainforest resort where ceremonies come with cascading vines and a treetop suite for the couple.

160 seated · 300 standing

Fig Tree Restaurant — Ewingsdale

A century-old farmhouse estate with olive groves and a 150-year-old fig framing lighthouse views.

60 seated

Rowlee Wines — Nashdale

Croquet lawn ceremonies, stables or marquee receptions and estate wines among the vines — with helicopter transfers on request.

175 seated · 250 standing

The Nielsen — Vaucluse

Italian coastal dining above Shark Beach — three breezy spaces where the harbour does most of the decorating.

200 standing

Frida's Field — Nashua

An architectural farmhouse restaurant on 120 regenerative acres where the paddocks write the menu.

120 seated

Belmont 16s Sailing Club — Belmont

A gleaming club built out over Lake Macquarie, where the South East View room pairs a private bar and terrace with a white marble dance floor.

350 seated · 600 standing

Centennial Vineyards Restaurant — Bowral

Cool-climate wines and long lunches on a verandah that stares straight down the vine rows.

180 seated · 300 standing

Oaks Lake Crackenback Resort — Crackenback

Lakeside alpine luxe on 150 private acres, where a resident wombat may drop in to bless the vows.

90 seated · 180 standing

Peterson House — Pokolbin

All bubbles all the time — a chandelier-lit chapel and glass marquee run by the Hunter's sparkling specialists.

250 seated

Thredbo Alpine Hotel — Thredbo

The Snowies' grande dame — riverside vows, a village chapel and a Kosciuszko Room built for a proper party.

150 seated · 200 standing

Merewether Surfhouse — Merewether

An award-winning glass pavilion perched over Merewether Beach, where 270-degree ocean views and a wraparound balcony do most of the decorating for you.

350 standing

Bendooley Estate — Berrima

A cathedral of old books, timber beams and open fires that makes rustic feel positively literary.

220 seated · 300 standing

Paperbark Camp — Woollamia

Safari-style luxury tents and treetop dining in The Gunyah — barefoot glamour minutes from Jervis Bay's white sand.

100 seated · 100 standing

Aria Restaurant Sydney — Circular Quay

Hatted fine dining beside the Opera House, with private rooms that put the Harbour Bridge on the guest list.

100 seated · 100 standing

Cottage Point Inn — Cottage Point

Seaplane-set waterfront dining tucked inside Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, about as close to a secret as Sydney restaurants get.

50 seated

The Anchorage Hotel & Spa — Corlette

Hamptons-white marina resort where the spa, the superyachts and the sunset all report for duty.

80 seated · 150 standing

The Boathouse Shelly Beach — Manly

Barefoot-luxe pavilion right on Shelly Beach, where the ocean quietly does the styling for you.

80 seated · 200 standing

Bannisters Mollymook — Mollymook

Clifftop coastal glamour where Rick Stein seafood, an infinity pool and a rooftop with nothing but ocean do the talking.

90 seated · 200 standing

Kyah — Blackheath

Blackheath's design-led boutique stay, where parties orbit Blaq's sculptural oval bar between roaring fires and curvy archways.

160 seated · 250 standing

The Denman Hotel — Thredbo

Thredbo's chicest little hideout — floor-to-ceiling alpine views, an après bar and serious kitchen chops.

100 seated · 200 standing

Centennial Homestead — Centennial Park

A breezy pavilion in the middle of Centennial Park where the lawns roll on forever and the city feels politely far away.

380 seated · 900 standing

Crooked River Estate — Gerringong

A hilltop vineyard estate where the vines roll toward the Pacific, with luxury villas and an award-winning restaurant on the grounds.

150 seated · 200 standing

Harbourfront Restaurant — Wollongong

A glass-walled seafood fine diner gazing over Belmore Basin, where the harbour lights handle most of the decorating.

150 seated · 150 standing

Hydro Majestic Hotel — Medlow Bath

The grande dame of the mountains — a kilometre of art-deco corridors, a domed 380 sqm ballroom and the Megalong Valley falling away below.

200 seated

Pipeclay Pumphouse — Mudgee

Mudgee fine dining on the historic Robert Stein vineyard, plating Mediterranean shared feasts beside a vintage motorcycle museum.

Bannisters Port Stephens — Soldiers Point

Sixties seaside glamour reborn, with Rick Stein at the stoves and the bay stealing every scene.

80 seated

Printhie Wines — Nashdale

A Halliday five-star winery with an architectural cellar door, a champagne-cave private cellar and degustation dining above the vines.