Guidebook for Newcastle East

Rebecca
Guidebook for Newcastle East

Food Scene

This is run by the lovely Bec - good coffee, great food (mostly local produce) and fantastic views! Open Breakfast and lunch until the early evening.
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Estabar
61 Shortland Esplanade
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This is run by the lovely Bec - good coffee, great food (mostly local produce) and fantastic views! Open Breakfast and lunch until the early evening.
This is a very popular little restaurant. Thursday nights have a theme, normally a curry night, and is much cheaper that night. Food generally great, and lovely ambiance
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Scottie's
36 Scott St
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This is a very popular little restaurant. Thursday nights have a theme, normally a curry night, and is much cheaper that night. Food generally great, and lovely ambiance
This is a good choice for when you don't feel like cooking! Above average Thai food, and reasonable prices. They also deliver if over $40 I think. I will leave menu on kitchen table
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Sticky Rice Thai Newcastle East
19 Scott Street
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This is a good choice for when you don't feel like cooking! Above average Thai food, and reasonable prices. They also deliver if over $40 I think. I will leave menu on kitchen table
A good coffee shop with a relaxed vibe - they roast their own beans at the back of the shop
Sprocket Roasters
68 Hunter St
A good coffee shop with a relaxed vibe - they roast their own beans at the back of the shop
Great place for breakfast lunch or dinner - middle eastern flavour to their food and nice atmosphere
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Moor Newcastle East
33 Hunter St
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Great place for breakfast lunch or dinner - middle eastern flavour to their food and nice atmosphere
Our current fav coffee establishment. A little way out of town but worth the ride or drive. Generally single origin, changing daily. Served with a big smile
Locomotive
160 Maitland Rd
Our current fav coffee establishment. A little way out of town but worth the ride or drive. Generally single origin, changing daily. Served with a big smile
This is a well priced restaurant with great Ethiopian food. BYO
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Habesha Restaurant
50 Glebe Road
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This is a well priced restaurant with great Ethiopian food. BYO
Current pizza favourite in Newcastle. The guys brought their pizza oven here all the way from Naples.. Good kid-friendly choice too.
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Napoli Centrale Pizza Bar
173 King St
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Current pizza favourite in Newcastle. The guys brought their pizza oven here all the way from Naples.. Good kid-friendly choice too.
This is a beautiful French inspired cottage in a garden setting which is a great breakfast/brunch destination out in the Hunter Valley. Make a day of it and go winetasting after.
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Cafe Enzo
Ekerts Road
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This is a beautiful French inspired cottage in a garden setting which is a great breakfast/brunch destination out in the Hunter Valley. Make a day of it and go winetasting after.
Fine dining in a spectacular setting. Book well ahead. Breakfast, Lunch or dinner. French inspired.
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Bistro Molines
749 Mount View Rd
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Fine dining in a spectacular setting. Book well ahead. Breakfast, Lunch or dinner. French inspired.
I haven't been here but it is supposed to be the best in the Hunter Valley. Easy to get to, near Peterson's Champagne House. Book well ahead!
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Muse Restaurant
2450 Broke Rd
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I haven't been here but it is supposed to be the best in the Hunter Valley. Easy to get to, near Peterson's Champagne House. Book well ahead!
Great vibe to this popular little local restaurant/bar. Mexican food and drinks.
Casa De Loco Newcastle
10 Pacific Street
Great vibe to this popular little local restaurant/bar. Mexican food and drinks.
Fine dining on Hunter Street with 2 chefs hats now I think. Book ahead!
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Subo
551D Hunter St
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Fine dining on Hunter Street with 2 chefs hats now I think. Book ahead!
This is a casual eats mexican street food style place that started as a food truck. Carrington is becoming more and more popular with the locals and has a beautiful community vibe.
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{antojitos}
11 Steel St
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This is a casual eats mexican street food style place that started as a food truck. Carrington is becoming more and more popular with the locals and has a beautiful community vibe.

Everything Else

This is the local community garden for Newcastle East. It is well worth a look - come down here for your herbs for dinner and to have a chat to Chris the garden coordinator. Kids love it too!
Sandhills Community Garden
Nobbys Road
This is the local community garden for Newcastle East. It is well worth a look - come down here for your herbs for dinner and to have a chat to Chris the garden coordinator. Kids love it too!
This is a beautiful ocean bath with a kids wading pool as you walk towards Newcastle Beach. It is emptied and cleaned on Thursdays
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Newcastle Ocean Baths
30 Shortland Esplanade
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This is a beautiful ocean bath with a kids wading pool as you walk towards Newcastle Beach. It is emptied and cleaned on Thursdays
Local liquor store, within walking distance. Prices are a little higher, but very conveniently located
BWS Newcastle
55 Hunter St
Local liquor store, within walking distance. Prices are a little higher, but very conveniently located
Interesting historical site - you can do tours on certain days there- worth a look
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Fort Scratchley
3 Nobbys Rd
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Interesting historical site - you can do tours on certain days there- worth a look
Wine tasting in beautiful surrounds
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Pepper Tree Wines
86 Halls Rd
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Wine tasting in beautiful surrounds
Craft beer brewery on the road to Port Stephens. Very popular with families and lots of good beers on tap. Lovely setting.
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Murray's Brewery
3443 Nelson Bay Rd
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Craft beer brewery on the road to Port Stephens. Very popular with families and lots of good beers on tap. Lovely setting.

Essentials

Local supermarket. Reasonable prices, all your basics
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FoodWorks
60-62 Scott St
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Local supermarket. Reasonable prices, all your basics

Entertainment & Activities

Popular beach for kids as patrolled and much safer than Newcastle Beach. Great little kiosk nearby
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Nobbys Beach
Nobbys Rd
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Popular beach for kids as patrolled and much safer than Newcastle Beach. Great little kiosk nearby
There is a small kids playground in the park at the bottom of the steps leading down from Stevenson Place
The Foreshore
There is a small kids playground in the park at the bottom of the steps leading down from Stevenson Place
This is a beautiful and popular park for a picnic. I recommend making your way down to the 'Bogie Hole' which is a very old ocean bath cut into the side of the rock - quite spectacular
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King Edward Park
Reserve Road
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This is a beautiful and popular park for a picnic. I recommend making your way down to the 'Bogie Hole' which is a very old ocean bath cut into the side of the rock - quite spectacular
This is a great park in the middle of the city. It has kids playgrounds and lots of areas for a BBQ or picnic. The animal and bird enclosures are very thoughtful and kids just love wandering through
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Blackbutt Reserve Entrance
72 Carnley Ave
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This is a great park in the middle of the city. It has kids playgrounds and lots of areas for a BBQ or picnic. The animal and bird enclosures are very thoughtful and kids just love wandering through
The ferry ride over here is a good idea which little ones love - and very cheap. Stockton is also to walk around and has nice beaches. The sand dunes near here are amazing.
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Stockton Beach
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The ferry ride over here is a good idea which little ones love - and very cheap. Stockton is also to walk around and has nice beaches. The sand dunes near here are amazing.
I haven't been here but it is very popular with kids, and you could combine it with a day trip to Port Stephens and Murrays Brewery!
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Oakvale Wildlife Park
3 Oakvale Dr
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I haven't been here but it is very popular with kids, and you could combine it with a day trip to Port Stephens and Murrays Brewery!

Drinks & Nightlife

Very popular craft beer pub, with 20+ taps which change every night, and especially popular with the guys. Standard pub fare, american themed
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Grain Store Newcastle
64-66 Scott St
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Very popular craft beer pub, with 20+ taps which change every night, and especially popular with the guys. Standard pub fare, american themed
This is a beautiful hotel/bar looking out over the harbour. It isn't open very late but is the perfect setting for a sun downer.
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Customs House Hotel
1 Bond St
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This is a beautiful hotel/bar looking out over the harbour. It isn't open very late but is the perfect setting for a sun downer.
Probably the most popular bar in Newcastle at the moment. I haven't actually been there yet!
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Coal & Cedar
382 Hunter St
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Probably the most popular bar in Newcastle at the moment. I haven't actually been there yet!
There are not too many places on Honeysuckle I would recommend but MoneyPenny is a casual chic place looking out over the beautiful working harbour - great for a sundowner!
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MoneyPenny
1 Honeysuckle Dr
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There are not too many places on Honeysuckle I would recommend but MoneyPenny is a casual chic place looking out over the beautiful working harbour - great for a sundowner!
If you would like to eat out at Honeysuckle this has above average food at reasonable prices. Nice low key atmosphere
The Landing Bar & Kitchen
1 Honeysuckle Dr
If you would like to eat out at Honeysuckle this has above average food at reasonable prices. Nice low key atmosphere

Sightseeing

Mount Tomaree and Shoal Bay are simply beautiful and a fun day out wither without kids. The bay is really calm and safe and the nearby Mt Tomaree is a good walk and view. On the way back visit Oakvale
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Shoal Bay
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Mount Tomaree and Shoal Bay are simply beautiful and a fun day out wither without kids. The bay is really calm and safe and the nearby Mt Tomaree is a good walk and view. On the way back visit Oakvale