Libby's Guidebook

Libby
Libby's Guidebook

Food Scene

Great food, craft beers, relaxed atmosphere. Daily specials. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Live music on weekends. 100m from our door. Get Happy @ The Wombat 😁
9 locals recommend
The Happy Wombat
575 Hunter St
9 locals recommend
Great food, craft beers, relaxed atmosphere. Daily specials. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Live music on weekends. 100m from our door. Get Happy @ The Wombat 😁
Smell the bagels cooking from our apartment! 30 metres from the gate. Everything...and I mean everything cooked in house...even the smoked meat. Coffee to die for with shaving of real chocolate on top. yum 😋
Papa's Bagel Bar
569 Hunter St
Smell the bagels cooking from our apartment! 30 metres from the gate. Everything...and I mean everything cooked in house...even the smoked meat. Coffee to die for with shaving of real chocolate on top. yum 😋
One of Newcastle's first Thai restaurants and still in business for a reason. Great food, attentive service. BYO. 60 metres from our door.
al-oi Thai Restaurant
541 Beaumont St
One of Newcastle's first Thai restaurants and still in business for a reason. Great food, attentive service. BYO. 60 metres from our door.
Old school pub vibes, weekend bands and scrumptious wood~fired pizzas 🍕 😋
8 locals recommend
Oriental Hotel
53 Bull St
8 locals recommend
Old school pub vibes, weekend bands and scrumptious wood~fired pizzas 🍕 😋
500m from the apartment. A historic Wool-Shed wharf converted to a pub, right on the harbour. Food, drinks and music.
61 locals recommend
Honeysuckle Hotel
Honeysuckle Drive
61 locals recommend
500m from the apartment. A historic Wool-Shed wharf converted to a pub, right on the harbour. Food, drinks and music.
High quality seafood restaurant built on piers on the harbour. Not cheap, but a special occasion kind of place.
31 locals recommend
Scratchleys on the Wharf
200 Wharf Rd
31 locals recommend
High quality seafood restaurant built on piers on the harbour. Not cheap, but a special occasion kind of place.
One of the best "hidden" bars in the Newcastle Scene. Make a booking. Text when you arrive. Then be transported back in time to a 1930's speak-easy. Wonderful cocktails and bar snacks. The dark smokey atmosphere without the smoke 🚬 😆
37 locals recommend
Coal & Cedar
382 Hunter St
37 locals recommend
One of the best "hidden" bars in the Newcastle Scene. Make a booking. Text when you arrive. Then be transported back in time to a 1930's speak-easy. Wonderful cocktails and bar snacks. The dark smokey atmosphere without the smoke 🚬 😆
Modern Asian fusion restaurant/cocktail bar. Formal dining upstairs, chilled cocktails and bar snacks downstairs. Favourite cocktail...Mr Miagi. Open busy times.
9 locals recommend
Ginger Meg’s
212 King St
9 locals recommend
Modern Asian fusion restaurant/cocktail bar. Formal dining upstairs, chilled cocktails and bar snacks downstairs. Favourite cocktail...Mr Miagi. Open busy times.
A gazillion craft beers on tap, and excellent pub nosh. One for the hop lovers!!!
45 locals recommend
Grain Store Newcastle
64-66 Scott St
45 locals recommend
A gazillion craft beers on tap, and excellent pub nosh. One for the hop lovers!!!
One of a plethora of cafes and dining options in this quirky retail and dining strips in Newcastle City.
16 locals recommend
3 Monkeys Cafe
131 Darby St
16 locals recommend
One of a plethora of cafes and dining options in this quirky retail and dining strips in Newcastle City.
>>> has been re named Bartholomews <<< Cocktails, music, food, entertainment. A spectacular restored Art-Deco theatre. Jazz bands, cocktails, and craft beers.
9 locals recommend
Babylon newcastle
145 King St
9 locals recommend
>>> has been re named Bartholomews <<< Cocktails, music, food, entertainment. A spectacular restored Art-Deco theatre. Jazz bands, cocktails, and craft beers.
Hey Amigos you will love this place! Great food and a great vibe. Walk to Steel street from our apartment.
19 locals recommend
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11 Steel St
19 locals recommend
Hey Amigos you will love this place! Great food and a great vibe. Walk to Steel street from our apartment.
'Superb' The food The service The view ☆☆☆☆☆ For that special occasion!
45 locals recommend
Rustica Newcastle Beach
1 King St
45 locals recommend
'Superb' The food The service The view ☆☆☆☆☆ For that special occasion!
A "hatted" restaurant for that special occasion, and only 50m from your accommodation!
24 locals recommend
Subo
551D Hunter St
24 locals recommend
A "hatted" restaurant for that special occasion, and only 50m from your accommodation!
A 'secret' bar which is definitely worth a visit !
10 locals recommend
The Koutetsu
555 Hunter St
10 locals recommend
A 'secret' bar which is definitely worth a visit !

Sightseeing

Spectacular walk out on the historic convict harbour breakwall. Stunning.
84 locals recommend
Nobbys Lighthouse
84 locals recommend
Spectacular walk out on the historic convict harbour breakwall. Stunning.
All things history!
102 locals recommend
Newcastle Museum
6 Workshop Way
102 locals recommend
All things history!
Take a 10 minute journey on the light rail from Honeysuckle to Newcastle Beach and cool off with a swim in the ocean, or do some laps at the historic Newcastle ocean baths. Then grab a coffee and a feed at the local cafes and watch the dolphins swim by, or the denizens saunter by. 😅
73 locals recommend
Newcastle Beach
73 locals recommend
Take a 10 minute journey on the light rail from Honeysuckle to Newcastle Beach and cool off with a swim in the ocean, or do some laps at the historic Newcastle ocean baths. Then grab a coffee and a feed at the local cafes and watch the dolphins swim by, or the denizens saunter by. 😅
Even for the non-religious, a beautiful example of architecture with stunning views over the harbour and the ocean.
12 locals recommend
Christ Church Cathedral
52 Church St
12 locals recommend
Even for the non-religious, a beautiful example of architecture with stunning views over the harbour and the ocean.
The highest point in Newcastle! 360 degree views of the planet. Visiting this place will make you feel insignificant on a metropolitan scale. 🤔🌏
11 locals recommend
The Obelisk
Wolfe Street
11 locals recommend
The highest point in Newcastle! 360 degree views of the planet. Visiting this place will make you feel insignificant on a metropolitan scale. 🤔🌏
A spectacular coastal walk from Strzelecki lookout down to the beach strip encompassing Susan Gilmore, Bar, Cliff, Mrs Pogonowski's and Merewether Beaches. Arguably one of Newie's best surfing strips.
9 locals recommend
Strzelecki Scenic Lookout
28 Memorial Dr
9 locals recommend
A spectacular coastal walk from Strzelecki lookout down to the beach strip encompassing Susan Gilmore, Bar, Cliff, Mrs Pogonowski's and Merewether Beaches. Arguably one of Newie's best surfing strips.
There's a giant Brett Whitley egg in a nest out the front. What more reasons do you need to visit? 🤣🥚🥚🥚🥚
99 locals recommend
Newcastle Art Gallery
1 Laman St
99 locals recommend
There's a giant Brett Whitley egg in a nest out the front. What more reasons do you need to visit? 🤣🥚🥚🥚🥚
A wonderful guided historical tour of Newcastle. Learn all about the history of the Newcastle region from the proud pre colonial indigenous owners to the current modern urban/industrial dichotomy that is Newcastle City. While seeing all the best of the spectacular architectural offerings and breathtaking coastal vistas.
8 locals recommend
Newcastle's Famous Tram
150 Wharf Rd
8 locals recommend
A wonderful guided historical tour of Newcastle. Learn all about the history of the Newcastle region from the proud pre colonial indigenous owners to the current modern urban/industrial dichotomy that is Newcastle City. While seeing all the best of the spectacular architectural offerings and breathtaking coastal vistas.
103 locals recommend
Fort Scratchley
3 Nobbys Rd
103 locals recommend
69 locals recommend
Newcastle Memorial Walk
24 Memorial Dr
69 locals recommend
A historic convict construction. What a superb place to take a dip whilst in Newcastle.
69 locals recommend
Bogey Hole
Shortland Esplanade
69 locals recommend
A historic convict construction. What a superb place to take a dip whilst in Newcastle.
56 locals recommend
Newcastle Civic Park
King Street
56 locals recommend
Grab our picnic back pack with your favourite bottle and snack and while away some time gazing out at the amazing scenery, or stroll the beautiful waterfront path that leads all the way to Nobbys lighthouse . Watch the amazing working harbour with its coal ships and tug boats entering and leaving.There are many bars ,cafes and resteraunts to stop at along the way. It's only a short 5min stroll from our apartment.🙂🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃🚵‍♀️🚵🛥⛴️🛳🚢🎣🎒☕️🍹🍸🍷🥂🥤🍽⛵️⚓️🌊
Port of Newcastle
Grab our picnic back pack with your favourite bottle and snack and while away some time gazing out at the amazing scenery, or stroll the beautiful waterfront path that leads all the way to Nobbys lighthouse . Watch the amazing working harbour with its coal ships and tug boats entering and leaving.There are many bars ,cafes and resteraunts to stop at along the way. It's only a short 5min stroll from our apartment.🙂🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃🚵‍♀️🚵🛥⛴️🛳🚢🎣🎒☕️🍹🍸🍷🥂🥤🍽⛵️⚓️🌊