Guidebook for Cooks Hill

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Guidebook for Cooks Hill

Food Scene

Excellent Breakfast, lunch & dinner
7 locals recommend
The Depot on Darby
141-143 Darby St
7 locals recommend
Excellent Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Amazing chocolaterie & Restaurant, high tea and incredible deserts
8 locals recommend
Coco Monde
80 Darby St
8 locals recommend
Amazing chocolaterie & Restaurant, high tea and incredible deserts
Top quality dining
7 locals recommend
Coal River & Co
120 Darby St
7 locals recommend
Top quality dining
Good coffee, food & good vibe
16 locals recommend
3 Monkeys Cafe
131 Darby St
16 locals recommend
Good coffee, food & good vibe
Casual dining at Bar Beach - fresh juices, smoothies, fish & chips & great hamburgers
7 locals recommend
Swell Kiosk Bar Beach
1 Memorial Dr
7 locals recommend
Casual dining at Bar Beach - fresh juices, smoothies, fish & chips & great hamburgers
An assortment of dining and bars located on the harbour
22 locals recommend
Honeysuckle Drive
Honeysuckle Drive
22 locals recommend
An assortment of dining and bars located on the harbour
Sensational dining experience looking over Newcastle Beach
45 locals recommend
Rustica Newcastle Beach
1 King St
45 locals recommend
Sensational dining experience looking over Newcastle Beach
Harbour front dining
31 locals recommend
Scratchleys on the Wharf
200 Wharf Rd
31 locals recommend
Harbour front dining
Fabulous patiserie
7 locals recommend
Snows Patisserie has moved to Marketown
144 Union St
7 locals recommend
Fabulous patiserie
Good coffee, milkshakes, smoothies & food with a trendy open fit out
11 locals recommend
The Hood Milk Bar
188 Union St
11 locals recommend
Good coffee, milkshakes, smoothies & food with a trendy open fit out
Classy venue with excellent wine list, ex bank - love the old bank vault still in place!
11 locals recommend
Reserve
102 Hunter St
11 locals recommend
Classy venue with excellent wine list, ex bank - love the old bank vault still in place!
Amazing fit-out, good food & drinks, live music on weekends, great atmosphere
Le Passe Temps
75 Hunter St
Amazing fit-out, good food & drinks, live music on weekends, great atmosphere
Modern fit out, good food, looking over Merewether Beach
107 locals recommend
Merewether Surfhouse
5 Henderson Parade
107 locals recommend
Modern fit out, good food, looking over Merewether Beach
Great healthy food, alfresco dining, amazing breakfast menu, sometimes a DJ provides some laid back tunes on weekends
Blue Door Newcastle
363-365 Hunter St
Great healthy food, alfresco dining, amazing breakfast menu, sometimes a DJ provides some laid back tunes on weekends
More than 70 teas are on the menu
The Tea Collective
8 Channel Road
More than 70 teas are on the menu
20 beers on tap and nice food located in Darby Street
12 locals recommend
Wil & Sons
102 Darby St
12 locals recommend
20 beers on tap and nice food located in Darby Street
Excellent food & coffee
44 locals recommend
Goldbergs Coffee House
137 Darby St
44 locals recommend
Excellent food & coffee

Essentials

Great Coffee 5 minute walk - good food - use FreeWiFi@Newcastle to log in
Longbench
161 Darby St
Great Coffee 5 minute walk - good food - use FreeWiFi@Newcastle to log in
Excellent value supermarket
18 locals recommend
ALDI Newcastle CBD
54 Union St
18 locals recommend
Excellent value supermarket
Groceries
19 locals recommend
Coles
204 Union St
19 locals recommend
Groceries
Groceries
14 locals recommend
Coles Marketown
King Street
14 locals recommend
Groceries
5 minute walk - Great bars, restaurant - use FreeWiFi@Newcastle to log in
16 locals recommend
Hotel Delany
134 Darby St
16 locals recommend
5 minute walk - Great bars, restaurant - use FreeWiFi@Newcastle to log in
Coles & Woolworths supermarkets, Dan Murphy's, Officeworks and many specialty stores, shops & cafe's
47 locals recommend
Marketown Shopping Centre
23 Steel St
47 locals recommend
Coles & Woolworths supermarkets, Dan Murphy's, Officeworks and many specialty stores, shops & cafe's

Drinks & Nightlife

Intimate bar experience
37 locals recommend
Coal & Cedar
382 Hunter St
37 locals recommend
Intimate bar experience
Very classy venue, a must see with Jazz also Thursday nights
40 locals recommend
The Edwards
148 Parry Street
40 locals recommend
Very classy venue, a must see with Jazz also Thursday nights
Live music, modern fit out and decent restaurant
16 locals recommend
Hotel Delany
134 Darby St
16 locals recommend
Live music, modern fit out and decent restaurant
Lovely old building looking over Harbour
18 locals recommend
Customs House Hotel
1 Bond St
18 locals recommend
Lovely old building looking over Harbour
Great cocktails, vibrant atmosphere, DJ or live music
27 locals recommend
5 Sawyers
115 Darby St
27 locals recommend
Great cocktails, vibrant atmosphere, DJ or live music
Well priced drinks & food
Soho on Darby
171 Darby St
Well priced drinks & food
Great live music on weekends, good food & drinks looking over Newcastle Harbour
61 locals recommend
Honeysuckle Hotel
Honeysuckle Drive
61 locals recommend
Great live music on weekends, good food & drinks looking over Newcastle Harbour
Wide selection of beers & drinks
35 locals recommend
FogHorn Brewhouse
218 King St
35 locals recommend
Wide selection of beers & drinks
Beautifully renovated Hotel with stunning fit out, good food & live music Fri & Sat nights & Sunday afternoons
26 locals recommend
The Lucky Hotel
237 Hunter St
26 locals recommend
Beautifully renovated Hotel with stunning fit out, good food & live music Fri & Sat nights & Sunday afternoons

Shopping

Wine cellar and bottle shop across the road
Vintage Cellars Cooks Hill
235 Darby St
Wine cellar and bottle shop across the road
Books & Records
Cooks Hill Books and Records
72 Darby St
Books & Records
handcrafted kids' clothes, groovy boho skirts and original trinkets
Blackbird Corner
74 Darby St
handcrafted kids' clothes, groovy boho skirts and original trinkets
Super-chic purchases — think French colouring-in books, gorgeous cords, sculpted clothes — in a beautiful, calm interior.
High Tea with Mrs Woo
18 Wolfe St
Super-chic purchases — think French colouring-in books, gorgeous cords, sculpted clothes — in a beautiful, calm interior.
Super-chic purchases — think French colouring-in books, gorgeous cords, sculpted clothes — in a beautiful, calm interior.
Ramjet Assortments
78 Darby St
Super-chic purchases — think French colouring-in books, gorgeous cords, sculpted clothes — in a beautiful, calm interior.
A massive range of on-trend shoes and clothes, from style meisters such as Mink Pink, Wish and Ladakh
8 locals recommend
Abicus
103 Darby St
8 locals recommend
A massive range of on-trend shoes and clothes, from style meisters such as Mink Pink, Wish and Ladakh
Loads of groovy gifts, from plants to one-off children's toys.
Blue Star Elements
106 Darby St
Loads of groovy gifts, from plants to one-off children's toys.
Yet another cute-not-kitsch independent design store with a decidedly community feel, selling homey fashion and fashionable homewares.
Betty Mim
167 Darby St
Yet another cute-not-kitsch independent design store with a decidedly community feel, selling homey fashion and fashionable homewares.
Jewellery
crystaland
91 Darby St
Jewellery
Discount store for all of your wine and liquor requirements
Dan Murphy's
23 Steel St
Discount store for all of your wine and liquor requirements
Westfield's Shopping centre & new cinema's
107 locals recommend
Westfield Kotara
Northcott Drive
107 locals recommend
Westfield's Shopping centre & new cinema's
Huge modern shopping centre with Laser skirmish & indoor ten pin bowling, similar quality and size to Westfield's Bondi Junction
132 locals recommend
Charlestown Square
30 Pearson St
132 locals recommend
Huge modern shopping centre with Laser skirmish & indoor ten pin bowling, similar quality and size to Westfield's Bondi Junction

Arts & Culture

Art Gallery & War Memorial
99 locals recommend
Newcastle Art Gallery
1 Laman St
99 locals recommend
Art Gallery & War Memorial
Markets occur here regularly
56 locals recommend
Newcastle Civic Park
King Street
56 locals recommend
Markets occur here regularly
Live performances & shows
56 locals recommend
Newcastle Civic Park
King Street
56 locals recommend
Live performances & shows
Many business forums, meetings and seminars are held here
Town Hall
Many business forums, meetings and seminars are held here

Everything Else

Fitness Centre & Sports Centre - across the road
Howzat Newcastle
Fitness Centre & Sports Centre - across the road

Sightseeing

Great swimming & surfing, amazing sunsets & also whale watching
71 locals recommend
Bar Beach
71 locals recommend
Great swimming & surfing, amazing sunsets & also whale watching
Historic Landmark, picnic facilities, open grassed area with great views
11 locals recommend
The Obelisk
Wolfe Street
11 locals recommend
Historic Landmark, picnic facilities, open grassed area with great views
Save the Newcastle Memorial Walk (aka ANZAC Walk) for sunset. If you're keen to tackle it by day, don't forget some skin-saving protection — the sun can get mighty hot. $4.5 million and 64 tonnes of steel went into this 450-metre-long walkway, which opened in April 2015 and spans the cliff tops between Strzelecki Lookout and Bar Beach, affording 360-degree views. For a more epic journey, make it just one part of a six-kilometre trek, from Merewether Ocean Pools to Nobbys Beach.
69 locals recommend
Newcastle Memorial Walk
24 Memorial Dr
69 locals recommend
Save the Newcastle Memorial Walk (aka ANZAC Walk) for sunset. If you're keen to tackle it by day, don't forget some skin-saving protection — the sun can get mighty hot. $4.5 million and 64 tonnes of steel went into this 450-metre-long walkway, which opened in April 2015 and spans the cliff tops between Strzelecki Lookout and Bar Beach, affording 360-degree views. For a more epic journey, make it just one part of a six-kilometre trek, from Merewether Ocean Pools to Nobbys Beach.