Guidebook for Cooks Hill
Food Scene
The Depot on Darby
141-143 Darby StExcellent Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Amazing chocolaterie & Restaurant, high tea and incredible deserts
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Coco Monde
80 Darby StAmazing chocolaterie & Restaurant, high tea and incredible deserts
Coal River & Co
120 Darby StTop quality dining
3 Monkeys Cafe
131 Darby StGood coffee, food & good vibe
Casual dining at Bar Beach - fresh juices, smoothies, fish & chips & great hamburgers
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Swell Kiosk Bar Beach
1 Memorial DrCasual dining at Bar Beach - fresh juices, smoothies, fish & chips & great hamburgers
An assortment of dining and bars located on the harbour
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Honeysuckle Drive
Honeysuckle DriveAn assortment of dining and bars located on the harbour
Sensational dining experience looking over Newcastle Beach
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Rustica Newcastle Beach
1 King StSensational dining experience looking over Newcastle Beach
Scratchleys on the Wharf
200 Wharf RdHarbour front dining
Snows Patisserie has moved to Marketown
144 Union StFabulous patiserie
Good coffee, milkshakes, smoothies & food with a trendy open fit out
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The Hood Milk Bar
188 Union StGood 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!
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Reserve
102 Hunter StClassy venue with excellent wine list, ex bank - love the old bank vault still in place!
Le Passe Temps
75 Hunter StAmazing fit-out, good food & drinks, live music on weekends, great atmosphere
Modern fit out, good food, looking over Merewether Beach
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Merewether Surfhouse
5 Henderson ParadeModern 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 StGreat healthy food, alfresco dining, amazing breakfast menu, sometimes a DJ provides some laid back tunes on weekends
The Tea Collective
8 Channel RoadMore than 70 teas are on the menu
Wil & Sons
102 Darby St20 beers on tap and nice food located in Darby Street
Goldbergs Coffee House
137 Darby StExcellent food & coffee
Essentials
Longbench
161 Darby StGreat Coffee 5 minute walk - good food - use FreeWiFi@Newcastle to log in
ALDI Newcastle CBD
54 Union StExcellent value supermarket
Coles
204 Union StGroceries
Coles Marketown
King StreetGroceries
5 minute walk - Great bars, restaurant - use FreeWiFi@Newcastle to log in
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Hotel Delany
134 Darby St5 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
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Marketown Shopping Centre
23 Steel StColes & Woolworths supermarkets, Dan Murphy's, Officeworks and many specialty stores, shops & cafe's
Drinks & Nightlife
Coal & Cedar
382 Hunter StIntimate bar experience
Very classy venue, a must see with Jazz also Thursday nights
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The Edwards
148 Parry StreetVery classy venue, a must see with Jazz also Thursday nights
Hotel Delany
134 Darby StLive music, modern fit out and decent restaurant
Customs House Hotel
1 Bond StLovely old building looking over Harbour
5 Sawyers
115 Darby StGreat cocktails, vibrant atmosphere, DJ or live music
Soho on Darby
171 Darby StWell priced drinks & food
Great live music on weekends, good food & drinks looking over Newcastle Harbour
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Honeysuckle Hotel
Honeysuckle DriveGreat live music on weekends, good food & drinks looking over Newcastle Harbour
FogHorn Brewhouse
218 King StWide selection of beers & drinks
Beautifully renovated Hotel with stunning fit out, good food & live music Fri & Sat nights & Sunday afternoons
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The Lucky Hotel
237 Hunter StBeautifully renovated Hotel with stunning fit out, good food & live music Fri & Sat nights & Sunday afternoons
Shopping
Vintage Cellars Cooks Hill
235 Darby StWine cellar and bottle shop across the road
Cooks Hill Books and Records
72 Darby StBooks & Records
Blackbird Corner
74 Darby Sthandcrafted 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 StSuper-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 StSuper-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
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Abicus
103 Darby StA massive range of on-trend shoes and clothes, from style meisters such as Mink Pink, Wish and Ladakh
Blue Star Elements
106 Darby StLoads 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 StYet another cute-not-kitsch independent design store with a decidedly community feel, selling homey fashion and fashionable homewares.
crystaland
91 Darby StJewellery
Dan Murphy's
23 Steel StDiscount store for all of your wine and liquor requirements
Westfield Kotara
Northcott DriveWestfield'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
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Charlestown Square
30 Pearson StHuge modern shopping centre with Laser skirmish & indoor ten pin bowling, similar quality and size to Westfield's Bondi Junction
Arts & Culture
Newcastle Art Gallery
1 Laman StArt Gallery & War Memorial
Newcastle Civic Park
King StreetMarkets occur here regularly
Newcastle Civic Park
King StreetLive performances & shows
Town Hall
Many business forums, meetings and seminars are held here
Everything Else
Howzat Newcastle
Fitness Centre & Sports Centre - across the road
Sightseeing
Great swimming & surfing, amazing sunsets & also whale watching
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Bar Beach
Great swimming & surfing, amazing sunsets & also whale watching
Historic Landmark, picnic facilities, open grassed area with great views
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The Obelisk
Wolfe StreetHistoric 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.
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Newcastle Memorial Walk
24 Memorial DrSave 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.