Rose Bay

Welcome to Rose Bay

The “ROSE” of Sydney, on the natural south eastern shores of Sydney Harbour Rose Bay provides beautiful little beaches and coves where you will certainly enjoy a walk or even a swim during the summer months.

 

The activity and finery of this buzzing city are here to greet you. The ferry and bus services to this area are frequent and only minutes from the city.

Cosmopolitan Double Bay is a quaint and exclusive village that has many boutique shops, fine dining and wonderful street cafes in a setting surrounded by tree lined streets with an extremely calming and sophisticated atmosphere. Rose Bay highlights fine dining at one of the superb waterfront restaurants or a simple picnic at the parkland surrounding the bay. From here you can take the ferry or walk to Watsons Bay for lunch at Doyles famous seafood restaurant, dine whilst looking out to irresistible water views.
The most exclusive suburb being Vaucluse, this is known as one of Australia’s most expensive for real estate and one of the city’s most important historic sites. Vaucluse House where W.C. Wentworth, an explorer and major public figure of the colony lived with his wife in 1829.

Dining:

Award winning restaurants voted by The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide awards in Rose Bay.
Awards are presented in Chef Hats:     1, 2 & 3 Hats.

 Pier Rose Bay Seafood Rest 3 Hats Modern Aust Seafood
 Pier Tasting Room 1 Hat  Seafood 
 Bistro Monucr 2 Hats  French
 Buzo Restaurant 1 Hat  Italian 
 Catalina Restaurant
Fine Dining		 1 Hat  Modern Australian

Suggestions for some thing a little different:

  • Try the Wedge Café located in Elizabeth Bay they are known for their European-style cakes, light and airy café, serve great coffee and unfussy food. They often play jazz, adding to the mood.
  • A very special shopping and coffee café experience at Café Maybach. They serve an equally sleek and delightful range of treats whilst you browse, drool or purchase one or two (his & hers) of the latest model Mercs at the Sydney Mercedes Dealership.
  • Fly & Dine Packages are another of Sydney’s most exciting dining experiences to be enjoyed with Seaplane Safaris at your door-step in Rose Bay.
  • Late night dining, romantic music combined with the French/Seafood menu, this garden theme bar and restaurant with its fresh spring like outdoor area is a perfect setting for a slow food, ambient evening, you will find all this at The Gazebo Wine Garden, it also has a wine list that boasts 300 labels and some fun cocktails. (Best organise a lift after this outing, even if you are on foot.)
  • For a hearty steak go to the Village Grill.
  • Or get some inspiration for your next Bollywood night, watch a Bollywood block buster as you taste a tandori at Planet Bollywood.
  • The pub on Old South Head Road in Double Bay has a fabulous meal and a very popular courtyard out the back with music.
  • A sobering coffee perhaps, Dee Bee’s Café is open very late.

Watsons Bay  – The Watto affectionately known by the locals (Doyles Palace Hotel) is an icon for the deck and beer garden to take in a cold beer and some of those prawns on the B.B.Q. The last suburb on the peninsula is Watsons Bay, this charming suburb has long been one of Sydney’s most popular for a picnic.

Shopping:

After a couple of hours shopping in the high fashion boutiques of Double Bay, you will need to find time for some pampering at its best, seek out this private haven tucked away in this 19th Century Victorian House for a time of pure indulgence. The team of therapists from Phuket will indulge you in all the treatments you could possibly desire at the Angsana Spa Double Bay.

Water Activities:

Sydney Harbour Escapes offer a cruise or sail on the habour, spa treatments, Bed & Breakfast all onboard – now that’s really getting away from it all, whilst you are in amongst it all.

Recreation – Golf 

Rose Bay houses The Royal Sydney Golf Club, where you can play 18 holes or 19 if you insist!, just don’t play too hard at the 19th, you may miss the ball completely.

Nature walks:

From Watsons Bay the walk continues through the National Park to South Head and The Gap for a spectacular look out and Macquarie Lighthouse that has been guiding ships through the heads since 1883. The bays all along this stretch are known for their magestic homes and famous residents.

 

Suburbs close by: Darling Point, Double Bay, Edgecliff, Elizabeth Bay, Point Piper, Vaucluse, Shark Island, Rushcutters Bay, Woollhara, Watsons Bay.