Best bottomless brunches in Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong
Have you worked up an appetite after a long week at work? We’ve got the guide to the best bottomless brunches in NSW.
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Dining out is finally back in force for the summer – and what better way to celebrate and support your local than a boozy bottomless brunch?
From Mexican feasts to Brazilian barbecue, from spritzers to margaritas, we have your comprehensive guide to the best bottomless brunches and lunches across Sydney, the Central Coast, Newcastle, Wollongong and the South Coast.
FRATELLI FRESH, SYDNEY-WIDE
Italians know how to both feast and lubricate a meal, making the Festa Italiana menu at the much-loved Fratelli Fresh restaurants a win-win. The generous menu includes Fratelli’s signature antipasto board – a best hits of appetisers such as tomato bruschetta, marinated olives, ham, salami, prosciutto, focaccia and buffalo mozzarella, followed by a chef’s selection of pizza, a choice of two pastas (currently a choice between gnocchi with goat’s cheese, pancetta, peas and baby spinach, or lamb ragu, or tagliatelle alla norma), rocket and parmesan salad, and two delicious scoops of house-made gelato. The two-hour feast includes bottomless Aperol spritzers, espresso martinis, house wine and craft beers.
WHERE: Fratelli Fresh Crows Nest, Darling Harbour, Entertainment Quarter, Westfield Sydney, Manly and Miranda.
UNTIED, BARANGAROO
Brunch With Soul at Untied in Barangaroo includes a southern-style brunch, two hours of bottomless cocktails and live entertainment on their rooftop bar.
WHERE: Level 4, Exchange Pl, 400 Barangaroo Ave, Barangaroo
CARBON, BONDI
For $79 a head, bottomless brunch at Carbon Mexican Woodfire includes 90 minutes of unlimited tacos, salsas and classic margaritas.
WHERE: 288 Bondi Rd, Bondi
EL CAMINO CANTINA, SYDNEY-WIDE
El Camino Cantina knows how to throw a party and its two-hour Fiesta package is perfect for group get-togethers. Enjoy a spice kick with buffalo wings and blue-cheese mayo, followed by sizzling adobo chicken fajitas served in house-made tortilla stuffed with all the Tex-Mex trimmings, including sauteed capsicum and onions, a traditional salsa called pico de gallo, sour cream and cheese; and end with crisp churros served deliciously warm with chocolate and caramel dipping sauce. The package includes two hours of El Camino Cantina’s famous margaritas, house beer and house wine.
WHERE: El Camino Cantina The Rocks, Entertainment Quarter, Manly and Miranda.
MEET, NEWCASTLE
Bottomless brunch at Brazilian street food restaurant Meet starts at $69 for flowing cocktails, which leads directly into Sunday happy hour with cocktails for $14.
WHERE: 9 Darby St, Newcastle
ROYAL HOTEL, PADDINGTON
For $100 per head, bottomless brunch on Saturdays and Sundays at the Royal Hotel features delicious brunch options and bottomless cocktails for two hours.
WHERE: 237 Glenmore Rd, Paddington
THE BAVARIAN, SYDNEY AND BEYOND
The Bavarian restaurants have combined the best of both worlds in their two-hour Christmas Fest menu. The three-course, share-style feast includes fresh-baked pretzels, golden-crumbed chicken schnitzels with mushroom sauce and fries, and roast pumpkin and beetroot salad. The drinks include beers, ciders, wines, and strawberry margaritas, lychee paradises, apple-tinis and elderflower garden cocktails on tap plus a round of schnapps for the table.
WHERE: The Bavarian Charlestown, Rouse Hill, Castle Hill, Shellharbour, Tuggerah, Manly, Penrith, Miranda, Macarthur, Green Hills, Entertainment Quarter, York Street, Wetherill Park and Chatswood.
THE EXCHANGE, HAMILTON
The Exchange does brunch with a fabulous twist with their signature Bottomless Drag Brunch. Three-course brunch is accompanied by live music and drag on Sunday afternoons.
WHERE: 125 Denison St, Hamilton
MANLY WINE, MANLY
This spring and summer, Manly Wine is offering a Sakura Spring boozy brunch with Japanese-inspired brunch food and bottomless Roku gin spritzers, house wine or beer for $79 a head.
WHERE: 8/13 South Steyne, Manly
AMIGOS, WOLLONGONG
For just $50 a head, Amigos Mexican Restaurant in the heart of Wollongong does unlimited fajitas, margaritas and sangria every Sunday.
WHERE: 116 Keira St, Wollongong
SOCAL, NEUTRAL BAY
Socal’s signature bottomless rose lunches include two hours of unlimited rose and rose sangria as well as the restaurant’s banquet for $69 a head. Bottomless rose lunches are available every day from Wednesday to Sunday.
WHERE: 1 Young St, Neutral Bay
SILLY TART, POTTS POINT
Bottomless brunch and bottomless dinner starts at $35 per person at Silly Tart. Bottomless cocktails for 90 minutes can be purchased with or without food and the menu features mimosas, bloody Marys, gin grapefruit spritzers and vodka blueberry spritzers.
WHERE: 1 Kellett St, Potts Point
3 DOORS DOWN, MENAI
Menai’s favourite bar from the minds behind the Rocksalt restaurant does bottomless cocktails and a seven-course tapas banquet every Sunday for $99 a head.
WHERE: Shop 11, 72-80 Allison Cres, Menai
NOUR, SURRY HILLS
Middle Eastern restaurant Nour does bottomless lunch on Saturdays and bottomless brunch on Sundays every weekend. Patrons can get bottomless rose, Almaza beer, or espresso martinis, Aperol spritzers and Persian spritzers over the 90-minute booking.
WHERE: 3/490 Crown St, Surry Hills
HUMBER BAR, WOLLONGONG
Humber Bar runs bottomless brunch with matching meals, including spinach cob loaf and rose sangria, on their rooftop and in their lounge bar every Saturday and Sunday afternoon.
WHERE: 226 Crown St, Wollongong
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