Beachfront Wedding Venues in Sydney
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Looking for a beach wedding venue in Sydney, NSW? This list of the best beachfront wedding locations in Sydney includes all of the city's most beautiful seaside venues from the iconic beaches of Manly & Bondi to hidden clifftop spots with incredible ocean views.
Sydney's top beachfront wedding venues range from luxury seaside hotels and chefs hatted restaurants to exclusive holiday homes, and include several coastal reception venues that offer affordable wedding packages catering to all budgets.
These are the top 18 beachfront ceremony & reception venues in Sydney.
Top 18 Beach Wedding Venues in Sydney
Jonah's Whale Beach
- Location: 69 Bynya Road, Whale Beach, NSW 2107
- Capacity: 30 - 122
- Accommodation: Sleeps 22
Jonah's Restaurant & Boutique Hotel is the perfect beachfront venue for luxury weddings in Sydney and offers spectacular coastal views from its stunning location above Whale Beach. The clifftop restaurant features a jaw dropping ceremony area, seats up to 122 guests in its glass-walled restaurant and has a private dining room for small wedding receptions with 30 - 40 people.
Jonah's is Sydney's most exclusive venue for beachside weddings offering a fine dining experience that includes a chefs hatted menu, internationally awarded wine list and a cocktail hour on the terrace with caviar & seafood stations. There are 11 luxury suites for guests to stay onsite and they all offer an incredible ocean vista.
The Wedding Pavilion
- Location: 2 Bong Bong Street, Kiama, NSW 2533
- Capacity: 30 - 400
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
The Pavilion is among the best beach wedding venues in the Sydney region due to the combination of its stunning coastal location, very affordable wedding packages and two free ceremony locations on the waterfront right outside.
The modern reception venue has large windows with beautiful views over the surrounding foreshore to Kiama Lighthouse and is a light-filled event space with an elegant blank canvas palette. There's a separate entrance foyer with its own bar which can be utilised as an indoor ceremony option, a suite for use by the bridal party and loads of accommodation for guests within walking distance.
Palm Beach Wedding Venue
- Location: Palm Beach, Northern Beaches
- Capacity: 100
- Wedding Packages: Ceremonies + Photos
This private estate is one of Sydney's most exclusive venues for beach weddings. Nestled in a secluded nook at Palm Beach, the grounds of this $40m holiday house include 2,500m² of immaculately manicured lawns and Balinese-influenced gardens providing one of the city's most exclusive backdrops for oceanfront weddings and photos.
Onsite conveniences include easy road access, ample street parking, a nearby jetty and bathroom amenities. We recommend engaging a wedding planner for furniture hire and set up.
Pilu at Freshwater Beach
- Location: Moore Road, Freshwater, NSW 2096
- Capacity: 16 - 100
- Wedding Packages: From $230 per person
Pilu is located on the cliffs overlooking Freshwater Beach and is Sydney's best location for beachside weddings with top quality Italian catering. The hatted Sardinian restaurant sits within a heritage listed beach house and is an ideal spot for small beach weddings as it has three private oceanfront rooms with the capacity for 16, 26 and 50 guests respectively.
Pilu offers exclusive venue hire for ceremonies & receptions with up to 100 guests and all inclusive wedding packages come with canapés on arrival, a personalised food & beverage menu and a dedicated event manager.
St Siandra Mosman
- Location: 75 Parriwi Road, Mosman, NSW 2088
- Capacity: 20 - 140
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
St Siandra is located at Middle Harbour in Mosman and is the perfect reception venue for beachside weddings with a fun, Mediterranean vibe. The restaurant stands apart for its bright interiors, holiday-style menus and signature cocktails and has two distinct function spaces with breathtaking views over its own private beach and luxury yachts moored in The Spit.
The Bluebird Room sits above the St Siandra Restaurant and is an ideal venue for small beachfront weddings with up to 50 seated guests or 85 people cocktail style. The downstairs restaurant seats up to 100 guests in an oasis of colour inspired by the Amalfi Coast.
Ormeggio at the Spit
- Location: Spit Road, Mosman, NSW 2088
- Capacity: 100
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive from $230/pp
Ormeggio At The Spit has long been one of Sydney's best seaside wedding venues with floor to ceiling glass walls offering panoramic water views over Middle Harbour and Pearl Bay. If you're looking for a reception venue in Sydney with Amalfi Coast vibes, Ormeggio is the perfect location with glistening water and luxury yachts surrounding its convenient Mosman address.
All inclusive wedding packages at Ormeggio come with a fine dining Italian seafood menu by owner & chef Alessandro. Waterfront wedding ceremonies can be held on the outdoor deck and there's a mooring offering the option to arrive by charter boat or water taxi.
Long Reef Golf Club
- Location: Anzac Avenue, Collaroy, NSW 2097
- Capacity: 25 - 180
- Wedding Packages: $160+/pp
Long Reef Golf Club is one of the cheapest beach wedding venues in Sydney and is located at Collaroy on the Northern Beaches with all inclusive wedding packages priced from $160 per person. The function room seats up to 140 guests and has large windows overlooking the Northern Beaches, a cocktail terrace and ceremony space directly on the ocean's edge. Unlike most other Sydney venues, Long Reef GC comes with optional use of in-house faux floral packages.
Watsons Bay Hotel
- Location: 1 Military Road, Watsons Bay, NSW 2030
- Capacity: 90 - 350
- Accommodation: 32 suites
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
If your perfect wedding venue at the beach has a funky rooftop bar with incredible views over Sydney Harbour plus its own private stretch of sand to get married on, you'll love this iconic hotel at Watsons Bay. And while the rooftop bar is perfect for cocktail style weddings there's also a beautiful reception venue for seated functions with the same incredible water views.
One of the things we love about the Watsons Bay Hotel is that it has is own wharf allowing arrival by ferry or charter boat which opens up the option to get married in the Sydney CBD or Botanical Gardens before boating guests along the harbour. There's also lots of ceremony locations on local beaches surrounding the venue.
Lindesay House
- Location: 1 Carthona Avenue, Darling Point, NSW 2027
- Capacity: 10 - 100
- Venue Hire: $6,535 - $10,385
Lindesay House is the perfect venue for a waterfront wedding on Sydney Harbour with private gardens providing an intimate setting for outdoor ceremonies & receptions just 5 minutes from the CBD.
This stunning Darling Point venue caters for up to 100 guests and is particularly well suited to day time weddings with a maximum of 60 guests seated on the waterfront. There's also a large marquee-style awning for a fully sheltered reception with the same beautiful water views.
The Boathouse Shelly Beach
- Location: 1 Marine Parade, Manly, NSW 2095
- Capacity: 30 - 120
- Wedding Packages: $230 - $260/pp
If you want to get married on sand and prefer a reception venue on the beach, The Boathouse at Shelly Beach couldn't be any more perfect. This cafe, restaurant and wedding venue is literally 2 steps from Shelly Beach and just a short walk from iconic Manly Beach with hotels aplenty for any travelling wedding guests.
The Boathouse caters for cocktail weddings of up to 120 or sit down events for 60 in the upstairs reception venue that overlooks Shelly Beach. This stunning event space features expansive opening windows that let the sea breeze in and comes with all inclusive wedding packages priced from $230 - $260 per person.
Orso Bayside
- Location: 79 Parriwi Road, Mosman, NSW 2088
- Capacity: 240 seated, 350 cocktail
- Ceremony Sites: Deck, park
- Receptions: Restaurant
- Wedding Packages: From $190 per person
Orso Bayside is a beachfront wedding venue on Middle Harbour. With floor to ceiling glass windows, Orso offers panoramic water views across pristine moorings to Contarf Beach. Located on the sand itself, Orso is the perfect location for beach weddings and has its own wharf and jetty where you can arrive to your wedding ceremony in style.
Recently renovated, Orso is a light-filled, blank canvas reception venue with white walls and exposed beam ceilings. A canopy of romantic fairy lights adorns the roof area over the dance floor. Smaller weddings of up to 70 guests can be catered in the new Tuscany Room.
Manly Beach 16ft Skiff
- Location: East Esplanade, Manly, NSW 2095
- Capacity: 99 seated, 130 cocktail
- Ceremony Sites: Deck, park
- Receptions: Function room
- Wedding Packages: From $190 per person
The Manly 16ft Skiff is located on the shoreline of Manly cove and offers picturesque views over Sydney Harbour. A logistically convenient wedding venue, guests can arrive from Sydney's Circular Quay via the iconic Manly Ferry terminal.
A private altrium at the rear of the sailing club provides the ideal waterfront location for wedding ceremonies and there's also a grassy area adjacent serviced by the venue's ceremony packages. If you're looking for a coastal wedding venue with a relaxed ambience, Manly's sailing club ticks that box.
Public Dining Room
- Location: 2A The Esplanade, Mosman, NSW 2088
- Capacity: 110 seated, 135 cocktail
- Wedding Packages: $210+/pp
Public Dining Room is a fine dining restaurant and relaxed wedding venue on the shores of Balmoral Beach in Sydney's north. Situated adjacent to the iconic Balmoral Baths, Public Dining Room affords uninterrupted views to North Head across Middle Harbour.
Wedding ceremonies can be held on the terrace overlooking Balmoral Beach before serving canapes here while you have photos at iconic locations nearby including the Balmoral Baths. The beachside reception venue offers a mediterranean influenced menu complete with matching wines recommended by the in-house sommelier.
Public Dining Room has a private dining area suitable for smaller weddings of up to 40 guests and for larger weddings this space can be utilised as a dance floor.
Athol Hall
- Location: Bradleys Head Road, Mosman, NSW 2088
- Capacity: 130 seated, 200 cocktail
- Ceremony Sites: Lawns, beach
- Receptions: Hall
- Wedding Packages: Ceremony only, Reception venue hire
Athol Hall is an all-in-one coastal wedding venue with its own private beach on Sydney Harbour. The heritage venue sits in an elevated position amongst picturesque National Park with views to the Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Athol Lawn is available to hire for wedding ceremonies after which you can wander through the short bush track to Athol Beach for photos on the foreshore. Hire of the reception venue is optional and with a blank canvas of white walls and exposed overhead beams, is the perfect spot for styling in any wedding theme from luxe rustic to a Hamptons seaside oasis.
The Bathers' Pavilion
- Location: 4 The Esplanade, Mosman, NSW 2088
- Capacity: 100 seated, 170 cocktail
- Ceremony Sites: Beach, terrace
- Receptions: Function room, private dining
- Wedding Packages: From $175 per person
The Bathers' Pavilion is a heritage building on the foreshore of Balmoral Beach. With only a promenade separating the oceanside wedding venue from the beach, the Bathers' Pavilion offers some of the best coastal views in Sydney.
The first floor function space caters to seated weddings of 100 guests and has an adjoining outdoor terrace perfect for wedding ceremonies overlooking Sydney Harbour and the shoreline of surrounding beaches. Wedding packages are available from 30 to 170 guests.
Killcare Surf Club
- Location: 81 Beach Drive, Killcare, NSW 2257
- Capacity: 150
- Ceremony Sites: Beach
- Receptions: Hall
- Wedding Packages: Venue hire, BYO
Killcare Surf Club is an affordable venue for beach weddings a hop, skip and jump from Sydney. You can hire the upstairs hall for a DIY style wedding reception and bring your own caterers making use of the commercial grade kitchen facilities.
Barefoot wedding ceremonies in the sand are popular at this beach location and there are endless photo opportunities at coastal sites nearby. A large balcony overlooks the beach and is the ideal spot for guests to enjoy drinks before your wedding reception.
Clovelly Surf Club
- Location: Donnellan Circuit, Clovelly, NSW 2031
- Capacity: 150 sit down, 250+ cocktail
- Wedding Packages: $160+/pp
At Clovelly Beach in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, the local surf club offers a first floor reception venue with panoramic ocean views. There is a large balcony area at the rear of the reception room suitable for wedding ceremonies, and you can also pitch a marquee here to extend the indoor space.
The venue recommends hire of a wedding planner but if you're aiming to minimise costs this is not essential. Unique menu options include the likes of Paella packages
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Coastal Wedding Venues
The most beautiful beach wedding venues in Sydney are located on the city's Northern Beaches, Eastern Suburbs, Sydney Harbour and Sutherland Shire and cater for a wide range of coastal ceremonies & receptions from small celebrations to grand events. Use these curated shortlists to find your perfect seaside wedding location in Sydney.
Small Beachfront Venues in Sydney
Beachfront Reception Spaces in Sydney
Beachfront Ceremony Venues in Sydney
- Private Property Sydney Harbour: 2 - 50 guests, Kirribilli
- Private Property Palm Beach: 2 - 100 guests, Northern Beaches
Beachfront Reception Venues in Sydney
- Jonah's Private Dining Room: 30 - 40 guests, Whale Beach
- Jonah's Main Restaurant: 50 - 122 guests, Whale Beach
- The Pavilion: 30 - 400 guests, Kiama
- Pilu Freshwater Beach: 16 - 50 guests, Northern Beaches
- St Siandra: 100 guests, Mosman
- Ormeggio: 100 guests, Mosman
- Long Reef Gold Club: 140 guests, Collaroy Beach
- Lindesay House: 100 guests, Sydney Harbour
- Orso Bayside: 240 guests, Mosman
- Clovelly Surf Club: 150 guests, Clovelly Beach
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