Northern Beaches Wedding Venues
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Looking for a wedding venue on the Northern Beaches of Sydney? The Northern Beaches is renowned for its beautiful seaside wedding venues nestled within the stunning clifftops and iconic stretches of sand between Manly and Palm Beach. Set within a close-knit local community these stunning ceremony & reception venues ooze relaxed coastal vibes and are among the most popular spots for a beachfront wedding in Sydney.
The best places to get married on the Northern Beaches are all waterfront wedding venues and include world class restaurants, affordable sailing clubs, chic cocktail bars and funky boat houses. Some of Australia's most luxurious wedding venues are hidden among the affluent coastal suburbs in this region and range from boutique clifftop hotels to multi-million dollar properties with exclusive wedding ceremony venues on their own private beaches.
If you're looking for an iconic destination for a waterfront wedding in Sydney you're in the right place. These 16 Northern Beaches wedding venues are all situated in stunning oceanfront locations and come highly recommended by local marriage celebrants and photographers.
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Jonah's Whale Beach
- Location: 69 Bynya Road, Whale Beach, NSW 2107
- Restaurant Capacity: Seated 122, Cocktail 160
- Private Dining Capacity: 30 - 40
- Accommodation: Sleeps 22
- Wedding Packages: From $260/pp
Jonah's is the best wedding venue on the Northern Beaches for an exclusive fine dining experience with breathtaking ocean views. The chefs hatted restaurant offers an incredible all-in-one location for your special day, with a spectacular ceremony space overlooking Whale Beach, an outdoor terrace for cocktail hour and a floor to ceiling glass-walled dining room with spellbinding views over the horizon.
All inclusive wedding packages at Jonah's include a gastro menu paired with an internationally awarded wine list, a one-of-a-kind cocktail hour with a Bollinger cart, caviar bar and seafood station on the terrace, and 5 star service with a dedicated wedding planner. Topping off the exclusive wedding experience at Jonah's are 11 luxury suites where you can get ready onsite.
Palm Beach Wedding Venue
- Location: Palm Beach, Sydney NSW 2108
- Capacity: 100
- Wedding Packages: DIY
This exclusive wedding ceremony venue is located at a private $40 million holiday home at Palm Beach and offers private venue hire for waterfront weddings overlooking the turquoise waters of Pittwater. The unique Balinese-influenced gardens are set over 2,500 sqm of pristine lawns, providing an enchanting place to get married on Sydney's Northern Beaches.
Convenient road access and abundant street parking facilitate seamless logistics for set up & styling of your wedding ceremony. The venue is equipped with onsite amenities and features a jetty, allowing for arrivals and departures by boat.
Long Reef Weddings
- Location: Anzac Avenue, Collaroy, NSW 2097
- Seated Capacity: 60 - 140
- Cocktail Capacity: 60 - 250
- Wedding Packages: $160+/pp
With sweeping coastal views from Narrabean to Avalon, Long Reef Golf Club is one of the most scenic oceanfront wedding venues on the Northern Beaches. And with all inclusive wedding packages from $160 per person, a choice of in-house ceremony set ups, and your own dedicated wedding planner, it's one of the cheapest and easiest spots to get married north of Sydney Harbour.
Included in all wedding packages are 5 golf buggies to transport you and your bridal crew to beautiful wedding photography locations along the Bicentennial Coastal Walk and Long Reef Headland. A minimum guest count of 80 is required for Saturday night weddings and 60 on a Sunday and the beautiful function room comes with an adjoining cocktail terrace and stunning ceremony space located directly on Collaroy's Fishermans Beach.
Taronga Zoo Sydney
- Location: Bradleys Head Rd, Mosman, NSW 2088
- Capacity: 40 Seated, 350 Cocktail
- Accommodation: 58 Rooms
- Wedding Packages: $220 - $230/pp
Taronga Zoo has four stunning reception venues with water views that range from a funky rooftop terrace seating up to 60 guests, to a glamorous ballroom that seats 250 people. All of these spectacular event spaces have floor to ceiling windows offering panoramic harbour views with romantic sunsets over the city skyline.
At Taronga Zoo you can host your entire wedding day in one place and say "I do" in the iconic Bird Amphitheatre. This stunning harbour front space is one of the most scenic wedding ceremony locations on Sydney's North Shore and is not far from the giraffe and elephant enclosures where you can have unique wedding photos with some of world's most exotic animals.
Bosk Events
- Location: Sandy Bay Road, Clontarf, NSW 2093
- Capacity: 100
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Bosk Restaurant at Clontarf Reserve is the perfect place to get married if you're looking for a hidden gem in an intimate beachfront location. A favourite spot for private celebrations with locals, Bosk features a private dining room that seats up to 40 guests, the restaurant which seats 70 and an outdoor reception space. Exclusive weddings are available for 100 people.
Surrounded by spacious green lawns and nestled under a Morton Bay Fig tree, Bosk is also a beautiful place for wedding ceremonies. The venue has panoramic ocean views, an airy coastal interior and comes with a dedicated planner and bespoke wedding packages.
SAN MARTIN
- Location: 350 General San Martin Drive, Ku-ring-gai Chase, NSW 2084
- Capacity: 280
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Nestled in the scenic Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and with 204 marina berths where your guests can dock their boats, SAN MARTIN is one of the most exclusive waterfront wedding venues on the Northern Beaches. Located at Akuna Bay the elegant ceremony & reception venue is surrounded by amazing photoshoot locations making it the perfect spot for an all-in-one celebration.
SAN MARTIN seats 140 wedding guests with a dance floor or 180 guests without and comes with tailored fine dining menus, a full service cocktail bar and outdoor balcony with stunning water & bushland views.
Pilu at Freshwater
- Location: Moore Road, Freshwater, NSW 2096
- Capacity: 10 - 100
- Wedding Packages: $220+
Pilu is a Hamptons inspired wedding venue with a ceremony garden that overlooks Freshwater Beach. The Sardinian restaurant is a popular spot for small Northern Beaches weddings with 3 seperate private dining areas that cater for up to 15, 20 or 45 guests. You can also book the entire venue for your exclusive use for up to 100 guests.
The heritage-listed beach house is a breathtaking location for seaside weddings with its private and intimate spaces reminiscent of Italy’s Amalfi coast. All inclusive wedding packages range from $220 - $340 per person and include a personalised menu and event specialist.
Manly Pavilion Weddings
- Location: West Esplanade, Manly, NSW 2095
- Capacity: 200 - 250
- Wedding Packages: $215 - $300/pp
The heritage listed Manly Pavilion is conveniently located a short walk from the iconic Manly Wharf and with stunning water views over Sydney Harbour is one of the most popular reception venues in the Northern Beaches. The grand ballroom behind the Mediterranean arches seats up to 200 guests with a central dance floor, and there is an adjoining outdoor ceremony area on the surrounding wharf.
All inclusive wedding packages at Manly Pavilion are priced from $215 - $300 per person and are catered by The Boathouse Group who are synonymous with coastal event spaces throughout the Northern Beaches.
The Boathouse Shelly Beach
- Location: 1 Marine Parade, Manly, NSW 2095
- Capacity: 60 - 120
- Wedding Packages: From $230 - $260/pp
The Boathouse at Shelly Beach epitomises the relaxed coastal ambience of the Northern Beaches region and is the perfect Manly Beach wedding venue for laid back seaside nuptials. The Boathouse has plenty of parking nearby, but you can also get here via the scenic coastal walk from Manly Promenade which is relatively flat and only takes 5 minutes in flip flops (maybe 10 in heels).
This uber-groovy cocktail bar has a private event space upstairs with huge open windows offering a birds eye view over the beach and usual myriad of scuba divers, snorkelers and swimmers enjoying the protected marine reserve of Cabbage Tree Bay. This iconic beachfront venue seats up to 60 guests or caters for cocktail functions with up to 120 people, and offers all inclusive wedding packages from $230 per person. Seasonal minimum spends apply.
Manly 16ft Skiff
- Location: East Esplanade, Manly, NSW 2095
- Capacity: 80 - 120
- Wedding Packages: $190 - $250 per head
The 16ft Skiff is the only floating venue on the Northern Beaches and with a picturesque sunset vista over Sydney Harbour, it's one of Manly's most popular wedding locations. This relaxed local sailing club has a beautiful ceremony and reception space in one place including a covered over-water atrium that offers a romantic place to say "I do" directly above gently lapping sea water.
The 16ft Skiff is conveniently located near Manly Wharf, just an 8 minute walk from the ferry. All inclusive wedding packages are affordably priced from $190 per person and come with exclusive use of the venue, a fresh seafood menu and drinks package that includes quality wines. This is the premier oceanfront venue on the Northern Beaches for a full waterfront experience that won't break the bank.
Q Station Manly
- Location: 1 North Head Scenic Drive, Manly, NSW 2095
- Capacity: 250
- Accommodation: Sleeps 100+
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Q Station is Manly's most unique wedding location and has 3 quirky reception venues overlooking Sydney Harbour at North Head. The most popular reception space is the heritage ballroom which seats up to 180 guests and has overhead beams for easy styling. The Glasshouse offers an idyllic location for intimate weddings with up to 30 guests, and there's a modern wedding hall seating 80 people with Manly Cove views.
Situated across 33 hectares of ocean frontage, Q Station offers a myriad of beautiful wedding ceremony sites from headland views to a waterfront wharf. All inclusive wedding packages are priced from $210 per person with occasional specials from $199/pp.
The Glasshouse Manly
- Location: 1 North Head Scenic Drive, Manly, NSW 2095
- Capacity: 15 - 30
- Wedding Packages: $260/pp
The Glasshouse is Manly's most unique wedding venue for small ceremonies & receptions with 15 - 30 guests and is located within the Quarantine Station at North Head, featuring panoramic views over Sydney Harbour to Manly Cove.
All inclusive wedding packages in the Glasshouse are priced at $260 per person and include canapés, shared mains, a 4 hour beverage package, furniture, tableware and a wedding coordinator. Wedding ceremonies are hosted on the adjoining Harbour Vista lawn and cost $2,500 and come with a choice of arbour, guest seating and an indoor backup venue.
Royal Motor Yacht Club Broken Bay
- Location: 46 Prince Alfred Parade, Newport, NSW 2106
- Capacity: 50 - 200
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
The Royal Motor Yacht Club at Broken Bay is currently undergoing a redevelopment and is reopening in 2026 with a brand new rooftop terrace event space. This picturesque wedding location on Newport Marina comes with two waterfront ceremony venues on a floating pontoon and outdoor terrace, both immersing guests in Pittwater's boating scene and national park surrounds.
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Taronga Zoo
- Location: Bradleys Head Rd, Mosman, NSW 2088
- Capacity: 60 Seated - 80 Standing
- Accommodation: 58 Rooms
- Wedding Packages: $220 - $230/pp
Taronga Zoo is an iconic destination for waterfront weddings with 5 unique ceremony & reception venues situated amongst animal exhibits on Sydney Harbour. Ceremony venues on the water include the famous bird amphitheatre which has panoramic views over the Sydney skyline. Reception venues include a chic rooftop bar, a grand ballroom and a pop up luxury marquee that all feature views of the Sydney Opera House & Harbour Bridge.
Sergeants Mess
- Location: Chowder Bay Road, Mosman, NSW 2088
- Capacity: 50 - 350
- Wedding Packages: $230+/pp
Sergeants Mess is one of the most popular coastal wedding venues in Sydney due to its stunning location with harbour views that stretch to Watson's Bay. It's also one of the only wedding venues on the Northern Beaches where guests can arrive by boat as it has an easily accessible private wharf.
Inside is a glamorously decorated interior complete with a bridal suite, bar and a huge foreshore deck. Beside the reception venue is a waterfront amphitheatre which offers wedding ceremonies with an iconic Sydney Harbour backdrop. Within walking distance is the beautiful wedding photo location of Chowder Bay offering picture perfect coastal buildings and a quiet beach.
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Orso Bayside
- Location: 79 Parriwi Road, Mosman, NSW 2088
- Capacity: 240 - 350
- Wedding Packages: $220+/pp
The beachfront wedding venue Orso Bayside offers a picturesque spot for all-in-one weddings in Mosman. With floor to ceiling windows the space is filled with natural light throughout the day and has panoramic views from Middle Harbour to Clontarf Beach. At night the reception venue comes to life under a romantic canopy of fairy lights.
If you're looking for a large wedding venue on the Northern Beaches, Orso caters for cocktail functions of up to 350 guests or 240 for a seated celebration. You can arrive and depart via boat with a private wharf connected to the venue and the waterfront deck is spacious enough for wedding ceremonies.
Ormeggio at the Spit
- Location: Spit Road, Mosman, NSW 2088
- Capacity: 100
- Wedding Packages: $200+/pp
Ormeggio At The Spit is one of the most popular Italian restaurants on the Northern Beaches. Located on a marina, the floating beachfront wedding venue has a beautiful seaside deck, feature cocktail bar and wide opening glass windows that allow ocean views from all tables.
Ormeggio is an all inclusive reception venue that seats up to 90 guests or can accommodate 100 for cocktail functions. For smaller weddings the all-weather oceanfront deck offers a private dining space seating 30 and comes with an outdoor bar area. Wedding packages range from $200 - $270 per person with a choice of Italian dishes centred around fresh seafood and pasta made onsite daily.
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