I had a lovely dinner here outside on the covered patio. The food is great and the atmosphere is…read moreinviting. This is a great place to catch the sun set over the Hunter River. We ordered garlic bread, a roasted pumpkin and ricotta pizza, and a garlic prawn pizza. It was all delicious!

On a beautiful day, this place would be excellent. The brewery seems to be one of the places to be…read moreat by day and night in Newcastle. They have a great covered outdoor area with band on a Sunday and a nice selection of beers. Next time I visit I hope the weather finally turns it on.

Great atmosphere in the pub/taproom…read more We kicked off our weekend in the Hunter Valley with a stop here. The beer was very good. The Slacked Magpie was off the charts. One of the best beers I have had in quite sometime. It was considered a Vanilla Milk Porter. Very tasty. Other beers we had were good as well. Service was friendly and entertaining. Beer went well with the food we had at the adjoining restaurant that is part of the resort.

Great beer and brewery in Hunter Valley! I came here as part of a Hunter Valley wine tour with…read moreKangarrific tours, and I'm so glad we did! I'm not that big of a beer fan, but I am always eager to try new brews! They have 10 beers on tap, and my friend and I tried the ginger and citrus beer and the glitter beer. There is plenty of seating both indoors and outdoors, and I can see this place being THE place to be on a night out with friends. The staff were great and answered any questions we had. The beer and atmosphere were both great, and I can definitely see myself hanging out with friends here!

Totally ruined our night. Refused to honour the special not…read morethe night, claimed it was changed to another night - even though it is on their website and menu. Loud with kids running around. can't be in here for long as it's too noisy. Forget coming here for a few good drinks and decent conversation - it's like trying to have a conversation in a children's playgroup.

I happened upon this brewery because it's next to the Manly Dive Shop and I had a voucher but I am…read moreso glad I visited. This nice breezy open pub is really quite nice and a place I would spend more time. The staff were so friendly! The chef even came out to the table to assist my friend with ordering gluten free options. I haven't had their beer which I know is odd being that it's a brewery but it just wasn't that sort of afternoon when I visited. Instead we ordered wine and food. The food was a step up from pub food for sure! They had various selections of tacos, fish, burgers, chicken schnitzel, salads, pies, etc. I saw quite a few entrees being served and they all looked fresh and good presentation. My friend tried the tacos and I tried the chicken schnitzel. The schnitzel was a decent size portion, the fries were nice and crisp, the salad was gorgeous with big chunks of spinach and not overly done with the dressing. I will definitely stop in again. Not so touristy spot!!

Not an easy place to find but worth the search. I'm enjoying the Australian larger, an extremely…read moresmooth drop. Unlike other Breweries their beer is more of a classic quality than an over hoppy try too hard micro brew.

From the owner: Your local craft brewery in the Sutherland Shire since 2015!read more

Absolutely horrible experience, if I were you I would avoid this place at all costs. It's over…read moreexpensive, very low quality food and completely arrogant waiters and ground staff. My recommendation for those who are reading this keep going to anabay or salamander Bay and hit up the taverns there. They have amazing food. Brilliant service and a stunning atmosphere. Now for the full details. We came in on bikes being a beautiful day. Thought we'd stop in for lunch and a beer. We parked the bikes in the shade. There were no signs saying do not park here or staff parking only, it was open slather. So we walked up and found a table in the shade, it was already 32° C and will feeling the heat and very keen for a beer. After sitting down, ordering a beer, settling in and ordering our food. We were then told by one of the staff members who bought my dish out (I'll get to that shortly) That we had to move because the table was already booked. If there was something clearly saying that the table was reserved we wouldn't have sat there in the first place. However, it wasn't clear so we had no idea. This waitress, french-speaking lady, then took my food away and told us we had to relocate to another table. Finally, after finding another table in the shade, we all sat down and my so-called crispy pork belly was served in front of me. Now this dish is $23 and it had a handful of pork belly and a very little amount of what they thought was pineapple salad I think. The pork belly was like chewing gum. It was flavorless, far from crispy and a big challenge to eat. My mate who was with me was Kane on the prawns and salad. This dish was $28 and it came with three prawns including the heads which were already cut off and three pieces of green rocket I think. Locally you can pick up half a kilo of tiger prawns for about $20. My mate went and said something about the meal because he was completely disgusted at the price and the value in which we were sort of compensated for. I'm leaving. We've come down to our $30,000 bikes to find them being watered and covered in bore water from a sprinkler that wasn't there when we arrived. This was the straw that broke the camel's back, the staff were notified and some very large overweight middle-aged individual in a high-vis vest came down and whinged to us saying that we shouldn't have parked there. I asked him to show me where the signage says "no parking" But there wasn't one because someone had taken it down well before we had arrived. So I explained to this individual that it was not our problem and this looked like parking for customers. Now I'm a local, I live 15 minutes from this place and the four occasions I've been here over the last 12 months. I've not had any luck with the service or the food quality. If it was my choice we would have moved to Salamander Bay or Anna Bay where there are two amazing taverns with much better food quality and outstanding service. The staff here just did not care about their service or the issues with saturating our $30,000 motorbikes in bore water. Don't come here, it's over expensive and the food quality is well below average. You won't leave here with a smile on your face, I was totally disgusted and I can assure you I will never return. I'm hoping you've read this review in full and seriously reconsider where you are going for lunch, this place had so much potential back in the day, but it is completely failing right now, it's failing the locality and the reputation of this amazing area that we live in.

We spotted Murray's Brewery along the road on the way to Port Stephens. On the way back, we decided…read moremake a pit stop for some food and drinks. There's also a winery on the premises, Port Stephens Winery. We dropped in on an early Saturday evening (around 6:00pm). The layout is quite nice with a beautiful view of the vineyards in the background and plenty of outdoor seating. The menu is quite massive with beer snacks, sides to share, lighter meals & salads, burgers, pizzas, BBQ, cheese platters and sweet treats. There also was a small gelato case inside. There's the usual merchandise with other random touristy nicknacks for sale. - Beer tasting paddle ($23.00 AUD for 6) - this is pretty pricey but you do get 6 samples that are 200ml each. The unfortunate thing is that they don't let you choose what you want. Never been to a brewery before where you didn't have the option. Lame! There's about 10 flavours on tap. The best one we tried in our sampler was the east coast lager and dark knight porter style. Rest were pretty unmemorable. - Crispy pork belly bites ($15.00 AUD) - came with red wined braised cabbage and macerated apple. You get 6 pieces of pork belly. The apple sauce was a nice combination and the cabbage was tasty. Pretty great for sharing. - Sweet potato wedges ($12.00 AUD) - came with a side of sour cream and sweet chili sauce. The wedges were quite chunky but needed to be way more crispy. Decent stopover. Food was better than expected but wasn't too impressed with their beer offerings.

Hubby and I were waiting on the ferry when we spotted 4 Pines Brewing Company. We naturally headed…read moreover for a pint. We found an open table on the upstairs outdoor patio with a gorgeous view of Manly Wharf. The bar staff took our order and poured our beers quickly. This location was perfect for an afternoon beer!

It's #thurstythursday and #throwbackthursday and I'm reminiscing about visiting my first brewery in…read moreAustralia. I was on an 8hr layover in Sydney on my way to Perth and decided to venture out to Manly via the harbor water taxi. It was in the middle of a hellacious rainstorm, so the ferry ride was definitely "lively". 4Pines Brewpub was the closest brewery to the quay, so I made a run for it and was greeted with a nice beer selection (did a flight #natch ), friendly staff, ample seating (w/a view), and respite from the storm. It was a great way to say g'day to beer in Oz! Definitely recommend stopping by if you're ever in that neck of the woods DownUnder as it is super convenient to the Corso which takes you to Manly Beach. The Draught Kölsch 4.6% The American Amber Ale 5.1% The ESB (Extra Special Bitter) 5.4% The Irish Dry Stout 5.1%

What a fun spot in Sydney! Super cool vibe and everyone on the staff that we encountered were…read moreawesome! Beer was good. We got tasters, and loved the darker brews, and others were good. The Aussie Beef Pie is what got my wife excited about visiting, and it was really great! I had the Tikka Massala and it was super tasty. It was a bit thinner that I'd have liked, but flavors and heat were spot on. This place is an absolute winner!

The Lord Nelson Brewery has your typical Australian pub on the ground floor but a very nice…read morerestaurant upstairs with great food served at able with white table cloths. We had dark Old Admiral beer and spaghetti with Australian blue crab, and the barramundi filet. Both were great. Go for unexpectedly non-pub like meal in The Rocks.

Really stoked that we came upon this brewery as there aren't ANY watering holes around like this by…read moreus. This newly opened brewery is in the alley by Broadway Shopping Center They have a great selection of micro brews including my fav the Blonde (i'm bias) all the way to the darkest of stout beer. If you like hops? jump on it! Really great outdoor beer garden with tons of seating, tellie screens, fans for the hot days and umbrellas. They have a small selection of food to eat, which is vital if you plan to soak up the sun and drink

From the owner: Craft Beer. Beer Garden.read more

I managed to slip in here just as it was about to close, which was pretty cool, but then again it…read morewas starting to get a little late. Look, like a lot of the other breweries about the place, this one was rather nice, it was just a shame that when I went to buy some takeaway, they didn't happen to offer the option of mixing and matching. Still, as a brewery, it wasn't bad, and it is signed pretty well, so it can be easily spotted as well (namely because it happens to be next to a pub). Yeah, the beers were cool, and the service was fine, it just didn't stand out in the way that the other ones had.

Ordered the oatmeal stout and the watermelon Pilsner middy size. They were out of the oatmeal stout…read moreand gave us a sour instead which we didn't even want/order.

In a city full of soulless TAB-illuminated meat markets, Terrace Bar is a breath of fresh air…read more A social experiment of sorts, Terrace Bar is the debut product of Newcastle's "small bar movement" and boy have they shown us what we've been missing. Set up in a faux-derelict manner (behind the bar is the only modern aspect to the place), it owes a lot to Melbourne's hipster-chic scene, from the boutique beer selection to the fantastic DJ sets and impromptu dance floor. The atmosphere is great, friends and completely without any of the confrontational attitudes that plague... well.. just a bout every other bar in Newcastle. Only minus is that the license is only til midnight. The host live gigs and other performances in the small venue upstairs and also have a rooftop beer garden (as I said: "Melbourne") which is now open from lunchtimes at the weekends throughout the Summer. Only open Thursday-Sunday, this is a fantastic addition to the city and hopefully it will thrive.

A hidden hot spot in the heart of Newcastle. I've never been before and walked right passed it. A…read moretruly deceptive entrance. I'm not a fan of dark places which seems to be a trend with drinking venues. However, taking the stairs to the top completely changes the atmosphere. Downstairs you'd think they would go out of business but upstairs is where the people are. Back down by the bar was a dj playing great music with enough space for an impromptu dance. Not my type of place but I can appreciate what they are trying to achieve here.