Beach Bar & Dining

Coogee Bay Hotel has just launched Beach Bar and Dining, replacing Marrah with a new coastal restaurant and bar overlooking the waves of Coogee Beach with bright decor and it all has a beautiful Beachy vibe to it. Led by Executive Chef Justin Schott, the menu is fresh, perfect to share and have with a drink or two and dishes are packed with both colour and flavour. Here’s what we ordered - a range of plates to share: 🥗 Grilled Chicken Salad Charred chicken breast, crisp cos lettuce, parmesan, tomato, cucumber, avocado and LP’s green goddess dressing — fresh, bright and so satisfying. 🍕 Garlic & Honey Pizza Mozzarella, confit garlic, fermented honey and chives on the softest, chewiest base. Sweet, savoury, unbelievably good. 🌮 Smoked Eggplant Tostada Corn, gorditas, salsa macha, jalapeño and coriander with creamy smoked eggplant — the perfect mix of heat, crunch and smokiness. 🥩🦐 Steak with Prawns Grass-fed Angus rump cooked beautifully, topped with grilled prawns, which we added as an extra, served with crisp chips, salad, lemon and herb butter. Classic surf-and-turf done right. 🐟 Ceviche of the Day Fresh, zesty and vibrant with avocado, basil, yuzu ponzu and miso — the ultimate summer starter. Every dish was packed with flavour, beautifully balanced and perfect for a beachside meal. It was super enjoyable and staff were lovely and helpful.

Located across the Iconic Coogee beach, Beach Bar and Dining in Coogee Bay Hotel is a renovated spacious bar and dining place with great large opening windows to chill and relax. You can enjoy a meal and drink after a walk or a swim at the beach. It has really nice atmosphere and vibes with the uplifting music and the staffs were friendly and welcoming. The menu is a revamp all day menu serving Cali beach inspired modern Australian food with elevated pub classic. The menu is extensive with Snacks and Shares dishes, Tostadas and Pizza and Salads to share. You can have burgers or sandwiches with chips or just a main dish for yourself and the daily/weekend specials available accompany with a beer/wine/cocktails. We ordered the smoked eggplant tostada, ceviche of the day, buffalo wings, to share to start with a refreshing and summery berry cheeky cocktail to share. For main we have a crab and mussel rigatoni and pan roast salmon with a tofu poke bowl and everything was fresh and tasty. Our favorites are the ceviche of the day, buffalo wings, tofu poke bowl and the pan roast salmon. We ended the meal with a lovely, light & creamy passionfruit cheesecake. Would highly recommend this place for a good post beach chill and relax experience and enjoy a meal with a good company of friends or love one.

We had a show so we didn’t have to much time. We ordered a jug of sangria 49 for litrally half wine and apple juice. Shockingly expensive. The king prawn pizza was nice way too much sauce, the nachos were very tasty and good! The beef was nice and slow cooked pulled beef. Apart from the cocktails being one shot and super expensive for what it is. Avoid there cocktails most cocktails have 2.5 shoots at the most Venus not at Coogee bay hotels! They only have 1 shot! AVOID OVER PRICED COCKTAILS. The waiters were very lovely and polite and very welcoming! They did an amazing job being very accomodating.

A wonderful spacious bar with great large opening windows - the perfect spot to escape the sun and watch the world go by with a drink. In the morning, despite being almost empty, there was a good atmosphere with the background music and all the staff were friendly and welcoming. Prices for drinks seemed very high but there is an extensive range on tap. I’ll certainly be returning, hopefully to try some of the food too.

The Coogee Bay Hotel is celebrating 150 years this year, and with winter keeping the crowds down, it’s a good time to get reacquainted. Mosey down a carefully curated corridor depicting the history of this icon on your way to the hotel’s 2022 update, the Marra Bar & Grill. Marvel at the fact that the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown was actually the first time since the war that this historic hotel closed its doors. Move through the Marra cocktail bar where framed wall-posters from the hotel’s Selina’s days advertise headline acts like Nirvana and the Violent Femmes: if these walls could talk, what would they say? For history you can taste, check out the legacy menu of retro cocktails and snacks, from 1920s Charlie Chaplins ($22/each) to 1970s bangers and mash ($28). For a contemporary tipple, the tomato-garnished Marra Martini ($23) is easy to like, combining Tanqueray and Stone Pine rhubarb gin. Marra takes up prime real estate facing the equally iconic Coogee Beach. A raised arched roof, seemingly lined with fairy lights and brown paper, gives it a cocoon-like feeling on a blustery night, but no doubt would feel sandier and coastal during the day. The floor team is sweet and well-intentioned, with accents that remind you backpacking is once again a thing. Oysters ($6/each) “from the East coast of Australia” are eventually narrowed down to the aquamarine waters of Pambula. Served freshly shucked over ice with plenty of liquor, they are so good, we instantly order a second pair. Most of the menu centres around the Josper grill. Teaming a charcoal grill with a door you can close gives chefs the temperature control of an oven. It ensures your rump cap ($33) arrives both moist and smoky, even cooked to a perfect medium. Ignore the chips in favour of wickedly creamy Paris mash ($12) and minted peas ($11) and you’ve moved from pub to high-end steakhouse. I was slightly less taken with the pizza, its base lacking the characteristic char, but appreciated the simple, Josper roasted beef ($29), brie and grilled red capsicum topping. What bumped my night from ordinary to memorable was teaming it with the Giant Steps Primavera Pinot Noir ($27/glass). This is just a joyful drop, and one you can also pick up in the hotel’s bottle shop to take home with you if you love it as much as I did. The by-the-glass list here is amazing, with a Coravin system allowing them to offer glass prices of bottles you might not easily afford to drink, like the Californian Orin Swift Mannequin Chardonnay ($30/glass). It’s straw gold but surprisingly elegant with caramel, balanced oak and lemon. There’s also plenty to like at the list’s lower end.