Where will you be on this New Year’s Eve? Finish the year with a bang at one of the nation’s top restaurants, where dazzling dishes, scene-stealing vistas and late-night cocktails are all on the menu. Here, we round up the best seats for a celebratory feast.
These are some of the best New Year’s Eve events in Australia to say goodbye to 2024, and ring in 2025.
Best New Year’s Eve events in Sydney
Cafe Sydney
Circular Quay
A New Year’s Eve at Cafe Sydney is a bucket-list event that is so worth ticking off this year. Enjoy a specially designed, six-course menu paired with top Australian wines from this perfect vantage point.
Tickets start at $1450, cafesydney.com
Quay
Circular Quay
Iconic is an overused word, but it’s worthy in this context. A seemingly immovable presence in the pantheon of Australia’s great restaurants, Peter Gilmore’s Quay boasts excellent, creative menus and perfect wine pairings backdropped by second-to-none views of Sydney Harbour. For NYE, a seat at the table comes with canapés on arrival, a glass of Champagne on arrival, a seven-course menu and premium matching wines. It doesn’t get much better than this, truly.
Tickets start at $2100 per person, quay.com.au
Martinez
Circular Quay
Martinez is offering a four-hour food and drinks package, including canapés, grazing stations, and a selection of sparkling wine, beer, and spirits. A live jazz band will be on deck to help set the jubilant New Year mood, and the bar will be fully stocked for those after something a little stronger.
Tickets are $349 per person, martinez.sydney
Dear Sainte Éloise
Potts Point
Ring in 2025 with a summery, festive set menu at Potts Point favourite, Dear Sainte Éloise. Think specially curated plates like peach and tomato with rocket and Comte, as well as Murray cod with wild mushroom and Champagne sauce. Paired with bubbles (and the chance to pre-order a very special bottle of Michel Gonet Blanc de Blancs Vindey-Montgueux), this experience is perfect for those keen to enjoy a removed-from-the-crowed NYE.
Bookings available for late lunch, pre-party dinner or the final hours of 2024. Set menu must be ordered for $130 per person. dearsainteeloise.com
Whalebridge
Circular Quay
Is there a more iconic setting to ring in the new year than Sydney’s Circular Quay? Set right next to the water with an unobstructed view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Whalebridge is offering two tiers of tickets for a harbourside. All tickets include free-flowing Champagne, and a specially curated NYE menu featuring Fruits de Mer (think Skull Island prawns and scallops aplenty) with mains like coral trout and Wagyu eye fillet.
Tickets start at $1100 for Tier 2 Bistro seating, whalebridge.com.au
Hacienda
Circular Quay
Ring in 2025 with supersized antipasti charcuterie and cheese spreads and creative canapés at the newly reopened Hacienda in the heart of Circular Quay. A chef’s station will also be plating up seafood mains, and for those with a sweet tooth, the dessert grazing table is where you’ll want to be. All of this, coupled with cocktails and harbourside views makes for a very good evening.
Tickets start at $479 per person, haciendasydney.com/functions
Best New Year’s Eve events in Melbourne
The Rooftop at QT
Melbourne
Ring in the New Year from the sky-scraping tops of the QT building’s rooftop bar. Take the lift to the top floor and usher in 2025 surrounded by Melbourne’s glittering skyline. Enjoy bottomless drinks, a live band, canapés, freshly shucked oysters and a late-night dessert station.
Tickets start at $325 per person, qthotels.com
Johnny’s Green Room
Carlton
Rooftop parties are the perfect way to ring in the New Year, so where better than Johnny’s Green Room? Guests will receive a complimentary drink upon arrival, with drinks and snacks curated by Hope St Radio.
General admission tickets start at $60 per person, with limited seating available on a first-come, first-served basis, johnnysgreenroom.com
Bar Carolina
South Yarra
Celebrate the New Year Italian-style with an evening full of snacks, prosecco and live music at Bar Carolina. On arrival, you’ll be welcomed with a crisp glass of bubbles before sitting down for a three-course set menu by head chef James Choi. Think rigatoni alla vodka, chargrilled porterhouse and chocolate tiramisu to cap everything off.
Tickets start a $150 per head for a four-course menu, barcarolina.com.au
Hotel Sorrento
Sorrento
Send off 2024 in laid-back style as NYE returns to Hotel Sorrento after seven consecutive sold-out years. Tickets include a cocktail on arrival and canapés throughout the night. Dress to impress in all-white and enjoy entertainment across all three levels of the venue.
VIP tickets still available for $349 per person, hotelsorrento.com.au
Best New Year’s Eve events in Brisbane
Yoko
Brisbane City
Join in on the festive fun at the Howard Smith Wharves and get a front-and-centre view of the fireworks at Yoko. Its sunset session includes a spritz on arrival and a generous banquet-style menu offering from 5–8pm, but for the late-night owls, the midnight session runs from 9pm and includes a Spritz on arrival, a banquet feast and a three-hour beverage package.
Midnight session tickets are $280 per person, yokodining.com.au
Fiume Rooftop Bar at the Crystalbrook Vincent
Fortitude Valley
Enjoy breathtaking cityscape and river views at Crystalbrook Vincent’s Fiume Rooftop Bar and send 2024 off in serious style. With a four-hour drinks package (including groovy signature cocktails, sparkling, beers and wine) as well as canapes and live cooking stations, as far as rooftops go, this is the one to beat for New Year’s Eve.
Tickets start at $259 per person, crystalbrookcollective.com
Supernormal
Brisbane City
Bid 2024 farewell at one of Brisbane’s biggest openings. Enjoy front-row seats to the fireworks along the glittering Brisbane River with views of the Story Bridge, and sip on Supernormal’s house Martini before indulging in a languid four-course menu.
Bookings are available now at brisbane.supernormal.net.au
Best New Year’s Eve events in Adelaide
Arkhé
Norwood
In Adelaide, Arkhé will host an exclusive six-course menu curated by executive chef Jake Kellie, with the bar serving up drinks all night, from handcrafted cocktails to a very special Champagne menu.
Tickets from $250 per person, arkhe.com.au
Sol Rooftop
Adelaide
From 8pm to 2am, say goodbye to 2024 at Sol Rooftop in Adelaide’s CBD. Including a four-hour drinks package, canapés and live music, leave queuing to see fireworks to those on the ground, because you’ll have exclusive access to the venue until 2am.
Tickets start at $249 per person, skycityadelaide.com.au
Best New Year’s Eve events in Perth
Hearth at the Ritz-Carlton
Perth
Get a taste of the very best that Western Australia has to offer with a specially curated, six-course menu to ring in the New Year. Featuring cured snapper, Southwest Marron and dry-aged Wagin duck, dinner at Hearth is a charming and calming way to mark the festive occasion.
Tickets start from $295 per person, drinks not included except a glass of Ruinart on arrival, hearthrestaurant.com
The Claremont Hotel
Claremont
With three levels of festivities to choose from, the Claremont Hotel has something for everyone this New Year’s Eve. Choose from low-key live musicians on the bottom floor, a silent rooftop disco or a DJ in the Grevillea Room, all while enjoying a three-and-a-half hour drinks package and, of course, canapés.
Tickets start at $148, theclaremont.com.au
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