Shutters Restaurant & Bar

With the coastline of Coogee Beach at its feet, Shutters Restaurant and Bar brings day-to-night coastal charm to Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. Its signature shutters frame shimmering azure waters and golden sands, setting the stage for coffee at first light, leisurely lunches and twilit celebrations. Equal parts restaurant, bar and elegant function space, it leans into the easy glamour of seaside living, where the breeze is salt-laced and the mood relaxed yet refined.

The kitchen favours Mediterranean ease and modern Australian sensibility, with shareable beginnings and clean, confident flavours. Tear into house-made focaccia glossed with extra virgin olive oil, or pita flatbreads with hummus, baba ghanoush and roasted capsicum. South Coast baby squid gets a dusting of lemon myrtle salt, while beetroot carpaccio finds lift in goat's cheese, walnut and pomegranate molasses. From there, potato gnocchi meets a macadamia, lemon and basil pesto, pappardelle carries slow-cooked Angus beef cheek in cumin butter, and Cone Bay barramundi swims through beurre blanc with capers and lemon. For a sweet finish, think white chocolate crème brûlée or a decidedly grown-up espresso martini tiramisu.

Sunlit by day and, come evening, set above the twinkling shore, Shutters prizes coastal elegance and comfort, the sort of place where conversation flows as easily as the tide. Book a window table, linger over something seasonal and bright, and let the waves do the talking. Make a date, make a memory, make it Shutters.