Raes Dining Room

Name: Raes Dining Room
Address: 6-8 Marine Parade, Wategos Beach, NSW, 2481, AU
Telephone: 02 6685 5366
Price range: $$$$
Rating: 4.5

Wategos Beach · Restaurants & Cafes

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4.5/5

(775 reviews)

$$$$

The tables at Wategos Beach don't get more sought-after than this. Raes Dining Room sits directly above the sand at one of Byron's most sheltered coves, and the room knows it. The menu leans into the Mediterranean coastal register that the setting demands: fresh seafood, clean flavours, produce that earns its place on a plate. This is a full-occasion restaurant, prix-fixe territory, dress-accordingly dining. Expect to spend accordingly. The crowd skews honeymoon and anniversary, which tells you something about the stakes the kitchen is playing for. No reviews to triangulate against, but the address alone carries weight. Book well ahead, particularly for dinner in summer, and ask about the terrace when you reserve.

What People Say

Bhavesh Trivedi7 months ago

I came for dinner and had the taster menu and what a fantastic experience all round! The staff are incredibly friendly, knowledgable and passionate about the menu. Every dish was explained brilliantly, any questions I had were answered and if they couldn’t immediately, went to the chefs and came back with the answer! Every dish was incredibly well thought out, the trio of pre-starters were all wonderful, then each dish after that was hit after hit! A Wonderful experience and I’ll be back again! Thank you to the chef and the team!

Melissa W5 months ago

Beautiful and friendly service, they clearly make the effort to go above and beyond. Perhaps it was an off day but everything we ate was too salty or too sweet for our taste. The lobster bug was cooked perfectly but we just couldn’t enjoy it because of the seasoning. That and we could pick up a salty fishy smell from the head as garnish, a little too close to the ocean for us. Although everything was plated beautifully, and it really is a wonderful setting - i would visit for drinks and snacks/fries instead in future.

Carl Hendy3 months ago

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