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The Nelson Way Café, Restaurant & Bar
Family restaurant
👍👍 Delicious meals were had at The Nelson way, not just your standard pub menu, although available we went with a few dishes with a little bit of difference, which were full of flavour. Staff were very welcoming and had great hospitality, also very kid friendly. Well priced for the area, great view of...
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4.60 (391 reviews)
(~0.46 km from centre)
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Two Bobs Bakery
Bakery
👍👍 There is a reason you need to get in early for these beautifully fresh flaky pastries! They are the best in town. Totally worth the early wake up. The sourdough croissant‘s literally melt in your mouth which was a favourite and the cinnamon buns were a close second !!!! They are super fresh and warm...
4.70 (240 reviews)
(~0.07 km from centre)
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Hotel Nelson
Hotel
Simple rooms & apartments in a laid-back hotel offering a cafe & an outdoor pool, plus free parking.
4.50 (534 reviews)
(~0.16 km from centre)
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d'Albora Marina Nelson Bay
Marina
👍👍 D'albora Nelson Bay is just a fantastic marina. Not only is it in one of the most beautiful harbours you'd ever want to visit, it has great cafes and restaurants, a good workshop, lift, excellent facilities and very friendly staff.
I had a longer than expected stop due to mechanical issues, and the...
4.40 (1.8K reviews)
(~0.26 km from centre)
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The Little Nel
Cafe
👍👍 Great cafe that is just perfect on a sunny day when you can sit outside, but if not, the whole menu is available as takeaway. Dog friendly so you can bring your fur friends with you as well. Food is tasty, coffee is good and the bacon and egg roll for breakfast will make sure that you can go through...
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4.40 (1K reviews)
(~0.17 km from centre)
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Essence Nelson Bay
Cafe
👍 Had a lovely breakfast and coffee here over the weekend.
The staff are very inviting and friendly.
The coffee was top class.
The bacon egg roll I had was the best I’ve had in a very long time.
Nice decor and clean.
$ $$$
4.60 (241 reviews)
(~0.04 km from centre)
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The buoys at the bay
Restaurant
👍👍 What a gem of a restaurant. We had an outstanding dining experience. The barramundi was noteworthy and melt-in-the mouth delicious. The attentive, polished service from Madu was exceptional. Great value for money, we will certainly be back on our next trip to Nelson Bay!
4.70 (171 reviews)
(~0.11 km from centre)
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Red Neds Gourmet Pie Bar
Pie shop
👍 Incredible number of pies. The difficulty would be in choosing the awesome ones from the decent ones. Below I try and help, having sampled a lot of these myself
Awesome
Lobster, prawn, barramundi
Beef stroganoff
Prawn and scallop
Any of the steak pies
Can give a miss
Extra hot mexican chilli beef...
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4.50 (287 reviews)
(~0.04 km from centre)
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Woolworths Nelson Bay
Supermarket
👍 Nice large supermarket, keeps all you need except a little restricted in the bakery dept. Usually lean and they have a great little area for their marked down chilled goods, get some real bargains. Staff at deli very friendly and attentive.
$ $$$
4.30 (1.8K reviews)
(~0.07 km from centre)
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Sandpipers Restaurant
Modern Australian restaurant
Small dining room with dark wood tables, offering a creative seafood, meat and dessert menu.
$$ $$
4.30 (492 reviews)
(~0.05 km from centre)
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Nelson Bay Beach
Beach pavillion
👍👍 My daughter loves this beach especially when the Dolphins go by. I totally recommend visiting this place
4.70 (103 reviews)
(~0.74 km from centre)
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Bluewater Grill
Restaurant
😠 walking in the staff were nice and warm, can’t say that about the food though. i got served RAW CHICKEN with sides of uncooked chips and cold tasteless mash, the only edible thing on my plate was the gravy, even the drinks tasted like as*. i don’t know how but they managed to ruin soft drinks lmao....
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4.30 (356 reviews)
(~0.43 km from centre)
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Lets Go Adventures - Dive Nelson Bay
SCUBA tour agency
🫤 Let's go somewhere else to adventure.
In order of subjective importance:
1) Some of the hire gear was in very average condition - the plastic bracket holding my tank literally shattered when I was gearing up for the first dive and there were NO spare BCDs on the boat (seriously) so had to make do...
4.60 (117 reviews)
(~0.25 km from centre)
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CAFE KIN
Cafe
👍👍 Coffee, food and staff were amazing. Super friendly and great atmosphere. Serving was more than generous, fully recommend this place
$$ $$
4.40 (177 reviews)
(~0.06 km from centre)
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2 Brothers Indian Restaurant
Indian restaurant
👍👍 Great place to eat in the cold weather.
The place is clean, we got papadum as a complimentary while waiting for our food.
The food took about 15 mins to come out so it's not too bad!
We ordered butter chicken, lamb korma and saffron rice, also mango lassi which was very refreshing!!
Overall, it's a...
4.30 (256 reviews)
(~0.01 km from centre)
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Nelson Bay Real Estate
Real estate agent
👍👍 I highly recommend Nelson Bay Real Estate.
Jack Jones and the whole team were amazing.
They helped me sell two properties and I got more then what I predicted.
Jack Jones is very honest and genuine and went above and beyond to get the job done, and a lot sooner then I expected.
4.80 (75 reviews)
(~0.04 km from centre)
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Côte D'Azur
Indoor lodging
Bright apartments with kitchens and balconies, a pool with terrace, a gym, a sauna, and parking.
4.40 (154 reviews)
(~0.19 km from centre)
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In House Kitchen
Cafe
👍👍 Awesome experience. Staff were very friendly and respectful. One staff member went and specially brought extra pencils and colouring in gear for kids. Wow wow wow. Allpress Coffee always hits the spot and food was delicious. Well done guys! We will be back.
$$ $$
4.20 (359 reviews)
(~0.07 km from centre)