Avalon Beach · New South Wales
Eat. Drink.
Stay awhile.
Modern Australian cooking, good wine and relaxed hospitality, a few steps from Avalon Beach.
Made for long lunches
and late nights.
Salt House is a neighbourhood restaurant and wine bar built around seasonal Australian produce. The cooking is simple and confident, the wine list is personal, and the service is warm without ceremony.
Come for a glass and a plate of oysters at the bar, or settle in for the afternoon. Either is entirely welcome.
Our story
The food
Produce first, then
very little else.
We cook with what the coast and the market give us — line-caught fish, vegetables picked days earlier, meat from growers we know by name. Plates are generous and meant for sharing, though nobody will mind if you don't.
The menu shifts each week. What stays the same is the fire, the focaccia and the oysters.
A taste of the menu
Changes weekly · Sample only
To begin
- Sydney rock oysters6 ea
finger lime, shallot vinegar
- House focaccia12
cultured butter, sea salt
- Kingfish crudo28
green apple, fennel, olive oil
Larger
- Market fish46
brown butter, capers, lemon
- Lamb shoulder52
slow roasted, anchovy, rosemary
- Dry-aged sirloin94
for two, bone marrow jus
- Seasonal vegetables16
from the market that morning
To finish
- Burnt honey semifreddo18
toasted almond
- Chocolate tart18
crème fraîche, sea salt
Wine & evenings
The list is short.
The pours are not.
A list built around small Australian producers — skin contact from the Adelaide Hills, chilled reds from Gippsland, a few old-world ringers — alongside classic cocktails made properly. Ask the floor team what they're drinking; they will tell you honestly.
Bar seats are kept for walk-ins every evening.
Private dining
Birthdays, long tables and the occasional quiet celebration.
Our back room seats up to 24 with its own bar, or take the whole house for 70. Set menus are written with you, matched to wine, and served family style.
Enquire
Visit
Salt House
Old Barrenjoey Road
Avalon Beach NSW 2107
(02) 5550 0000 · hello@salthouse.example
Hours
- Wednesday – Thursday
- 5:30pm – late
- Friday
- 12pm – late
- Saturday
- 12pm – late
- Sunday
- 12pm – 10pm
- Monday – Tuesday
- Closed
Finding us
A short walk from the beach, on the corner opposite the village green. Street parking is easiest after 6pm; the B-Line and 199 both stop two minutes away.
Directions