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Raes on Wategos
About
Overview & Vibe
Raes on Wategos is Byron’s white Mediterranean icon on the sand at Wategos Beach — a boutique beachfront hotel of exotic charm where weddings take over the whole retreat: dining room, cellar bar, pool, spa and every suite.
Setting & Style
Hotel exclusivity runs over a minimum two-night stay — welcome drinks in the Cellar Bar on arrival night, then the full hotel closed for the wedding day: 50 seated or 75 standing across Raes Dining Room and the umbrella-shaded beachside terrace, with Executive Chef Jason Saxby’s Mediterranean-inflected menus and a refined cellar. Smaller celebrations book the Dining Room (50 seated), the Cellar Bar (30 seated / 40 standing) or a penthouse for fifteen. The hotel’s seven suites sleep sixteen, the guesthouses a minute away add eleven rooms for twenty-two more.
Ideal For
Couples wanting Australia’s most famous small beach hotel to themselves — barefoot glamour metres from Wategos sand.
The Need-to-Knows
- Hotel exclusivity (min 2-night stay): 50 seated / 75 standing; option of welcome and recovery events.
- Dining Room 50 seated (exclusive lunch min spend $20,000); Cellar Bar 30 seated / 40 standing (min $10,000); penthouse events to 15 (min $8,000).
- Accommodation: 7 hotel suites (16 guests) + guesthouses’ 11 rooms (22 guests); pool and spa access.
- 6-8 Marine Parade, Wategos Beach, Byron Bay.
Standout Feature
Closing the whole of Raes — the pink-sunset terrace, the pool and Wategos Beach as a private wedding estate.
Amenities
- Beachfront Position on Wategos
- Raes Dining Room
- Cellar Bar Beachside Terrace
- Pool and Tropical Gardens
- Raes Spa
- Penthouse Event Spaces
- Hotel Exclusivity Takeovers
- Executive Chef Jason Saxby
- Guesthouses with Terrace Bar
- M.Y Sea Raes Charter
Ceremony Setting
- indoor
- outdoor
- waterfront
Dietary Options Supported
No details available.
Nearby Landmarks
- Wategos Beach – The sand directly below the terrace
- Cape Byron Lighthouse – The headland walk above the hotel
- The Pass – Byron's famous longboard break around the corner
- Little Wategos – The secluded cove beneath the cape
- Byron Bay town – Five minutes over the hill
- Julian Rocks – The marine reserve offshore
On Site Accommodation
- Raes Hotel: 7 suites and penthouses sleeping 16 guests; Raes Guesthouses one minute away: 11 rooms and suites sleeping 22
Price Notes
- Hotel exclusivity over a minimum 2-night stay with welcome and recovery event options; exclusive Dining Room lunch min spend $20,000, Cellar Bar $10,000; penthouse events (to 15 guests, 2-6pm) min spend $8,000
Price Per Head
No details available.
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Contact
- Website
- raes.com.au
- Phone
- +61 2 6685 5366
- Address
- 6-8 Marine Parade, Byron Bay NSW 2481, Australia
6-8 Marine Parade, Byron Bay NSW 2481, Australia
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