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Customs House Hotel

Name: Customs House Hotel
Address: 1 Bond Street, Newcastle NSW 2300, Australia, Newcastle, New South Wales, 2300, AU
Telephone: (02) 4925 2585
Price range: $58-$99 per person

Newcastle, New South Wales Capacity: 20–200 From: From $58 p/head

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Overview & Vibe

Customs House Hotel has stood on Newcastle's harbour foreshore since 1877, when it housed the Australian Customs offices. It is heritage listed, built in Italianate Renaissance Revival style, and has been a fixture of the Newcastle CBD for well over a century.

Setting & Style

The wedding spaces are upstairs. Customs Hall is the large one — an open room with an ornate marble fireplace and a bar overlooking the water, holding two hundred for cocktails or a hundred and forty seated. The Harbourmasters Lounge is smaller and higher-ceilinged, with timber floors, harbour windows and its own private bar, for sixty cocktail or forty seated. Below them the Collectors Room seats twenty beside a bay window over the beer garden and fountain, with the Examiners Room, the Long Room and the Old Pool Room filling in around them. A ground-floor restaurant, bar and beer garden run underneath the lot.

Ideal For

Couples wanting a heritage building on the harbour, with rooms that scale from twenty to two hundred.

The Need-to-Knows

Twenty to two hundred guests across four principal spaces.
Function pricing is based on a five-hour period; extended hire can be arranged four weeks ahead.
There is no disabled access to the upstairs spaces.
Fully catered and licensed — no external food or beverage, except a cake at $50 cakeage.

Standout Feature

An 1877 heritage building on the harbour foreshore, with a marble fireplace and a bar looking out over the water.

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Website

customshouse.net.au

Phone

(02) 4925 2585

Address

1 Bond Street, Newcastle NSW 2300, Australia

Amenities

Heritage Listed 1877 Building
Harbour Foreshore Location
Ornate Marble Fireplace
Private Bar
Bar Overlooking the Harbour
Dedicated Wedding Planner
Multiple Event Spaces
Ducted Air Conditioning
In-house Sound System
Handheld Wireless Microphones
Parquetry Dance Floor
White Linen Tablecloths and Napkins
Silverware and Glassware Included
Tables and Chairs Included
Beer Garden
Ground Floor Restaurant and Bar
Cash and EFTPOS Bar Facilities
In-house Catering

Ceremony Setting

indoor
heritage building
waterfront
courtyard

Dietary Options Supported

Kids Meals

Nearby Landmarks

Newcastle Harbour Foreshore – Directly outside
Queens Wharf – On the foreshore
Nobbys Beach and Breakwall – A short walk east
Fort Scratchley – On the headland above the harbour
Newcastle Museum – In the Honeysuckle precinct
Newcastle CBD – Immediately surrounding

On Site Accommodation

No details available.

Price Notes

Catering: two-course alternate drop $69 per head, three-course $79, buffet $58 (minimum 30 guests), restaurant dining $65 (maximum 30 guests). Additional canapes are $8 per head standard, $9 premium and $12 substantial; grazing tables $12 standard, $14 premium and $16 dessert; platters range from $150 to $180 for a light snack for ten. Beverage packages are priced per head for 3, 4 or 5 hours of service with no price caps: Bronze $59/$69/$79, Silver $69/$79/$89, Gold $79/$89/$99, with a spirits add-on at $29 per head for a maximum of three hours. Bar tabs and cash bars are also available; subsidised bar tabs are not offered. Add-ons include a cocktail on arrival at $16 per head, an oyster station at $10 per head and French champagne at $99 per bottle. Function prices are based on a five-hour period, with extended hire arranged at least four weeks in advance. The venue is fully catered and licensed, so no external food or beverage may be brought in with the exception of a cake, which incurs a $50 cakeage charge. Room hire is non-refundable and final numbers are due 21 days before the event. Prices taken from the venue's Events Package document dated January 2026

Price Per Head

From $58 p/head

Venue Capacity

20–200

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