Sydney Harbour Sunset Dinner Cruise

Sydney, Australia

Cruise Sydney Harbour and watch Sydney light up on an early-dinner sunset cruise aboard the luxurious MV Sydney 2000, the most prestigious cruising restaurant on Sydney's waterways. Whether you're enjoying an early pre-theatre dinner or wanting to complete your Sydney sightseeing in style, you'll enjoy the MV Sydney 2000's relaxed atmosphere, first-class service, fabulous food and superb views of Sydney Harbour. 

Your 1.5-hour Sydney dinner cruise on board the MV Sydney 2000 includes champagne, canapes and a two-course dinner with wine. Early-evening views of Sydney Harbour on a sunset dinner cruise are unforgettable, whatever time of year, from spring twilight and long summer evenings to the city lights of winter and mellow autumn sunsets.

Would you like a window seat?
Select the "confirmed window option" to ensure that you receive a window seat to enjoy the spectacular Sydney Harbour scenery. Please note: this seating must be selected at the time of booking, and a surcharge applies.

Please note: During the winter season MV Sydney 2000 vessel will be replaced with the John Cadman III or Captain Cook III.

Sydney Harbour dinner cruise sample menu and subject to change:

To Start:

• Spinach and porcini mushroom gnocchi with semi sundried tomatoes, puttanesca sauce and shaved pecorino cheese

Main Course

• Grilled seared salmon oven roasted chat potatoes, tomato, olive and caper berry sauce
• Lamb Shank with garlic mash and rich braised vegetable ragout
• Chicken breast grilled in rock salt and rosemary with translucent Serrano ham and greens
• Vegetarian roasted eggplant and capsicum with zucchini ribbons wilted spinach herb infused oil and Napoli sauce

Dessert

• Caramelized pear frangipane tart with coconut mascarpone cream with praline dust maple drizzle
• Bailey's Irish Whiskey creme brulee and almond biscotti
• Tea and coffee

From the bar
Included with your meal is a selection of wines, champagne, beer and soft drinks. A further selection of cocktails, imported and premium beers, spirits
and vintage wines are available for purchase.

USD $84.06

Traveler Reviews

Review by: CiCi	February 2012
Very nice cruise. Food was good-not great. Our server was fantastic, very friendly. Definitely use Captain Cook ferries if you can. Much more explanation than on city ferry. However, the cruise is a little misnamed. There was not a sunset to be seen. 5-6:30 is too early in the middle of February anyway. Did feel a bit rushed--there was another cruise on the vessel shortly after ours. Photographer was good too.

Review by: Reynold G	February 2012
No narration. Food good, boat very nice.

Review by: Randall B	January 2012
We all had a fabulous time. Crew very hospitable and polite; waiter most [pleasant. Good food but wine selection could be better.

Review by: JANE H	January 2012
The food and sevice was great. Views spectacular. Great trip.

Review by: mesko	January 2012
Friendly helpful staff and excellent food.

Review by: shazer	January 2012
Really enjoyed this trip, a bit rushed could of been half hour longer though.

Review by: Karen J K	December 2011
Cruise was very relaxing and well organised, wait staff were very attentive for such a short amount of time.

Review by: Michelle K	November 2011
We enjoyed the cruise very much - the food was delicious and the service really good.

Review by: Susan E	September 2011
I would advise someone to take the ferry the views are the same and is $6. Food was average..

Review by: Bjorn B	August 2011
We have not regretted choosing the Sydney Harbour Sunset Cruise for our 10th wedding anniversary. Quite romantic, and all indeed went according to expectations, even the promised sunset. Food and service was good too. The only downside we can think of is the fact the former was a little on the cold side. But still great - and the waiter was very friendly.

Review by: Stephanie B	August 2011
Great to sail through Sydney harbour. Paid for window seat but boat was only half full so it seemed a waste of money. Food was so so but staff was friendly and views were amazing. Overall glad to have had the experience.

Review by: Chad M	July 2011
This was the best way to spend our first night in Sydney. We walked from the castlereagh boutique to the wharf and enjoyed the most elegant, romantic sunset cruise with a wonderful dinner.

Review by: carlos f	June 2011
I had a really enjoyable time on this cruise, the hospitality was great. The food could of been better and more drinks could of came through more often, but over all it was good.

Review by: Bradford J	June 2011
The Sydney Harbour Sunset Dinner Cruise was amazing. The service was friendly. The drink flowed, the food lamb shank was lovely, and the meal was nice. Highly recommend for people to go. The photographer was a delight, special thanks to him.

Review by: Tom C	May 2011
We only had a weekend to spend in Sydney and were looking for a dinner cruise to see some highlights from the harbour. We were delighted with the great service, quality of the food and the fantastic views from the water. A window seat is recommended.

Review by: Diane G	May 2011
We had a wonderful time. The food was delicious and the service was excellent.

Review by: Annette W	April 2011
We treated ourselves to this for our last night in Sydney and it didnt disappoint. We were made to feel very special and the food was excellent.

Review by: IAN K	February 2011
What a lovely cruise. Food was excellent, drinks free flowing, very attentive staff. The only complaint was that there was no sunset. We were allocated the 1800hrs cruise, but the sun doesn't set until 2000hrs, by which time we were back on shore. They couldn't understand our complaint that this is not a "sunset cruise", but a good daylight dinner cruise !!

Review by: Grant B	February 2011
A very nice experience - one I would recommend. However, it does feel somewhat rushed, and the waiter-to-customer ratio is insufficient, causing a small problem with the service. Otherwise, the cruise was extremely enjoyable.

Review by: Robyn S	February 2011
This is advertised as a sunset cruise, however, at this time of year it is not sunset. Had I known there was a later cruise, I would have booked for that. Cruise was ok, steak was overcooked, but the harbour is always nice to be on.

Review by: Stephen G	January 2011
The food was good quality. The staff were helpful and courteous. The food service was very good. One minor problem was the drinks service was slow, so I had to go to the bar a few times to get my own. The circuit we travelled had a variety of views to admire. 6:30 in summer is not sunset, so calling it a sunset cruise is a bit of a misnomer, but that wasn't really a problem either as it meant you could see the different parts of the harbour. .

Review by: Amir B	January 2011
Hi _br/_ i had a good time with my family and thank you very much for your beautifully food and ride _br/_ thank you again :)

Review by: Bharath P	January 2011
Good.... but could have been a lot better.... we didn't catch the sunset....

Review by: Laurence C	January 2011
The dinner cruise was enjoyable except that our table was right beside the door to the foredeck and people were in and out all the time. This would have been OK except that every time the door opened a blast of wind came in. The second time the door opened the wind caught my menu and knocked a half empty bottle of beer over onto my wife's lap! She was very annoyed about this. The waitress was very apologetic but said that nothing could really be done about it. She did say they would try to stop people going out onto the foredeck whilst we were having our meal, but this was not very effective. Why can't they place a transparent screen by the door? Apart from that we enjoyed the experience.

Review by: Gemma D	December 2010
The food and service on the sunset dinner cruise were excellent. We would however warn future travellors that this cruise is extremelly busy with large tour guides so expect a lot of pushing in when trying to board the boat. The staff tried hard to control this but with language barriers this did not prove to be very successful and the staff seemed just as exasperated as us.

Review by: Joseph M	December 2010
Great trip, only wished it was longer!

Review by: QING X	December 2010
it was awful. First, I have to present both passports to get the tickets. And even when I was running out of time and holding both passports, the box woman still asked my boyfriend to show up and sign the voucher when he was already aboard. Secondly, the service on the ferry was awful. The servant is not trained. She dropped my shrimp on the floor and she did not even bother to tell me or to pick it up. Instead, she just let it sitting on the carpet for more than 10 minutes till I asked her to clean it up. Then she told us we could only have one drink, rather than as it said on the voucher that we could have unlimitted drinks. The ferry does not offer any other services, no music, no entertaiment, no intro, basically, nothing. I booked first class window seats and paid over $200. But feel like sitting in a 1 star hotel lobby and being ignored. This trip is definitely a NO. if you do have money, would recommend you to dine next to the Opera House, with $200, you can have lobster for two and enjoy the first class service. Then you can pay $20 for 2 people to take the ferry to Manly. If there is a -star choice, I would have picked that. Unfortunately, the worst review I could give is one star. That's it.

Review by: Karen E	December 2010
Very enjoyable, attentive, friendly and very helpful staff who were always making sure that our needs were met ensuring that our choice of drinks were readily available. The food was of a good standard and the right amount. The setting of Sydney Harbor was beautiful and the atmosphere was relaxed and friendly. All of these things combined to making it a special day to remember.

Review by: Amy D	November 2010
Absolutely fantastic! Would definitely do this cruise again. Awesome meal, great views and excellent service. Well worth the money!

Review by: Tony G	November 2010
Felt very rushed, food was poor quality - very tough steak. Or waitress didn't hardly understand English so was hard to explain what we wanted. Great scenery, horrible meal.

Review by: Pamela F S	November 2010
everything was great

Review by: Shannon F	November 2010
Pro’s: Nice views, friendly staff, good selection of main courses. Great views. We were upgraded to window seats. Con’s: For an “unlimited” selection of wines/beers, we didn’t get the same experience as others as far as the free flowing of alcohol. They will take a photo at the beginning and then charge you for it. Dinner also felt slightly rushed. This tour would be great if they just add an extra 30 minutes to it. Despite the con’s we would highly recommend this boat trip to a couple or group that want to experience the harbor in a unique way.

Review by: Sean C	October 2010
The crew were very attentive, food good and a trip well worth taking.

Review by: Michael P	September 2010
This was a wonderful experience and the service was fantastic, i would do it and will do it as soon as i can arrange another weekend in Sydney

Review by: Anonymous	August 2010
had an awesome time!

Review by: Michael R	August 2010
We enjoyed the sunset cruise and dinner. The food with unlimited drinks was well worth the costs. After dinner, I recommend you go to the upper deck for a great view of Sydney's skyline. Only drawback is the cruise is only 90 minutes so you need to eat quickly in order to have time to enjoy the cruise.

Review by: Mariz H	July 2010
Beautiful sunset on the darling..Food was great, but the 1.5 hours was a little short. Highly recommended

Review by: Janelle F	July 2010
A beautiful way to see some of Sydney's best sights!

Review by: Ian M, Australia	June 2010
great time all arrangments whent well and people where great.

Review by: Anonymous	June 2010
Nice trip. The weather was rainy, so we could not stay outside to take in the views. The meals was very good, and the service was on the spot. I would reccommend this cruise.

Review by: Pauline P	May 2010
Views great. Food, service ordinary. Would not recommend it to friends.

Review by: Iris D, New Zealand	April 2010
I would recommend this to everyone who was interested it was a great service and efficient

Review by: Lesley W, United Kingdom	April 2010
Wonderful experience, also had the upgrade to window seats, meal delicious and service excellent. Sights of Sydney super, was fortunate to have a local couple at the next table who were able to point out some of the less well know sights as well, an additional bonus for us.

Review by: David T, United Kingdom	March 2010
We had an amazing time, it made our 30th wedding anniversary very special and something we will never forget. Food, and drink, everything was perfect.

Review by: Carol R, United Kingdom	March 2010
Brilliant! The food was good, except that I could not eat the baby squids on the starters. Plenty of wine, pleasant staff, and the sunset cruise is the best one to go on, as you can still see all the sights as you go by them, as opposed to the sinner cruise when it's too dark to see. Also you are back in time to continue your evening.

Review by: Clare B, Australia	March 2010
Fantastic cruise. Staff were really nice, couldn't do enough for us, food was nice, and despite the fact it was pouring rain, we loved every minute.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	March 2010
Superb. There's no better way to see Sydney. The sunset harbor cruise was awesome.

Review by: Sandra B, United Kingdom	February 2010
We were recommended this trip, and we were not disappointed. The food was excellent, the service was fantastic and it was extremely good value for money - this is one of the top 3 things we did in Australia.

Review by: Anonymous, Australia	February 2010
Excellent service and great experience despite the weather, highly recommended.

Review by: Anonymous, Australia	February 2010
Excellent cruise. Food great, as was free drink.