Sydney Harbour Sunset Dinner Cruise from Darling Harbour
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Cruise Sydney Harbour and watch Sydney light up on an early-dinner cruise aboard 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.
Featuring your choice of 3-Course Sunset Dinner, or 4-Course Sunset Premium Dinner including premium beef (select when booking).
Description
Early-evening views of Sydney Harbour icons including the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House 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. Your dinner cruise onboard air-conditioned super-cruiser Sydney 2000 includes a la carte dining - select the Sunset Dinner for 3-courses, or the Sunset Premium for 4-courses including premium beef when booking. 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 may be replaced with Captain Cook 3. • Due to daylight saving in the summer months the timing of sunset will be later.
Sample Menu
starter
Smoked Salmon
with herb salad of dill, capers, and cornichons (GF)
starter
Spinach and Pumpkin Salad
with beetroot, crispy Serrano ham, Greek feta, almonds, and honey mustard dressing (V & VG available)
main
Gremolata Rubbed Barramundi
with salsa verdi, asparagus, honeyed carrots, and fried caper berries (GF available)
main
Twice Cooked Crispy Skin Chicken
with creamy potato cake, roast pumpkin, baby spinach and honeyed carrots (GF)
main
Middle Eastern Eggplant
slow cooked and served with zucchini, roasted capsicum, polenta and marinated semi-dried tomatoes (V, GF) (VG available on request)
dessert
Lemon & Lime Tart
served with strawberries and thickened cream (GF)
dessert
Chocolate Raspberry Coconut Pebble
served with raspberry sauce (VG)
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
Season: Year Round
Days of Departure: Wed - Sun
Duration: One 90-minute circuit of the Harbour
Departure: Darling Harbour King Street Wharf 1, 5.00pm (boarding 4.45pm). Disembark 6.45pm year round (excl Vivid Sydney when cruise returns at 6.30pm)
Note: Please check-in at the ticket office 20-30 minutes prior to departure.
Cancellation Policy
Cancellations notified less than 10-days prior to sailing incur a 100% cancellation fee
What‘s Included
A la carte dining
Million-dollar Sydney Harbour views
Live music on weekends
Drinks (available to purchase onboard)
Meeting points
Captain Cook Cruises - King Street Wharf King St Wharf 1, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
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Reviews
1,169 reviews
It's ok
Denise M,May 15, 2026
- Review from Viator
3.00It definitely does not compare to the Captain Cooks dinner cruise in Perth. Night and day comparison. The Perth one was nice. The Sydney experience.... food not so good, entertainment not so good and they charged us for juice with our upgraded dinner.
Find a different cruise
Diane R,May 13, 2026
- Review from Viator
2.00It was pretty much sub par. We could have been in an airport waiting room The only positive was our server Sabena
Relaxing cruise around...
RonaldRalph B,May 10, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Relaxing cruise around the harbor in a comfortable setting. Food, wine, and staff were all great. Nice to have seating arranged.
must do
jessica f,May 3, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00it’s a must do , beautiful views an we enjoyed the food an drinks , worth the money , waitstaff are super friendly
Good and service was...
Deborah K,May 2, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Good and service was excellent. Lovely views of the city while dining: very peaceful and relaxing. The dinner music was very good, and just the right volume to enjoy but not impede conversation. Well done!
Yay !!
MARTHA B,Apr 30, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00The Sunset Cruise was a very enjoyable experience and definitely worth doing. The boat departed on time and returned as scheduled, which made everything smooth and stress-free. The only issue I encountered was with the departure point. We were initially told to leave from Wharf 1, but the departure was moved to Wharf 2 without timely communication, which caused some confusion. Improving this aspect would make the experience even better. Other than that, it was a really good experience overall, and I would recommend it.
Excellent
Joseph T,Apr 29, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Excellent dinner cruise, beautiful sunset, dinner was great. Recommend this trip to anyone traveling to Sydney, Australia
Great way to celebrate a birthday
Sharon N,Apr 29, 2026
- Review from Viator
4.00Great food only complaint was the music was to loud for dinner music, it was more a concert which made it hard to have a conversation
Expensive and mediocre
Carrie E,Apr 27, 2026
- Review from Viator
3.00For the cost of this less than 2 hour dinner cruise, we felt it way over priced at $360.00 Canadian. The food was fine but nothing special, same with the service. Drinks were an additional cost. When we left Circular Quay harbor for the dinner cruise, we were only out in the water for about 10 minutes and then we pulled into another harbor to pick up more people which wasted about 20 minutes of just sitting on the boat waiting to get out for the harbor tour. So our tour then became 1 hour and 25 minutes instead of 1 hour and 45 minutes. By the time we got out to the open water part, there really wasn't much sunset left and it went dark, where you couldn't see anything out the window, so paying extra for a window seat seemed useless. There were long waits between each course which was fine, but we think they were trying to fill the time because with it being dark and windy, you couldn't stand outside and see anything anyways. I guess it helped to stretch out the time for the dinner. Knowing what we know now, we would have preferred to do the lunch cruise or just an afternoon harbor cruise so at least you could see something. When we finally came back at the end of the cruise and went by the Opera House, taking pictures through the water stained window was almost impossible. The pictures just had a reflection of the inside of the boat. It was an expensive 1 hour and 45 minutes and definitely not worth the money. We would have been better to do a simple harbor tour in the afternoon and go to a nice restaurant for dinner somewhere in Sydney.
Excellent tour!
DEBRA W,Apr 26, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00The Sydney Harbour dinner cruise was the best we've ever been on. Perfect service, fabulous food and beautiful music to cruise to.
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