Reservations
L9 Dining Room & Terrace – now open and taking reservations Wednesday to Saturday.
L10 Sky Bar – now open and taking reservations Wednesday to Saturday.
L9 Clocktower Bar – now open and taking reservations Wednesday to Saturday.
The Menzies Bar & Bistro – now open and taking reservations Tuesday to Saturday. Mondays available for reservations from September, book now!
Please note that there is a 10% gratuity for groups of 8+ in Menzies (full service) and Dining Room & Terrace
Host your next function or event with us
For more information or to talk to our team please enquire here
For all other general enquiries please email info@shellhouse.com.au
MENZIES BAR
GROUND FLOOR
Casual dining and drinks | 2-20 casual seated | up to 35 cocktail
Full-service dining | 2-22 seated
Bar dining and drinks | 2-3 seated
Exclusive Menzies for 200 guests | Casual seated/cocktail
CLOCKTOWER BAR
LEVEL 9
Group bookings (shared bar) up to 15 casual seated
Full exclusive space 20-40 banquet | 45 casual seated | 70 cocktail
Can be used as part of exclusive level 9 use
DINING ROOM & TERRACE
LEVEL 9
Full-service dining | 86 seated
Semi-Private Dining | 24 seated
Entire Level 9 available exclusively including the Clocktower Bar and Terrace |130 seated – over two rooms
(Terrace is weather dependent)
Level 9 and 10 may be hired exclusively for up to 390 guests
PRIVATE DINING ROOM
LEVEL 9 – semi-private
Full-service dining | 24 seated
SKYBAR
LVL 10
Group bookings (shared bar) up to 50 casual seated/cocktail
Full exclusive space 140 cocktail
Level 9 and 10 may be hired exclusively for up to 390 guests
SHELL HOUSE
Full Venue
Capacity 600 guests cocktail.
Your own fully exclusive space, 4 fully serviced bars, music, entertainment, a/v capabilities.
Menus available – Canapé, banquet, food stations.
Drink options – Bar tabs, arrival cocktails
For large product launches, activations, music and other large events, Shell House is proud to offer all 3 levels from the ground floor to level 9 and 10.
Cavernous Clocktower space can be used for decorations, theming or entertainment space.
Outdoor spaces on level 9 and 10.
Please note that we are unable to accept 18th-21st parties.
Events
Shell House x Cloudburst Wines
We’re thrilled to welcome Will Berliner of Cloudburst Wines for this one off event. His wines from the Margaret River. These will be paired beautifully alongside a menu created by Culinary Director Joel Bickford and Head Chef Aaron Ward.
Will Berliner has changed the game in the winemaking world. The success of his 2010 Cabernet at the Margaret River show & the rave reviews for all his wines from Australia’s top critics as well as from international tasters has made Cloudburst a wine-enthusiasts favourite. He will guide guests through a range of current release & back vintage wines across the evening which have been paired perfectly to the dishes curated by Culinary Director Joel Bickford & Head Chef Aaron Ward.
We have very limited seats available for this dinner, follow the link below to secure your spot.
View Menu
Guests are welcome to attend one of our bars for a pre-dinner drink.
Ticket price is inclusive of food and wine for this intimate experience.
7.30pm
Thursday 25th August
Clocktower Bar
$295pp
Martini Hour at Menzies serves as a place to celebrate the end of day, or the beginning of your evening. Everyday between 4pm & 6pm.
Paired daily with a limited run of fresh lobster rolls (until sold out), Martini Hour at Menzies Bar returns a sense of daily ritual to the heart of the Sydney CBD.
Reservations available, walk-ins welcome.
Press
Gourmet Traveller Review
Good Food – “Review: Bright Light in the Big City”
Broadsheet – “Our House: World Class Bar Takeover at Shell House”
Sitchu – “Best New Bars in Sydney for Cocktails & Good Times”
TimeOut – “The best new bars in Sydney”
TimeOut – “World Class x Shell House”
Good Food – “Sydney’s most exciting restaurant openings of the year so far”
Novonite – “Sydney’s most exciting restaurant openings of the year yet”
Broadsheet – “Sydney’s Best Bar Openings of 2022 (So Far)”
Daily Telegraph – “Top 20 restaurateurs reveal their favourite Sydney bars, restaurants and service”
The Urban List – “Sydney’s Most Beautiful Restaurants To Book For A High-Flying Feed”
The Urban List – “22 Of The Best Restaurants In The Sydney CBD Right Now”
HerCanberra – “Long weekending in Sydney? Here are 10 new restaurants to check out“
Broadsheet – “Best Things To Do In Sydney This January”
Delicious – “Review: Shell House Dining Room and Terrace is Sydney’s new fine diner in the sky”
Good Food – “Sydney’s Best Bar Openings of 2021”
Broadsheet – “Sydney’s Best Bar Openings of 2021”
Good Food – “Here’s Cheers! 15 of Sydney’s finest places to drink this Summer”
Good Food – ” Dining Room & Terrace opens at Sydney CBD’s $14million Shell House”
Good Food – “Good Food Guide 2022: The It List – next big things in NSW”
Good Food – “Sky Bar opens at Sydney mega-venue Shell House with a flood of bookings”
Delicious – “Behind-the-scenes at our 20th birthday dinner at Shell House”
Vogue Australia – “16 New Sydney Bars & Restaurants To Try Now”
GQ Australia – “22 New Sydney Restaurants To Try This Summer”
Boss Hunting – “Sydney’s 37 Best Rooftop Bars To Tie One On This Summer”
GQ Australia – “10 New Sydney Restaurants To Check Out Post-Lockdown”
Delicious – “10 New Restaurants In Sydney you may have missed”
Good Food – ” ‘Massive’ Queues Expected To Remain As Sydneysiders Return To Pubs And Restaurants”
Broadsheet – “Menzies Bar & Bistro, the First Venue in the CBD’s Monumental Shell House”
Concrete Playground – “The Menzies Bar Is the First Venue Opening Inside Shell House”
The Urban List – “The Point Group have taken on historic Shell House at Wynyard in the CBD”
Delicious – “Make up for lost time at this slick new European bar and bistro by Joel Bickford.”
Good Food – “Ward takes over the Dining Room & Terrace”.
Broadsheet – “Five Minutes With Aaron Ward”.
Gourmet Traveller – “From Opera House to Shell House.”
Good Food – “Top chef Joel Bickford swaps Aria for Fort Denison restaurant”.
Broadsheet – “Chef appointed Culinary Director of two monumental Sydney venues.”
Concrete Playground – “Chef Joel Bickford joins Shell House project”.
Hospitality Magazine – “Joel joins The Point Group.”
Spice News – “The Point Group nabs Joel Bickford”.
News For The Food Lover – “The Point Group announces Joel Bickford.”
Vouge – “The 16 best new restaurants in Sydney [July 2022]”
Vogue – “13 new Sydney Bars & Restaurants to try this Winter.”
Good Food – “Ambitious four in one mega venue.”
The Australian – “Sydney art deco icon gets a revamp.” VIEW
The Australian – “Sydney rich-listers break record”
Sydney Morning Herald – “Unveiling Historic Shell House revamp.”
Sydney Morning Herald – “Brookfield Place launches a new rooftop bar.”
Timeout – “Grab a drink in a clocktower.”
Concrete Playground – “A new multi-level venue for Sydney.”
Architecture & Design – “Brookfield Place, a place for Sydneysiders.”
Essential Magazine – “Taste Port Douglas Announces Its 2022 Chef & Talent Line Up”
Sitchu – “Sitchu’s Ultimate Guide to American Express delicious. Month Out”
Broadsheet – “Our House: World Class Bar Takeover at Shell House”
Sitchu – “Best New Bars in Sydney for Cocktails & Good Times”
TimeOut – “The best new bars in Sydney”
HerCanberra – “Long weekending in Sydney? Here are 10 new restaurants to check out“
TimeOut – “World Class x Shell House”
Good Food – “Sydney’s most exciting restaurant openings of the year so far”
Novonite – “Sydney’s most exciting restaurant openings of the year yet”
Broadsheet – “Sydney’s Best Bar Openings of 2022 (So Far)”
Daily Telegraph – “Top 20 restaurateurs reveal their favourite Sydney bars, restaurants and service”
News
Alex Kirkwood joins the Shell House team as Food & Beverage Director
At age 32, Alex is one of the country’s most acclaimed front-of-house talents, having spent over a decade cementing his specialisation of wine & beverage at Aria Sydney. His CV also includes front-of-house experience at some of the country’s top restaurants including Quay, Rockpool Bar & Grill & Momofuku Seiobo.
Alex, an award-winning Sommelier, supports all winemakers &producers, both local & international, whose primary emphasis is the quality of what their vineyards produce.
“We’re absolutely honoured to have Alex join our team at Shell House, which already includes some of the country’s best hospitality talent. Known for pushing the boundaries with wine, & creating award winning wine programs, I am so excited to work with Alex & showcase the incredible food & beverage we have to offer through his skill & experience. We have spent many years talking about working together over a bottle of wine at The Dolphin. Alex finally joining us is such an exciting moment for Shell House & The Point Group” – Brett Robinson.”
Aaron Ward joins the Shell House team as Head Chef of the Dining Room & Terrace
“I am absolutely thrilled to announce one of Sydney’s hottest Chefs, Aaron Ward has joined our Culinary Team at Shell House as the Head Chef of the rooftop Dining Room and Terrace. After spending time in such important Sydney kitchens as Ester, LuMi Dining, Copenhagen restaurants Relae and Amass, and then leading the kitchen success at acclaimed Sixpenny, Aaron joins Joel Bickford, our Culinary Director to further underpin the culinary identity of Shell House. Joel and I are so excited to continue menu development with Aaron and his new and innovative perspectives to deliver menus that I know Sydney will absolutely love when we open very, very soon.” – Brett Robinson
Joel Bickford, Culinary Director, Shell House & Fort Denison Project
The Point Group are thrilled to welcome acclaimed chef Joel Bickford as Culinary Director across two of their upcoming landmark venues, Shell House in the heart of Sydney’s CBD and Fort Denison in Sydney Harbour.
Joel, who was Executive Chef at Aria Sydney for four years, will work closely with Brett Robinson & the Shell House team to create casual and approachable dining experiences at Shell House Dining Room & Terrace and the Sky Bar Rooftop, when they open in October.
Joel has been honing his craft for 28 years. In 2013, the call of the country led him to Biota Dining in the Southern Highlands where the restaurant earnt two Chef Hats under his guidance. Two years later, Joel returned to the city to head up the kitchen at Sydney’s waterfront Gantry Restaurant & Bar, which was awarded its first Chef’s Hat after a year under Joel’s direction. Joel was named Daily Telegraph’s Chef Of The Year, 2015 and was more recently awarded Chef of the Year at the 2018 Savour Excellence Awards. Through his guidance and leadership in the ARIA kitchen, ARIA received two hats with a score of 17/20 from the Australian Good Food Guide for the past 4 years.
“I am thrilled to announce one of the country’s most respected culinary talents as the Culinary Director of Shell House and the upcoming Fort Denison project in Sydney Harbour.
Joel’s vast experience, creativity and dedication to quality, accompanied by his belief in our vision to create two world class dining destinations for Sydney, is such an important milestone and gives our team so much confidence.”
– Brett Robinson
“I am really looking forward to joining Brett and his team at The Point Group. The team’s vision to breathe new life into two remarkable Sydney buildings is so exciting and the perfect next step in my career.
It’s a great opportunity for me to challenge myself and work alongside a progressive, dynamic and forward-thinking team of people and I’m excited about creating these important new dining experiences for Sydney at a time when we all need some inspiration.”
– Joel Bickford
Growing up in a small rural town in the outskirts of Sydney’s rural Blue Mountains, Joel’s less-is-more approach to cooking is rooted in a lifelong connection to nature and a deep reverence for his ingredients and their unique regional qualities. His cooking style showcases seasonal Australian ingredients, with a razor-sharp balance between simplicity, extravagance and innovation.
Spread over three levels, Shell House is an unparalleled hospitality experience in the Sydney CBD, combining both indoor and outdoor settings over 1,250 sqm of space. This includes a ground floor bar, the Menzies Bar, the Shell House Dining Room and Terrace, and the Clocktower Bar on level 9 and the Shell House Sky Bar on Level 10.
“We feel like we have a once in a generation opportunity to do something extraordinary of a global standard, to build a new iconic hospitality landmark and take a leading role in reigniting the CBD dining culture. We love creating modern hospitality experiences in unique locations and have a proven track record of delivering experiences people love.”
– Brett Robinson
Rooftop diners will be provided with a bird’s eye view of the building’s iconic 400-tonne clock tower, which has been lovingly restored after being suspended mid-air for several years while Shell House was excavated and rebuilt.
Shell House is historically significant as the only surviving interwar commercial palazzo-style building in Sydney, clad with glazed terracotta ‘faience’ blocks. Standing at 65.5 metres high, Shell House’s façade is also one of the tallest retained heritage façades in the world.
Prior to redevelopment, Shell House was home to the Menzies Hotel, with its outdated 1970s interiors now being transformed into a contemporary office building designed by architects MAKE and Architectus with fitout by Woods Bagot.
Careers
Shell House – 3 Bars, 1 Dining Room.
Shell House presents a truly rare opportunity for hospitality. Our collective job is to revive a cultural icon, fill it with excellence and place it firmly at the epicentre of Sydney culture. Over three enormous levels we present a myriad of hospitality experiences to ensure we can meet the needs of all of Sydney. Our open invitation is for you to be a part of delivering this experience.
We are calling out for staff with all levels of experience. Innovative Culinary Leaders and Ambitious Chefs, Restaurant, Bar, Service and Management Specialists, Guest Relations, Hosts and Reservations Experts, Events Production and Marketing Aficionados, Section Waiters, Bartenders, Sommeliers, Barristas, Floor and Cellar Professionals & More.
Welcome to the new centre of gravity for the Sydney CBD.
Shell House
37 Margaret St
Sydney 2000, NSW, Australia
Entry to the Rooftop via Wynyard lane.
Menzies Bar & Bistro
Tuesday-Friday 12pm – late
Sat 4pm – late
Mondays 12pm – late from September – taking reservations now.
Sky Bar
Wednesdays 4pm – late
Thursday -Saturday 2pm – late
Dining Room & Terrace
Wednesday 5.30pm – late,
Thursday – Saturday 12pm – late
Wednesday lunches from September – now taking reservations
Clocktower Bar
Weds – Sat 4pm – late
Reservations via website or by emailing reservations@shellhouse.com.au
Event & function enquiries via the event enquiry form on the functions page.
General enquiries via info@shellhouse.com.au
Ph: 02 9158 4000 Monday 10am-5pm, Tuesday to Saturday 10am- 7pm
Our reservation & entry policies are in line with regulations outlined by the NSW Government (QR codes and checking vaccination status’s are no longer required).