‘I do love a beer beside the seaside’A much loved institution returns to the Sorrento foreshore. On the site of the storied Beer Garden & Dining Room is the new Koonya Hotel - complete with Public Bar, Lounge Bar, Bistro, Private Dining and Beer Garden. To wet your whistle we have all your favourite beers on tap, (served ice cold in pots, pints & jugs), Mornington Peninsula wine, Aperol Spritz, Curatif cocktails & Naked Life non-alcoholic spirits. To whet your appetite we have Pub Classics and modern Australian cuisine with ‘shucked to order’ oysters a must for ‘ostreaphiles’. Koonya Hotel is the perfect spot for casual drinking and dining whilst enjoying Port Phillip Bay, majestic Norfolk Pines, native Couta boats & the grand ferry making its hourly crossing from Queenscliff. As the sun goes down, the volume rises and the time comes to celebrate the fact that you are in one of the best spots, in one of the best seaside towns in the world.
Papi's is Rye's new go-to pizza bar - Featuring our signature Napoli-style pizzas and moreish bar bites, this beach front spot is hard to go past. Grab a Papi's lager, an Aperol spirtz on tap or a cocktail and settle in to a booth, or a table in the sun!
A place that feels like home..
I don't mean that in a sense that the place is covered in dog hair, the tv is blaring, the kids are screaming and there's lego all over the floor; more in a sense that you feel welcomed, content and at home from the minute you enter, right up until you leave.
We wanted to create a place, that I myself, would want to visit on a regular basis. A place where your name is more important to us than your money is. A place where you feel like a regular from your first visit. A place where you feel like a part of our family. A place you felt you've been before. A place that feels like home....
Ok, so we have fancy wine glasses, twinkling candles, nice chairs and really shiny cutlery, but don't let that fool you... We're humble, both in our service and in our food, and pretentiousness and oversized egos were banished from the premises the day we started trading. We like looking the part, but life's too short for airs and graces...
The story of St Andrews Beach Brewery dates back to the early 2000’s, when our Co-founder Andrew Purchase built the racetrack on the property for the royal family of Australian horse racing – the Freedman Brothers. When the property became available in 2015, Andrew and Michael Freedman saw an opportunity that was too good to miss. With the infrastructure in place and with a story like no other, Andrew, Michael and their passionate team of co-owners set about turning the former stables into a truly unique brewery.Before you book a stable in our one of a kind refurbished stables, please note the following; Stable bookings can seat groups from 5-20 and for a maximum of 3 hours. If you are unable to book at your preferred time all of our reserved seating is booked. We leave tables unreserved in our beer garden and parts of inside for groups of less than 5 people and walk-ins. If you're wanting to make a reservation for 20+ people, please visit our webpage.
