Hotel Brunswick is a nightlife & bars in Brunswick Heads, NSW, Australia, with a price range of $$. It has a 4.2/5 rating from 3083 Google reviews. Contact: +61 2 6685 1236. Website: http://www.hotelbrunswick.com.au/.Listed on thegood.guide, the local's guide to Byron Bay.
Hotel Brunswick
Brunswick Heads · Nightlife & Bars
Hidden GemFamily FriendlySolo TravellerBudget
4.2/5
(3,083 reviews)
$$
The pub that Brunswick Heads actually drinks at. Hotel Brunswick sits on Mullumbimbi Street doing what a good local hotel should: cold beer, straightforward food, and a front bar that doesn't try too hard. The kitchen runs casual — expect the kind of menu that makes sense after a day at the river mouth, priced for regulars rather than weekenders. The crowd reflects the town: families at the early tables, locals settling in for the long haul by seven. Brunswick Heads has largely avoided the Byron spillover effect, and the Brunswick Hotel is part of why the town still feels like itself. No reservations drama, no concept. Just a pub doing its job well in a town that still has room for one.
Opening Hours
- Monday10am – 12am
- Tuesday10am – 12am
- Wednesday10am – 12am
- Thursday10am – 12am
- Friday10am – 12am
- Saturday10am – 12am
- Sunday10am – 12am
Contact
- +61 2 6685 1236
- hotelbrunswick.com.au
- 4 Mullumbimbi St, Brunswick Heads NSW 2483
- View on Google Maps →
What People Say
Kath Buchanana month ago
One of our favourite Pubs to catch up with family and friends when we come to Bruns. The food is always so good and cocktails are next level. Great spacious area and plenty good spots to dine or sit while enjoying the view. Highly recommend coming here. The entertainment is always fantastic too! The Staff are the best!👌🏾
Starcast Productions4 months ago
We stayed a week at Brunswick Heads and dined several times at this pub during our stay. Every time the staff were friendly, attentive and efficient, the meals were all superb, and even on the busy weekends where every table was taken, the wait time was minimal. It’s a grand old hotel lovingly looked after and evidently managed very well. Highly recommended.
Tim Moore5 months ago
Hotel Brunswick feels a bit like a fever dream—one of those strange, sun-soaked ones that doesn’t make much sense at the time, but lingers warmly when you think back on it. We arrived as a rootsy reggae-fusion band was sound-checking. Bass lines drifting, drums finding their feet, the whole place gently vibrating like it was waking up. Around us, the young, brown and beautiful aggregate in the humidity, seeking shade, and orbiting cool drinks and conversations in a loose, coastal choreography. Somehow, in the middle of all that, we ordered the broccoli salad. And somehow, it was genuinely excellent. Fresh, balanced, unexpectedly thoughtful. The kind of dish that makes you pause mid-bite and reassess your assumptions. It paired beautifully with blue water and too much sun. Nothing here is polished. Nothing needs to be. It’s loud, soft, chaotic, calm—often at the same time. Five stars. For atmosphere, surprise vegetables, and a place that feels messy in the moment but lovely in the remembering.
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