Melbourne Cup VIP experience at Watsons Bay

Whether you’re looking for a stylish moment in your finest attire, savouring a tasty moment with a deliciously long lunch, or celebrating a toasting moment after winning big, make Cup Day memorable at the Watsons Bay Boutique Hotel.

Book now to enjoy a specially curated 3-course shared feast with a glass of bubbles on arrival for $140 per person, add an optional 2-hour premium drinks package for $80 per person.

Bookings are essential. Available for groups of 4+. Seats at our VIP Event are limited and will fill fast, so please act quickly to secure your place.

Melbourne Cup menu:

• Caviar station and a glass of Taittinger Brut Réserve champagne on arrival 

• Sonoma bread and Pepe Saya butter

• Seafood platter with half WA lobster, tiger prawns, natural oysters, scallop ceviche, salmon tartare, trout rillettes, red wine Mignonette, marie rose sauce, lemon, crostini

• Roasted black figs and rocket salad, burrata, culatello, olive walnut tapenade, Vin Cotto

• Casarecce pasta, broccolini florets, chilli butter, parmesan cheese, pistachio pangrattato

• Confit chicken, lemon puree, fennel, sauce vierge with black olive oil

• Roast beef tenderloin, mushroom ragout, asparagus salad with white truffle vinaigrette

• Rosemary and garlic roasted royal blue potato with sea salt

• Baby cos and radicchio salad

• Hazelnut meringue, milk chocolate namelaka, orange chocolate mousse, brownie

• 2-hour premium beverage package.