Altitude
| Location | The Rocks |
|---|---|
| Capacity (seated) | Up to 18 |
Altitude
RealWeddings Guide
Altitude occupies Level 36 of Shangri-La Sydney at 176 Cumberland Street in The Rocks. From that height the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge fill the windows, with the harbour and the CBD towers spread out around them. The restaurant is run by the hotel, part of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts.
For weddings the focus is the Private Dining Room, a glass-encased room with floor-to-ceiling windows that seats up to 18 guests in complete privacy. The hotel promotes it for intimate wedding receptions, and it suits couples who want a long dinner with close family rather than a large party. Lunch bookings run from 11am to 2pm. Dinner starts from 5pm, with a standard seating of up to two and a half hours or an extended seating of up to five hours, so speeches and a cake cutting fit comfortably.
The kitchen, led by Chef de Cuisine Jason Phi Huynh, writes seasonal modern Australian menus with at least one native Australian ingredient in each dish and seafood sourced only from Australian waters; honey comes from hives on the hotel's own roof. The sommelier team looks after a cellar of more than 500 wines, from small Australian producers to rare vintages, and can match wines to each course.
Couples planning a bigger celebration can ask the hotel about taking the whole restaurant. Altitude already offers exclusive buyouts for breakfast events, but evening wedding capacities for the full room are not published. Blu Bar on 36, the cocktail bar on the same level, shares the outlook, and the couple and their guests can stay in the hotel below.
Altitude FAQs
The Private Dining Room, which the hotel promotes for wedding receptions, seats up to 18 guests. For a larger wedding, ask the hotel about booking the whole restaurant; full-room wedding capacities are not published.
The room sits on Level 36 of Shangri-La Sydney in The Rocks, with floor-to-ceiling glass facing the Sydney Opera House, the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the harbour, with the city skyline around them.
Altitude is on Level 36 of Shangri-La Sydney, 176 Cumberland Street, The Rocks. Guests enter through the hotel and take the lift to Level 36, where Blu Bar on 36 is on the same floor.
The room is booked on a minimum spend: $1,500 for lunch, and $2,500 for a dinner of up to two and a half hours or $4,500 for up to five hours. A 10% service fee is added, and the minimum spend is taken as the deposit.
Lunch runs between 11am and 2pm for up to two hours. Dinner starts from 5pm, with a standard seating of up to two and a half hours or an extended seating of up to five hours.
Seasonal modern Australian menus from Chef de Cuisine Jason Phi Huynh's team, with a native Australian ingredient in every dish and seafood only from Australian waters. The sommelier team can match wines from a cellar of more than 500 labels.
Yes. Altitude is inside Shangri-La Sydney, so the couple and their guests can book rooms in the same building and go straight downstairs after the reception.
Yes. The restaurant adds a 15% surcharge on Sundays and public holidays.
Good to Know
Awards & recognition
- Three Glass Rating; Best Listing of NSW Wines; Best Hotel Wine List; Best Organic & Biodynamic Wines (2026)
- Best Restaurant (National Awards for Excellence) (2022)
Parking
Valet parking at the hotel: AUD 45 for up to four hours for diners at the hotel's restaurants and bars; AUD 65 for non-hotel guests staying over four hours (not overnight); AUD 105 per day for hotel guests. Subject to availability; vehicles up to 2.1 m high.
ABN 92 003 643 963
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Seasonal Australian dining and award-winning wines, with Sydney’s most iconic views as the backdrop.
176 Cumberland St, The Rocks NSW 2000 The Rocks NSW 2000
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