Sightseeing Buffet Lunch Cruise on Sydney Harbour

Good food and views

Buffet food was ready upon boarding. The food was a good selection of salads, cheese + sides (good if you have wine), bread, roast vegetables, chicken, fish, baked cheesy potato, lasagna. Then dessert of tiramisu and fruit. Drinks prices were reasonable. The boat was calm to ride in and crew very friendly. The views of the harbour bridge and Opera House make great photos, the views can't be beat. For the price this was a good, better than we expected.

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Bad experience after good

I went to this same cruise + buffet for the second time after I had a great experience. It was a terrible downgrade from the start. - Tripadvisor failed to send me any updates about changes to the meeting location, leading my group to search for the correct wharf and arrive late. - Food amount had almost halved, and there weren't any refills unlike my last visit - Food quality had gone down noticeably. - Despite this, the price of ticket remained the same. Since this is my second time, I can't be sure whether my first visit was a fluke or if the second visit was the outlier, but would be hesitant to try again after this experience.

Response from the operator: Dear guest, We are disappointed to hear about your experience on the lunch cruise. This experience does not reflect our commitment to service. Unfortunately, we are unable to locate your two bookings to look into the service comparison you mentioned. Were both of the bookings made via Viator? We would like to thoroughly investigate your review, and we would appreciate it if you could provide us with more details about your recent experience by emailing us at help@australiancruisegroup.com.au Once we receive your email and have had the opportunity to review your comments, we will get back to you.

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Great Time & Great Memories!!

Amazing !. Great views & great people... Giada was working that day & helped make our trip exceptional with her excellent service & knowledge!. Boat clean & spacious. All on time & sooooo enjoyable. Met my son who landed from LA & used the boat trip to orient him w Sydney. Just great!. Accidentally left an expensive/special water bottle on board & able to recover nxt day thanks to John the sparky who helped us find it on the boat. Great time & great memories on this trip!!

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Wonderful food, service and sights!

We've done a number of lunch and dinner cruises over the years, and you never really know what you are going to get, especially with a buffet. I am thrilled to add another 5* review for the Majistic lunch cruise in Sydney. The boat loaded on time without incident, and we were assigned a nice window table. The buffet was open as we arrived, to we were able to fill our plates as people were still boarding. Rather than wait for table service to take our drink order, my husband went to the bar and came back with a bottle of wine in an ice bucket and two glasses while his food was still warm. The food was quite good and had a large variety of hot and cold foods. There were four salads from a blue cheese, apple and chicory salad, vermicelli shrimp salad, cabbage slaw and a carrot raisin salad. There was a charcuterie section with fruit, cheese and meats, and seven hot entrees; fried rice, roasted vegetables, cauliflower gratin, poached white fish, beef lasagne, butter chicken and Mexican roasted chicken. My favorites were the perfectly cooked white fish and the cauliflower gratin. After we ate we spent the remainder of time on the front deck sipping on our wine. Towards the end they served some tiramisu and a bowl of pineapple. Overall, we had a wonderful time and would definitely recommend this tour!

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Norfolk Island and Tasmania 2026

We were visiting Sydney from New Zealand for 3 days on our way to Norfolk Island and Tasmania and had a couple of friends travelled down from down from New Castle to visit us. I booked the lunch cruise for the four of us to enjoy a meal, see the harbour and have a catch up. We were welcomed aboard by the crew and shown our table. The food was ready so we helped ourselves to the very large range of lovely food from beautiful salads to hot food. It was all well presented and tasted amazing. There was a full bar service but no coffee or tea. There was soft drinks though. We had a good amount of commentary as we sailed out of Darling Harbour in a very comfortable large powered catamaran. Under the harbour bridge past Circular Quay, the Opera House, Mrs MacQuarries chair, Garden Island and the majestic houses lining the shore. Past Fort Denison and out the harbour a way then back along the other shore and past Lunar Park and back to the wharf. The cruise took 1.5 hours. The crew, especially Sofia made us welcome and looked after us very well. This is a must do in Sydney.

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