Cessnock Hotel Hunter Valley

A Cessnock pub that has been trading for more than 160 years, now renting classic rooms above the bar. Downstairs runs a bistro doing lunch and dinner seven days, a sports bar with TAB and Keno, a beer garden and a kids' playground. Free parking sits behind the hotel, and the bar keeps going from late morning until late. The rooms are plain and central, a short drive from the Pokolbin vineyards, concert venues and golf courses.

Staying in town means you can walk down for an evening meal without getting back in the car, and the bistro's daily specials make an easy dinner. Book a room through the hotel's online system or by phone. It suits a tour group, or anyone who wants a pub feed and a bed in the one place rather than a quiet vineyard retreat.