👋 About us

About Doublebay.xyz

We're an independent, locally-run guide to Double Bay — built by people who live here, swim at Redleaf, and know which café has the good sidewalk table.

What Doublebay.xyz is

Doublebay.xyz is a hand-kept guide to the best of Double Bay: where to dine, where to shop, the hair, beauty & wellness, and how to stay and explore the harbour. We're not a council site or an automated scraper — just locals who got tired of repeating the same recommendations and decided to write them down.

Who's behind it

We're a small, independent team based in and around Double Bay. Between us we've worked our way through the bistros on Bay Street, the boutiques on William Street and more than a few blow-dries before a big night — so the recommendations here come from genuine local experience, not a media kit.

How we choose what to list

  • Local first. We list businesses that genuinely operate in Double Bay and the surrounding Eastern Suburbs.
  • Recommended, not advertised. Standard listings are free and editorial — a business can't pay to be called good.
  • Licensed & legitimate. For trades and regulated services, we ask for the relevant NSW licence details.
  • Kept current. We review listings regularly and remove places that close or consistently let people down.
  • Clearly labelled. Anything sponsored or affiliate-linked is marked Featured so you always know what you're looking at.

How we stay free (and make money)

Doublebay.xyz is free to use and always will be. We cover our costs in two transparent ways:

  • Affiliate links on some stays and tours — if you book through them we may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you.
  • Optional Featured listings for businesses that want more visibility — always clearly labelled.

Earning a commission never changes our honest opinion, and we only feature places we'd send a neighbour to. Read the full affiliate disclosure.

Where we cover

Double Bay is our focus, with the surrounding Eastern Suburbs — Bellevue Hill, Point Piper, Darling Point, Woollahra and Rose Bay — close behind. If you run a great local business in the area, we'd love to hear about it: add a listing (it's free).

Get in touch

Spotted a gem we've missed, or something out of date? Use our contact form — we read everything.

Acknowledgement of Country. Doublebay.xyz is published on the lands of the Gadigal people. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and acknowledge their continuing connection to this place.