From Restaurant To Lounge
Slip through wide glazed doors from the dining room directly into a dedicated coastal card-room designed for relaxed, offline poker.
Card Lounge
Sydney · Coastal Poker Salon
A Sunlit Card Lounge For Long Australian Evenings
Blackwood Social’s Card Lounge is where bright harbour light, pale timber and limestone meet the quiet focus of in-person poker. Dine, wander in, and settle around custom timber tables designed for unhurried, face-to-face play.
Lounge Entrance
Step Into A Bright, Eucalyptus-Framed Card Lounge
The approach to the Card Lounge feels more like entering a harbour house than a card room. A wide sunlit entry, lined with eucalyptus greenery and pale timber walls, softens the shift from restaurant to lounge. Natural light washes across limestone thresholds, subtly signalling that the evening is about to take a more intimate, playful turn.
Guests move at their own pace: linger with a drink near the entry, greet friends gathering for poker night, or follow the timber path deeper into the lounge towards the custom tables and soft seating. Every detail is designed to keep the experience grounded in real, in-person connection.
Design & Atmosphere
Limestone Light, Harbour Views And Soft Sage Tones
The Card Lounge opens out in a sweep of limestone flooring and generous picture windows, drawing in the soft brightness of the Sydney afternoon. Pale sage tones, eucalyptus accents and linen upholstery wrap the space in an understated coastal calm, while rounded corners and curved joinery replace hard edges with a sense of ease.
Sound is carefully softened, creating a room where the shuffle of cards, the gentle slide of chips and a handful of voices become the backdrop to long-form conversations. It is a lounge for poker enthusiasts who prefer to feel the room, read the faces and enjoy the tactility of play, without the intensity of a casino.
Coastal-luxury palette
Limestone, light timber and muted terracotta tones echo the shoreline at dusk, bringing warmth without ever darkening the mood.
Architecture for real evenings
Picture windows and gentle arches frame the sky by day and the glow of the restaurant terrace by night, keeping the lounge connected to its coastal setting.
Signature Poker Tables
Custom Timber Poker Tables For Social, Offline Play
At the heart of the lounge sit a collection of custom timber poker tables, crafted with softly rounded edges and a linen-toned playing surface. Elegant inlaid chip wells and card markers keep every hand organised without drawing attention away from the people in the room.
These tables are designed for an unhurried, offline poker experience. Players lean in, share glances, exchange stories between hands and read the physical cues that only exist when everyone is seated together—cards, chips and conversation all on the table.
Comfortable, conversational seating
Plush sofas and upholstered armchairs circle each table to support longer sessions, encouraging players and guests to settle in, order another round and let the evening unfold naturally.
An elegant focus on the game
Card markings, betting spaces and chip positions are subtly integrated into the design, keeping the experience refined yet unmistakably centred on in-person poker.
Lighting For The Evening
From Sun-Soaked Afternoons To Candlelit Card Rooms
As dusk settles over the harbour, the Card Lounge shifts gears. Architectural lighting, tucked into coves and timber reveals, gently replaces the daylight, while candlelit tables introduce a warm, intimate glow around every game.
The result is a room where you can still clearly read cards, watch expressions and follow the flow of play, yet feel wrapped in the easy warmth of an Australian evening. The space never feels dark—just comfortably dimmed, designed to let conversations and offline poker take centre stage.
Thoughtful layers of light
Overhead illumination, low-level sconces and table light combine to keep the room legible while preserving pockets of privacy around each game.
Evenings that feel unhurried
The lighting strategy encourages guests to linger—moving from one more hand, to one more round of drinks, to a late-night shared plate.
Seating & Conversation
Spaces Designed For Real Conversation And Shared Play
Every seating arrangement in the Card Lounge is angled towards connection. Tables are subtly rotated to welcome newcomers into the circle, sofas are grouped to support side-by-side conversations, and armchairs are placed to make it easy to lean into the table without crowding your neighbours.
Soft textiles—linen, wool blends and textured cushions—gently absorb sound so the room stays lively but never loud. The effect is a space where friends can hold a quiet conversation on one side of the table while a hand of Texas Hold’em plays out on the other.
Group-friendly layouts
Tables and seating can host small, intimate games or slightly larger groups for social poker nights, always with clear sightlines and comfortable spacing.
Private yet sociable
Low timber partitions and planters create gentle boundaries between games, preserving a sense of privacy without ever closing the room off.
Premium Playing Experience
Authentic Cards, Custom Chips And A Tactile Rhythm Of Play
Blackwood Social’s Card Lounge is dedicated to offline, in-person poker, celebrating the details that only exist around a physical table. Guests play with high-quality, linen-finish cards that glide cleanly across the timber surface, and custom-embossed chips with a satisfying weight and feel.
Hands are dealt by players or hosts at the table, keeping the experience human and grounded. Each shuffle, cut and reveal belongs to the room—not a screen—creating a shared rhythm that sets the pace for the entire evening.
Offline, communal focus
No screens, no digital interfaces—just real cards, real chips and real people, gathered around the table for face-to-face poker.
Respectful, relaxed etiquette
The lounge embraces a culture of generous, respectful play. Guests are invited to follow simple table manners that prioritise comfort, clarity and good conversation.
Explore Offline PokerTransition To The Night
A Lounge That Follows The Sun From Afternoon Light To Late-Night Play
The Card Lounge is designed as a gentle bridge between the bright coastal restaurant and the intimacy of the Poker Salon—equally welcoming for an after-lunch game or a late-night Texas Hold’em table.
The visual journey from day to night unfolds across the lounge: sunlight on limestone, the first glow of architectural lighting, then the warm hum of evening games as physical poker tables become the centre of the room.
See Poker Nights
Lunch
Light lunch on the terrace
Begin with coastal plates in the restaurant before drifting towards the lounge with coffee or a spritz.
Sunset Dining
Golden-hour views
Watch the sky soften through the lounge windows as the first games gather around the tables.
Dinner
Shared plates & wine
Return to the dining room for grilled seafood, vegetables and Australian wines before your evening of play.
Card Lounge
Gather in the lounge
Slip into the Card Lounge for sociable, offline poker around custom tables and soft seating.
Poker Tables
Hands on timber
Deal cards, share chips and read the room—the physical table becomes the centre of the night.
Texas Hold’em
Evening sessions
Play Texas Hold’em in person, with community cards and etiquette guided by our team.
Late-Night Supper
A final plate
Close the night with late snacks, dessert or coffee before stepping back out into the coastal air.
A Place To Linger
Snacks, Cocktails And The Easy Rhythm Of An Australian Evening
The Card Lounge is serviced directly from the Blackwood Social kitchen and bar, ensuring the same standard of produce and craft arrives tableside as games unfold. Seasonal snacks, coastal-inspired small plates and hand-crafted cocktails circulate quietly through the room.
Guests are encouraged to order as they play—passing shared dishes around the table, pairing a favourite Australian wine with a carefully considered hand, or closing the evening with a late-night dessert and coffee between rounds.
Seasonal lounge menu
Fresh Australian seafood, grilled bites and vegetarian plates arrive as easy-to-share options, designed so no one needs to leave the table for long.
View Restaurant MenuCoastal cocktails & Australian wines
From bright, citrus-forward cocktails to thoughtfully selected Australian wines, the drinks list is curated to match both relaxed conversations and focused play.
Connected To The Restaurant
Glazed Doors Between Dining Room, Terrace And Card Lounge
Large glazed doors keep the Card Lounge visually and physically connected to the main restaurant and terrace. Guests can move freely between spaces—finishing dessert outdoors before joining friends at a poker table, or pausing a game to step into the fresh evening air.
This direct connection ensures the lounge always feels like an extension of Blackwood Social rather than a separate world. Food, drink and conversation flow easily from room to room, creating a single, continuous experience from first arrival to last hand.