The only pub in Batemans Bay is open again. Photo: Simon Newman/Facebook.

The new publicans at the helm of Bayview Hotel are breathing a sigh of relief after a successful reopening.

Mike Dawn told Region this week’s soft launch came with a full house for dinner on opening night.

“We were unsure what response we were going to get initially… [but] we were reasonably confident that people would get in and support the pub being open again.”

The venue had been closed since late 2024, after the longtime owners decided not to renew their lease .

The Bayview’s doors reopened last Monday (20 October) for a soft-opening after a nearly year-long closure, during which much of the pub’s interior was renovated as part of a new fit-out .

“In any opening of a hospitality venue – any restaurant

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