Find the Perfect Reception Venue for Your Big Day
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Top picks are the highest-rated venues of each type that publish a starting price.
Restaurant
The Hut Byron BayPossum Creek
From $139 per person
Estate / Garden
Tides Byron EstateTevenUp to 160 guests
From $10,560 room hire
Hotel
Raes on WategosByron BayUp to 75 guests
From $10,000 minimum spend
Function Venue
The Island Room @ Ballina Byron Islander ResortBallinaUp to 120 guests
From $42.50 per person
Club
Byron Bay Surf Life Saving ClubByron BayUp to 150 guests
From $6,000 room hire
Pub
North Byron HotelByron BayUp to 400 guests
From $25 per person
The next highest-rated venues that publish a starting price, with capacity and cost side by side.
| Venue | Type | Area | Capacity | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ember Byron Bay 4.6(1,181) | Type:Restaurant, Bar | Area:Byron Bay | Capacity:Up to 150 | Price:From $84pp |
| Shelter Lennox 4.6(793) | Type:Restaurant | Area:Lennox Head | Capacity:Up to 120 | Price:From $95pp |
| Frida's Field 4.5(143) | Type:Restaurant, Estate / Garden | Area:Nashua | Capacity:Up to 150 | Price:From $137.50pp |
| Beach Byron Bay 4.2(1,101) | Type:Restaurant | Area:Byron Bay | Capacity:Up to 60 | Price:From $115pp |
| Byron Bay Services Club 4.2(402) | Type:Club | Area:Byron Bay | Capacity:Up to 180 | Price:From $38pp |
| The Shack @ Beach Hotel 4.1(3,109) | Type:Pub, Hotel | Area:Byron Bay | Capacity:Up to 120 | Price:From $5,000 min spend |
| Coorabell Estate 5.0(18) | Type:Estate / Garden | Area:Coorabell | Capacity:Up to 150 | Price:From $2,200 |
| The Stable Studio 5.0(4) | Type:Estate / Garden, Function Venue | Area:Binna Burra | Capacity:Up to 50 | Price:From $950 |
Lowest per-person prices
Byron BayUp to 400 guests
Byron BayUp to 180 guests
BallinaUp to 120 guests
Byron BayUp to 150 guests
Lennox HeadUp to 120 guests
Lowest minimum spends
Byron BayUp to 120 guests
Byron BayUp to 75 guests
A Byron Bay wedding reception usually comes down to sand or hills. Near the coast there are beachfront restaurants, a hotel bar and a resort lawn, while behind town you will find private estates, a Tuscan-style villa, a ranch hotel and working farms across the green country around Bangalow, Clunes and Coorabell.
Most guests travel in and stay a few nights, so the reception venue tends to shape the whole weekend.
Choosing the style of reception:
Prices on this page range from $25 per person for a garden pub set menu and $38 per person for a club buffet to $950 room hire for a studio at Binna Burra, $2,200 room hire at a hinterland estate, a $5,000 minimum spend for an exclusive beachside bar and $10,560 room hire for an estate at Teven. Once the date is held, line up a celebrant and event florists.
Yes. Beachfront restaurants and a hotel's beachside bar give you sand and water views, and a horse ranch at South Ballina offers ceremony spots among the dunes for smaller weddings.
Several estates and the ranch hotel at Coopers Shoot have rooms on site, and the rainforest resort in town includes a suite for the couple in its wedding packages.
A garden at Brunswick Heads hosts elopements and micro weddings of up to 25, and restaurant decks and private dining rooms suit 50 or fewer.
Headline prices run from $25 per person at a garden pub to $139 per person for shared banquets in the hills, while hinterland hire starts at $950 room hire for a studio and $2,200 room hire for an estate. Catering, styling and hired items usually sit on top at estates.
Some do. One restaurant wraps events up by 10pm, while farm and estate venues may run later, so ask before you plan the dancing.
Spring and autumn Saturdays go first, often more than a year out. Midweek, Sunday and winter dates are easier to secure.
