Wedding Reception Venues in Cairns City & Inner Suburbs

Choosing the Right Wedding Reception Venue

From an intimate bar dinner to a marquee for hundreds, the reception spaces of the inner city cover a wide spread. The city centre and marina offer waterfront rooms and a hotel ballroom, while Manunda, Stratford, Edge Hill, Earlville and Redlynch have function spaces with more room to spread out.

For a destination wedding, check where your guests are staying and book a coach or transfers so nobody drives home.

Matching the reception to the guest list:

Large receptions: Events at Watson's in Manunda has a 300sqm Marquee Lawn for up to 240 guests, and free parking on site.
Wharf and inlet: Hemingway's Brewery Cairns Wharf hosts weddings from about 10 to 1,000 in a heritage-listed shed on Trinity Inlet.
A hotel with a wedding coordinator: The Reef Hotel Casino gives weddings a coordinator of their own and has a Rooftop Pool Deck.
Restaurant receptions: Palooka in Stratford has a dedicated wedding specialist and set menus from $49 per person.
Waterfront dining: Ela Modern Bistro has an Atrium seating 90 and lunches from $39 per person.

Cairns City & Inner Suburbs Wedding Reception Venues

Salt House can be booked exclusively for up to 1,500, or for a single area such as the Trinity Inlet Deck for 120.
Dundee's on the Waterfront can spread 250 guests along its covered boardwalk deck, and Cairns Cruising Yacht Squadron seats 100 in its air-conditioned function room.
Three Wolves takes up to 100 for an intimate cocktail reception, with seating for about 60.
The Crown Hotel's tropical beer garden suits a relaxed reception of up to 150.

Inner-suburb receptions

Edge Hill Cairns Bowls Club offers its Club Room for 120 year-round, with buffet menus from $35 per person.
Balaclava Hotel in Earlville handles receptions of up to 60 with a functions coordinator.
In Redlynch, Madisons Function Rooms @ The Red Beret pairs a stage and dance floor with veranda access for up to 200.
Over in Cairns North, the Atrium at Cairns Harbourside Hotel seats a banquet of 100 beside the pool.

Common Questions About Wedding Reception Venues

Which inner-city wedding venue has a marquee option?

Events at Watson's in Manunda has a 300sqm Marquee Lawn that takes a marquee of up to 6m by 18m and up to 240 guests.

Can I hold a wedding reception at a pub with a beer garden?

Yes. The Crown Hotel, Rattle n Hum Cairns and The Pier Bar all list wedding receptions among the events they host.

Are there wedding venues with a dance floor in the region?

Events at Watson's has a 4.6m by 6m dance floor and a stage, and Madisons has a dance floor in its larger room.

What should we ask about wet-season weddings?

Ask each venue about undercover or indoor back-up spaces for outdoor areas like decks, lawns and beer gardens.

Wedding Reception Venues in Cairns City & Inner Suburbs