Birthday Party Venues in Braddon

Choosing the Right Birthday Party Venue

Six Braddon venues take birthday groups, spread between Lonsdale Street, Mort Street and Northbourne Avenue. They fall into three kinds: rooms you hire whole, pubs and bars with a private corner, and a hotel with ballrooms.

Settle the headcount and whether you want to style the room yourself, and the shortlist gets short quickly.

What each Braddon venue brings to a birthday:

The Common Canberra is a blank-canvas room hired exclusively From $750 room hire for four hours, seating 100 inside or 150 with its courtyard.
The Howling Moon, a glass-roofed bar on level six, hosts 15 to 100 guests in an area of the bar or across the whole rooftop.
Canberra Rex Hotel, in the same building, has ballrooms on the ground floor, and its Grand Ballroom seats 150 for a formal birthday dinner.
Assembly hosts groups of 10 to 300, with an open-air beer garden holding 150 and canapés From $40 per person.
Rizla fits 45 on their feet or seats 40 across the whole wine bar, or about 30 on its alfresco side, with canapé packages From $52 per person.

Hosts bring their own styling, and each booking includes up to 30 linen-dressed tables, couches, a sound system and a microphone for speeches.
There is no kitchen, so food is self-catered, brought in by a caterer or ordered as canapé, pizza, buffet or dessert packages.
RSA-certified staff can pour drinks you supply, or a bar tab or cash bar can be set up against a minimum spend.
Events with alcohol or 50 or more guests need a security guard, and parties wrap up by midnight because apartments sit above.

Bar birthdays on Mort and Lonsdale streets

Volstead Repeal gives a party of 20 to 50 its whole green-walled whisky bar, with a two-hour Sunday to Thursday block From $2,000 minimum spend.
Its bartenders can lead a guided whisky tasting or a small cocktail class, and you can plug in your own playlist.
Rizla charges no hire fee; its minimum spend shifts with the day, time and month, and custom set menus suit seated groups of 12 or more.
Assembly's street-side front terrace takes 30 and its big-screen area 50, handy for a smaller crowd who still want the pub around them.

Common Questions About Venues for Birthday Parties

Can we decorate the room ourselves for a Braddon birthday?

Yes at The Common Canberra, which is hired as a blank canvas so hosts bring their own look. Volstead Repeal's team also helps with a cake and decorations when you tell them the plan.

Which Braddon birthday venue has a rooftop?

The Howling Moon, on level six of the Canberra Rex Hotel building, sits under a glass roof with floor-to-ceiling glass looking over the city. Groups of 15 to 100 can book part of it or the whole rooftop.

How late can a birthday at The Common Canberra run?

Events there must end by midnight, as the venue sits beneath apartments.

Is there a big room for a milestone birthday in Braddon?

The Great Room at Canberra Rex Hotel takes 350 for a banquet, and Assembly handles up to 300 between its garden, bistro and bar.