Wedding Reception Venues in Avoca Beach

Choosing the Right Wedding Reception Venue

Sand or garden is usually the first decision for an Avoca Beach wedding: a reception overlooking the surf from Avoca Drive or Vine Street, or one set into the bushland hillside at Avoca Beach Hotel.

How the three receptions differ:

The Surf Club Avoca Beach: a first-floor hall pitched as a blank canvas you style yourself, with flexible seating, floor for dancing and verandahs under cover for drinks at sunset.
Avoca Beach House: the whole restaurant seats 80 or holds 120 standing with exclusive hire, and wedding hire runs for part or all of a day.
Kookaburra Room @ Avoca Beach Hotel: up to 150 guests beneath a raked, beamed ceiling, with windows over the main pool on a 15-acre hillside property.
What's served: Australian seafood, meat and local produce on the beachfront, a menu built around your booking upstairs on Vine Street, and set menus from the hotel kitchen.
Cost: Avoca Beach House is priced from $62 per person, and the surf club sets minimum spends by the space you choose.

Couples bringing in guests from elsewhere will value the hotel's rooms and courtesy bus; those set on the ocean from the reception room itself will be choosing between the surf club and Avoca Beach House.

Before dinner: the surf club deck has a fireplace and the balcony runs along the ocean side, so canapés can move outdoors.
Speeches: the club supplies a microphone and sound system plus screens, and the Kookaburra Room includes a data projector for a slideshow of the couple.
The first dance: the surf club hall leaves floor for dancing, with a stage for a band.
Finishing time: evening events at the surf club wrap up at midnight, which helps when booking transport home.

Seating plans and service

Long tables or rounds: the Kookaburra Room can be laid out as a long-table banquet with white linen or as a dinner on round tables.
Alternate drop: Avoca Beach House serves set-menu mains alternate drop, and its chef builds custom menus on request.
Dietary needs: both the restaurant and the club kitchen look after them at booking.
A coordinator: Avoca Beach Hotel has a dedicated coordinator for weddings.

Common Questions About Wedding Reception Venues

Can we style the reception room ourselves?

The surf club pitches its hall as a blank canvas for couples to style, and the Kookaburra Room's exposed beams can be dressed for a theme. Table decorations are fine at Avoca Beach House; glitter and confetti aren't.

What does the surf club need to secure a wedding date?

A deposit holds the date at The Surf Club Avoca Beach, and final numbers are due four weeks before the wedding.

Can our guests stay near the reception in Avoca Beach?

Yes – Avoca Beach Hotel lets rooms on the same property as the Kookaburra Room. Guests who drive can leave the car in its free car park, and a courtesy bus runs if you arrange it beforehand.

Does Avoca Beach House take daytime weddings?

Yes. Wedding hire is offered for part or all of a day, the restaurant serves lunch Tuesday to Sunday, and bookings outside its usual hours can be discussed with the functions team.

Wedding Reception Venues in Avoca Beach