Birthday Party Venues on the Bellarine Peninsula

Choosing the Right Birthday Party Venue

Birthday venues on the Bellarine spread across seven localities, and each town leans a different way. Drysdale mixes a family pub, wineries and a do-it-yourself farm, Curlewis has two restaurants on Portarlington Road, and Queenscliff splits between a harbourside function floor and a pub beer garden.

Portarlington, Wallington, Mannerim and Barwon Heads each add one more style, from handmade pasta to a cider house and a restaurant on a jetty.

Choosing a Bellarine town by the party you have in mind:

Drysdale for a relaxed crowd: The Drysdale Hotel serves shared group dining from $47 per person, and Bennetts on Bellarine pairs its own wines with wood-fired pizza from $40 per person.
Curlewis for a dressier dinner: Claribeaux seats 30 to 150 in a glass-walled room with set menus from $60 per person, while Leura Park Estate offers grazing and à la carte menus for smaller groups.
Queenscliff for big numbers: 360Q's upper floor holds 250 standing, and The Esplanade Hotel lets its Beer Garden out to groups of up to 150.
Barwon Heads and Portarlington for tables by the water: At The Heads is built on the jetty, and Arlo Pasta & Wine faces Port Phillip Bay from the foreshore.
Wallington and Mannerim for vineyard settings: Flying Brick Cider Co sits beside working vines, and Quiddity Place joins a winery restaurant to two galleries.

For a party you run yourself, Tuckerberry Hill Events in Drysdale hires out its family farm exclusively, and you bring your own caterer and drinks.

Bellarine Peninsula Birthday Party Venues

The Drysdale Hotel has a family bistro, a bar with screens and a beer garden with pool tables, which suits a casual 40th.
Scotchmans Hill in Drysdale offers its Residence for 95 at banquet tables and a Wine Garden for relaxed groups of about 100.
Tuckerberry Hill Events includes 100 crossback chairs, ten large tables, a sound system and a microphone with farm hire.
Wallington's Flying Brick Cider Co feeds a birthday table on shared entrées and a main each, priced from $54 per person, or sets up grazing on the lawn.

Moving a birthday group around the peninsula

Several venues sit along Portarlington Road in Curlewis and Drysdale, so a group lunch can be planned around one stretch of road.
Where wine is part of the day, book a minibus or coach rather than relying on drivers.
Some Bennetts on Bellarine packages come with a free bus, and The Esplanade Hotel has a courtesy bus.
For lawn or deck parties anywhere on the Bellarine, ask each venue what happens if wind or rain arrives.

Common Questions About Venues for Birthday Parties

Which Bellarine towns have pub-style birthday venues?

Drysdale, with The Drysdale Hotel, and Queenscliff, where The Esplanade Hotel hires out its beer garden for up to 150.

Where on the Bellarine can a birthday group bring its own food and drink?

Tuckerberry Hill Events in Drysdale is hired as a blank canvas, with your own caterer or the farm's commercial kitchen and your own drinks.

What do Bellarine birthday menus start at?

Arlo Pasta & Wine starts from $32 per person, Bennetts on Bellarine from $40 per person and The Drysdale Hotel from $47 per person.

Is there a smaller private room for a Barwon Heads birthday?

At The Heads has the Mulloway Room, which seats 54 or holds 80 for canapés and has its own entrance.

Birthday Party Venues in Bellarine Peninsula

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