Wedding Reception Venues in Lower Beechmont

Choosing the Right Wedding Reception Venue

Both wedding venues in Lower Beechmont leave the catering and drinks to you, so the choice comes down to the room and the scale. Rosewood Estate is an 80-acre ridge property with a glass-sided marquee, and Montara Hall is a timber hall on a working dairy farm.

Rosewood Estate and Montara Hall differ on these points:

Numbers: Rosewood Estate reaches 200, while Montara Hall seats 100 and takes 150 or more for cocktails.
Reception setting: a 10 by 25 metre glass-walled marquee, against a 500-square-metre hall with a stage and dance floor.
Ceremony: Valley View, Coastal View or the Garden at the estate, or the lawn below the deck at the hall.
After dark: Rosewood's lawn firepit comes with a night's firewood, and Montara has a fire pit ringed with benches.
Finish: music stops at 11pm at Rosewood and 10.30pm at Montara.

Hire at Rosewood is listed From $8,500 room hire. Montara doesn't publish a price, so ask about its packages.

Lower Beechmont Wedding Reception Venues

Rosewood asks you to appoint a licensed caterer, whether long shared tables or a favourite food van.
Alcohol is bought by you at both, with RSA-qualified staff pouring it, and Rosewood charges no corkage.
Each venue needs a coordinator for a wedding, and you engage them yourself.
Montara's catering kitchen and bar fridges give your suppliers somewhere to work.

Package sizes at the two Lower Beechmont venues

Montara offers a weekday elopement for up to 40, an intimate 6-hour wedding for up to 80 and a full wedding day for up to 150.
A 6-hour reception is another Montara package, if the ceremony is elsewhere.
Rosewood's marquee extends to 10 by 30 metres once numbers pass 150.
Roof panels at Rosewood are see-through from April to October and white in the warmer months, which may sway your date.

Common Questions About Wedding Reception Venues

Which Lower Beechmont venue suits a guest list above 150?

Rosewood Estate, which holds up to 200 and enlarges its marquee past 150 guests.

Do we need a wedding coordinator at these ridge venues?

Yes at both. Rosewood asks you to engage one, and Montara requires an on-the-day coordinator.

Is there a wet weather plan for a Beechmont ceremony?

Montara has wet weather options, and Rosewood's Garden site is the sheltered choice, so ask each for the detail.

When can suppliers get into Rosewood Estate?

Access opens at 8am, with the event running from 1pm and everyone gone by 11.30pm.

Wedding Reception Venues in Lower Beechmont