Birthday Party Venues in Brighton

Across the road from the sand at 4 Esplanade, Brighton Beach Hotel puts its party rooms upstairs, looking out over Port Phillip Bay, and keeps a heated beer garden downstairs for something more relaxed.

The building opened in the 1840s as the Royal Terminus Hotel, and its Georgian-style front is classified by the National Trust – a setting that suits a grandparent's 80th as readily as a friend's 30th.

Ways to run a Brighton birthday at the hotel:

• Dinner for around 60: the Esplanade Room, for smaller seated gatherings.
• A dance-floor party: the Bayview Room has its own bar and a dance floor, seating up to 200.
• Bigger still: the Bayview and Esplanade rooms can be joined.
• Casual drinks: the heated Beer Garden, non-smoking, with a grassed section.
• Minimum numbers: canapés are for groups of 20 or more.

Canapés start from $32 per person, and pizza boards and sweets can be added for later in the night.