Wedding Reception Venues in Eastern Suburbs

A wedding in the east can take one of two routes: a dedicated reception venue, or a pub function room that steps up for the day. Vogue Ballroom in Burwood East is built around weddings, with on-site ceremonies and a bridal lounge, and Veneto Club in Bulleen offers Italian banquets in three upstairs rooms. Pubs in Doncaster, Ringwood and Glen Waverley cover smaller or cocktail-style receptions.

Seated numbers usually decide it. The ballroom and the club handle large sit-down dinners, while the pubs suit a reception of 60 to 200 that leans towards canapés and dancing.

Where a reception could go, by size and style:

• Vows and dinner under one roof: Vogue Ballroom seats 100 to 370, and couples often make their entrance from its mezzanine balcony
• Italian banquet: Veneto Club's Rialto Room seats 150, and Sala Venezia seats 400 with a raised stage
• Pub reception with a courtyard: Elliotts at the Manhattan Hotel in Ringwood, with Nightcap rooms upstairs for guests to stay
• Cocktail reception with a skyline outlook: Shoppingtown Hotel in Doncaster has five function spaces and views back to the city
• A smaller seated wedding: the Function Room at Glen Waverley's Mountain View Hotel seats 60, with its own entry, bar and dance floor

Food styles differ a lot between them, from Vogue's multi-course international menus to Veneto's shared degustation and the pubs' canapé and buffet packages, so tasting the menu style is worth doing before the venue is locked in.