Birthday Party Venues in Hawthorn

Whether it's a family 18th or a 60th with every cousin invited, Hawthorn gives you two pubs and a function centre on the river to choose from. The pubs lean towards a relaxed stand-up party with share food; the ballroom on Wallen Road is built for a dressed-up milestone with a dance floor.

Three ways to mark the occasion in Hawthorn:

• By the fire – The Pavilion @ Auburn Hotel, behind the 1888 pub at 85 Auburn Road, centres on an open fireplace and a woodfired pizza oven, and fits 210 standing once the room is yours. From $40 per person.
• Upstairs and private – Level One @ The Hawthorn Hotel hands over the pub's entire upper level at 481 Burwood Road, with a bar, toilets, a raised stage and a deck all to itself, for 400 on their feet. From $37 per person.
• A slice of the level – for a smaller crowd, the Ethel Room (80 standing, with a stage), the Alumni Lounge and deck (80) or the Glenferrie Room (40) can be taken alone.
• Ballroom on the Yarra – The Ballroom @ Leonda By The Yarra lists milestone birthdays and baby showers among its private parties, and holds 1,000 for cocktails.
• A proper entrance – Leonda's guests arrive through a foyer and the Marble Bar for canapés before the main room opens.

The two pubs price food per head, while Leonda quotes each event, so a 21st with share plates and a formal 70th with a band can both be costed in the same suburb.