Private Dining Rooms in Melbourne's Inner North

How to choose Private Dining Rooms in Inner North

Fitzroy and Carlton each hold a pub dining room that keeps your group apart from the public bar. Private Dining Room @ Builders Arms Hotel sits in the original part of the hotel at 211 Gertrude St, Fitzroy, near the Collingwood border; Private Dining Room @ The Lincoln, known as The Lincoln Arms, occupies a restored Victorian shopfront at 138 Queensberry St, Carlton, a couple of doors along from the pub. Side by side:

Seated numbers: 20 around a single table on Gertrude Street, 30 on Queensberry Street
Standing: the Builders Arms room holds about 30 for drinks
Menu style: Builders Arms tailors food from a seasonal kitchen of Australian seafood and grilled meat; The Lincoln serves a choice of two share-style set menus
Spend: The Lincoln asks a $2,500 minimum spend; Builders Arms shapes dining and drinks to the group's budget
Screens: TVs at Builders Arms for game days, audiovisual equipment at The Lincoln

Both rooms are fed by a working pub kitchen, so the food comes from the hotel's own team rather than outside caterers.

Outlook: leafy, through tall windows over the corner of Gertrude and Gore Streets
Decor: glassware and bottles kept in white cabinets, plus an eclectic mix of art
Music: the group plays its own records on the room's vintage turntable
Booking path: parties above 14 go through the events form or a phone call rather than online booking

The Queensberry Street room

Low lighting, a wood-panelled bar and midnight-blue high ceilings, under a Bernard Villemot Orangina poster
Lunch from 12pm to 5.30pm or dinner from 6.30pm to 11pm, seven days
The Lincoln Menu centres on classics such as slow-roasted lamb shoulder; the Chef's Menu brings a seafood platter and Scotch fillet
Drinks go on a bar tab or are bought at the bar or by QR code, and any shortfall on the minimum is charged as room hire

Frequently asked questions about Private & Exclusive Dining Rooms in Inner North

Which inner north private dining room seats the most?

The Lincoln Arms in Carlton seats up to 30. The Builders Arms room in Fitzroy takes 20 seated, or about 30 if everyone stands.

How do the menus differ between the two rooms?

The Lincoln serves every function one of two share-style set menus. At Builders Arms the events team builds dining and drinks around the group and its budget, from a menu that changes with the produce.

Can we choose our own music?

At Builders Arms Hotel, yes – there is a vintage turntable and a vinyl collection to play from.

Do these rooms suit a work presentation?

Builders Arms lists small presentations among its uses and has TVs, while The Lincoln provides audiovisual equipment and names work lunches and team planning days.

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