Birthday Party Venues in Port Melbourne

Choosing the Right Birthday Party Venue

From a 12-seat cellar to a former timber works hired out for 1,500, Port Melbourne covers birthdays of almost any size between the CBD and the bay.

The choices sit on three streets: Graham Street for a pub dining room dating to around 1870, Crockford Street for a two-storey corner pub, and Plummer Street for a converted industrial site with indoor and outdoor spaces.

Matching the birthday to a Port Melbourne room:

A small milestone dinner: the Cellar Room at The Graham Hotel fits around 12, from $1,000 minimum spend, for three courses of modern Australian food.
Family at long tables: The Cornerstone's upstairs Function Room seats up to 70 beneath chandeliers and tall windows, with plated set menus from $42 per person.
Stand-up drinks for friends: The Graham Hotel's Upstairs Terrace Room has its own bar and holds up to 70 for a cocktail party.
The whole pub: up to 300 can fill The Cornerstone across both floors on exclusive hire, with no venue hire charge.
A blowout 40th or 50th: The Timber Yard's turfed Yard holds 900 under festoon lighting with a 10-metre bar, from $11,000 room hire.

Every room at The Graham Hotel has audio visual facilities for speeches and photos, and The Timber Yard's Warehouse adds a permanent stage, audio, lighting and a big video screen.

The Graham Hotel at 97 Graham Street is finished in timber, greenery and touches of Australiana, with the Sandridge Room downstairs off the main bar for up to 20.
The Cornerstone at 1 Crockford Street has a main bar, a cigar lounge and an outdoor area downstairs, with a Private Dining Room for 24 and a Private Lounge for 8 to 10.
The Timber Yard's Warehouse is climate-controlled with automated blackout drapes, and curtains shrink it to a half room for 300 to 600.
Two upstairs meeting rooms at The Timber Yard can serve as a green room for the birthday guest and family.

Paying for the party

The Graham Hotel's minimum spends rise by room, from the Cellar Room to the terrace room and bar, and all of it goes on food and drinks.
At The Cornerstone, function catering is for 20 or more, canapé platters feed 10 to 15 each, and you pay for drinks as they are ordered.
The Timber Yard's hire includes tables and chairs for 400, cocktail furniture, security staff and a venue manager.
At The Timber Yard, food arrives through the venue's catering partner, external caterers or food trucks, and the bar pours four-hour drinks packages.

Common Questions About Venues for Birthday Parties

Where could a 21st for several hundred go in Port Melbourne?

The Timber Yard takes up to 1,500 standing on exclusive hire, or half the Warehouse for 300 to 600, and its licence stretches to 1am at the end of the week. For up to 300, a whole-pub hire at The Cornerstone fits.

Where can we hold a seated birthday dinner for about 40?

The Graham Hotel's Upstairs Terrace Room seats between 12 and 45, and The Cornerstone's Function Room takes up to 70 at long tables.

What does a birthday menu look like at The Graham Hotel?

Function menus are three courses, opening with shared charcuterie, burrata and calamari, then mains such as porterhouse, lamb rump, market fish, gnocchi or a vegan curry, and finishing with shared cheese plates or desserts.

Are food trucks allowed at The Timber Yard?

Yes. Catering there can come through the venue's catering partner, external caterers or food trucks, and the turfed Yard has heaters, umbrellas and festoon lighting for an outdoor set-up.