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Choosing the Right Venue for Your Event

Most of the party venues listed for Melbourne are pubs and hotels that hand a group a private room, a rooftop or a whole floor. Around them sit purpose-built function venues, a few restaurants, two football club rooms and a converted warehouse, spread from Footscray and Williamstown in the Inner West to Mordialloc on the bay and Narre Warren in the South East.

Prices are mostly set per guest. Three Crowns Hotel in West Melbourne starts from $14 per person and Sandown Park Hotel in Noble Park from $18 per person, while a banquet at Plaza Ballroom under the Regent Theatre starts from $240 per person. Other rooms run on a spend target instead, such as Cellar Bar @ Grace Darling Hotel in Collingwood from $2,000 minimum spend, and The Timber Yard in Port Melbourne is hired outright from $11,000 room hire for crowds of up to 1,500.

Sorting the list by the setting you have in mind:

  • Up on a roof: Rooftop @ State of Grace, The Rooftop @ Imperial Hotel and Good Heavens in the CBD, plus Rooftop Bar @ The Cornish Arms in Brunswick
  • Beside the water: Berth at Docklands, Left Bank Melbourne and Ludlow Bar & Dining in Southbank, and Brighton Beach Hotel facing the bay
  • Ballroom scale: Manor on High in Epping, Vogue Ballroom in Burwood and The Ballroom @ Leonda By The Yarra in Hawthorn
  • A room for a few dozen: Private Dining Room @ The Lincoln in Carlton seats 30, The Wine Room @ Lamaro's Hotel in South Melbourne seats 24 at one oak table, and Northcote Social Club takes 70

Once a room is held, sort out the music through DJs or bring in outside food from caterers where the venue allows it.

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Where Melbourne's venues sit

  • CBD, Southbank & Docklands: the densest cluster, from Young & Jackson on Flinders Street to Riverland Bar in the Federation Wharf vaults
  • Inner North and Inner East: pub rooms in Fitzroy, Collingwood, Carlton, Richmond and Hawthorn, such as The Wolfhound, Prince Alfred Carlton and Private Dining Room @ Builders Arms Hotel in Fitzroy
  • Bayside and Inner South: Sandy by the Bay in Sandringham, The Sunroom @ Hotel Esplanade in St Kilda and Main Hall @ Bells Hotel in South Melbourne
  • Outer suburbs: big rooms such as The Function Room @ Commercial Hotel in South Morang and The Phoenix Hotel in Point Cook, each for up to 700

What to ask before paying a deposit

  • Whether you get a private room, a section of a bar or the entire venue, since many list exclusive hire as an option
  • How food works: almost every venue caters in-house, while The Wolfhound and The Timber Yard also allow BYO food
  • Whether drinks run as a bar tab, a fixed package or pay-as-you-go, and if the tab counts towards any minimum spend
  • Whether there is a dance floor and room for a DJ, which venues such as Garden State Hotel and Manhattan Hotel list
  • Step-free access, listed at Riverland Bar, Plaza Ballroom and Skinny Dog Hotel among others

Venues: Your Questions Answered

Which Melbourne venues let a party bring its own food?

The Wolfhound in Fitzroy and The Timber Yard in Port Melbourne both list BYO food alongside their own catering. Manor on High in Epping lists BYO drinks.

Where in Melbourne can a party hold more than 1,000 guests?

The Timber Yard in Port Melbourne takes up to 1,500, and Plaza Ballroom and the Royal Melbourne Hotel in the CBD each list capacity for 1,200. The Ballroom @ Leonda By The Yarra in Hawthorn holds 1,000.

Which Melbourne party venues start lowest per guest?

Three Crowns Hotel in West Melbourne starts from $14 per person, Sandown Park Hotel in Noble Park from $18 per person and Holmes Hall in Moonee Ponds from $19 per person.

How does a minimum spend work at a Melbourne pub function room?

The food and drink your group orders has to reach the figure, and the room comes with it. Customs House Hotel Williamstown starts from $1,000 minimum spend and Windy Hill in Essendon from $2,250 minimum spend. Smaller private rooms work the same way: The Wine Room @ Lamaro's Hotel in South Melbourne starts from $2,000 minimum spend, while Private Dining Room @ Builders Arms Hotel in Fitzroy lists no figure, so ask it for a quote.

Which venues suit a party in Melbourne's western suburbs?

The Manhattan Ballroom @ Plaza Tavern in Hoppers Crossing, Bridge Hotel Werribee, Function Room @ Glengala Hotel in Sunshine and The Phoenix Hotel in Point Cook all take functions, as does WestWaters in Caroline Springs.

Are there party venues with bay views in Melbourne's Bayside region?

Brighton Beach Hotel, Sandringham Hotel, Sandy by the Bay, The Bridge Hotel Mordialloc and The Epsom all list water views. Parkers Pavilion in Parkdale is a smaller bar option nearby.

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