Christmas Party Venues in the Eastern Suburbs

What to Know Before Booking Christmas Party Venues

An Oxford Street pub floor sits alongside harbour rooms, beachside restaurants and sporting-club spaces from Point Piper to Maroubra when a team plans its end-of-year celebration across the east. Which part of the region fits depends on where the office is, where most staff live and how the company likes to celebrate.

A client-facing firm may want the water or a private dining room, a retail or trades crew may prefer a pub with games and screens, and a whole company needs a space that takes a couple of hundred.

Christmas shortlists by kind of team:

Whole company: the Epsom Road courtyard at La Porte Space holds 300 standing, and barmilano Maroubra Beach can be hired exclusively for 250, while Diamond Bay Bowling Club's Vaucluse hall takes up to 450 with drinks at club prices
Department of 50 to 80: Level One @ The Nelson Hotel on Oxford Street, from $5,500 minimum spend, with darts, a sports lounge and its own balcony
Client thank-you dinner: The Wine Room @ Bistro Moncur, one Woollahra table for 10 to 16 walled with wine, from $350 per person, or the private Pacific Dining Room at Icebergs Dining Room and Bar, seating up to 40 with its own bar above Bondi Beach, or the 40-seat private dining room behind frosted glass at Chiswick Woollahra
Harbourside celebration: Pacific Room @ The Beachouse at Point Piper, seating 220 with a glass-edged balcony above the water, or Catalina on Rose Bay, where every table faces the water and set menus start from $160 per person; Cruising Yacht Club of Australia adds five rooms over the Rushcutters Bay marina at Darling Point
Casual and outdoors: Rose Bay's The Deck @ The Field Bar overlooks Andrew Petrie Oval, with free parking on site and a starting point of $500 minimum spend, and Rocker in North Bondi brings a terrace over the beach with whole-venue hire, while indoors on Campbell Parade, Salty's has DJs every day and a bottomless package from $109 per person

Teams leaving the city after work have the shortest trip to Moore Park, where Park View Bar @ Moore Park Golf Club looks over the putting green and fairways from $795 hire fee and is available evenings through the week.

Bondi Junction: handy for staff who commute through the station and bus interchange, with Level One on Oxford Street towards Woollahra and The Grand Bondi Junction's Lower Bar on Ebley Street, which has no room hire fee, from $1,000 minimum spend
Double Bay: Royal Oak Hotel spreads functions over seven areas up to Phil's Rooftop, The Canopy @ The Golden Sheaf takes 150 standing among the branches of its fig tree, and The Lawns of Double Bay quotes up to 200 for corporate events, with barefoot bowls
Coogee and Clovelly: Upper Level @ Coogee Wine Room, Rick Stein at Coogee Beach with group set menus for nine or more, and Oceanview Room @ Clovelly Hotel keep the function a short stroll from the beach
Paddington: Royal Hotel Paddington's private Elephant Rooms hold 75 seated or 100 cocktail at Five Ways, Wine Cellar @ Buon Ricordo suits a board-level table of 10, and Captain Cook Hotel Paddington, a short walk from the SCG, takes 120 standing

Keeping a mixed eastern suburbs team happy

Things to do: darts and a five-screen sports lounge at The Nelson, or a vintage caravan pop-up bar you can book for the golf club's outdoor terrace
Dietary needs: kitchens at Park View Bar and the Pacific Room cater to kosher and halal diets, plus vegan and gluten-free guests, and The Courtyard @ Tequila Mockingbird adjusts its shared menus for most dietary needs given notice
Access: Oceanview Room, the InterContinental Courtyard and barmilano are wheelchair accessible, whereas The Nelson's upper floor has no lift
Speeches: upstairs at Coogee Wine Room the projector, screen, PA and microphone are included, the Nook at The Robin Hood Hotel in Waverley has a 110-inch projector, and Lorraine's Bistro includes microphones, TVs and DJ inputs with every booking

Venues for Christmas Parties: Your Questions Answered

Are there Christmas venues in the east with free parking for staff who drive?

Park View Bar and The Lower Patio Terrace @ Moore Park Golf Club both have free parking on site, as does The Deck in Rose Bay. barmilano Maroubra Beach has free parking around the beach, and at La Porte Space street parking is free, with paid spaces on site too. Rick Stein at Coogee Beach points diners to the paid InterContinental car park beside it.

Can staff under 18 attend a Christmas party at The Nelson Hotel?

No. Level One @ The Nelson Hotel does not admit under-18s upstairs, so a team with younger casual staff should choose another venue and confirm its age policy first. Kalyx Lounge Bar & Club in Randwick is likewise strictly 18 and over.

Which venues suit a small leadership team rather than the whole office?

Wine Cellar @ Buon Ricordo gives up to 10 guests a private table, from $1,000 minimum spend, with degustation and matched wines on request. The Wine Room at Bistro Moncur seats 10 to 16, and Upstairs Lounge @ 44North near Bondi Beach, from $30 per person, suits 20 to 40. In Randwick, Sella Vinoteca's private wine room seats up to 16, with function menus from $85 per person. In Paddington, the Front Dining Room at Civico 47 seats 16 beside its own bar, and Tequila Mockingbird's Courtyard has a long table of 28 for shared Latin American tasting menus from $79 per person.

Is outside catering allowed at any Eastern Suburbs Christmas venue?

The Moroccan Courtyard @ La Porte Space, from $4,000 venue hire, charges no buyout fee if you would rather use a caterer you already know, though the venue does not supply alcohol, so agree how drinks will work. Park View Bar, the Pacific Room and the InterContinental Courtyard all cater in-house.

Christmas Party Venues in Eastern Suburbs

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