Hens Party Venues in the Eastern Suburbs

How to Choose the Right Hens Party Venue

Long lunch, cocktails, somewhere to finish up: a bride-to-be will find all three within a few streets of each other in Double Bay, Paddington and Coogee. Most venues on this page are restaurants or pubs with a private room, so the day can run from a set menu into drinks without a taxi in between.

The bridal party sets the numbers, and the rooms here run from 14 at one table to a beachfront restaurant taken for 250.

How the hens options split:

An intimate table: Private Dining Room @ Tanuki on Bay Street seats 14 beneath linen drapes and a tree that grows through the glass roof, with canapé packages from $70 per person
Coogee lunch: Sugarcane serves South East Asian banquets from $75 per person in a room and balcony for 42, and Osteria Coogee in Alfreda Street has a semi-private balcony that seats 8 to 14
Spritz afternoon: Matteo Double Bay can shut its back terrace off from the trattoria for about 55 at tables
Drinks in a treehouse: The Canopy @ The Golden Sheaf sits among fig branches above New South Head Road, with its own bar, balcony and bathrooms
Right on the sand: barmilano Maroubra Beach puts its Front Promenade opposite the beach, seating 30; Little Jack Horner looks over Coogee Beach to Wedding Cake Island, and Salty's is across the road from Bondi Beach

Moving on for round two is simple in Double Bay: Tanuki and Matteo are a few doors apart on Bay Street, and The Golden Sheaf is on New South Head Road in the same suburb.

Royal Hotel Paddington at Five Ways runs grazing stations from $35 per person and has a rooftop for 45 looking across to the skyline
The Bellevue Hotel on Hargrave Street offers Hargrave's Dining Room, with doors that close, a microphone and your own music for 30 seated, and on Flinders Street, Captain Cook Hotel Paddington's curtained Nook takes 20 seated or 30 standing with its own screen and audio
The Terrace @ Woollahra Hotel on Queen Street has a living green wall and a retractable roof, with banquets from $70 per person
Upstairs Lounge @ 44North, a block back from Bondi Beach, gives 20 to 40 guests their own bar and bathrooms, from $30 per person, and on Campbell Parade, Salty's pairs margaritas and daily DJs with a bottomless package from $109 per person

Little things that make the hens

Her cake: The Golden Sheaf takes one in with no cakeage fee, while Matteo and Osteria Coogee charge per head
Dietary needs: vegans get a menu of their own at Sugarcane, and gluten-free and vegetarian choices are flagged on the regular one
Speeches and slideshows: Tanuki can set up a TV and AV, and The Canopy has its own AV system and screen
Daytime hens: Sugarcane serves lunch Friday through Sunday as well as dinner nightly

Venues for Hens Parties: Your Questions Answered

Which eastern suburbs hens venues have a private balcony?

The Canopy @ The Golden Sheaf has a balcony that opens into its fig tree, and Sugarcane's private dining space opens to an enclosed balcony that adds 18 guests. Osteria Coogee offers a semi-private balcony seating 8 to 14.

How are drinks usually handled for a hens group here?

Most venues sell timed packages: The Golden Sheaf has standard and premium options, Royal Hotel Paddington offers two- and three-hour packages, and barmilano's house package runs from two up to five hours, while Captain Cook Hotel Paddington has bottomless packages lasting two hours or three. Matteo Double Bay only sells packages on semi-exclusive and exclusive bookings; otherwise drinks are charged as consumed.

Where can a bridal crowd of 100 or more get together?

barmilano Maroubra Beach takes 250 cocktail with exclusive hire, Matteo Double Bay 200 standing and The Canopy 150 standing. The Bellevue Hotel's whole upstairs level holds 150 standing with a dance floor.

Is there a hens lunch option near Coogee Beach?

Both are close to the sand: Sugarcane is at 1/56 Carr Street and Osteria Coogee is at 31 Alfreda Street, with shared banquets at Sugarcane from $75 per person and Italian set menus at Osteria from $79 per person. Little Jack Horner, a beach bar and restaurant facing Coogee Beach from Coogee Bay Road, hosts hens days; groups over 20 book through an event enquiry.

Hens Party Venues in Eastern Suburbs

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