Bucks Party Venues in Inner West

Newtown gives an Inner West bucks party two pubs that name bucks nights among their functions. At 597 King St, The Botany View Hotel offers bucks groups a 185-guest Main Stage and Bar with its own sound and lighting, a Pool Room with a full-size table, and a Tiki Bar and open-air rooftop for 100 each. A block off King Street at 202 Australia St, The Courthouse Hotel puts up to 100 in its Outdoor Bar, with drinks from $48 per person on a two-hour package.

From there the region divides into activity stops and pub stops, so the groom's crew can build the day in stages rather than spending it in one room.

Ways to fill a bucks day west of the city:

• Bowl without strangers: Room 300 @ Kingpin North Strathfield holds 70 standing beside its own lanes, from $3,000 minimum spend, and on the same George Street, Club 9 runs staff-hosted pool, darts and shuffleboard tournaments for groups up to 400, from $20 per person
• Take the microphone: Empire Karaoke on George Street and K Galaxy Karaoke Burwood at 195A Burwood Road both hire private rooms, from $8 per person per hour
• Drink where the beer is brewed: The Bob Hawke Beer & Leisure Centre is Hawke's Brewing's home venue in Marrickville, where full hire can add brewery tours and there's a pool room to fight over
• Pool and pinball opposite the platform: White Cockatoo Hotel faces Petersham Station, with the Nook for 30 and the Back Dining room for 50
• Sliders in a backyard: The Erko Hotel's semi-covered Backyard takes 80 standing, with canapé and slider packages from $30 per person

Want the whole crew seated for a feed before the night gets going? Backyard Beer Garden @ Public House Petersham puts up to 100 at long picnic-style tables, from $48 per person, with pizzas from the wood-fired oven.