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The Ballroom @ Crows Nest Hotel

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Capacity: 160 guestsPricing: From $3,200 minimum spendCategory: VenuesLocation: 1 Willoughby Road, Crows Nest NSW 2065

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Highlights

  • Heritage ballroom with an open fireplace and chesterfield lounges
  • 160 guests standing, or 80 for a sit-down dinner
  • Blank-canvas room on Willoughby Road, with free street parking nearby

About The Ballroom @ Crows Nest Hotel

The Ballroom is the Crows Nest Hotel's function room on Willoughby Road, and it's a genuinely elegant space — a heritage room with intricate design detail, an open fireplace, chesterfield lounges and enough natural light to make daytime events work as well as evening ones. The team describes it as a blank canvas, and the capacity chart backs that up: 160 standing, 80 for a sit-down dinner, 100 theatre style, 80 cabaret or 50 boardroom. That flexibility means it handles a formal cocktail event, a christening, an engagement party, a wedding reception or a sporting presentation night without feeling like the wrong room for any of them. Practically, there's Wi-Fi, a flatscreen TV, a PA system, whiteboard and flipchart, and air conditioning. The alcohol licence runs until 3am. Parking is easier here than in the city — free on-street parking around Crows Nest, with paid parking nearby as backup.

Inclusions & amenities

Venue type

HotelPubFunction Venue

Budget

$$$ (Higher)

Food & drinks

Catering AvailableDrink PackagesBar Tab

Features

Banquet/Sit-DownCocktail/StandingPrivate SpaceIndoor

Facilities

Air ConMicrophoneSound SystemTV/Presentation FacilitiesWIFI

Pricing

Bookings start from a $3,200 minimum spend — a $200 hire fee plus a $3,000 minimum on food and drinks for a full session. All prices include GST.

Food

Catering is in-house through the hotel's kitchen, covering canapés for standing events through to full sit-down dinners for up to 80 guests.

Beverages

The hotel's bar team services the room, with drink packages and bar tabs available. Spend at the bar counts towards the minimum spend.

Availability

Monday10AM – 3AM
Tuesday10AM – 3AM
Wednesday10AM – 4AM
Thursday10AM – 4AM
Friday10AM – 4AM
Saturday10AM – 4AM
Sunday10AM – 12AM
The Ballroom takes bookings from 10am through to midnight across the week, with the licence running to 3am. Enquire with the Crows Nest Hotel to check your date.

Frequently asked questions

How many guests can The Ballroom hold?

Up to 160 standing, 80 for a sit-down dinner, 100 theatre style, 80 cabaret or 50 boardroom.

What's the minimum spend?

Bookings start from a $3,200 minimum spend, which includes a hire fee on top of food and drinks.

How late can we stay?

The alcohol licence runs until 3am.

Is there parking nearby?

There's free on-street parking around Crows Nest, plus paid parking facilities nearby.

Where we are

Suitable occasions

Andrew Walker

Andrew Walker

7 months ago

I booked a table for lunch on 16 January, to celebrate our 42nd Wedding Anniversary, for my wife and I. Despite living in the area for a long time, we had never been inside the pub. We found ourselves located in a seatin…

Kirkway Kid

Kirkway Kid

3 months ago

I don’t typically go for a 1 star rating but I’ve given the Crowie so many chances over recent years that I’m now convinced that a disappointing dining experience is what they are targetting. This week I was there for t…

Slav Vrublevskyi

Slav Vrublevskyi

3 months ago

I was having quite a negative day, my dog died, I stepped in a puddle and I went in for a beer. I was hesitant at first, and as I came in I got greater by the most welcoming, vibrant and outgoing individual - Thomas. He…

Scott Richardson

Scott Richardson

3 months ago

The Crowie is undoubtedly one of the best pubs and nights out on the lower north shore. One of the manager Kyle really puts customers first, immediately offering us a fresh bowl of chips when the server couldn't find our…

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