The Banquet Centre
ProHighlights
- Heritage hall on Flinders Street with exposed brick, old fireplaces and crystal chandeliers
- Up to 350 guests for cocktail events or 180 seated for a banquet
- Food packages from $60 per person, with drinks packages from $50 per person
About The Banquet Centre
The Banquet Centre is a function venue inside a heritage building on Flinders Street in the Townsville CBD. The hall once housed the town's postmaster, and it keeps its exposed brick walls and original fireplaces. Guests arrive through the Lobby Bar, a dark, moody room with crystal chandeliers, red glass light fittings and a glowing bar. Beyond it sits the Banquet Hall, a large room the team treats as a blank canvas for each event's own styling. The venue is booked as a whole, with a private entrance, private bar and private bathrooms. It holds up to 350 people for a cocktail party, up to 180 seated for a banquet and up to 220 in a conference layout, and there is a stage, dance floor, air conditioning and wheelchair access. The kitchen covers canapés with mini meals, two or three-course alternate drop dinners, a BBQ buffet, a shared grazing table and a grazing feast served to each table. Menus mark gluten-free and vegetarian dishes, and the venue can cut and serve your own cake. Drinks run on standard or premium packages of three to five hours, a bar tab with a limit you set, or guests buying their own. The beer on tap is brewed in house, alongside wine, gin and vodka on the premium package. Hire is charged by the hour with a three-hour minimum and includes event staff, furniture set-up and pack-down, glassware and use of the audio-visual system. The events team plans menus and layout with you and then prices the whole event.
Inclusions & amenities
Venue type
Budget
Food & drinks
Features
Facilities
Pricing
Venue hire is $350 an hour with a three-hour minimum and includes staff, set-up, pack-down and cleaning, plus a small linen fee. Extra canapés are $5 per person, extra mini meals $10, children's meals $25 and supplier meals $50 per person.
Food
The BBQ buffet centres on smoked brisket, lamb ribs and wings with salads, and the grazing feast adds seafood, charcuterie and roasts at each table. Gluten-free and vegetarian dishes are marked on every menu, and cake service is $3 to $5 per person.
Beverages
Alternatively, set up a bar tab with a spending limit you can raise on the night, or let guests pay for their own drinks. The venue suggests choosing the wine package one to three months before the event.
Availability
Frequently asked questions
How many guests can The Banquet Centre hold?
Up to 350 for a cocktail-style event and up to 180 for a seated banquet. A conference layout takes up to 220.
How much does it cost to hire the venue?
Venue hire is $350 an hour with a three-hour minimum, so from $1,050. That covers the whole venue, event staff, set-up and pack-down, cleaning and use of the audio-visual system, with a small linen fee on top. Catering and drinks are charged per person on top of hire.
What food packages are available?
A cocktail package of six canapés and two mini meals is $60 per person. A BBQ buffet is $80, plated two and three-course dinners are $90 and $100, a shared grazing table is $119 and a grazing feast on each table is $149 per person.
How do drinks work at a function?
Standard drinks packages run $50, $55 or $60 per person for three, four or five hours, and premium packages $60, $65 or $70. You can instead run a bar tab with a limit you can raise during the night, or let guests buy their own drinks.
What deposit is needed to secure a date?
A $500 save-the-date deposit holds the date and comes off the final invoice; it is non-refundable. A 30% payment of the estimated cost is due at least three months out, and the balance is due ten working days before the event.
Where we are
Suitable occasions
Luke & Rosie Mason
4 months ago
We celebrated our engagement party at The Banquet at Townsville Brewery on 11 October 2025, and it was the perfect venue for such a special occasion. From the very beginning, the team made the planning process easy and…
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