Birthday Party Venues in Yarra Glen & Lower Yarra

Choosing the Right Birthday Party Venue

A 40th for a dozen and a 21st for two hundred both have a home on this stretch of the valley. In the middle of Yarra Glen, the Yarra Valley Grand Hotel offers pub rooms warmed by open fires, while the winery estates along the Melba and Maroondah highways scale from private dining rooms to whole restaurants.

Which birthday crowd suits which room:

A fireside dinner for about 15 – the Yarra Valley Grand Hotel's ornate Library, on the Bell Street service road
Family lunch for 12 to 26 – the private dining room inside Restaurant 1309 at Balgownie Estate, or Coombe Yarra Valley's Private Dining Room, from a $2,000 minimum spend for a single table of 26
A weekend with friends – Eden Yarra Valley lets up to 30 guests take over its hedged gardens, with a games room, a deck bar and a swimming pool
A milestone 21st or 50th – Rochford Wines names 21sts and milestone birthdays, and the mezzanine at its Il Vigneto Pizzeria takes exclusive parties of 45 or more
The big one – a 350-guest cocktail party fits in Harriett @ Hubert Estate, where two roving microphones are ready for the toasts

Two courses in Yarra Glen's 1888 pub come from $61 per person, and group lunches at Yering Station from $85 per person. At The Barrel Room @ Fergusson Winery, canapé packages begin from $70 per person.

Yarra Glen & Lower Yarra Birthday Party Venues

Balgownie Estate can add a celebration cake, a hosted tasting or food upgrades, and children get a menu of their own
At Yarra Valley Estate, a lawn set up with games keeps guests busy before dinner, then the timber dining hall opens a full dance floor under fairy lights for up to 180 standing
Around 60 can stand in the pub's Front Bar, with its billiards table and fireplace, and the Side Deck takes up to 50 outdoors
Eden Yarra Valley's recreation room has a pool table, foosball and an arcade machine, and extras such as gin tastings or cocktail workshops can be quoted

Long lunch or a full evening

Yering Station's Devaux Room seats 8 to 20 inside the restaurant, and its heritage-listed Historic Barn hosts exclusive lunches for 30 to 60 with a barbecue grill package
Coombe Yarra Valley's Melba's Gallery, hung with artworks from Dame Nellie Melba's collection, fits 40 around a winter fire
Rochford Wines caps daytime functions at four hours and evening ones at five, so a lunch and a night out need different plans
The Barrel Room @ Fergusson Winery seats 60 to 80 among stacked oak barrels, with events of three to six hours and paid extensions to midnight

Common Questions About Venues for Birthday Parties

Is there a place where the birthday crowd gets the whole property?

Eden Yarra Valley hands its gardens, bars and pool to one party of no more than 30. Functions are approved by application, with function fees quoted separately from the property tariff.

Where can a 21st have a proper dance floor?

Yarra Valley Estate's dining hall has a full dance floor for up to 180 standing, and the main restaurant at Coombe Yarra Valley has a dedicated indoor dance floor and room for 150. Harriett @ Hubert Estate holds 350 for a cocktail party.

How can drinks be paid for at the Yarra Valley Grand Hotel?

The pub runs two-, three- or four-hour packages at three levels, a bar tab with a limit you set, or a cash bar. Groups of up to 20 can also order from the à la carte menu.

Can the kitchens look after vegan or gluten-free guests?

Dietary needs are covered at the Yarra Valley Grand Hotel, whose kitchen does vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free. The feasting menu for The Barrel Room @ Fergusson Winery flags gluten-free, nut-free and vegetarian dishes.