Wedding Reception Venues in Yarra Glen & Lower Yarra

Choosing the Right Wedding Reception Venue

Two highways shape the wedding map in this corner of the valley. The Melba Highway carries guests north from Yering Station through Yarra Glen to the Dixons Creek estates, while the Maroondah Highway heads east through Coldstream, where Levantine Hill Estate and Rochford Wines sit at neighbouring addresses. Side roads such as St Huberts Road, Gulf Road and Steels Creek Road hold the quieter, hedged and gated properties.

Receptions range from a micro wedding of 30 at Eden Yarra Valley to a 250-seat banquet hall at Levantine Hill Estate. Many of these estates also host the ceremony on their own grounds, so guests can stay put from the vows to the last dance.

Sorting the region's reception rooms by headcount:

Up to 30 – Eden Yarra Valley hands a micro wedding the whole gated garden estate on Steels Creek Road, with the timber-lined Potter's Gallery for a long-table dinner
60 to 80 seated – The Barrel Room @ Fergusson Winery on Wills Road, walled with French oak barrels, or Stones of the Yarra Valley's brick-walled Stables, seating 40 to 63
Around 120 to 150 – the combined Melba and Anderson rooms at Balgownie Estate take up to 120, and Yarra Valley Estate's timber dining hall seats 150 beside a full dance floor
Up to 200 seated – the clear-roof marquee at Acacia Ridge Winery, the timber-trussed Barn on the Stones estate, or Isabella's Restaurant at Rochford Wines in a shared setting
220 and beyond – Harriett @ Hubert Estate seats 220 under timber ceilings, Immerse Winery's reception space takes 220 with a dance floor, and Levantine Hill Estate's Banquet Hall seats 250

Rochford Wines prices its functions from $49 per person, and The Barrel Room's canapé packages come from $70 per person. At the top end, Stones of the Yarra Valley's packages from $295 per person fold in the ceremony and drinks, while Immerse Winery and Harriett @ Hubert Estate send their packages on enquiry.

Yarra Glen & Lower Yarra Wedding Reception Venues

Chapels – Zonzo Estate's architect-designed Cappella stays dry in any weather, Immerse Winery has a Vineyard Chapel and a lakeside Garden Chapel among 2,000 rose bushes, while 160 to 180 guests fit in the Chapel on the St Huberts Road estate of Stones
Gardens and old trees – vows at Coombe Yarra Valley can be said in the hedged Italian Garden or under an oak thought to be more than 180 years old, and Yarra Valley Estate has an open-air chapel near its wetlands, where dogs are welcome
Lawns and the grand terrace at Yering Station seat up to 82 for the vows, with the heritage-listed Historic Barn as the wet-weather fallback before the party moves into the stone-and-glass restaurant
A long brick aisle facing the vines leads to the ceremony at Acacia Ridge Winery, and if rain comes the glass-walled Vine Room takes over, later turning into the dance floor

Menus, drinks and finishing times

Family-style tables suit Zonzo Estate, whose weddings follow its restaurant's shared dining, and Stones of the Yarra Valley, which serves La Famiglia platters or alternate drop
Immerse Winery's wedding packages start with half an hour of canapés and finish with a pair of roving desserts, with drinks for five hours and an 11pm close unless extended
Levantine Hill Estate runs dinners for five hours from 6pm, finishing by 11pm, while The Barrel Room @ Fergusson Winery allows paid extensions to midnight
Cultural weddings, including Kosher and Indian celebrations, are welcome at Acacia Ridge Winery, which lets specialist caterers in for a kitchen fee; Fergusson Winery permits no outside catering or BYO alcohol

Common Questions About Wedding Reception Venues

Which reception venues here suit a wedding of fewer than 40 guests?

Eden Yarra Valley arranges micro weddings for up to 30 by special request, with the ceremony in the garden or indoors. Coombe Yarra Valley's Private Dining Room seats 26 at a single table, and Melba's Gallery, warmed by an open fireplace, seats up to 40.

Is there somewhere private for the wedding party between photos?

Acacia Ridge Winery gives the wedding party its 1850s Miners Hut for the day, fitted with couches, climate control and a bathroom – a place to rest rather than stay overnight. Immerse Winery shuts the property to everyone else from the moment the ceremony starts.

Can any venue in the lower valley host several hundred guests?

The Banquet Hall in Levantine Hill Estate's separate winery building takes 250 seated, and the building can hold 500 for cocktails with permits. Rochford Wines has spaces for up to 500 across its two restaurants, and Harriett @ Hubert Estate manages 350 standing.

Where can the vows stay dry if the valley weather turns?

Zonzo Estate's Cappella chapel is built for it, Acacia Ridge Winery moves the ceremony into the glass-walled Vine Room, and Yering Station uses its Historic Barn. Yarra Valley Estate keeps an indoor spot by its windows for wet days.

Wedding Reception Venues in Yarra Glen & Lower Yarra