Venue Hire in South East Melbourne: 90+ Function Rooms
Chapel Street bars, bayside hotels and pubs down to the Peninsula
Chapel Street bars, bayside hotels and pubs down to the Peninsula
The South East starts on the Chapel Street strip in South Yarra, Prahran and Windsor and runs down the bay to Frankston and Rye. Near town it's cocktail bars and upstairs lounges a tram ride from the CBD. Further out, the big hotels on Dandenong Road, Springvale Road and Ferntree Gully Road have dedicated function rooms and their own car parks. Most of these venues add a bonus $100 bar tab if the enquiry comes through Partystar. A few are $200 rather than $100.
Where a room carries a hire charge in South East Melbourne, the typical minimum spend drops to $1,200, against $2,500 where the room is free.
| Saturday | Minimum spend | Hire charge |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest | $120 | $200 |
| Midpoint | $2,475 | $350 |
| Average | $2,511 | $730 |
| Highest | $15,000 | $8,500 |
| Spaces | 80 | 34 |
| Compiled and verified by the Partystar team from 98 listed South East Melbourne function spaces, updated . | ||
| Bar tab | Spaces |
|---|---|
| $200 | 8 |
| $100 | 56 |
| $50 | 7 |
| Any bonus bar tab | 71 of 98 |
| Capacity | Charge | Lowest | Midpoint | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small rooms Up to 70 guests, 27 spaces | Minimum spend | $500 | $1,250 | $4,000 |
| Hire charge | $200 | $300 | $1,000 | |
| Medium rooms 71 to 140 guests, 36 spaces | Minimum spend | $120 | $2,500 | $6,000 |
| Hire charge | $300 | $350 | $2,000 | |
| Large rooms 141 guests or more, 35 spaces | Minimum spend | $300 | $2,750 | $15,000 |
| Hire charge | $250 | $400 | $8,500 |
| Measure | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Typical hours | 5 | 5 |
| Shortest | 3 | 3 |
| Longest | 13 | 13 |
| Usual start | 7pm | 7pm |
| Usual finish | 12am | 12am |
The median Friday minimum spend in South East Melbourne is $2,000, against $2,475 on a Saturday, a saving of about 19%.
A typical Saturday minimum spend in South East Melbourne is $2,475, about 13% more than the Melbourne median of $2,200.
