Melbourne's Top Outdoor & Rooftop Venues 2025

The Metropolitan is a historic landmark located in the west-end of Melbourne’s CBD, having opened its doors as a local hotel and pub all the way back in 1854. Today, it stands as a revitalised three-storey hospitality venue, with each floor providing a distinctively unique experience where you can celebrate your special occasion. From birthdays and engagements to christenings and weddings, we have spaces to suit all events.

The Ground Floor Wine Bar is a bar and restaurant setting that perfectly blends The Metropolitan's historic architecture with contemporary design. The space features exposed brickwork, beautiful wooden finishes and a large scale mural designed by renowned artist, RONE. With a mixture of high and low dining tables, as well as configurable bar tables, it's perfect for both seated and standing events.

Located on the first floor, the Cocktail Lounge is designed in a sleek deep blue, gold and velvet aesthetic, offering a plush and modern vibe. With configurable seating booths (three) and banquettes (six), luxe cocktail bar, adjustable lighting, dance floor, DJ booth, projector and state of the art audio equipment; it's the perfect place to sip and dance the night (or day) away.

After a more intimate event? Our Cocktail Lounge can also be transformed into a private dining experience for up to 30 guests. All tables, place settings and decorations are included, however, you can also bring your own decorations to dress the space to suit your needs.

The Rooftop Bar is complete with an alfresco deck area overlooking the surrounding cityscape, where you can enjoy delicious food that pairs perfectly with the selection of local wines and signature cocktails on the terrace, long after the sun has gone down. With wide, floor-to-ceiling automatic doors and climate control systems seamlessly blending the indoor and outdoor spaces; it’s the perfect all-weather spot to celebrate your event.

Discover our versatile venue for your events. With a Function Centre, Studio, Theatre, Gallery, and Meeting rooms, it effortlessly blends style and functionality for where stunning design meets strategic convenience.

We understand that event planning can be overwhelming, so we've simplified the process to make it as seamless as possible.Indulge your guests with specially crafted menus and harness smart technology to personalise your space.

Our dedicated team will support you at every step, ensuring your event stands among the best, leaving guests truly inspired.

About Pullman Melbourne City Centre

Located in the heart of Melbourne city, Pullman Melbourne City Centre is the first choice for guests seeking an authentic Melbourne experience, with easy access to everything Melbourne has to offer including shopping & fashion precincts as well as Melbourne's famous laneways, restaurants, theatres and nightlife.

Offering 5 unique meeting, event and special occasion venues, 204 rooms and suites, 3 restaurants and bars and the award-winning Elevate Club Lounge, Pullman Melbourne City Centre ensures when hosting your next meeting, event or special occasion that there’s plenty of choice.

The Cambium is a unique property that is exclusively yours for your entire event. When curating special events at The Cambium we promote our philosophy of communal minded design, where thinkers gather to create meaningful change. We encourage guests to move around the property, celebrate and experience the unique natural bush environment here in Red Hill. When curating our events, we always look to offer moments of discovery and joy. This takes many forms, it may be an impromptu speech, moment of music or taste of something sensational. The Cambium houses three buildings nestled under the towering Manna Gums. One of the things that makes The Cambium so unique is that it is exclusively yours for your entire stay. We encourage you to make yourself completely at home alongside the wild kangaroos and native birds.

The perfect venue for your next conference, retreat & event! Discover the warm and welcoming Cleveland Winery in the picturesque Macedon Ranges, located just 45 minutes from Melbourne’s CBD and only a 30-minute drive from Melbourne Airport.

Renowned for its gourmet food, award-winning wines & natural beauty, the region creates the perfect setting for your next corporate retreat. Cleveland Winery is a purpose-built conference venue catering small scale conferences to large executive corporate meetings.

The venue has been architecturally designed to ensure privacy for individual conference groups. With each conference serving local food & wine, Cleveland Winery allows you & your guests to fully immerse themselves into the Macedon Ranges lifestyle. Cleveland Winery is an inspiring & stimulating conference venue destination surrounded by the natural beauty of the Macedon Ranges.

ATET is Temporarily Closed - Please contact us for updates on re-opening.

Located in Victoria Harbour, Docklands and built across two levels with capacity for 550 guests, ATET is a unique floating event space, unlike anything Melbourne has seen. ATET’s diversity provides the perfect unique venue, capable of catering for any occasion, including corporate, weddings, Christmas parties, and other private celebrations.

Designed primarily as an outdoor, open-air space to enjoy beautiful sunny days, ATET - with heating for the cooler months and commercial misting fans for the summer - is suitable for all weather conditions. Fully enclosable with a series of clear PVC panels to enable year-round use, the transparent enclosure provides protection from the elements whilst maintaining the open-air atmosphere.

With d&b audiotechnik sound, creating an aural feast, fully programmable pixel strip LED lighting and a live streaming service, ATET is also designed for large scale events requiring a high level of production. ATET also features a commercial kitchen with executive in house Michelin trained chef offering the best of Melbourne's locally sourced produce.

LOCATION

ATET is located at North Wharf, Docklands. Walking distance from the CBD but removed from densely populated residential areas, ATET is highly accessible yet uniquely secluded. Situated on Docklands’ last remaining undeveloped industrial wharf, the location offers a distinct sense of privacy and unbridled freedom. Away from the hustle and bustle of the city, ATET is an escape from the concrete jungle.

With the dramatic backdrop of the towering Bolte Bridge and breathtaking, uninterrupted views of the Melbourne city skyline across Victoria Harbour, the setting invokes a sense of the surreal. In a forgotten place that time left behind, ATET is a floating island oasis.

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Modern and beautifully presented, the conference facilities at Novotel Melbourne on Collins provide the ideal setting for meetings, conferences and events in Melbourne. Featuring eight contemporary function rooms, this impressive Melbourne conference centre can accommodate eight to 400 delegates in a range of layout configurations, including theatre, banquet, classroom and boardroom styles. The pillarless Australia Ballroom is the hotel's largest event space, offering plenty of natural light and unimpeded views for conferences, gala dinners and trade shows. Guests organising an event at the hotel can benefit from a range of state-of-the-art conferencing equipment, as well as the support of the hotel's dedicated events team and onsite audio visual company.

Immersed in the heart of Melbourne CBD, the newly refurbished Rydges Melbourne is the perfect destination for business or pleasure. Events at Rydges Melbourne are not just a space – but the ultimate event experience.

Rydges Melbourne is home to nine flexible conference and event venues, including a brand-new state-of-the-art ballroom, perfect for elegant weddings and memorable events, and an expansive Rooftop Terrace overlooking Her Majesty’s Theatre and Chinatown.

The brand-new state-of-the-art Centre Stage function room, The Meeting Place and expansive Rooftop Terrace overlooking Her Majesty’s Theatre and Chinatown offer endless possibilities for meetings, presentations, and other events. Spanning 1500sqm across two levels, every element of the property has been transformed, with the inclusion of the best-in-market sound, lighting and music systems.

Refreshingly local in design, the refurbished modern rooms create a comfortable and serene environment inspired by the Australian landscape, offering three different accommodation types including rooms, suites and apartments.

The new Rydges Melbourne features a streamlined check-in, in-room connectivity, interactive fitness studio, outdoor heated rooftop pool and Bossley Bar & Restaurant.

Luminare is a gorgeous rooftop function venue looking over Melbourne's city skyline. Soak up the beautiful sunset in the evening for a Gala dinner, Wedding or Cocktail function. A unique venue that will be sure to impress your guests.

After many years of extraordinary celebrations and occasions, Luminare has undergone an exquisite refurbishment. The renewed space has bestowed the long-standing industrial look for a more chic and refined finish while still paying homage to the lofty New York apartment mood.

Located on the fringe of the city, high on a rooftop, with sweeping views of both Port Phillip Bay to the south, and the shining Melbourne city skyline to the north, the location is so far unmatched.

Extensive decks are complete with cocooning outdoor furniture that spool the proud building. Four metre floor-to-ceiling glass windows framed with black steel flush the space with an abundance of natural light. A colour palette across the hard and soft furnishings, wall and floor treatments, and accoutrements embrace charcoal, grey, black, ocean blue, Carrera marble and brass.

Luminare can exclusively host 500 guests cocktail style and a maximum of 250 guests for dinner. Refer to the attached Image Brochure showcasing our new Luminare. Kosher catering is available on request.