Private event spaces in Sydney

Sydney has private rooms for every kind of group: upstairs dining rooms overlooking the beach, function spaces in harbourside pavilions, back rooms in neighbourhood pubs and sports bars, and venues you can hire outright for the night. Book the Bars puts them on one page so you can compare them without phoning around.

Many Sydney venues price exclusive hire as a minimum spend on food and drink rather than a room fee, and the minimum usually changes by day and by lunch or evening sessions. Check what the minimum covers, whether set menus or drinks packages count towards it, the deposit, and the cancellation terms before you commit.

Book the Bars lists 4 venues with 5 private spaces in Sydney, in Manly, Crows Nest and Surry Hills. Every Sydney venue currently takes bookings by inquiry: send your date, guest count and plans, and the venue replies in a chat on Book the Bars with a quote. Prices are shown in AUD, the way each venue charges them.

Search Sydney by date and guests

Venues in Sydney

  • Hemingway's Manly

    Manly, Sydney

    1 private space · Inquiry only: the venue replies with a quote

  • Ichiro's Sports Bar

    Crows Nest, Sydney

    1 private space · Inquiry only: the venue replies with a quote

  • Manly Pavilion

    Manly, Sydney

    2 private spaces · Inquiry only: the venue replies with a quote

  • The Lid Doctor

    Surry Hills, Sydney

    1 private space · Inquiry only: the venue replies with a quote

How booking works

Open a venue to see each of its spaces with photos, capacity and pricing. Spaces marked bookable show the dates and start times the venue has opened: pick one, set your guest count, review the price and pay the venue's deposit to confirm. Spaces marked inquiry only let you send your date, numbers and plans first; the venue replies in a chat on Book the Bars with a quote, menus or a contract, and you confirm when it suits you. There are no booking fees for guests.

Planning for someone else, or asking an AI assistant to help? Assistants can read the Book the Bars guide to find a space and send you a booking page with the date, time and guest count filled in. A person always reviews the price and completes the booking.

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