Whether it’s a hen’s party, baby shower, milestone birthday, or work event, cocktail function venues in Adelaide are the place to find everything you need for your special occasion. They can accommodate small and large groups and are available for seated and cocktail events. For more cocktail function venues Adelaide, click here.
The CBD offers the most varied and accessible venue options in Adelaide. Rundle Mall and Hindley Street have numerous restaurants and hotels that cater to parties of all sizes.
The Stirling Hotel
Look no further than The Stirling Hotel for a stunning venue that will wow your guests. This iconic Victorian venue offers on-site ceremony areas, endless photo opportunities your photographer will love and state-of-the-art event spaces for your reception. Plus, newlyweds receive exclusive accommodation rates and other wedding-related benefits.
This Hills-based pub isn’t your typical historic venue. It has a restaurant, pizza kitchen, boutique accommodation, function decking, and library. It’s a beautiful blank canvas that can be decked out to suit your tribe. Best of all, they don’t charge room hire! However, they do have minimum spending amounts that differ based on the day of your event.
The Howling Owl
Established in 2012, The Howling Owl is Adelaide’s premier gin den. This venue is part cafe, specialty gin bar and function space. It is just off Rundle Street in Adelaide’s East End festival precinct. It offers over 225 small-batch gins and boasts a comprehensive range of boutique South Australian wine and craft beer.
Signature grazing boards featuring locally sourced produce are available for lazy grazing all day and night. The Howling Owl also serves coffee from D’Angelo, renowned for being ‘heaps good.’ It also offers a variety of gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan dishes. It also has various seating options and provides a fully accessible event space. For more cocktail function venues Adelaide, click here.
Stem Bar & Restaurant
With postcard-worthy views of Adelaide CBD and beyond, book a table at 2KW Restaurant and Bar to feast on local produce and sip some of Australia’s best wines. Designed by the legends at Sans-Arc Studio (for fitouts at Alfred’s, Malt and Juniper, Pink Moon Saloon), this space marries intricacy with class.
Bountiful plates make this a popular local dinner destination, including wok-tossed mussels with sawtooth coriander paste and eight-hour beef cheeks with tangerine pickled ginger.
Bloom
In the historic suburb of Thebarton, Bloom is a cafe and function space by the Karrawirra Parri / River Torrens in a former tram barn. The design is layered, full of light, and embraces its natural surroundings.
The team at Bloom is genuinely innovative – woodfired quinces are added to oat porridge and rosemary; map tofu dumplings arrive in mushroom broth with udon noodles and charred corn; and a selection of cocktails feature a lick of fire, like smoked tomato Bloody Marys and Bellinis with plum and burnt sage.
Residents will enjoy a maintenance-free lifestyle in an elegant botanical setting. The community will also offer lifestyle concierge services for bookings, shopping and other activities on a user-pays basis. For more cocktail function venues Adelaide, click here.
Jackson Square
Designed for significant, bold events, Jackson Square is one of Adelaide’s newer warehouse venues. This adaptable space is a light-filled beauty with a lofty sawtooth roof and steel beams, a gorgeous walnut bar, LED colour lighting and even a VIP room for your guests.
Located in the heart of Hindmarsh, this is the perfect spot for a seated or cocktail event with its range of delicious food and drink options. Long family-style tables are the way to go here, and a beer garden out the front is ideal for ceremonies or pre-dinner drinks. Orlando Catering is the expert here and will take care of everything.
Hula Hoop
A cosy restaurant and bar book-ended by an Art Deco cinema, Hula Hoop is a place made for conversation and nostalgia. It features gently curving walls, dark wood furnishings and rustic tiling. Jon and Stephanie Hamra, who also operate the neighbouring Uxbridge Kitchen, serve hearty Mediterranean-influenced dishes such as bruschetta and hand-made gnocchi and keep the wine list small and straightforward without resorting to extravagance.