The Best Christmas Party Venues Across Sydney

The year is nearly done, and someone has to book the Christmas party. These Hunter Street Hospitality restaurants and bars across The Rocks, the CBD, Barangaroo and beyond, from private dining rooms for six to full venue hire for 350. Some suit a closer event with limited people, others suit a whole-office celebration with frozen margaritas and unlimited wings. This guide sorts them by the kind of party you’re planning, so you can find the right venue and lock in your date.

Sydney Christmas Party Venues at a Glance

The premium venues offer private rooms and exclusive hire on a minimum spend. The casual venues run set Christmas party packages.

Private dining rooms and exclusive hire

• Rockpool Bar & Grill – 6 to 240 guests. Formal corporate dinners, with AV and a stage for speeches.
• The Cut Bar & Grill – 12 to 80 guests. Old-school steakhouse glamour in The Rocks.
• Saké Restaurant & Bar The Rocks – 16 to 240 guests. Japanese set menus.
• Ananas Bar & Brasserie – 60 to 150 guests. French brasserie with a champagne bar.
• Spice Temple – 10 to 150 guests. Regional Chinese banquets for sharing.
• Sahtein – 26 to 200 guests. Lebanese feasting with a private DJ deck.
• 24 York – Capacity on enquiry. Steak frites, one dish done right.

Christmas party packages

• Fratelli Fresh – 30 to 750 guests. Italian share menus across five Sydney locations.
• The Bavarian – 10 up to 250 guests. Bavarian Fest with all-you-can-meat platters.
• Munich Brauhaus The Rocks – 10 up to 500 guests . Ultimate Party Pack with platters and drinks.
• Winghaus – Up to 200 guests. Wings, big screens and game-day packages.
• El Camino Cantina – 50 to 350 guests. Tex-Mex fiesta packages with Rita Towers.

Rockpool Bar & Grill

Rockpool Sydney sits within the Art Deco entry hall of the former City Mutual Building on Hunter Street. For the Christmas party, the Bligh Lounge seats 50 or holds 60 for canapés, with its own marble bar and soft ambient lighting. For a bigger celebration, full venue hire takes up to 240. Expect in-house dry-aged beef from the ironbark-fuelled woodfire grill, large cuts made for sharing and a 3,000-bin wine list. Explore Rockpool Sydney for your Christmas party.

Christmas party tip – Best for formal corporate Christmas parties with speeches. The Bligh Lounge includes free in-house AV and a small stage for the year in review.

The Cut Bar & Grill

In The Rocks, The Cut is New York-inspired, old-school glamour to the Christmas party. Exclusive hire gives you the whole venue for up to 80 seated guests, with menus that can be tailored to your event, a curated wine and cocktail list, and AV and entertainment arranged through the events team. Groups can share the two-course menu, starting with prime rib empanadas and steak tartare before Pure Black Wagyu topside with chimichurri and Cape Grim Black Angus fillet arrive for the table. Explore The Cut Bar & Grill for your Christmas party.

Christmas party tip – Choose an evening booking. Set beneath The Rocks, the room takes on the feel of a private club once the lights go low.

Saké Restaurant & Bar

Saké puts a Japanese twist on the Christmas party in The Rocks. The Bonsai Room takes up to 30 guests across three tables for a team celebration. Full venue hire hosts up to 240, which is room enough for the whole company, the secret Santa and the year-end toast. Groups share the Signature or Chef’s Selection menu, built on Edomae-style sushi, binchotan-grilled dishes and 30 choices of saké. Raise a cup of saké to the festive season, and enjoy the party.  Explore Saké The Rocks for your Christmas party.

Christmas party tip – Seat departments together at the Bonsai Room’s three tables, then swap everyone around for dessert. It’s an easy way to get teams mixing before the year wraps up.

Ananas Bar & Brasserie

Ananas brings Parisian polish to the Christmas party, at The Rocks in the Argyle Stores. The chandeliers bring the sparkle, and a dedicated champagne bar, ready for the first festive toast. The Rocks Rooms combine a dining room with a lounge bar, seating up to 60 or holding 100 cocktail-style. Exclusive hire of the whole venue seats 80 or hosts 150 for a cocktail party. The kitchen cooks a French brasserie spread, with more than 40 wines by the glass.  Explore Ananas for your Christmas party.

Christmas party tip – Use both sides of the Rocks Rooms. Hold the sit-down in the dining room, then book a DJ for the lounge bar so the party moves next door for dancing.

24 York

24 York keeps the Christmas party simple, with one dish at the centre of the table: steak frites. The O’Connor Superior scotch fillet comes with tallow shoestring fries and a choice of four sauces, and there’s New York cheesecake to finish. Booth seating, dark timber and ambient lighting on York Street make it a relaxed setting for a team celebration. Each booth becomes its own little Christmas party, perfect for the event that isn’t too big. Explore 24 York for your Christmas party.

Christmas party tip – Book a weekday lunch on York Street. In the heart of the CBD, 24 York is easy for the team to reach straight from the office, so the Christmas party can begin the moment the laptops close.    .

Spice Temple

Spice Temple adds the heat to the Christmas party in the Sydney CBD. The Two-Hatted restaurant cooks regional Chinese dishes made for sharing, from prawn wontons to lamb and cumin pancakes, served as banquet menus for groups. The Spice Room seats up to 40. Exclusive hire fits 80 seated or 150 standing, with the bar ready for the first round. The Zodiac cocktail list runs to twelve drinks, one for every sign, so everyone at the party has a drink with their name on it.  Explore Spice Temple for your Christmas party.

Christmas party tip – Ask for dietary requirements on the RSVP. The kitchen can cater for every requirement except peanut allergies, so knowing early keeps the banquet running smoothly for the whole team.

Sahtein

Sahtein brings Beirut-inspired Lebanese hospitality to the party in The Rocks, with produce cooked over woodfire and charcoal and dishes made to share. Upstairs, The Lounge has a marble-topped bar and a plush banquette. It seats up to 48 across two long tables or holds 80 for canapés. Full venue hire takes 100 seated or 200 standing, across the main dining room and a more private rear section. Fill the table with mezze, charcoal-grilled and a variety of shish taouk.  Explore Sahtein for your Christmas party.

Christmas party tip – The Lounge has its own private DJ deck, so book a DJ or set up a playlist for when dinner turns into dancing.

Fratelli Fresh 

Fratelli Fresh has the warmth of an Italian family gathering to the xmas party, with five locations around Sydney. Shared group menus fill long tables with focaccia, pasta and pizzas, so the whole team eats together from the start. For a standing crowd, roaming canapés and prosecco packages keep people moving and mingling. In Italy, pranzo di Natale, the lunch, is the main event of the season, and Fratelli Fresh brings that spirit to the office celebration. Explore Fratelli Fresh for your Christmas Party.

Christmas party tip – Bring a round of tombola. It’s the bingo-style game Italian families play at Christmas, so pack some cards and a few prizes for between courses and keep the Italian theme going all afternoon.

The Bavarian

The Bavarian is perfect to add that beer hall energy to the party, with locations in Miranda and Tuggerah, there are steins raised and room for any sized event. Bavarian Fest sets the table up with all-you-can-meat platters and a two-hour beverage package. For a crowd that wants to keep moving, bar platters and roaming canapés suit a cocktail-style party. The De Luxe beverage package adds German tap beers and haus cocktails to the round. Explore The Bavarian for your Christmas Party.

Christmas party tip – Save the bell for the big moment. Ringing it calls a schnapps round, so time it for a toast.

Munich Brauhaus

Munich Brauhaus brings to life Oktoberfest at the Christmas party in The Rocks, with beer brewed to Germany’s 500-year-old purity code and tables set banquet-style for a crowd. The Ultimate Party Pack keeps everyone sorted with a loaded tasting platter and two hours of included drinks. Cocktail-style events, seated feasts and exclusive venue hire mean there’s a format for every size of office. Deck the halls with pretzels and steins, and let the bier hall bring the festive cheer.  Explore Munich for your Christmas Party.

Christmas party tip – Go for the De Luxe beverage package. It adds German tap beers and haus cocktails to the Aussie favourites, giving the Christmas crowd more to choose from.

Winghaus

Winghaus is the home of live sport, with locations in Barangaroo and in the Entertainment Quarter, it’s ready for a Christmas party that is based on big screens, cold drinks and a big crowd. Level One of Winghaus takes up to 200 guests, with its own outdoor screen. Group packages step up from The Rookie to The Slam Dunk and The Home Run, bringing unlimited wings, 90-minute beverage packages and, at the top end, frozen margaritas. Explore Winghaus for your Christmas Party. 

Christmas party tip – Check the sports calendar before you pick a date. Summer cricket is on in December, so book a night with a game on the big screens and let the team cheer through the party.

El Camino Cantina

El Camino Cantina brings the fiesta to the Christmas party, with locations at The Rocks, Entertainment Quarter and Westfield Miranda there is plenty of party energy. Private spaces start from 50 guests, and full venue hire takes up to 350, which is room enough for the whole company. The Tex-Mex Favourites Menu keeps things easy for a big event, and the Tex-Mex Fiesta Menu adds a 90-minute drinks package with signature Ritas, mocktails, beer and house wine. More than 100 tequilas and mezcals, plus Rita Towers for the table, keep the celebrations rolling. Feliz Navidad has never sounded so good.  Explore El Camino Cantina for your Christmas Party.

Christmas party tip – Plan the group photo around the sombreros. El Camino’s rainbow sombreros make for a Christmas party shot everyone will want on the group chat.

 

*All venues practise the responsible service of alcohol. Drink responsibly.

*10% surcharge applies on Sundays; 15% surcharge on public holidays.

 

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Christmas party cost at these Sydney venues?

The casual venues offer set Christmas party packages for a limited time:

• El Camino Cantina: Tex-Mex Favourites Menu from $55pp, or the Tex-Mex Fiesta Menu with a 90-minute drinks package for $99pp.
• Winghaus: The Rookie for $39pp, The Slam Dunk for $79pp and The Home Run for $99pp, with roaming canapés from $55pp.
• Munich Brauhaus: Have It The Munich Way from $49pp and the Ultimate Party Pack for $98pp.
• The Bavarian: Have It The Bavarian Way for $50pp and Bavarian Fest for $84pp, with beverage packages from $55pp (Standard) and $70pp (De Luxe).
• Fratelli Fresh: group menus at $50pp and $70pp.

Private dining at the premium venues works on a minimum spend on food and beverages, plus a 10% service charge. Set menus include Saké’s Signature (125pp), and The Cut’s menus from $135pp. (Note: prices are subject to change without prior notice.)

Which venues suit a smaller team Christmas party?

For an intimate team celebration, these private rooms suit groups of 6 to 40:

• Up to 12: Rockpool Sydney’s Director’s Room seats 6, the Chairman’s Room 10, and the Wine Room and Mezzanine 12 each. Spice Temple’s Silk Room seats 10 around a rotating serving tray, and The Cut’s Wine Room seats 12 beneath two chandeliers.
• 13 to 30: Saké’s Cherry Blossom Room seats 16, and its Bonsai Room takes up to 30 across three tables. Spice Temple’s Orchid and Pearl Rooms seat 20 and 24.
• Up to 40: Spice Temple’s Spice Room, made up of the Orchid and Pearl Rooms combined, seats 40.

Which venues are best for a standing cocktail party?

• Sahtein: up to 200 standing with full venue hire, or 80 for canapés in The Lounge.
• Ananas: up to 150 for cocktails with exclusive hire, or 100 in the Rocks Rooms.
• Spice Temple Sydney: up to 150 standing with exclusive hire.
• Rockpool Sydney: up to 60 for canapés in the Bligh Lounge.

What options are there for guests who aren’t drinking?

El Camino’s Tex-Mex Fiesta Menu includes mocktails in its drinks package. The Bavarian’s Standard beverage package and Fratelli Fresh’s beverage packages include non-alcoholic options, and Winghaus packages include soft drinks and juices. The premium venues can include non-alcoholic drinks in any beverage selection, so ask when you book.

Can we have a DJ, live music or speeches?

For music and dancing:

• Ananas: DJs and bands are allowed in the Rocks Rooms.
• Sahtein: The Lounge has its own private DJ deck.
• Munich Brauhaus: live oompah bands play every week, so ask which nights they’re on when you book.

For speeches and presentations:

• Rockpool Sydney: the Bligh Lounge includes free in-house AV and a small stage, with microphones on request.