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Captain Melville


Why you'll love Captain Melville

  • Offers a spacious & light filled indoor courtyard, a cosy front bar, a private room and a unique balcony bar.
  • Experienced chefs can customise unique menus to accommodate your themed events.
  • The venue has a dedicated events team who can work closely with you from the beginning until the end.

Why you'll love Captain Melville

-Offers a spacious dining area & light-filled indoor courtyard, a cosy front bar, a private room and a unique balcony bar.

-Experienced chefs can customise unique menus to accommodate your themed events.

-The venue has a dedicated events team that can work closely with you from the beginning until the end.

A popular after-work and post-uni haunt, Captain Melville deftly combines a historic 150-year-old setting with a stylish and modern interior. This is Melbourne's oldest public house, hurtled into the modern age. As far as functions are concerned, Captain Melville offers a few options. Firstly, there's exclusive use of the Indoor Courtyard, a charming and light-filled space for up to 150 guests. Upstairs is the Loch & Key cocktail bar, intimate and saloon-like – it's basically a separate venue in its own right. Ideal for exclusive parties and celebrations, it boasts a balcony overlooking Franklin Street. And lastly, there's the Private Function Room, also ideal for private events, birthdays, engagement parties and end of year celebrations. with very friendly staff, great food and amazing ambience, you will surely have a great night!


Captain Melville Function Rooms

Iconic Historic Venue

Iconic Historic Venue

Our historical house features Melbourne’s best self-contained function space and includes a spacious & light-filled indoor courtyard, a cosy front bar, a private room and a unique balcony bar. Additionally, we have a rare 24 hours license t...

90
200
From $8,800
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Private Function Room

Private Function Room

Our private function room overlooks the entire Indoor Courtyard, but away from all the noises. It is best suitable for intimate dining, exclusive networking event, workshop, breakfast, social class, book launch, reunion, green room and surp...

34
60
From $1,650
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Loch & Key

Loch & Key

Venture up a winding staircase, behind a secret bookshelf, late into the night. This space can hosts an impressive selection of spirits, dark corners, hanging plants and a spacious balcony, this hidden gem offers something special for any e...

20
100
Price on Request
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Indoor Courtyard

Indoor Courtyard

Situated to the rear of the bar area, the Indoor Couryard is a spacious and somewhere between a trendy bar-come-conservatory. Communal dining is the style adopted here, with lengthy benches filling this impressive glass-roofed and modern sp...

140
Price on Request
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Left-Wing Front Bar

Left-Wing Front Bar

The Central black bar greets patrons on entering. Dominating what is a spacious cocktail area, the mammoth bar effectively divides the venue’s drinking area into two main sections. Super sleek and minimal, the Left Side section of the Cockt...

12
70
Price on Request
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Food & Beverage

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External Music or DJ
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On-Site Parking
Outdoor Space
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Restroom
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Smoking Area
Whiteboard
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