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Grace Darling Hotel

114 Smith Street, Collingwood VIC 3066, Australia

4.3 (1216)
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Pub

100 Seated
200 Standing

Why you'll love Grace Darling Hotel

  • Historic Charm: Grace Darling's rich history and stone building offer a unique backdrop for any event, blending heritage with contemporary creativity.
  • Versatile Spaces: With a restaurant, public bar, and private band rooms, it caters to various event types, from intimate gatherings to live music performances.
  • Culinary Excellence: Known for its delectable food, your guests will savor every bite, enhancing the overall event experience.

Built in 1854, Melbourne’s second oldest pub and the first stone building in Collingwood, the Grace Darling has been an indispensable community institution for over a century and a half. Grace Darling Hotel is one of Collingwood's popular restaurants, known for its incredible table service, delicious food and amazing ambience. They strive for the promotion of creativity, experimentation and progression in live music and the arts. Providing a safe and accessible space for culture to develop and flourish. The venue now consists of a restaurant, a public bar, and two band rooms available for private functions. The public bar and sidewalk beer garden continues to house a diversity of mingling locals, artists and professionals, offering comfort and privacy for both intimate encounters and group gatherings, while the band room has transformed into a mainstay on the local live music circuit producing a roster of emerging acts.


Grace Darling Hotel Function Rooms

4 Spaces Available At This Venue
The Grace Darling Hotel

The Grace Darling Hotel

THE BAND ROOM Our upstairs Band Room is bathed in natural light and features its own bar, private bathrooms, lounge area, focal stage and professional PA system, which is ideal for live entertainment. THE CELLAR BAR This candle lit and com...

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200
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The Bandroom Bar

The Bandroom Bar

Bathed in natural light and features its own bar, private bathrooms, lounge area, focal stage, and professional PA system, which is ideal for live entertainment.

80
150
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The Cellar

The Cellar

The candlelit cellar provides a shadowy and rustic atmosphere suited to any event whether it is an intimate sit down meal, or standing cocktails and canapés. The cellar’s independent bar and sound system allows this totally private dini...

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80
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The Atrium

The Atrium

It's a lovely space to hang out (whatever the weather's doing outside). Adorned by greenery and flowers, and with loads of natural light, the Atrium is great for dinner events, or smaller scale cocktail parties. It's a sophisticated space,...

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50
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Gee Gee

January 10, 2025

Love a beer at the Grace Darling with its outdoor area and various rooms inside over split levels. Happy hour pints for $8 isn’t bad and this time I got a Parma, because it was Parma Tuesday. It’s either regular chicken or a veggo option. While the chicken Parma wasn’t bad, it’s certainly wasn’t great. Fairly simple and the chips lacked any crunch. Come for the beers, definitely!

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Tom McKinnon

October 20, 2024

Fantastic outdoor seating area. Food is nice but it’s expensive for standard pub parmas and burgers etc. Interior is also quite nice, with quite a lot of indoor seating available. Staff are friendly and casual.

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Timinmelbourne

March 21, 2024

The Grace Darling hotel has some good food n' drinks. And fantastic service. The barman recommended the spring chicken dish, and he was spot on. Chicken dinner, chicken winner. The vegetarian/plant based burger w hand cut chips tasted good, too. Served with a yummy Aperol Spritz.

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Claudia Jones

May 24, 2024

The grace is a lovely pub in the heart of Collingwood. The DJ’s play an incredible range of music. Whenever I go in on Thursday or Friday, the energy is popping. It’s so nice and refreshing to hear a mixture of throw back tracks and newer age music. Something for everyone. Special mention to the lovely staff who always go above and beyond. The food never misses, decent sizes, great flavours that hit the spot. Fav local imo! Pictured below - spiced lamb special and medium rare steak. Both next level!

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Priscillia

November 9, 2023

I haven’t been back to their steak night for ages .. but it’s still tasty and good. Pretty quick as well considering they were quite busy. The standard is consistent. Definitely recommend to try their steak night. One thing that I need to bring up. They need to offer more desserts on the menu Previous Review: Came here for their steak night again after my last visit 2 years ago! What a great service on our table .. We thank the girl who was looking after our table tonight. Oh and the steak 👍👍👍 Normally I go here for drinks, but last time we came here for their steak night on Thursday. It was a delicious $18 steak, chips were crunchy and the sauce was tasty. Tonight (Monday) we came here for the lamb shank’s night. $15 with the mash and another $5 with a glass of red. We ordered chips and salads to share. Very good value and outstanding services. Highly recommended


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Amenities & Extras

Food & Beverage

Bar Tab
Coffee / Tea
Filtered Water
Venue Offers Catering

Audio Visual Equipment (AV)

Microphone
Projector
Speakers
Stage
TV

Other Amenities & Extras

Accessible
Air Con
Dance Floor
External Music or DJ
Lighting
Natural light
Restroom
Security
Smoking Area
Whiteboard
WiFi

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