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Lady Cutler

Berth 14, Central Pier, Docklands VIC 3008, Australia

4.3 (174)
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160 Seated
350 Standing
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Why you'll love Lady Cutler

  • Unparalleled Waterfront Views: Enjoy breathtaking vistas of Melbourne's Yarra River and its iconic ports, creating a stunning backdrop for any event.
  • Versatile Event Spaces: From formal dinners to live music nights, our renovated vessel offers flexible venues to suit various event types and sizes, with professional staff to assist in customisation.
  • Catering Excellence: Savor onboard catering, with our team crafting menus, decor, and entertainment for an unforgettable experience.

Celebrate in style with the Lady Cutler Melbourne Showboat, a historic multi-level cruise vessel located in the heart of Melbourne's Docklands precinct, equipped with a stage, main deck dance floor, VIP lounge, bar and onboard catering. This unique event experience promises spectacular views of Melbourne's Yarra River, iconic ports and the bays of Williamstown, Port Melbourne and St Kilda with ample space both indoors and outdoors for your guests to have a truly memorable time together.

Formerly a Sydney Ferry with a fabulous maritime history as a significant vessel ferrying thousands of guests between Circular Quay and Manly from the 1950s, today she offers flexible venue spaces for you. Newly renovated, and incredibly versatile, the vessel can host formal sit-down dinners, live music events with multiple dance floors, intimate conferences, weddings and dinner theatre experiences. Our event staff have an impressive repertoire of in-house production skills, with the capacity to assist with decor, entertainment, menu curation and technical requirements, cruise times & itineraries can also be tailored to suit your needs. Hosting a year-round program of in-house cruise events, we also have the ability to offer semi-private functions on board one of our events, if your group is smaller than 60 people.

If you would like to see why our venue has received multiple 'Certificate of Excellence' awards from Trip Advisor and was featured in venuemob.com 'Top Ten Engagement Venues', book in for a venue viewing anytime during business hours. You can also take a virtual tour here: https://ladycutler.com.au/360.html


Lady Cutler Function Rooms

4 Spaces Available At This Venue
Dance Party Event Space

Dance Party Event Space

Have a birthday party or special day coming up? We have you covered. We have a variety of live shows you can choose from. Whether you are a Blues or an 80s fan our bands and shows have a little bit of everything for everyone. Enquire here...

350
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Elegance Wedding Reception Event Space

Elegance Wedding Reception Event Space

Let the romance of the water sweep you, and your guests off their feet! This Unique Experience Includes: Outdoor Decking/Seating For Incredible Sunset Views Multi-Level Vessel With Upper Deck/Lower Deck Dance Floors Sound, Lighting, Proje...

350
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Bonza Christmas Cruise - Shared Cruise Experience

Bonza Christmas Cruise - Shared Cruise Experience

Get out of the office an onto the water, it's the end of the year and you've worked hard enough - unwind with the Lady Cutler Melbourne Showboat annual Bonza Christmas Cruise! This end of year celebration is a corporate cruise experience fo...

350
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Entire Vessel - Private Charter Hire

Entire Vessel - Private Charter Hire

The Lady Cutler Melbourne Showboat is the largest cruising event space in Melbourne, with two levels, both featuring indoor and outdoor seating and a foredeck area at the front of the boat. Located in the heart of the iconic Docklands enter...

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Bella

March 19, 2023

Lovely experience, great food, and lots of it, the staff even came around and offered seconds and thirds. The only letdown was that it was scheduled to depart at 11.30am, but it was delayed as we had to wait for late comers. Didn't end up departing until 12.10 pm (40 minutes later). Not really fair on those who made the effort to be on time. Confirmation email should state that boat will depart at the exact time - no exceptions for late arrivals.

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Wandering Bruja

December 12, 2021

We've never been on Lady Cutler before, it was an interesting experience. We were here for a work break-up xmas party, so we didn't experience a show and wecalso realise that it was more than just our work group that was onboard Seating on the boat can be narrow on the outskirts as guests pass each other by and as the nights gets on, slippery caused from spills and shattered glass (we can't imagine how many glass and bottles get dropped into the bay). Very sticky floors inside Smoking is allowed onboard, but shame that it doesn't get respected by the guests on board as it doesn't get put out properly and becomes smokey for other guests and non-smokers, however staff didn't attend to it either to put it out for some time Catering and bar staff were nice. The music on the lower deck was good, but can be conflicting with the upper deck with the band. Good to see people having a good time though. We did enjoy the route,but was good to see and experience the bay and surroundings in a different view and afternoon sunset.

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E Eren

January 1, 2023

Great way to spend your new year's eve party it's got the best views for the fire works .There is finger food 2 dance floors and plenty of alcohol ,if you get the VIP package alcohol is included in the price.The staff are incredibly hard work and they kept they food and alcohol flowing all night a great lot of people it was a fantastic way to spend new year's eve .

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Ann-Maree O'Brien

October 16, 2023

Wonderful Seafood Brunch on the Lady Cutler Melbourne Showboat yesterday - Extremely Friendly Staff; Fresh Seafood and Buffet Food and Great Bar Selection! Thank You Melbourne Showboat and all your staff!!!

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Manjit Singh

December 8, 2023

Value for money guaranteed!! I travelled from Fiji & I really enjoyed it. 1st class service and Special thanks to Sylvia who was very friendly. Live band and a separate DJ, lotsa finger food and it just kept coming


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Amenities & Extras

Food & Beverage

Bar Tab
BYO Drinks
External Catering
Venue Offers Catering

Audio Visual Equipment (AV)

Microphone
Projector
Stage
TV

Other Amenities & Extras

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Dance Floor
External Music or DJ
Restroom
Smoking Area
WiFi

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