The Auburn Hotel
85 Auburn Road, Hawthorn VIC 3122, Australia
Pub
•Why you'll love The Auburn Hotel
- Beautiful garden courtyard perfect for outdoor events and a cozy fireplace indoors.
- Its unique feature lies in its heritage-listed building, providing a timeless backdrop for any event
- Excellent pub-style cuisine and a wide selection of craft beers
About the venue
Auburn Hotel is an iconic pub, restaurant and function venue in Hawthorn.
Established in 1888 and operating as the Geebung Polo Club for the past 28 years, Auburn Hotel has reclaimed its former name and is poised to write a new chapter in its long and rich history.
Boasting a newly refurbished wine room, a huge outdoor courtyard with a retractable roof plus a number of private lounge areas, the ultimate function venue in Hawthorn for your next event or party.
The Auburn Hotel Function Rooms
The Corner Room
A private function space ideal for business meetings, corporate-events, formal sit-down dinners, and small cocktail parties. It caters for up to 40 people seated or 80 standing and features separate air-conditioning, an open fireplace, digi...
The East Room
Ideal for smaller gatherings, functions and business meetings of up to 50 people, l features its own air-conditioning, a working fireplace, digital projector, white-board, and flip chart.
Dining Room
Featuring beautiful antique-style furniture, located on the ground floor, and is perfect for formal dinners, birthday celebrations, and cocktail parties. The room can accommodate up to 50 people for a sit-down lunch or dinner, or up to 80 ...
The Club Room
Located on the ground floor of the venue, The Club Room is an exclusive area for you and your guests to enjoy, whilst still being able to soak up the vibrant atmosphere of the pub. With the ability to accommodate up to 50 people, this invit...
Level One
Featuring a private bar, separate lounge areas, and a large balcony for your exclusive use, perfect for cocktail parties, birthday celebrations, and engagement parties/weddings for up to 200 people. Complete with state-of-the-art audiovisu...
Wine Room
An inviting and versatile function space that can accommodate up to 150 people for a cocktail-style event. It features a private bar, plus an AV system that includes in-house music, wireless microphone, digital projector and screen, and iPo...
The Boardroom
Need a private meeting space in Hawthorn? Featuring an exclusive balcony that overlooks leafy Auburn Village, perfect for your next business meeting or luncheon for up to 20 people.
The Auburn Room
An exclusive area for you and your guests to enjoy, whilst still being able to soak up the vibrant atmosphere of the pub. With the ability to accommodate up to 50 people, this inviting space features an open fireplace which ads a charming t...
Whole Venue
Set within a beautiful heritage-style building that features ornate Victorian decor, the multi-award-winning venue boasts a newly renovated 80 seat dining room, a spacious outdoor courtyard, and a number of private lounge areas upstairs, ma...
Reviews for The Auburn Hotel
Vahid Shahani
Visited Auburn Hotel for steak night with a group of four. Unfortunately, the experience was underwhelming. It seemed like they were short on staff, as service was noticeably slow. We had to ask a couple of times to get our drinks frist, and the wait for food was excessive. To top it off, they mistakenly gave our order to the next table, which added another 10 minutes to our wait. While mistakes happen, we appreciated the complimentary dessert they offered to make up for it, and the waitresses were amazing—super friendly and attentive. However, the steak was disappointing. The taste and cook were 1/5. You could distinctly taste the burnt flavor, likely from gas instead of charcoal, and there were no sauce options offered. Sadly, this took away from what should have been a good steak night. Thank you 🙏
Scott Ives
The Auburn is another great example of effort being put into an historic building and turning it into a charming pub. The staff were great and very easy to talk to, making great suggestions on food and drink choices. The food is of decent quality, but we had an issue with some rare steak being well done and a few other mix ups. I do recommend visiting though.
Andrew Lim
We came by on a Sunday for the petting zoo and what a great experience with the kids. We haven’t been back for a few years and was surprise to see the revamp of the property with an outdoor playground added and the Pavilion building. Food was a little pricy though with mains generally over $30. But the staff were great and service was very quick. Booking is 100% recommended and we will be back again.
Bianca Ann
Staff are fantastic, atmosphere lots of laughs good music, review based purely on food quality considering prices. Check update and photos with captions. Updated review: 18/11/24 Straight up apologetic to the staff member who served our table we have been through some trauma recently (the school incident I have been very stressed) and I did apologise face to face as I have never spoken to hospitality staff like that. I actually usually ask how many staff are on and tip for the whole team. Oyster kilpatrick finally Whoo, however barely any sauce and bacon was a tad rubbery and chewy, I do hope to go back again and have it again. I ate it because I hate food waste better in my belly than the bin! 🥰 We asked for house red and house white, I said Chardonnay if possible and was not corrected that it’s not a house (see the picture for an $18 glass of wine…) the bartender side eyed me when I was trying to order like I was a thorn in her side. We asked for replacement of chips for mash. Didn’t happen so we were charged for a side of mash plus the chips on the plate and told they don’t replace it anymore. Don’t ask for a hard copy of the menu, we were told it’s old and they don’t do most of that anymore, which is disappointing especially as elderly and disabled people I eat with can’t use QR. All in all it’s good to go there, playground for kids, sports bar, we will be back because it’s convenient.
A Carmody
My sister and I had one of the best nights out with our kids, in a long time. Bubbly atmosphere, great food, excellent service, and a playground for kids! We usually have to go to suburban pubs with average food and atmosphere for that. We'll definitely be back.
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