Encore St Kilda provides an elegant beach backdrop for weddings in Melbourne. With a range of facilities, beautiful function areas and in-house wedding coordinators, Encore St Kilda guarantees an upscale wedding experience.
Facilities at Encore St Kilda are:
Encore supports flexible floor layouts and has operable walls. Therefore, it is suited for intimate, romantic weddings with 50 guests and more extensive celebrations.
Capacities include:
The entire venue (with dancefloor): 320 seated guests or 700 guests cocktail-style
Bayview Private room (with dancefloor): 120 seated guests or 250 guests cocktail-style
Ceremonies at Encore St Kilda
This modern venue is also available for your romantic wedding ceremony. Say I do with the majestic Port Phillip Bay in the background. Choose the rooftop ceremony in the summer months or move inside in case of wet weather and colder times.
For your mid-day wedding ceremony, between 3 and 4 pm, the venue can accommodate 300 guests, as part of the full venue buyout. Later ceremonies are part of a half-venue hire and host a maximum of 150 guests.
The venue offers 50 white chairs for the ceremony, an aisle carpet, a wedding arch and a signing table. Additional space is available for standing.
Encore St Kilda has summer and winter wedding packages for seated and cocktail receptions.
The seated menu includes canapés, entrees, main and sides, with sweet canapés and your wedding cake. The cocktail package features canapés, sliders, grazing items, and dessert canapé items.
The beverage package covers 5 hours of service and includes a choice of wines, beers, ciders and non-alcoholic drinks.
Discuss the wedding menu details with the event manager.
All our event spaces have minimum spends which are priced according to the date, time and number of guests. A minimum spend is the minimum amount to be met on food and beverage to reserve the space. The per head cost is determined by what you choose to offer your guests.
• Venue hire
• Event coordinator
• Event manager
• Standard in-house AV/PA system
• Fairy lights
• Dance floor lights
• White linen and charcoal coloured table skirts
• Tealight candles
• Venue cleaning pre and post event
• All service staff
• Menu tasting for 2 guests* (Included in wedding bookings only, T+C’s apply & subject to availability/event date)
• Menu printing
• Tableware
• Existing furniture (all hired furniture is at an extra cost)
• Security/door attendant(s) for up to 250 guests
• Additional table decorations
• Flowers
• Entertainment
• Bonbonnieres
• Guest board
• Place cards
• Wedding cake
• Security for more than 250 guests
All clients must include the Encore Experience in their event. This includes the in-house Audio/PA system, security, tableware, furniture, administration and event management.
Encore St Kilda will cater for the following standard cultural or dietary related requirements at no extra charge, as we have devised existing dietary menu items to cater to these requirements.
Pregnant, Vegetarian, Vegan, Pescatarian, Gluten free, Coeliac, Dairy free, Nut free, Shellfish free, Fructose free, Halal, Muslim and Kosher friendly.
All other dietaries that are not accommodated for in our dietary menu items will require a customer designed dish(s), and there will be a flat rate surcharge of $50 per menu (based on the package selected – up to 4 courses, canapes, entrée, main and dessert). Examples of such dietaries include but are not limited to;
Individual or multiple allergies and intolerances, post operative or medical diets, Carnivore, Keto, Paleo, Atkins, Alkaline and Whole 30.
We understand that making a decision on your preferred venue can take a little time and you may often want to consult with family and friends. With this in mind we offer our potential clients a tentative booking for 7 days once they have been to view the venue. This essentially places your name on the date but is not a booking. Once the 7 days has expired your name is removed from the date. Encore St Kilda Beach reserves the right to take a confirmed booking over any tentative booking. We will try our best to contact you to offer you the date but unfortunately until a booking is confirmed and deposit paid the booking is not confirmed.
Yes, in accordance with the Discrimination Act 1992, we offer accessible rest rooms, lifts, accessible parking and wide doors.
Lunch: 12 – 4pm
Evening: 6pm – 12pm / 6:30pm – 12:30pm
Events at Encore St Kilda Beach may run for no longer than 6 hours, excluding ceremony.
Please expect an email from your coordinator within a week of making your booking, after this point we usually follow the following timeline in terms of planning your event.
3 Month Meeting: Your first official planning meeting will be around 3 months before your event date, this is when we will go through the main bulk of information regarding your menu, your ideas for the night, schedule, and all supplier information.
Tasting: Complimentary tastings are usually for wedding bookings only and take place approximately 6-8 weeks prior to your event date. They take place on the first Tuesday night of every month at 6pm and are for 2 guests only.
Final Meeting: This takes place roughly 1 month prior to your event date, we will go through the final details of your event.
You will have to access to the venue 2 hours prior to the commencement of your event and 1 hour after. An additional charge may apply if earlier or later access is required. Encore must be notified at least 72 hours prior to the event regarding arrival and load out times of equipment etc.