Fortnums Restaurant & Wedding Venue

Details checked November 2026

Price: Price on enquiry
Ceremony: Ceremony on site
Getting there: 45 min from Melbourne

Fortnums is a family-run, conservatory-style restaurant in Sassafras in the Dandenong Ranges that hosts wedding receptions for roughly 45 to 100 guests, with a separate Garden Room for elopements and small weddings of up to 30. Ceremonies take place under a white arch in its tree-fern gardens, which offer glimpses of the Melbourne skyline, with an indoor fallback for wet weather and drinks served on an outdoor deck facing the ranges.

Good to know

Wet weather option on site
Catering by the venue
Included: four-course meal, soft drinks tea and coffee, organza table runners, linen napkins, fresh floral arrangements
Licensed restaurant and cafe, trading until 1am
Licensed for up to 214 people

From fortnums.com.au. Licence details from the Liquor Control Victoria register (CC BY 4.0); the venue sets its own wedding finish time. Check the details with the venue when you enquire.

Where it is

View Sassafras on a map

Sassafras · Dandenong Ranges40 other venues within 40 kmOpen in Google Maps

When to go

Spring blooms and autumn colour are the highlights. The hills are cooler and wetter than the city, so plan for rain and mist at any time of year.

From Melbourne: 45 min
Within 20 km: 53 venues
In Dandenong Ranges: 16 venues

Close by

Dine Divine1 km away

Ferny Creek Reserve Hall1 km away

Planning a wedding in Dandenong Ranges

Worth asking Fortnums Restaurant & Wedding Venue

What would a wedding for our guest numbers cost on our date?
How many guests can you seat for dinner, and how many for a cocktail reception?
Where would the ceremony be held, and what is the wet weather plan?
Which dates are still free in our preferred season, and are weekdays cheaper?

Paste them into your enquiry. More in questions to ask a wedding venue.

From the venue

Style

More like this in Dandenong Ranges: restaurant venues and garden venues

Comparing venues?

Venue matchNot sure where to start?Five questions, then a shortlist of venues in Dandenong Ranges that fit, with the reasons why.Start Cost calculatorWhat will a venue cost?A realistic range in Dandenong Ranges for your guest numbers, from the prices venues publish.Work it out