Leonda By The Yarra

Details checked November 2026

Seated: 510 seated
Cocktail: 1000 cocktail
Price: From $170 per person
Ceremony: Ceremony on site
Getting there: 15 min from Melbourne

Leonda By The Yarra is a riverside function centre in Hawthorn, about 4km from central Melbourne, offering a large pillarless Ballroom and a smaller Garden Room with a courtyard. Couples can hold ceremonies in its Marble Bar, and the venue has its own private jetty that allows guests to arrive by boat from Southbank.

Good to know

Wheelchair accessible
Wedding coordinator included
Parking on site
Included: wedding coordinator, personal wedding party waiter, circular tables, table cloths and napkins, private jetty access
Licensed restaurant and cafe, trading until 1am
Licensed for up to 1,020 people

From leondabytheyarra.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.

How it compares in Inner Melbourne

Size

Seats more guests than 81% of the 16 other Inner Melbourne venues that publish a seated capacity.

Price

Above the middle starting price of $148 per person across 6 Inner Melbourne venues that publish one.

Where it is

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When to go

There is a mix of indoor and outdoor spaces. Garden and waterfront venues are at their best from spring to early autumn, while warehouses and halls work all year.

Within 20 km: 106 venues
In Inner Melbourne: 34 venues

Close by

Nini's Hawthorn1 km away

The KILBURN1 km away

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