Thankyou for making our Planning Day a huge success. The team loved the venue and the lunch was amazing!! A very enjoyable day. I will definitely be recommending your venue to all my colleagues - the experience was fantastic!
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Balgownie Estate Vineyard Resort & Spa, Yarra Valley
Cnr Melba Hwy and Gulf Rd, YARRA GLEN, Victoria 3775
Balgownie Estate Vineyard Resort & Spa, Yarra Valley
Cnr Melba Hwy and Gulf Rd, YARRA GLEN, Victoria 3775
see client reviews of their Balgownie Estate Vineyard Resort & Spa experience
The award-winning Balgownie Estate Vineyard Resort & Spa is situated in the heart of the Yarra Valley and is an inspirational destination for meetings and special events, demonstrating how luxury and environmental sustainability can co-exist in harmony. Under an hour from the CBD and Melbourne (Tullamarine) Airport but worlds away from distraction, Balgownie offers unparalleled service, great food and an idyllic setting with sweeping vineyard and valley views.
Accommodation comprises 69 modern and luxurious guest apartments, with disabled facilities available. 55 of these are Spa Suites featuring king-sized bed, full size spa bath, private balcony and includes separate lounge and kitchenette, complimentary internet and Foxtel, mini bar, room service, individually controlled air conditioning/heating and direct dial ISDN/STD. Up to 10 rooms can be configured to form 2 bedroom/2 bathroom dual-keyed apartments.
Rae's Restaurant offers a la carte dining seven days per week. Rae's Private Dining Room, the Function Centre and the Cellar Door are also ideal for special events. Balgownie Estate offers a guest lounge, Cellar Door, Health Club with heated indoor experience pool, plus Natskin Day Spa for massage and beauty treatments.
Expansive glass and views over the vineyards and valley are a signature of the purpose designed Conference Centre catering for up to 320 guests cocktail style, 150 banquet or any number of room layouts to offer maximum flexibility. All conferences are carbon-neutral. A combination of incentive, team building, pampering and exciting adventure activities can be incorporated into your agenda to create a truly memorable event.
- The Melba Room features floor to ceiling windows with stunning views over the vineyards and Yarra Valley
- The adjacent Anderson Room accommodates up to 25 delegates in a U-shape. An undercover terrace wraps around the conference centre, ideal for breaks or pre-dinner drinks
- There are 2 Executive Boardrooms and Suites offer the perfect solution for smaller groups or additional breakout/syndicate rooms
- Whilst the Cellar Door can be utilised for group wine tastings, or booked for evening cocktail receptions, private functions and degustation dinners. Complimentary wine tastings are also offered between 10am-5pm daily
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Venue Reviews
The team were fantastic! Really helpful...
"The team at Balgownie Estate Vineyard Resort & Spa were fantastic. The customer service, food, location and conference organising were wonderful. The staff were really helpful which made the conference so easy to organise."
May 2017: Suzanne - Banking Industry (Conference / Meeting, 25 delegates)
Suzanne rates this Yarra Valley Conference Centre experience OVERALL at: 5/5 Excellent!
Planning / Service Pre-Event (5/5)
Quality & Quantity of Catering (4/5)
Customer Service / Event Delivery (5/5)
Facilities & Equipment (5/5)
Accommodation (5/5)
Value for Money (4/5)
Location / Accessibility (5/5)
Venue Facilities
| Name | m2 | U Shape | Theatre | Board | Class | Cabaret | Banq | Cocktail |
| Melba | 119 | 30 | 100 | 26 | 80 | 56 | 70 | 180 |
| Anderson | 83 | 25 | 60 | 30 | 50 | 32 | 40 | - |
| Melba & Anderson | 202 | 40 | 160 | - | 30 | 96 | 130 | 320 |
| Rae's Restaurant | 230 | - | - | - | - | - | 130 | 250 |
| Cellar Door | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 60 |
| Suite | 20 | 12 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Boardroom | 28 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Executive Boardroom | - | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | |
| Private Dining 1 | 30 | |||||||
| Private Dining 2 | 20 |
Venue Accommodation
- Total Rooms:
- 69
- Total Beds:
- 99
| Name | Rooms | Single | Double | Queen | King | Sofa | En Suite | Shared Bath |
| 1 Bedroom Spa Suites | 55 | 60 | 25 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2 Bedroom Deluxe Spa Suites | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Garden Terrace Room | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Standard Queen | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
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"Wanted to say thank you so much for the great service and your patience with all our changes throughout. We all really enjoyed the conference, everything was perfect! (Well maybe the coffee machine struggled to keep up with us, but overall, everything was great). The venue set up and lunch was great - the buffet really enjoyable, especially the variety of catering offered. 
As always, absolutely delicious with amazing feedback from all who tried the product! Beautifully packaged up for us, delivery process fast and reliable, and Nicole couldn't have been more helpful in turning around such a large order on such short notice ensuring we had everything needed for the trade show... Think I have a new favourite flavour too, the Rocky Road is to die for!! 
"The events team at Novotel Sydney Brighton Beach are truly professionals at what they do. The organisation in particular of the banquets team - always so helpful and ensure that our seminars run smoothly. The only minor suggestion that I would make is more labels to indicate the types salads and sandwiches that are on offer on lunch buffets." 
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“VictorsFood made our event a truly memorable one. Every one of our team members had an absolute blast making pizzas together with the fun and enthusiastic chefs… We can’t wait to try another one of VictorsFoods' amazing experiences!” 
"Whilst I do not attend these meetings to see the room in person, I certainly had no complaints from any of my management team (no news good news!) The communication from the event co-ordinator in particular was excellent prior to our meeting. It was organised at short notice and she showed such high attention to detail which I really appreciated." 
"The room was appropriately presented, with everything we had requested already in place. Morning tea and lunch were more than ample, and was 'yummy'! Really good quality and great value for money. One of the managers even said it’s been the best external meeting venue he’s been to in a while." 
"We held our Staff Christmas party at Dockside this year - the venue, as well as the staff, location & atmosphere was second to none. From the moment I booked the venue, the service was fantastic. The event organiser kept in contact throughout the year, reminding when things needed to be done. Everything went smoothly on the night of the party, the food was amazing, the staff were excellent & the event manager on the night bent over backwards to help with... 
Our team really enjoyed the time spent at Yarra Valley Conference Centre. The staff were friendly and accommodating, the food was excellent and the spaces for the group to relax and network after a hard day's conferencing were fantastic and very well utilised! 
