The Dunkirk Hotel hosts cocktail parties, seated dinners, corporate events and private celebrations for up to 120 standing guests across two function spaces, with 12 guest rooms upstairs for those who stay the night. The pub stands at 205 Harris Street in Pyrmont, the harborside neighborhood just west of the Sydney city center.
Seminars and company events
The Loft is the room for business use. It is set up for seated dinners and corporate events as well as cocktail parties, and takes up to 40 guests seated or 70 standing. That size suits a team dinner after a day at an office or conference venue nearby, a client function or drinks to mark a product launch. Audio-visual equipment can be included in the package, along with decorations and a catering menu, and packages are built around each brief rather than sold as a fixed set. For a larger company gathering, the Terrace Bar takes up to 120 standing.
Rooms and capacities
The Terrace Bar seats up to 70 guests or holds 120 standing, and is suited to cocktail parties and smaller celebrations. The Loft seats 40 or holds 70 standing. Beyond the function spaces, the pub has a Main Bar with at least 16 beers on tap, a TAB room and a lounge at the front of the building on Harris Street, which stay open to regular guests during a function.
Accommodation
The hotel keeps 12 guest rooms spread over two floors. Room types include king, queen, family, double-single and single rooms, some with an ensuite bathroom and some with shared bathrooms. They suit speakers, out-of-town guests or a small team that wants to stay on site after the function rather than travel home late.
Catering
Food and drinks come from the pub itself. Function packages draw on a catering menu chosen with the team, and the bar handles drinks, with the tap range of the Main Bar to draw on. Each package is shaped around the guest count, format and timing of the event, from canapés for a standing crowd to a sit-down meal in the Loft.
History and setting
The building dates from 1879 and opened as the Butcher's Arms Hotel. It was renamed in the 1940s in memory of the Battle of Dunkirk, and it has served as a local pub in Pyrmont for almost 150 years. Its scale is that of a neighborhood pub rather than a large venue, which is the appeal for groups who want a relaxed room with a history rather than a hotel ballroom.
Getting there
Pyrmont sits on a peninsula between Darling Harbour and Blackwattle Bay, within walking distance of the Sydney central business district. Light rail and ferries serve the area, and Sydney Airport is the nearest airport.
