Garde Hotel hosts corporate functions, private dinners, cocktail parties and weddings in Fremantle, Western Australia, with spaces from a 20-seat boardroom to a courtyard for up to 200 guests. The hotel sits at the corner of Parry Street and William Street and spreads across a main building and the historic Warders Cottages.
Seminars and company events
The Garde Boardroom is a contemporary, versatile room for corporate meetings, presentations and private gatherings. It takes 20 guests on exclusive use, with catering available. For larger corporate functions, the Anglesea restaurant and bar can be taken exclusively for 120 seated or 150 for a cocktail format, or shared for 30 to 50 guests without exclusivity. The Emily Taylor restaurant suits work functions for 12 to 60 guests, and its courtyard can be hired exclusively for 150 seated or 200 for a cocktail format. The hotel's event services team plans each function.
Weddings and receptions
The laneway and garden of the Warders Cottages are offered for weddings, anniversaries and birthdays: 25 guests for communal dining or 40 for a cocktail, on exclusive use. For a small wedding or corporate retreat, the whole Warders Cottages hotel is available for exclusive hire for 20 guests. The package includes full use of all hotel rooms for two nights, a five-course long-table dinner and access to the Emily Taylor courtyard for drinks afterward. The Anglesea courtyard adds space for 60 seated or 75 for a cocktail on exclusive use. Gimlet, a small corner bar at the front of the cottages, holds 20 guests for an intimate cocktail event.
Rooms and capacities
Garde Boardroom: 20 guests. Gimlet: 20 guests. Anglesea restaurant: 120 to 150 on exclusive use. Anglesea courtyard: 60 to 75 on exclusive use. Emily Taylor restaurant: 12 to 60 without exclusivity. Emily Taylor courtyard: 150 to 200 on exclusive use. Each figure covers two layouts, communal dining and cocktail, and the lower figure is the seated one on the official page.
Accommodation
Rooms and suites are split between the main hotel and the Warders Cottages. They combine original architecture with contemporary design, king-size beds and a complimentary mini bar. Breakfast is a complimentary continental serving at Anglesea. The official site does not state the number of rooms.
Catering
Catering comes from the hotel's own venues. Anglesea serves modern Australian dishes with Japanese and Korean influences, and Emily Taylor serves modern Asian share plates and dumplings. A long-table dinner and a cocktail menu are both possible.
History and setting
Garde stands on the site of Fremantle's old police headquarters. The Warders Cottages were built in the 1850s from local limestone by convicts, to house the warders of Fremantle Prison, and served as staff residences until 1989.
