Hotel Chadstone Melbourne MGallery can host conferences, seminars, product launches, board meetings and weddings for up to 400 guests. The five-star hotel sits at 1341 Dandenong Road in Chadstone, 17 km from the Melbourne CBD and connected to the Chadstone shopping centre. It lists eight event spaces over more than 1,000 square meters.
Seminars and company events
The Ballroom is the main room, at 432 m² with a 4 m ceiling and no pillars. It holds 400 guests for a cocktail reception, 380 in theatre layout, 315 for a banquet without a stage and 216 in classroom layout. It can be divided into three rooms, Ballroom A, B and C. Ballroom B takes 100 for a reception and Ballroom C takes 180. The pre-function area and the ballroom allow vehicle access, which suits product launches.
The Atelier Meeting Rooms have their own ground-floor entrance and daylight. The full Atelier takes 90 for a reception and 88 in theatre layout. It splits into Atelier One for 60 and Atelier Two for 30. The Executive Boardroom seats 10 around a boardroom table.
Altus, the rooftop venue on the top floor, has floor-to-ceiling windows over Melbourne. Altus East and West together cover 170 m² and take 153 in theatre layout, 145 for a reception and 108 for a banquet. It splits into Altus East for 60 and Altus West for 50.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel offers wedding receptions in the Ballroom, which seats 315 for a banquet, and smaller wedding dinners in the divided Altus space. Banquet capacity with a dance floor is 270 in the full Ballroom. The Ballroom can also be split to match a smaller guest list.
Rooms and capacities
The published capacity chart gives cocktail, theatre, cabaret, banquet, classroom and boardroom figures for each room. Ballroom A and B together take 200 for a reception, and Ballroom B and C together take 280. Every room has a 4 m ceiling.
Accommodation
The hotel sells rooms for event guests and also day-use rooms. The number of bedrooms is not given on the pages we read.
Catering
The hotel offers bespoke menu design, sommelier service, an events concierge and on-site audio-visual specialists. Built-in audio-visual equipment is listed in the Ballroom and in Altus.
History and setting
The hotel belongs to the Accor MGallery collection. It holds an eco certification from Ecotourism Australia and has views of the Melbourne skyline, Port Phillip Bay and the Dandenong Ranges.
Getting there
The hotel is 17 km from central Melbourne, and the capacity brochure and events team can be reached through the hotel's events email and phone line.
