Hotel Shamrock takes conferences, cocktail functions, seated dinners, birthdays and weddings in four function spaces, the largest holding 200 guests for a cocktail or 120 seated. Thirty-seven bedrooms in the same building let organisers keep a group together overnight. The hotel stands on the corner of Pall Mall and Williamson Street in the center of Bendigo, Victoria, and is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.
Seminars and company events
The venue lists conferences among its main uses. The Baxter Room on the first floor suits a small board meeting or training day for about 20 seated, or a 40-guest cocktail. For a larger company dinner, product evening or end-of-year function, the Federation Room takes 120 seated or 200 standing, and the Williamson St Balcony can be added for drinks with a view over the street. Food and drink packages can be adjusted to the event, so a full-day program can run from morning coffee to an evening reception in one place.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings and ceremonies are part of the offer. The Baxter Room is described for small ceremonies and intimate weddings, and it can open onto the balcony. The Federation Room, with chandeliers, marble mantelpieces and a wooden dance floor, is the natural room for a reception with dancing. Couples can house family and guests in the hotel's bedrooms and suites.
Rooms and capacities
Federation Room, first floor: 200 cocktail, 120 seated, can connect to the balcony. Williamson St Balcony: 80 cocktail, 50 seated, set up for use in warm and cold weather. Baxter Room, first floor: 40 cocktail, 20 seated. Gold Dust Lounge, in the basement: a renovated wine and cocktail bar with the Chandelier Room for 60 and the Red Room for 30, suited to birthdays, reunions and informal gatherings.
Accommodation
The hotel has 37 rooms, each decorated differently. Types range from standard and twin rooms to executive rooms with a spa, deluxe studios and one or two bedroom apartments, family suites and spa suites. Several look over Williamson Street, the Law Courts or the old post office.
Catering
The kitchen serves breakfast, lunch and dinner every day, and function guests choose from food and drink packages adapted to their event. The hotel also serves high tea and runs a sports bar.
History and setting
The hotel presents itself as a grand 19th-century building and a major Bendigo landmark, and it is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. Interiors keep period details such as chandeliers and marble fireplaces, and the building faces the Alexandra Fountain and the old post office on Pall Mall, the city's main street.
Getting there
The hotel sits in central Bendigo, at the corner of Pall Mall and Williamson Street. Bendigo has a regional rail link to Melbourne, and the hotel is within walking distance of the city's main civic buildings.
