The Grand View Hotel hosts corporate functions, weddings of up to 120 seated guests and cocktail events for 150, in five function spaces facing Moreton Bay. The hotel stands at 49 North Street in Cleveland, on the bayside southeast of Brisbane, Queensland, and presents itself as the oldest licensed pub in the state.
Seminars and company events
The corporate offer includes day delegate packages, canapé packages and food stations, which covers training days, team meetings, product launches and end-of-year parties. The Stradbroke Marquee has built-in audiovisual equipment, and each of its two halves has its own screen, sound system and microphone, so a plenary and a breakout can run side by side. Smaller rooms take portable equipment on request. The venue also runs Christmas party packages, and the function guide on the site lists menus and formats.
Weddings and receptions
Wedding receptions take place in the Stradbroke Marquee, for 120 at long tables or rounds and 150 for a cocktail, or in the Cleveland Room and Courtyard, for 80 seated or 100 standing. Ceremonies can be held at the hotel or at nearby waterfront sites: GJ Walter Park, Cleveland Point Lighthouse or Raby Bay Beach. The ceremony package supplies an arbour, a runner, a signing table and seating for ten, and the venue arranges the council permit. All-inclusive packages for about 40 guests run with set ceremony times. The hotel also hosts engagements, milestone birthdays and celebrations of life.
Rooms and capacities
The Stradbroke Marquee, a purpose-built light-filled marquee overlooking the bay, has its own bar and restrooms: 120 seated and 150 standing. Split in two, each half takes 45 at long tables, 40 at rounds or 60 standing, on the bay side or the venue side. The Cleveland Room keeps its original French doors and seats 50 or holds 80 standing; opened to the leafy courtyard, it takes 80 seated or 100 standing. The Mango Terrace, a shaded semi-private outdoor area near the bar and bistro, seats 50 at a long table or holds 80 standing.
Catering
Catering is handled by the hotel kitchen, with cocktail and canapé menus, shared banquets, buffets and grazing stations. The kitchen runs daily from 11am to 9pm, and the bistro and front bar stay open seven days.
History and setting
The pub has traded on North Street since 1851 and marks 175 years on the site; it is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register. After a major renovation it reopened with new spaces such as the marquee alongside the original building. It belongs to the Kickon Group.
Getting there
The address is 49 North Street, Cleveland, QLD 4163, near Cleveland Point and the Raby Bay foreshore. Cleveland station, at the end of the Cleveland line, links the area to central Brisbane by train, and Brisbane Airport serves interstate guests.
