The Osborne Rooftop & Bar hosts corporate events, Christmas parties, birthdays and cocktail parties for up to 250 guests on its rooftop, or up to 350 when the Rooftop and the Cocktail Lounge are booked together. Smaller seated groups of 16 to 40 can use the private dining room or the ground-floor restaurant. The venue is at 119 Commercial Road in South Yarra, an inner suburb of Melbourne, a short walk from Chapel Street.
Seminars and company events
The venue is set up for social business events rather than full-day conferences: end-of-year parties, client drinks, team celebrations and launches. The Rooftop is available Wednesday to Sunday, and the Cocktail Lounge Monday to Friday, with weekend bookings in daytime only. Daytime functions run from noon to 5 pm and evening functions from 5 pm until late, with exact times set for each booking. These spaces are hired on a minimum spend, which the team quotes on enquiry. The website does not list projectors or other presentation equipment, so a company planning speeches with slides should ask about audio-visual support.
Rooms and capacities
The Rooftop is the largest space, for up to 250 guests, with views over the South Yarra skyline and a mix of outdoor sofas, tables and booths. The Cocktail Lounge, upstairs, takes up to 130 guests in a more intimate setting with the same kind of seating. Booked together, the two spaces hold up to 350 guests. On the ground floor, the Restaurant seats 40, and the Bar and Courtyard offer an informal area with an outdoor fireplace for up to 30 guests. The Private Dining Room is a secluded room for up to 16 seated guests, suited to a board dinner or a client lunch.
Catering
Functions are run by the venue's own chefs, waiting staff and hosts. On the Rooftop and in the Cocktail Lounge, events are built around cocktails, wine, beer and canapés, with bar food such as calamari, fried chicken and pizza. The Restaurant serves sharing plates, mains and daily specials, and the chefs write set menus for functions on request. The Private Dining Room has its own set menu of two or three courses, with dishes such as cured meats, beef short rib, rib-eye, spatchcock and gnocchi, and a minimum spend applies for lunch or dinner. A PDF of the private dining menu is available from the venue.
History and setting
The Osborne spreads over several levels on Commercial Road, one of the main streets of South Yarra, with an open-air rooftop at the top and a courtyard at street level. South Yarra is one of the busiest dining and shopping districts in Melbourne, which makes the venue easy to combine with a hotel stay or a dinner in the area. Guests on the rooftop look out over the surrounding skyline, and the courtyard fireplace keeps the ground floor in use on cooler evenings.
Getting there
The address is 119 Commercial Road, South Yarra VIC 3141. Chapel Street is a few minutes away on foot, and trams run along Commercial Road toward the city center. Groups arriving from the central business district can reach the venue by tram, train or a short taxi ride.
