Doltone House Darling Island
| Location | Pyrmont |
|---|---|
| Capacity (seated) | Up to 750 |
| Capacity (cocktail) | 1200 |
| Price Range | From $115 per head |
Doltone House Darling Island
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Doltone House Darling Island sits at 48 Pirrama Road, Pyrmont, on the edge of Pyrmont Bay and across the road from The Star. It is a short walk over Pyrmont Bridge from Darling Harbour and the CBD, and guests can also arrive by light rail, ferry, bus, water taxi or private boat. The venue occupies the ground floor of the first building in NSW to be rated 6 Star Green Star, and opened in 2009 under the Signorelli family's Doltone House Group, which began in Sylvania Waters in 1969.
The room is clean-lined and contemporary: a floor-to-ceiling glass façade looks over the bay to the city skyline, the interior follows a black-and-white palette, and a grid ceiling can carry suspended florals, fairy lights, chandeliers or fabric. The full space seats up to 750 for a banquet or holds 1,200 for cocktails, and it divides into a North room (340 seated) and a South room (300 seated) for smaller numbers. Built-in audio-visual, lighting and staging come with the room. Outside, the foreshore promenade is used for pre-reception drinks, roaming canapés and food stations.
Doltone House caters every event in house, with sit-down menus drawing on Mediterranean flavours and roaming or bespoke options. An example wedding package runs to six hours of venue hire, pre-dinner drinks and canapés, a four-course alternate menu, a five-and-a-half-hour beverage package, a dance floor, an elevated bridal table, a private bridal room and a styling consultation.
Out the front, Terrance Plowright's bronze sculpture 'Life From A Suitcase' marks the site's past as Sydney's reserve passenger terminal, where many post-war migrants first arrived.
Doltone House Darling Island FAQs
The full room seats up to 750 for a banquet or holds 1,200 for a cocktail reception, before a dance floor is added. It divides into a North room (340 seated) and a South room (300 seated) for smaller weddings.
An example package includes six hours of venue hire, pre-dinner drinks and canapés, a four-course alternate menu, a five-and-a-half-hour beverage package, a dance floor and elevated bridal table, a private bridal room, cake cutting and serving, and a styling consultation.
Doltone House caters every event in house. Menus include sit-down meals drawing on Mediterranean flavours, roaming cocktail menus and bespoke menus, and the group publishes Asian, Chinese, Indian and kosher menus.
The venue is at 48 Pirrama Road, opposite The Star. Guests can take the light rail to The Star, a ferry from Circular Quay Wharf 5 to Pyrmont Bay, or bus 389 from Town Hall, or walk about 1.5 km from Town Hall station over Pyrmont Bridge. The venue can also be reached by boat or water taxi.
The Star car park, entered from Edward Street or Pirrama Road, offers discounted $15 parking when the ticket is validated at Doltone House. The Wilson Jones Bay Wharf car park is opposite, at 17–23 Pirrama Road.
It is 'Life From A Suitcase' by Terrance Plowright, a life-size family group gifted to the people of NSW by the Signorelli family in 2010. It marks the site's history as Sydney's reserve passenger terminal until 1994, where many migrants of the 1950s and 1960s first arrived.
The venue is in the first building in NSW to receive a 6 Star Green Star rating, and Doltone House donates excess food from events to OzHarvest.
It is run by the Doltone House Group, owned by the Signorelli family since 1995. The business began in Sylvania Waters in 1969, and the Darling Island venue opened in 2009.
Good to Know
What's included
- Chairs
- Dance floor
- Bridal suite
- Cake table
- Cake service
- Wait staff
Accessibility
Wheelchair access
Parking
The Star car park (entry from Edward Street or Pirrama Road), with discounted $15 parking when the ticket is validated at Doltone House; Wilson Jones Bay Wharf car park at 17–23 Pirrama Road, opposite the venue.
ABN 25 097 622 789
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Harbourside glamour at Darling Island Wharf, with a chandelier-lit ballroom, skyline views, and capacity for up to 750 guests.
48 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009 Pyrmont NSW 2009
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