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Wharf One Food & Wine
- From: From $75 p/head
About
Overview & Vibe
Wharf One sits on Kitchener Drive in the Darwin Waterfront precinct, a wood-fired grill restaurant looking out over Kitchener Bay with the wave lagoon and the harbour beyond.
Setting & Style
It reads as a restaurant rather than a function centre, which is why the receptions feel relaxed rather than formal — but the numbers are substantial. The spaces run from a thirty-seat room up to a two-hundred-and-fifty-seat area, with cocktail capacities from fifty through to four hundred, so an intimate dinner and a large standing reception both fit. There is no venue hire fee at all; exclusive hire of the whole venue instead carries a minimum spend. The kitchen works a wood-fired grill with seasonal local produce, and the package structure is unusually granular — set menus, share tasting menus, roving canapés, food stations for larger cocktail events, and beverage packages priced by the hour.
Ideal For
Couples wanting a waterfront restaurant reception with no venue hire fee and genuinely flexible menu options.
The Need-to-Knows
- Rooms seat 30 to 250; cocktail capacities run 50 to 400.
- No venue hire fee — exclusive hire carries a minimum spend instead.
- Set menus from $75 per head, or $115 per head with a beverage package.
- Food-station cocktail packages need a minimum of 150 guests.
Standout Feature
A waterfront dining room on Kitchener Bay with no venue hire fee at all.
Amenities
- Darwin Waterfront Location
- Kitchener Bay Views
- No Venue Hire Fee
- Five Distinct Event Spaces
- Wood-Fired Grill
- Seasonal Local Produce
- Custom Printed Menus
- Roving Canapes and Food Stations
- Hourly Beverage Packages
- Bar Tab Option
- In-house Catering
- Open Seven Days for Dinner
- Breakfast Function Packages
Ceremony Setting
- indoor
- waterfront
- deck
- alfresco
Dietary Options Supported
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
- Dairy Free
Nearby Landmarks
- Darwin Waterfront Precinct – Immediately surrounding
- Kitchener Bay – Directly in front
- Wave Lagoon – A short walk along the waterfront
- Stokes Hill Wharf – Across the bay
- Darwin CBD – A few minutes up the escalator link
- Darwin Convention Centre – Adjacent on the waterfront
On Site Accommodation
No details available.
Price Notes
- Set menu packages are $75, $80 and $90 per head, or $115, $130 and $150 per head with a beverage package included. A four-course share tasting menu and a four-course menu are each $99 per person, with premium entree and main upgrades available for an additional $8 per guest. For groups under 30 guests, packages 6 and 7 are $80 and $90 per person with a further option at $95 per person, minimum 10 and maximum 30 guests, and guests order from a custom printed menu on the night. Optional pre-dinner or pre-lunch canapes are $15 per person for a choice of one cold and one hot canape, and a grazing board is $25 per person with a minimum of 10 people. Cocktail-style food station packages are $79, $95 and $109 per person for two roving canapes with two, three or four food stations, with minimum guest numbers of 150. Beverage packages run two hours $46, three hours $55, four hours $62 and five hours $70 per person on the standard list, or $55, $65, $72 and $80 per person on the premium list; bottomless classic options are also published, and a bar tab against a set beverage menu is an alternative. Platters are priced individually from $60 to $240. Breakfast functions run $35, $45 and $49 per person. Critically, the venue charges no venue hire fee; exclusive hire of the entire venue instead carries a minimum spend. Bookings over 20 guests with quoted expenditure under $3,000 pay a $250 deposit, and those over $3,000 pay a minimum $1,500 deposit or leave a credit card authorisation. Prices taken from the venue's functions package dated 21 July 2026
Price Per Head
- From $75 p/head
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Contact
- Website
- wharfone.com.au
- Phone
- (08) 8941 0033
- Address
- F3A/19 Kitchener Drive, Darwin Waterfront NT 0800, Australia
F3A/19 Kitchener Drive, Darwin Waterfront NT 0800, Australia
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