Corporate · 288 North Terrace, Adelaide
Brief us once, and then just turn up. Ayers House is a bluestone mansion on North Terrace with six adaptable event spaces and multiple breakout rooms, for ten to two hundred and fifty delegates. Lectern, microphone, PA and wi-fi for every delegate come at no charge, and we can coordinate theming and staging to your exact requirements.
Day rates
Catering is prepared fresh in our own kitchen and served efficiently, so there is no delay to your busy day. A full day covers morning tea, a working lunch and afternoon tea, all chosen well in advance.
| How long you need the room | Per head | What’s included |
|---|---|---|
| A short meetingThree hours | From $34 per head | Morning or afternoon tea |
| A half dayFive hours | From $74 per head | Morning or afternoon tea, and a working lunch |
| A full dayEight hours | From $84 per head | Morning tea, a working lunch and afternoon tea |
| Drinks and canapes afterwardsOne hour, three canapes | From $28 per head | One hour of Premium I drinks and three canapes, after any of the above |
Tea and coffee are included all day.
| Room | Seated | Standing |
|---|---|---|
| The ConservatoryTheatre, classroom, U-shape or boardroom | 80 to 170 | 250 |
| The BallroomTheatre, classroom, U-shape or boardroom | 20 to 70 | 100 |
| Henry’s TableCabaret, U-shape or boardroom. The Bridal Suite becomes a private breakout room. | 30 to 80 | 110 |
| The LibraryBoardroom | 10 to 22 | – |
| Henry’s BarBreakout space, with Chesterfields, a long bar table and armchairs | – | – |
One item per break, chosen in advance. An extra choice is $8 per head.
V vegetarian · VG vegan · GF gluten free · DF dairy free · VOA vegetarian option available
Choose one cuisine for the room. Everything is laid out to share, which gets sixty people fed faster than plating does, and every lunch comes with a sliced fruit platter or a three cheese platter with lavosh and quince paste, plus chilled orange juice.
Wraps and baguettes
Italian, with fresh bread
Moroccan
Thai
Chinese
Indian, with naan
Fruit platter, orange juice, brewed coffee and T Bar teas go on the table either way.
Seated and plated, $52 per head
Standing and networking, $45 per head
A second plated choice is $10 per head, a second warm bite $8. Continental platters of muffins, croissants or yoghurt and muesli cups are $8 per head on either breakfast.
One hour and six items at $36.50 per head, up to four hours and fourteen at $72. The chef chooses from this list, and dietary requirements are always catered for.
Cold
Hot
Bigger bites, $11.50 per head each
A grazing station is $18 per head for fifty or more: antipasto, cheeses, house-made dips, grilled vegetables and olives with fresh bread, lavosh and quince paste. Roaming desserts with coffee and tea are $9.50 per head.
An awards night or a gala dinner eats from the same seated menu as a wedding here. Two courses are $84 per head, three are $94, and giving your guests more to choose from costs more again, up to $160.
Guests order individually at the table rather than by alternate drop. An alternate drop is $5 per head less. Every course carries vegetarian, vegan, gluten free and dairy free options.
Priced per person for the length of your event, so the bill does not move on the day.
Everything charged on consumption to one account, which suits a room that will not drink evenly.
Ask us to price both ways. Which one wins depends entirely on the room.
Wines and vintages are subject to availability.
Breakfasts, dinners and Christmas
Each price is per person and covers the food and drink for that format.
Networking drinks, product launches and healthcare events all run here too. Tell us what you have in mind and we will price it for you.
AV included
A lectern, a microphone, a PA system and wi-fi for your presenters and delegates come with every corporate booking at no charge. Most venues in this city quote them as hire. We would rather you spent the money on lunch.
All of it arranged before the day rather than on it. For anything larger we work with Central Audio Visual and Scene Change, who know the rooms.
Your event manager
Your event manager takes the brief, builds the run sheet, books the AV, handles the dietaries and the timings, and is standing in the room on the day. You are not coordinating four suppliers from your desk.
Give us the shape of it once. We come back with a run sheet, a floor plan and a single quote covering the room, the catering, the drinks and anything hired in. Changes go to one person, not four.
Purchase orders, tax invoices and whatever your finance team needs are routine here.
We have run hundreds of conferences, launches and awards nights in these rooms. The microphone that will not turn on, the speaker whose flight was late, the forty people who said they were vegetarian this morning: all of it lands on us.
Nothing goes wrong in front of your chief executive. That is the actual product.
Getting everyone here
Half the job of running a conference is the logistics around it, and this address does most of that for you.
Before you get in touch
Final numbers are confirmed with your event manager a few days out and that is the number you pay on, so a handful of late registrations or cancellations is not a problem. If your numbers move far enough to change the room, we will tell you early rather than on the morning.
Yes. The lectern, microphone, PA and wi-fi are ours and included, and anything beyond that you can hire from us or bring in. We work regularly with Central Audio Visual and Scene Change, who already know the rooms and the power. Tell us what is coming and your event manager will sort out access and bump-in times.
One quote covering everything, one tax invoice at the end, and a purchase order number on it if your finance team needs one. You are not reconciling separate bills from a caterer, a venue and an AV hire company.
Yes to both. Wi-fi is included for presenters and every delegate. Henry’s Bar, next to Henry’s Table, has Chesterfields, a long bar table and armchairs for breakout groups between sessions.
Every break and every lunch already carries vegetarian, vegan, gluten free and dairy free options rather than treating them as an afterthought; send the list with your final numbers. The Conservatory, the courtyard and the ground floor are accessible, and since the house dates from 1846, tell us what you need and we will walk the actual route your delegates will take. The tram stops outside and there is street and station parking nearby.
Ask about your date
Every enquiry goes to one of our event managers, who will check your date and come back to you personally. We would love to hear what you have in mind.
Would you rather talk it through? Call (08) 8224 0666
or email eventsmanager@ayershouse.com.au
