Your function to remember
Impress your guests and have a celebration or function with us
Silverstream Retreat has a superb range of venue options for any function or celebration. Whether your planning a milestone birthday celebration, glitzy awards dinner or festive Christmas function our unique venue and professional team of staff will make your event stress free and memorable. We have three function venues which can cater for up to 230 seated guests. The Grasslands, The Boardwalk complex incorporates an auditorium, cafe style space and boardwalk garden, and The Pillars has an accompanying private courtyard with rustic open fireplace.
Parties & Celebrations
Celebrate your party with us
We love hosting parties so you’ve come to the right place! We take care of everything — simply tell us what you want and we’ll set it up for you stress free so you and your guests can simply enjoy themselves and make great memories together.
You have a choice of three different lovingly-restored venues to suit your needs. Your guests can relax right from the start with free parking on site. Our impeccable team of staff will look after you providing excellent food and beverage tailored for your event, with bar service also available. If you’re not sure about anything, we can help.
After the party, if guests don’t want to go home, they can stay in our lovely on-site accommodation and wake up feeling relaxed and refreshed.
Venues that are great for parties:
Corporate Workplace Functions
Bring your workplace here!
Silverstream Retreat isn’t your typical boring, dry conference venue. Such incredible facilities in a stunning setting make for a more memorable and engaging workplace event.
You can start the day with your meeting or conference, then head into a foyer with café style seating, lounge or balcony while our expert team turns your venue into a fantastic function for the evening, complete with custom menu and bar service. We can handle the guest flow between the events as we reset the room, or move you to a new room.
Let us take care of everything so that your event runs smoothly and gives you the best possible outcome.
Venues that are great for corporate functions:
Corporate Christmas functions
With exceptional facilities set in a semi-rural environment
Celebrate the end of the year with a great Christmas function. With various menu options for dinners or cocktail party finger food.
Download our Christmas Buffet menu
Download our Christmas Plated menu
Creative catering
Design a menu and plan your function to suit your budget
Our Function Manager can design a menu and plan your function to suit your budget. The Function Manager is supported by a professional front of house team who pride themselves in making your event a success. From cocktail afternoon teas in the garden, to elegant dinners, all aspects of your catering needs will be met. There are preset menus to help with your decision making, or a menu can be designed for you.
MENUS
Download our Function Buffet menu
Download our Pre-Dinner Canape menu
Download our Function Cocktail menu
Download our Function Plated menu
Download our Platter menu
Funeral, Unveiling and Remembrance Services
Venue and catering packages
PLEASE NOTE: THESE ARE VENUE/CATERING PACKAGES
The Boardwalk
Basic Venue and Catering Package
Includes
The Boardwalk Complex 4 hour venue hire, this includes the Auditorium, Foyer spaces and Garden
Lecturn with microphone & Audio Visual capability
Mirrored projection with sound onto Boardwalk Foyer screen
Silverstream Retreat’s Friendly staff to assist with testing the microphone & connecting your laptop to our screen
Onsite parking warden
Catering menu
3 items per person
A selection of club sandwiches
Chef’s homemade sausage rolls
A selection of hot savouries
Mini muffins
Fruit scones with chantilly cream and jam
Assorted baking slice
Freshly brewed filter coffee and tea
Fresh fruit platters and orange juice can be provided at an additional cost.
This is a set menu but can be tailored to suit your needs, or we can offer a refined function menu of your choice.
Facilities
The Boardwalk Foyer and Garden
Walking through the grand entrance doors you are greeted with a high ceiling shaped from rustic rafters, this flows to the foyer space and then out into the private Boardwalk garden. Large bi-fold doors lead out onto the garden landscaped with a combination of grass, rocks, wooden decking & a verandah.
A perfect space to gather together with a cuppa after the service.
The Foyer spaces allow room for refreshments to be laid out, along with casual seating for any overflow and a large 16:9 aspect ratio screen where we can mirror the image and sound of the service held in the main auditorium.
This space also has a fully equipped bar should you wish to offer this service to your guests. (minimum spend required).
The Boardwalk Auditorium
Flowing from the foyer through double doors you will find a modern rustic auditorium with high pitched exposed rafters. The auditorium includes full lighting & audio visual equipment, making it perfect for a 200-300 person funeral. It is complete with a large stage with a lectern and mic giving the ideal platform for a celebrant and other participants. In the event where additional seating is required attendees can overflow to the foyer space where they can hear & see the service via the screen.
Provision of an audio visual technician to run your slide show during the service can be provided upon availability at rate of $50 + GST /hour (Minimum 4 hours) Or check with your funeral director, they may provide this service.
Should you wish to record and/or live-stream your service, please ask us for recommendations of companies that provide this service.
The Grasslands
Basic Venue and Catering Package
Includes
The Grasslands 4 hour venue hire
Lecturn with microphone & Audio Visual capability
Silverstream Retreat’s Friendly staff to assist with testing the microphone & connecting your laptop to our screen
Onsite parking warden
Catering menu
3 items per person
A selection of club sandwiches
Chef’s homemade sausage rolls
A selection of hot savouries
Mini muffins
Fruit scones with chantilly cream and jam
Assorted baking slice
Freshly brewed filter coffee and tea
Fresh fruit platters and orange juice can be provided at an additional cost.
This is a set menu but can be tailored to suit your needs, or we can offer a refined function menu of your choice.
Facilities
The Grasslands Foyer
Entering The Grasslands front doors, you are met with natural wooden rafters resembling a chapel ceiling, a well-appointed bar with encased in rustic railway sleepers, a cosy carpeted lounge space with couch seating & a spacious covered verandah creating relaxing views overlooking the Hutt River.
These spaces flow together allowing the perfect area to gather for refreshments after the service. The fully equipped bar can also be offered to your guests with a minimum spend.
The Grasslands Auditorium
Flowing through double doors adjacent to the foyer you will find the Grasslands Auditorium with it’s eye-catching exposed rimu beams, capacity for 50 - 180 guests seated in theatre style, Audio Visual technology, complete with dual projector screens and the lectern with microphone placed on the low-set stage. The Grasslands Auditorium is bathed in natural light with automated blinds that can be easily adjusted to your requirements.
Audio & Visual
Provision of an audio visual technician to run your slide show during the service can be provided upon availability at a rate of $50 + GST /hour (Minimum 4 hours) Or check with your funeral director, they may provide this service.
Should you wish to record and/or livestream your service, please ask us for recommendations of companies that provide this service.
“The venue was great and the setup was stunning! Your staff were absolutely wonderful!”
Cath – Feb 2023
