Waves on the Beach

We have speakers located throughout the restaurant (excl. balcony) and can provide background restaurant music. For any louder music we recommend you bring your own speakers/PA.

In terms of recommendations for live wedding music, we have 2 fantastic recommendations. Rose 'n' Thorns - https://www.facebook.com/rosenthornsentertainment or Darren Watson (ask us for contact details).

We pride ourselves on making your guests with dietary requirements feel special. We cater separately for these guests and they can even have the freedom of pre-choosing their meals from our extensive gluten free or vegetarian menus. Alternatively, we can personalise a menu with the chef.

We suggest that you have dessert/wedding cake served and cleared by 945pm/10pm the latest to ensure that there is ample time for you and your guests to dance/mingle before the 11pm closing. Depending on how many courses you have, and when you arrive, we start serving canapés/entrees as early as 630pm.

For example;
600pm arrival of guests, dips/platters on tables
630pm canapés or entrees
730pm mains
830pm speeches
900pm dessert
930/45pm dessert cleared, formalities finished

We allow you to bring in any external companies (e.g. photo booth, DJ/musicians, photographers, wedding planners etc.) but ask that you communicate any requirements with them (e.g. set up permitted 2 hrs. before doors open).

If you have taken the beverage package and food package, we can put the remaining money onto the bar for guests to order spirits. We find this is the most common request. Alternatively we can offer pre-dinner canapés, premium welcome drinks and welcome any other suggestions.

As we take online bookings for restaurant dining, we cannot take any tentative bookings. If you want to secure a date you will need to pay a $2000 deposit.

We pride ourselves on making sure every guest leaves content. Unlike other venues, we do not count pieces per person for our finger food option. Instead we have unlimited food up until 9pm as we find this is the best way to make sure that no-one leaves hungry. We prefer to over-cater than under-cater and we find our guests are happy with this too.

We love making friends with local businesses and forwarding on discounted prices to you. At the moment you can receive discounted accommodation rates at Quest Frankston and Quest by the Bay. 

Our very best friend is the always smiling Jacqui from In2 ceremonies. Jacqui is already well-priced yet is determined to look after Waves' clients and offer a generous discount with all your ceremony needs. We highly recommend Jacqui, not only because she is fantastic, but to ease your wedding stress in the planning/setting up of the ceremony (and reception).

We are also in the process of having our in-house Waves celebrant that can assist you with your ceremony process. Our celebrant can organise your ceremony at Waves or another venue of your choice.