Pier One Sydney Harbour, Autograph Collection
Hotel11 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay NSW 2000
- 200Theatre
- 350Cocktail
- 1,500Standing, whole venue
- 189Rooms
Inspected by CVBS
A heritage finger wharf at Walsh Bay, beside the southern end of the Harbour Bridge, run as a Marriott Autograph Collection hotel. A 315 square metre Water Room for 200 theatre, nine event rooms and 1,500 standing across the whole venue, with 189 rooms upstairs.
It suits a dinner, a launch or a residential meeting that wants the harbour at the door, and a program that can live inside 200 seats.
What it suits
Good for
- Dinners and awards nights to 180 in the Water Room
- Cocktail receptions and launches to 350, or 1,500 across the whole venue
- Conferences to 200 theatre with up to seven breakouts on site
- Incentive and board groups wanting a harbour hotel beside the bridge
Look elsewhere for
- A seated plenary above 200 in one room
- Exhibitions or trade floors
- A seated dinner above 180 in one room
The event floor
The Water Room takes the plenary, the dinner or the reception, at 315 square metres under a seven metre ceiling. The Dawes Point Room divides into seven for breakouts, and the Bridge Room and Bridge Marquee sit alongside.
Accommodation
189 rooms and suites in the wharf building, with water view, bridge view and heritage room categories through to balcony suites.
If you need the beds without the ballroom, that is a normal brief and we run it on its own. See group accommodation for how a room block is held, and corporate accommodation for an ongoing rate program.
The rest of the building
Restaurants, bars and public areas.
Room layouts and capacity
| Space | Area sqm | Theatre | Classroom | Cocktail | Banquet | Boardroom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Room | 315 | 200 | 127 | 350 | 180 | – |
| Bridge Marquee | 168 | 150 | 81 | 200 | 120 | 44 |
| Bridge Room | 60 | 50 | 30 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Dawes Point Room, combined | 359 | – | – | – | 140 | – |
| Dawes Point 1 | 60 | 30 | 21 | 45 | 30 | 20 |
| Dawes Point 2 | 53 | 30 | 21 | 45 | 30 | 20 |
| Dawes Point 3 | 70 | 30 | 21 | 45 | 30 | 20 |
| Dawes Point 4 | 40 | 20 | – | 35 | 20 | 12 |
| Dawes Point 5 | 51 | 20 | – | 35 | 20 | 12 |
| Dawes Point 6 | 40 | 20 | – | 35 | 20 | 12 |
| Dawes Point 7 | 45 | 20 | – | 35 | 20 | 12 |
| All function rooms and the pier | 1,000 | – | – | 1,500 | – | – |
Where these figures come from, and why a dash is not a zero
A dash means Marriott publishes no figure for that setup. It does not mean the room cannot be set that way, only that we will not print a number the venue has not published.
Every figure is read from Marriott’s own events page for the hotel, checked 22 September 2026. Never estimated, never taken from a directory.
Marriott publishes a 1,500 figure for every function room plus the pier together, for a standing reception only. It publishes no seated figure for the whole venue.
The building
Bigger rooms in Sydney
The Water Room tops out at 200 theatre, so a larger seated plenary moves to a hotel ballroom in the city or by the beach. Each figure below is read from that venue’s own published material. This is not a survey of the whole Sydney market, only the rooms we checked to make sure nothing on this page overstates the building.
| Pier One Sydney Harbour, Autograph Collection, the Water Room | 200 theatre, 180 banquet |
|---|---|
| InterContinental Sydney Coogee Beach, Grand Ballroom | 300 guests |
| Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, Wentworth Ballroom | 800 theatre |
| Hilton Sydney, Grand Ballroom | 1,100 theatre |
Other Sydney venues we have walked through
Questions organisers ask
What size event can it hold?
The Water Room is the largest room at 315 square metres with a seven metre ceiling. It takes 200 theatre, 180 for a banquet, 127 classroom and 350 for a cocktail reception. With every function room and the pier combined, Marriott gives 1,500 for a standing reception.
How many event spaces are there?
Marriott lists nine event rooms and 734 square metres of event space. They are the Water Room, the Bridge Room, the Bridge Marquee and the Dawes Point Room, which divides into seven smaller rooms.
Is there accommodation on site?
Yes. The hotel has 189 rooms and suites in a heritage wharf building at Walsh Bay, with water view, bridge view and heritage room categories.
Where is it?
At 11 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay, on a heritage finger wharf beside the southern end of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, a short walk from The Rocks and Circular Quay.
Does it suit a conference?
For a meeting of up to 200 theatre with breakouts, yes. The Dawes Point rooms give up to seven breakouts of 20 to 30 theatre each. Above 200 seated in one room it needs a larger ballroom elsewhere in Sydney.
Related
- Conference venues in SydneyWhat we source across the Sydney market.
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- All venue visitsEvery venue we have personally walked.
Sources, photography and how we work
Capacities read from the venue’s own published material on 22 September 2026. Comparison figures read from each named venue’s own published material on the same date.
We do not see every room on every visit. Where we were not in a room, its figures come from the venue's own chart rather than from us. We do not rate or score venues and we do not publish rates.
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