Jackalope
A vineyard wedding venue and luxury hotel on the Mornington Peninsula
There’s a version of your wedding where nobody drives home. Your guests check in on Friday, wander along the vines before the ceremony, and find you at breakfast the next morning, still relishing in yesterday’s elation. Jackalope offers this version in chic, elevated style.
Set across 11 hectares of vineyard and lake an hour from Melbourne, Jackalope is a two MICHELIN Key luxury hotel with 44 rooms.
Couples can celebrate on the vineyard terrace, inside Rare Hare, in the Jackyak event space, or take the entire property under exclusive use. Every wedding comes with a dedicated event planner, from first enquiry to the final (newlywed!) farewell.
Wedding food and wine at Jackalope
Menus are seasonal and regional, drawn from the hotel’s own kitchen garden and matched to a considered wine list. Think smoked wagyu bresaola en croute with pickle and horseradish, Sydney rock oysters with finger lime and bush pepper mignonette, cured kingfish with coconut caramel and curry leaf, soy-glazed beef cheek on potato puree, and after the cake is cut – Basque cheesecake with berry compote and mascarpone.
Your guests can enjoy stand-up canapés, a sit-down set menu, or more relaxed Rare Hare dining looking out over LL Vineyard, with matched beverage packages. For couples who want to elevate the celebration further, Jackalope offers the likes of a champagne tower, an oyster shucking station and a caviar station, as a part of the venue’s extensive list of add-on packages to select from.
Ceremony, reception and exclusive use at Jackalope
Vows take place on the outdoor terrace overlooking the vineyard, the reception then moves into Rare Hare with unobstructed vineyard views, the Jackyak space attached to the terrace, or transition across the whole hotel under exclusive use.
Winter exclusive use runs June to September, with the ceremony indoors or on the terrace and the celebration carrying on inside through the evening. Rare Hare and exclusive use both come with a dancefloor for live music or a DJ, and under exclusive use that floor sits beneath ten thousand globes in Doot Doot Doot, with the after-party continuing in Flaggerdoot, the hotel’s haute cocktail bar.
On-site accommodation for wedding guests on the Mornington Peninsula
Exclusive use offers you all 44 rooms, including two suites of around 83sqm, from 3pm check-in to 11am check-out, with breakfast included for in-house guests. Rooms and suites face either the vineyard or Jackalope’s rural surrounds, each with a private terrace and the hotel’s signature inclusions. Wedding guests receive favourable rates, priced on enquiry, with special rates applying once more than ten rooms are booked alongside a wedding.
Recovery, in other words, is already handled.
Cost: From $12,100 (Jackyak) and $56,900 (exclusive hotel use), 2027 minimum spends
Capacity: Up to 150 seated or 200 cocktail style
Ceremony options: Indoor and outdoor
Wedding styles that suit this venue
Jackalope suits couples planning a luxury destination wedding centred around exquisite food and wine offerings, and stunning surrounds.
That might be an intimate vineyard celebration in Jackyak, a long lunch in Rare Hare, or a full weekend where you take the hotel and everyone you love stays put until Sunday.
“We selected Jackalope for our wedding venue because we stayed there on our first couples holiday.
We expected a lot from this venue and they ABSOLUTELY over delivered. LJ our wedding coordinator and Yasmin our on the day contact were world class.
The food *(beef cheek!)*, styling, attention to detail were every bit what you pay for. They delivered the wedding of our dreams, allowing us to flex our creative muscle and building trust along the way.
If you’re considering this as your wedding venue don’t think any more just do it. You will love every moment with this world class venue and team.”
Marie, Google review 2024
Jackalope’s 2027 minimum spends start from $56,900 for exclusive hotel use, made up of $25,400 catering and $31,500 accommodation with no ceremony hire fee, on low-season Monday to Thursday dates. Rare Hare starts from $19,000 catering and Jackyak from $12,100 catering, both Monday to Thursday.
Yes. Jackalope has 44 luxury rooms, including two suites of around 83sqm, all of which come with exclusive hotel use, from 3pm check-in to 11am check-out with breakfast included. Every room has a private terrace, and special rates apply when more than ten rooms are booked alongside a wedding.
Jackalope holds up to 150 seated or 200 cocktail style under exclusive hotel use, increasing to 250 if you arrange external weather cover for the terrace. Winter exclusive use holds 120 seated or 180 cocktail; Rare Hare seats 80, and Jackyak holds 60 seated or 100 cocktail. The terrace ceremony seats up to 95.
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