Parameter guide
Dining and entertainment parameters
This page explains the dining and entertainment group used in the index. The group records four published items for each physical casino hotel: restaurant count or named venues, bars, theatre or showroom capacity, and convention capacity. If a venue does not publish a number or named facility, the table says not published.
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| House | Restaurants | Bars | Theatre / showroom | Convention capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crown Melbourne | 24 listed: fine dining, casual and quick bites | Cocktail bars, restaurant bars, sports and entertainment bars listed | Palladium at Crown: up to 2500 standing; 1500 seated. Crown LIVE capacity up to 1,250 guests in deeper facts | Conference Hall, Crown Aviary, Crown Conference Centre, Evergreen, Garden Rooms, Horizon, Mesh, Palladium, River Room; other capacities not printed |
| Crown Perth | 17 listed, including fine dining, casual and Urban Food District | Cocktail, casual, wine and champagne bars listed | Crown Theatre: seating for up to 2,260 people; another Crown page says 2,300 | Grand Ballroom, Crown Ballroom, Astral Ballroom, Crystal Club, Botanicals, The Great Lawn, The Studios, Mansions, The Pavilion, Crown Nightclub Eve; capacities not printed |
| Crown Sydney | 10 listed: fine dining, casual and coming venues | CIRQ Bar & Lounge, Teahouse, Vista’mare Bar & Dining, a’Mare Bar, Hickory Bar at Woodcut | Not published | Crystal Event Spaces, Opal Suite, Pearl Ballroom, The Pavilion, Sky Deck; capacities not printed |
| The Star Gold Coast | Dorsett: Jin Cafe & Bar; in-room dining from The Star restaurants. Wikipedia: seven restaurants, eight bars, secondary | Not published | Theatre: 2,000 seated / 2,300 general admission; balcony added up to 300 seats, secondary | Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre managed by The Star on behalf of the Queensland Government; adjacent, not on site |
| The Star Brisbane | Day-one venues and Queen’s Wharf listings include Sokyo, Fat Noodle, Sports Bar, Cherry, LiveWire, Food Quarter, Cicada Blu, Aloria, Babblers and others | Sports Bar, LiveWire, Cherry, Cicada Blu, Babblers, Aloria | Sky Deck published as a 250-metre rooftop runway 100m above the Brisbane River; no theatre seat count | Ballroom seats 1,500, secondary. Deeper facts record Event Centre: 1,440 seat ballroom |
| Wrest Point | The Point Revolving Restaurant, Longhorn Smokehouse, Boardwalk Café, Kwan Ho, Boardwalk Bistro | Birdcage Bar, The Green Room Bar, Casino Bar, Boardwalk Bar | The Showroom: up to 330 guests; table also records theatre 331, cocktail 250, 447 m² | Tasman Room theatre 1,000; combined with Plenary Hall theatre-style seating for up to 1650 guests |
| Country Club Tasmania | Bolters Grill, Bolters Pizzeria, Clubhouse Restaurant, Links Restaurant, Terrace Kitchen, Watergarden Cafe, Watergarden Dining, Resort In Room Dining | Bolters Bar & Bottle Shop, Casino Sports Bar, Clubhouse Bar, Tonic Bar, Watergarden Bar | Shows listed; venue name and capacity not printed, medium confidence | Ballroom, performance, meeting, exhibition, lakeside and courtyard spaces; capacities not printed |
| Mindil Beach Casino Resort | The Vue, il Piatto, Dragon Court; NT tourism says five distinctive dining experiences | The Sportsbar, Infinity, Sandbar, Lagoon Bar, The Vue Lounge | Not published | World-class conference and event facilities; no figures |
| Reef Hotel Casino (Pullman) | Tamarind Restaurant, Flinders Bar & Grill, Merchant Artisan Food & Coffee, Soy Kitchen Street Food | BAR36, Lihou Bar, Casino Sports Arena | BAR36 live-music venue; no capacity | Not published |
| The Ville Resort-Casino | Miss Songs Asian Kitchen, Quarterdeck, The Palm House, Spin Café, Marmor, Terasu | Splash Bar, Sports Bar, Ardo Rooftop | Not published | Function spaces to fit gatherings of any size or style; no figures |
What is counted
The dining and entertainment group is one of the five scoring groups described in the method and weights. It covers published information that a reader can verify before sending a booking query: restaurants, bars, theatre or showroom capacity, and convention capacity.
Restaurant data is treated in two ways. Where the resort publishes a count, that count is recorded. Where it publishes named venues but no count, the names are recorded and the count is not inferred unless the FACTS block gives a counted list. For example, Crown Melbourne has a listed count of 24 restaurants, while Wrest Point publishes five named dining venues.
Bars are handled in the same way. A published list is accepted as a list; a missing list is recorded as not published. Theatre and showroom entries require either a named venue or a published capacity. If a page lists shows without a venue capacity, the table records that limitation. Convention capacity is scored from published room capacities, ballroom seating, or a clear statement that capacities are not printed.
This guide does not rank the properties by itself. The group contributes to the total score shown on scores by group, and the full parameter grid is on the 30-parameter table.
Dining and entertainment table
The table below uses only the values in the FACTS block. “Not published” means the resort does not publish the item in the available source set, or the FACTS block records it as null. Secondary-source figures are marked where relevant.
How to read capacity entries
Theatre and convention figures are not interchangeable. A theatre capacity usually describes a seated auditorium or showroom. Convention capacity may describe a ballroom, event centre, plenary hall or combined meeting space. Where a venue publishes several room layouts, the largest relevant published figure is shown with context rather than converted into a new number.
Crown Perth publishes Crown Theatre seating for up to 2,260 people, while its events list names venues but does not print capacities. Wrest Point publishes both Showroom and Tasman Room figures, including combined theatre-style seating for up to 1650 guests with Plenary Hall. The Star Brisbane publishes an Event Centre figure in deeper venue facts, but the roster convention entry also records the ballroom figure as secondary where taken from Wikipedia.
Some properties list entertainment but not a capacity. Country Club Tasmania lists shows, but the venue name and capacity are not printed. Reef Hotel Casino lists BAR36 as a live-music venue and shows, but no capacity. Those entries remain less complete than properties with published seat counts.
Source quality and blanks
Each cell follows the same transparency rule used across the site: a blank or null fact is not filled from memory. A published official venue page is preferred. If the FACTS block marks a figure as secondary, medium or low confidence, that note is carried through in the wording.
This matters for venues with partial publication. The Star Gold Coast has a theatre capacity from Wikipedia, marked secondary, while its bars are not published in the available set. Mindil Beach Casino Resort publishes named restaurants and bars, but no theatre or convention capacity figure. The Ville publishes named restaurants and bars and states that function spaces fit gatherings of any size or style, but gives no figures.
The table is intended to support comparison, not to describe a full night out. For hotel facilities, use the separate hotel parameters and leisure parameters. For movement, parking and hours, use the access parameters.