The Australian Open runs its whole premium tier under the name AO Reserve, and it's a genuinely bigger menu than most fans realize — this isn't one hospitality product, it's roughly ten of them, spanning fine dining rooms, private suites, and inquiry-only club spaces, all bookable through the same official channel.
At the top end sit private suites at Rod Laver Arena, refurbished for recent tournaments with high-end furnishings and eco-friendly design using locally sourced timber. They come in two sizes, 12-person and 18-person, both with direct court views and a curated menu built around Victorian produce. Kia, the Open's longest-standing major sponsor at 25 years and counting as of 2026, runs its own Kia Pavilion along the AO River Terrace — a hospitality hub built partly from reused materials from previous years' builds, positioned as a base for partners and guests to move in and out of throughout the day rather than a fixed seated experience.
Below the private suites sit a genuine cluster of named dining rooms, each run by a different chef: Champions Rooftop by Peter Gilmore, AO Glasshouse by Dominique Crenn, The Bistro by SK Steak & Oyster, The Gallery by Daniela Maiorano, and Club 1905 by Simon Rogan, which functions as an inquiry-only takeover space rather than a standard bookable table. On-Court, presented by Piper-Heidsieck, and Bar Suites by Caretaker's Cottage round out the inquiry-based tier, both built for smaller, more intimate groups than the big open dining rooms.
What ties all of these together is that they're sold exclusively through Melbourne Park and AO Reserve's own channels — the official guidance is explicit about avoiding unauthorized resellers for anything in this tier, which matters more here than on standard tickets because suite and club access isn't something a printed ticket alone can verify at the gate.
2027 pricing for AO Reserve is confirmed and bookable directly through ausopentravel.com — the five named-chef dining rooms (Champions Rooftop, AO Glasshouse, The Bistro, The Gallery, Riverside Social) book online, and pricing steps up for several of them once availability shifts to Quarterfinal or Semifinal sessions. The private suites and inquiry-only spaces (Club 1905, On-Court, Bar Suites, Private Rooms) are priced on enquiry rather than a fixed rate card. See the Luxury guide for the full package-by-package breakdown.
Why it's special
Most tournaments have one hospitality tier: a box, maybe two levels of box. The Australian Open has built an actual restaurant scene inside its own grounds, with real chefs' names attached to real rooms, which tells you something about how seriously Melbourne's food culture has infiltrated even the premium sports-hospitality layer. I find the suite sizing detail more useful than the marketing copy around it: 12-person and 18-person are specific, real numbers that tell you whether this fits your group before you even enquire. The named-chef dining rooms are the more interesting story to me though — Peter Gilmore and Simon Rogan aren't tennis-hospitality caterers doing a corporate gig, they're serious independent chefs choosing to run a room at a tennis tournament for three weeks, and that's a genuinely different proposition from a standard stadium suite package anywhere else in the world.
