Date My Mate × The Hold - Manly

Ditch the apps with friend-powered dating coming to The Hold in Manly. Quite simply, your mates know you better than any algorithm.

A mate takes the microphone for two minutes with a short slide deck about why their single friend is a catch. It is funny, it is flattering and not at all awkward.

Once the pitches are done there are no games, everyone just mingles over a drink. Liked the look of someone? Go on up and say "Hi, I liked your pitch!"

Guests can come to pitch a mate, be the date, or simply mingle and enjoy the show.

Not single? No problem, non-single friends are welcome to come along and support their mate. Singles get a green wristband and non-singles an orange wristband.

The Hold is a Manly restaurant and bar done out as an 18th Century galleon, all timber, lantern light, rope and rum, a short walk from the ferry wharf. It suits singles and their friends from their early twenties to mid thirties.