The Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025 dinner parties are the ultimate battleground for drama and chaos. Tensions simmer, secrets are spilled, and the MAFS experts watch it all unfold.
MAFS groom Clint Rice even recently revealed the dinner party drama isn’t always as real as it seems. In fact, he claims a lot of it is staged for the cameras.
“There were people who would hold onto an argument all day and wait until the cameras were rolling before they’d bring it up. That’s what made the dinner parties unbearable,” he said, adding that it was “all just fake fights for attention.”
But where does it all go down? Here’s what we know about where the MAFS dinner parties are filmed and the TV magic that goes into it.
Where are the MAFS dinner parties filmed?
Despite the glitzy on-screen aesthetic, the MAFS dinner parties are actually filmed inside a pretty bland looking warehouse in Lilyfield, in Sydney’s Inner West.
According to one Reddit thread, filming takes place at a site called the old Parachute Regiment Building on 91 Canal Road.
Yup, behind all that soft lighting and chic decor, it’s just a regular, old industrial space. One that also doubles as the set for the show’s infamous Commitment Ceremonies.
Per Real Commercial, the warehouse is rented by production company Endemol Shine from October through January for approximately $7,000 a week.
The site, a former Army parachute regiment store from the 1940s, has since been transformed into an arts precinct. It consists of three main buildings (1, 5, and 19), plus a physical theatre rehearsal facility called The Red Box, which has a sprung floor, sound system, lighting grid, and rigging points.
It’s all smoke and mirrors, apparently
The reality of being on-set for the MAFS dinner parties is apparently far from as glam as it seems.
The space itself? Let’s say it’s more industrial than chic.
According to Real Commercial there’s reportedly only one toilet for all the contestants, most of the walls are fake, and there’s no air-conditioning, so it gets uncomfortably hot when filming takes place during the warmer months.
To transform the 1,200sqm warehouse into the romantic, candlelit setting we see on screen, the show’s production team brings in hired furniture, strategic lighting, and carefully chosen camera angles to disguise its true nature.
So basically, what looks like a lavish dinner party is actually a cleverly dressed-up storage space.
The magic of show business, baby!
