Small Wedding Venues in Columbus
Rooms built for 150 guests or fewer — the ones that still feel full at 50.
Of the 43 wedding venues we researched in Columbus, these are the ones set up for a smaller wedding. Every detail below is quoted from the venue's own website and links back to it.
Almost any venue can seat 50. The problem is that a hall rated for 350 feels empty with 50 people in it, and photographs that way too. So this list is venues whose largest stated capacity is 150 or fewer — rooms that are the right size, not just available. Every figure is quoted from the venue's own site.
- Capacity
- 20 to 96 guests source
- Published pricing
- Dinner packages from $88 per person source
- Indoor / outdoor
- Indoor (historic wine cellar) source
- Included in the rental
- Rental fees waived when Graystone provides the catering source
- Capacity
- 49 people source
- Published pricing
- from $85/hour Monday-Thursday with a 2 hour minimum (plus $50 setup and cleaning fee) source
- Indoor / outdoor
- indoor source
- Ceremony on site
- yes - micro wedding/elopement ceremonies held in the space source
- Included in the rental
- 49 white resin folding chairs, five 60" round tables, one 8-foot banquet table source
- Outside catering
- allowed - own food or any caterer of your choosing source
- Outside alcohol
- allowed; renter is liable for all alcohol consumption and clean up source
2503 Cleveland Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43211
- Capacity
- 93 people source
- Published pricing
- $150/hour Mon-Thu, $200/hour Fri-Sun, 3 hour minimum, plus $150 refundable deposit source
- Included in the rental
- Commercial prep kitchen with refrigerator and warming cabinet; banquet hall with tables, chairs, bar, multi-media technology, dressing room access; free parking source
- Outside catering
- Outside catering permitted source
Downtown Columbus, next to Topiary Park (394 E Town St)
- Capacity
- 60 or less source
- Published pricing
- $1,100–$2,500 rental depending on day and time block source
- Indoor / outdoor
- Indoor – multiple rooms in a historic mansion source
- Ceremony on site
- A guest review describes a wedding ceremony held at the venue; the venue itself markets wedding receptions source
- Included in the rental
- On-site event coordinator during the event, decorated historic space with live plants, TV and speakers, cocktail and round tables (linens $50/table extra) source
- Outside catering
- Allowed – preferred caterers available or bring your own food source
- Outside alcohol
- Allowed – bring your own drinks or hire a preferred bartender source
- Capacity
- up to 50 standing, 35 seated (1st floor) source
- Included in the rental
- use of plates, cups, utensils, bar (beverages not included), pots and pans, toaster, microwave, electric stove, refrigerator and trash can source
- Published pricing
- Not published on their site. You have to ask.
Short North Arts District (fourth floor of the Lincoln Building), 711 N. High St., Columbus, OH
- Capacity
- up to 60 seated for plated dinner; up to 100 for standing receptions source
- Published pricing
- Total event minimums $4,500 (Sun–Thu), $5,500 (Fri), $7,500 (Sat); venue rental $300–$475 per hour source
- Indoor / outdoor
- both indoor and outdoor (wrap-around terrace) source
- Included in the rental
- Sono music, soft seating furniture, linens, china, flatware, glassware, and indoor and outdoor tables with chairs for up to 100 guests; venue rental also includes set-up/breakdown time and day-of coordination source
- Outside catering
- Not allowed — Cameron Mitchell Premier Events is the exclusive caterer source
- Outside alcohol
- Not allowed — all food and beverages must be provided by Cameron Mitchell Premier Events source
The full Columbus venue guide covers all 43, with pricing where it is published.
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