Weddings & rehearsal dinners

Waterfront weddings on Lake Union

Envision your wedding at our sparkling waterfront venue on the shores of Lake Union, at 3229 Fairview Ave East. We offer a private dock as an additional rental, should you wish to include a boat in your special day. Capacity allows up to 150 seated at rounds, up to 300 standing. Our exemplary culinary team will meet your food & beverage vision, and our optional floral, décor, and coordination services make the offering complete.

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The short version

The building is yours for up to ten hours, ending by 11pm. No food and beverage minimums – if you’re planning on 50 guests, you pay for 50 guests.

A wedding day venue rental gives you building access for up to 10 hours. The rental period ends at 11pm at the latest, though your event can begin and end earlier. Your ceremony can be on the covered patio or in the main ballroom. Enjoy cocktails on the water side, dinner at our 72” rounds and dancing once the tables clear.

Our in-house catering, bar, and service staff are impeccable. Optional services – coordination, floral and décor – are all in the building, should you prefer all in-house vendors. You are not required to use them: some couples arrive with their own planner, photographer or DJ, and that’s OK! Unlike most places, we don’t set food and beverage minimums.

Hour by hour

The day, roughly

The shape of a wedding here, from the suite opening to the last box out the door.

The covered patio set for a ceremony, with a floral arch framing the railing and a woven aisle runner leading to it.

01

Getting ready

Our lovely bridal suite is available from your rental start time and doubles as a quiet respite for signing papers after the ceremony. Air-conditioned in summer and heated in winter – a lovely space to be pampered before your ceremony.

02

Ceremony

Our venue is a great year-round place to get married. The covered patio, with the water behind you, makes a beautiful photo backdrop from May to the beginning of October, and its gas fireplace keeps it a dry, comfortable spot to enjoy the outdoors all year. The main ballroom is also a wonderful ceremony space, with lighted curtains behind you and lovely options for florals.

03

Cocktail hour

Your guests enjoy the patio and bar while the room is flipped. We’re known for our quick room flips!

04

Dinner

Up to 150 at rounds, depending on your vision and vendors. Enjoy a beautiful buffet, or perhaps your vision includes a plated dinner – we’re here to execute it.

05

Dancing

The venue has wood floors, so there’s no need to rent a dance floor. After dinner, we adjust your floor plan to make room for the size of dance floor you need.

06

Out by 11

Your venue rental ends at 11pm, with guests exiting at that time. Vendors then have one hour to load out.

Round tables in white linen and a wood dance floor in the main room at our Lake Union venue, seen through the open wall from the lounge seating outside it.

The covered patio
Roof · gas fireplace · the water

Rehearsal dinners

The night before

We love rehearsal dinners! We bring your weekend vision to light on the night before. Whether you host a welcome dinner for 40 and invite the rest of your guests for cocktails afterwards, or just do the dinner, we have you covered. Since we void all food and beverage minimums, we’re a great location for smaller dinners or a cocktail-style party.

With the covered patio and the versatility of our floor plans, we can create a cozy space for your group. Water views, the patio fireplace and our built-in bar bring a cohesive feel to your pre-wedding evening.

In the building

What comes with the room

The section couples use to compare us against two other venues.

  • The bar.
    Built in, with a draft system. No rented back bar eating floor space, no line running out the door.
  • Tables and chairs.
    72” rounds that comfortably seat ten, and black padded folding chairs that match the trim in the venue for a cohesive look. Cocktail tables too, plus rectangular tables – great for sweetheart and head tables.
  • Audio/visual.
    Our projector, screen, and microphones are included in the venue fee.
  • The covered patio.
    A gas fireplace and a roof, which in Seattle means it is usable in February.
  • Culinary.
    Plates, utensils, and glassware are all included in the rental fee. We also offer in-house linen service, so there’s no need for outside rentals.
  • Setup and breakdown.
    We set up your floor plan and break it down. It’s included in the venue price and sits outside your ten hours.
  • The bridal suite.
    Enjoy our ready room as you prepare for your day. Doors open at your venue rental start time.
  • Coat check.
    A full room at the entrance.

Capacity

How many guests

Up to 150 seated at rounds with a dance floor. Up to 300 for a standing reception. Fifty guests is absolutely fine – the room takes a smaller wedding without feeling empty, and there is no minimum to hit.

150

Seated at rounds

With a dance floor.

300

Standing reception

Cocktail-style, bar at the far wall.

50

Is absolutely fine

No food and beverage minimum to hit.

Floral, décor and planning

Flowers, styling and a coordinator

Floral and décor are designed in the building, alongside your menu and your floor plan – by someone who has stood in the room and knows how tall a centrepiece can be before it blocks the water view.

One coordinator runs your event from the first call to the last box out the door.

Floral & décor Event planning
Black-and-white photo of three cocktail tables under string lights on the covered patio at dusk, with the marina and Lake Union behind them.
Guests talking and drinking on the covered patio railing above the Tyee Yacht Club dock, with string lights overhead.

Bringing your own people

Plenty of couples arrive with a planner, a florist or a photographer they love, and that works – we give them the floor plan, load-in timing and access.

At a glance

The practical version

  • Capacity – up to 300 standing, up to 150 seated
  • Rental – a ten-hour block. Events end by 11pm. Earlier starts by request.
  • Bar – built in, with draft
  • Accessibility
  • Smaller weddings – fifty guests is absolutely fine, and there is no food and beverage minimum
  • Ceremony – covered patio or main room
  • Getting ready – bridal suite on site
  • Parking –

What it costs

A wedding testimonial sits here – the couple’s own words, unedited.

Name · Wedding on Lake Union · Month year

Questions

Questions couples
ask first

Up to 150 seated at rounds with a dance floor, or up to 300 standing. Fifty guests is absolutely fine too.

A ten-hour block, ending by 11pm, with earlier starts by request.

No. There’s no spend threshold to reach before it makes sense – a 50-guest dinner is as welcome as a 300-guest reception.

Both. Ceremonies happen on the covered patio or in the main room.

Yes – the patio is covered and has a gas fireplace.

Yes, without the wedding.

Yes – the dock is available for arrivals by water.

3229 Fairview Ave E, Seattle, WA 98102, on Lake Union at the Tyee Yacht Club.

Also in the building

Catering & bar

Menus built around your requests, cooked forty feet from the tables.

Catering in the building

Floral & décor

Designed in-house, sized to the room and the view.

Floral & décor

Event planning

One coordinator, first call to last box.

Event planning

Come See It

Tours are by appointment

The water in the windows does not photograph the way it looks. Tours are by appointment – it’s a working venue rather than a showroom, so we book you a time and someone walks you through it properly.

Tell us the date and the guest count and we’ll come back to you within two business days.