Top Back Bay Gala Venues

• 2 Gala Albums
• Spaces for 200 Guests
• 1 Hotel
• 1 Ballroom

Encore Boston Harbor provides the best in Boston hotel resort accommodations, five-star dining, gambling, and retail, among other amenities. Exceptional service at every stage. On every level, the ambiance is beautiful. Enjoy the thrills of our magnificent Boston casino. Relax in our magnificent spa or stroll along our outdoor Harborwalk. From our nicely designed rooms and suites, take in the breathtaking views. Everything was created with the goal of providing our loyal guests with the most unforgettable experience possible. Encore Boston Harbor is located on 33 acres on the historic Boston Harbor, barely five miles from Logan International Airport and accessible to Boston through Encore Boston Harbor's own fleet of boat shuttles. The resort can comfortably accommodate any event, from a global conference to the most intimate wedding, with 50,000 square feet of state-of-the-art meeting and event space, including a 37,000 square-foot divisible grand ballroom, 10 customizable meeting spaces, 15 restaurants and lounges, and 650 square-foot hotel rooms—the city's largest guest rooms. Encore Boston Harbor is one of the country's grandest event locations, with all of our thoughtfully equipped spaces set on a single level that overlooks the harbor and a 21,000 square-foot waterfront event lawn. Allow our team to assist you in planning your mini wedding now. We will ensure that your special day is remembered forever, whether it is a breathtaking ceremony in our Gazebo along the Harbor or an intimate gathering in one of our Two-Bedroom Residences or private function spaces. • Complimentary room upgrade for the happy couple • Priority reservation access for dinner following the ceremony at Rare Steakhouse, Mystique, or Fratelli • Complimentary 25-rose bridal bouquet(s) and/or accompanying boutonniere (s) • A dedicated event coordinator to assist with planning and onsite support • Seating for 25 guests on our South Lawn, in our Harborside Gazebo, or in a private function room • Atmospheric lighting • Complimentary hand-sanitizer station • Exclusive Resort and Gardens Access for wedding photos

• Spaces for 55-200 Guests
• 1 Restaurant
• 1 Meeting Space

Set in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood, Back Bay Social offers a lively and approachable setting for private events, dinners, and social gatherings. The space features warm interiors, communal seating, and flexible dining areas that create an inviting atmosphere for both intimate groups and larger celebrations. Blending contemporary comfort with a neighborhood feel, the venue pairs elevated American fare and handcrafted cocktails with a vibrant social energy, delivering a relaxed yet polished event experience in the heart of the city.

• Spaces for 35-400 Guests
• 5 Restaurants

Located on Boston’s Back Bay, Rochambeau offers a stylish, Parisian-inspired setting for private events, dinners, and social gatherings. The space features chic interiors with brass accents, rich textures, and floor-to-ceiling windows that create a warm, inviting atmosphere. Flexible dining areas accommodate both intimate groups and larger celebrations, while the restaurant’s French-inspired menu and curated cocktails elevate the experience. Blending modern sophistication with a lively ambiance, Rochambeau delivers a refined yet approachable event setting in a prime city location.

• Spaces for 4-1,900 Guests
• 1 Restaurant
• 4 Ballrooms
• 1 Event Space

Welcome to Boston’s Most Exceptional Gathering Place. For over 60 years, Sheraton Boston Hotel has brought people together in Back Bay. Now fully reimagined, the hotel introduces a new era of gathering with beautifully renovated event spaces designed for connection and ease. From expansive grand ballrooms to light-filled venues like the Constitution Ballroom, each space offers a refined backdrop for everything from elegant galas to celebratory receptions. With direct access to the Hynes Convention Center, every event flows seamlessly from one space to the next. At Henderson, private dining offers a collection of thoughtfully designed spaces for more intimate gatherings. From small dinners to full restaurant buyouts for up to 300 guests, each experience is complemented by seasonal menus and attentive, seamless service—creating a warm, inviting setting to gather and celebrate. For smaller meetings and flexible work sessions, Sheraton Boston features three bookable studios in the lobby, ideal for quick client meetings, team huddles, or solo productivity. These fresh, semi-private spaces offer modern amenities and convenient hourly booking. For a more private and elevated setting, bookable Studio Suites provide a comfortable environment for small meetings and collaborative sessions, thoughtfully designed to support focus and connection. From large-scale celebrations to intimate moments, every space is designed to bring people together with ease and intention.

• Spaces for 22-200 Guests
• 4 Restaurants
• 1 Event Space

Contessa, which sits atop one of Boston's most luxurious hotels, The Newbury Boston, and overlooks Back Bay and the Boston Public Garden, is the crown jewel of dining in the city. Elegantly re-imagined, this rooftop destination is inspired by the grand estates of Italy and old-world European resort towns. Classic grand trattoria cuisine awaits you at this charming rooftop destination. Designated as a "garden in the sky," the rooftop space is enclosed by a glass roof and retractable panels that allow for open-air dining. Diners can enjoy breakfast, lunch, and brunch in a sun-soaked room or cocktails and dinner while taking in the sunset and starry skies on the rooftop. Contessa, designed by Ken Fulk, is the newest culinary destination from Major Food Group, which was founded by Mario Carbone, Rich Torrisi, and Jeff Zalaznick and is the largest hospitality company in the world. Contessa is the crown jewel atop the Newbury Boston, offering sweeping rooftop views of Boston's Back Bay and classic grand trattoria cuisine. Open for breakfast, brunch, lunch, cocktails, and dinner, Contessa is the crown jewel atop the Newbury Boston.

• Spaces for 300-500 Guests
• 1 Restaurant

Located in Boston’s trendy heritage district of Back Bay, Earls Prudential offers over 14,000 square feet of flexible event space. Whether you’re planning an intimate birthday, a cocktail reception, a rehearsal dinner, or a large corporate gathering, we have the ability to host it all. With the option to curate a personalized menu for your guests, work with our dedicated Events Manager who’s focused on bringing your vision to life. You have the option to host in one of our many event spaces in our restaurant. We offer a full or partial restaurant buyout, a full or partial patio buyout of our famous rooftop, our cocktail lab, our indoor or outdoor side bar area and more. We’re set up to help make your next event one to remember - don't miss out on an opportunity to host at one of the most sought out rooftops in Boston!

• Spaces for 65 Guests

The Eliot Hotel offers an ideal setting for intimate gatherings and meetings, accommodating everything from a couple of people to events of up to 50 guests. We specialize in small-scale functions with the ability to execute plans efficiently and professionally, even on short notice. In addition to our private event space, the hotel’s elegant suites and seasonal patio are available for rental, providing refined and flexible options for a range of occasions.

• Spaces for 272-254 Guests
• 1 Ballroom
• 1 Event Space
• 1 Meeting Space

Your guests will love our elegant, well-appointed private event rooms and craveable Italian-American dishes—and you’ll love the feeling of knowing we have taken care of everything. With 7 unique event rooms that can be used in varying combinations, our Boston location can host seated events up to 272 guests with exclusive use of the full event space. Whether you are hosting a big family celebration or a small corporate meeting, our private event rooms are designed to accommodate a variety of occasions. Our Private Dining Event Managers will help you plan a delectable chef-prepared menu and choose offerings for your private bar, featuring a selection of wines and handcrafted cocktails. Allow us to create the perfect room layout and add finishing touches such as personalized menu cards, house centerpieces and standard audio-visual equipment. At Maggiano's, we specialize in making every event memorable!

• Spaces for 75-1,000 Guests
• 2 Hotels
• 1 Ballroom
• 2 Total Spaces

Located in the heart of Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, the Revere Hotel infuses striking architecture with versatile event space, ensuring that your special day is limited only by your imagination. Inspire the unexpected and foster creativity for your meeting or event in Boston. Creative culinary experiences, audiovisual technology, fast Wi-Fi, business services and a dedicated event manager ensure an innovative and seamless event. Creative think tanks, conferences, celebrations and private dinners. There's a space at Revere Hotel Boston Common that's uniquely you. From the Boston art that adorns our Tea Gallery to chalkboard walls for brainstorming, our venues cultivate original experiences. Inspire your teams, connect with your colleagues, and celebrate with family and friends. We offer exciting group packages and offers with enhancements that include room upgrades, cocktail hours, and group yoga.

• Spaces for 50-250 Guests
• 4 Museums
• 4 Landmarks

Boston Athenæum offers a historic and elegant setting in Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood for weddings, milestone celebrations, corporate presentations, private dinners, and receptions. Founded in 1807, the landmark library pairs distinctive architecture with extensive collections of books, art, manuscripts, and cultural treasures, creating a setting rich in literary and artistic character. Following its renovation and expansion, the property offers flexible gathering areas including a reimagined first-floor lobby with seating for up to 110 guests, gallery spaces, and intimate rooms throughout the building. Exclusive catering and event services are provided by The Catered Affair, helping create thoughtfully executed gatherings within one of Boston’s most distinctive cultural institutions.

• Spaces for 12-250 Guests
• 5 Restaurants

Our private and semi-private event spaces at Zuma Boston are the perfect locations for an array of business meetings and events as well as social dining; accommodating both cocktail style receptions, executive board meetings, rehearsal dinners, bachelor and bachelorette dinners, birthdays, anniversaries, presentations as well as seated lunches and much more; let us make your event experience easy from start to finish. Zuma Boston can host events from 2 guests up to 250 guests as well as restaurant buyouts depending on the needs of your event. We offer a range of menus to choose from and our sommelier and beverage teams are on hand to customize beverage pairings to suit your celebration or event needs including a unique wine or sake tasting experience.

• Spaces for 370 Guests
• 1 Restaurant

Fogo is the ideal spot for groups of various kinds to celebrate a special birthday, organize a major corporate meeting, or buy out the entire restaurant. To meet your demands, our experienced sales managers will offer a variety of personalized menus, package options, and private and semi-private eating rooms. The Boston Fogo is located in Copley Square, across from the Boston Public Library and just steps away from Trinity Church and the Hancock Building. The location is great for both inhabitants and visitors. Fogo Boston features many private and semi-private dining spaces that may accommodate groups of 10 to 100 people. All dayparts have different menus, as well as full-service catering and contactless takeaway and delivery choices. Fogo de Cho's founders grew up on a traditional Serra Gaucha farm in Southern Brazil. They learnt to cook in the churrasco grilling tradition, which would later become the story's backbone. In 1975, the founding brothers moved from Rio Grande do Sul to Rio and São Paulo to pursue official churrasqueiro training while also establishing the Fogo concept. This original restaurant, built of wood and tucked in the Porto Alegre countryside, arose out of an obsession with quality, investments in the city's art and culture, and a reverence for the founders' families' heritage. The Fogo concept was transplanted to the United States, with a stateside debut in Dallas, Texas, at the request of devoted American guests. Since then, the restaurant has expanded greatly thanks to a reputation of delicious food and exceptional customer service.

• Spaces for 24-200 Guests
• 3 Restaurants
• 3 Bars
• 3 Total Spaces

Sonsie has been serving top-notch international cuisine on Boston's famous Newbury Street for over twenty-five years. Sonsie, which is open seven days a week, has lovely French doors that open to a sidewalk cafe in the summer, as well as a European lounge with deep leather chairs and sofas. The mahogany bar, staffed by an experienced group of friendly bartenders, serves the best martinis in town, and the brick oven cranks out eclectic pizzas all day. It's easy to unwind at Sonsie and listen to the classic music that reflects the restaurant's ambiance as the day turns to night. We have a variety of options for private, corporate, and social events such as birthday parties, rehearsal dinners, baby showers, anniversaries, and other special occasions. Take a look at our lovely Private Wine Room and start planning! Chef Kyle Wallace was born and raised in Chester, New Hampshire, a small town just south of Manchester. Chef attended a boarding school in Vermont and developed a new appreciation for slow foods and farm to table cooking. He later returned to Vermont to attend the New England Culinary Institute's Culinary School. Chef Kyle finished his internship at Cambridge's Harvest. After that, he moved to Maine and worked for a short time at Natalie's Relais Chateaux Property before returning to Boston. Chef moved around a while before settling down at Jody Adams' Porto in the back, where he rose through the ranks to Executive Sous Chef. Chef Kyle was later elevated to Chef De Cuisine and transferred to Jody's flagship restaurant TRADE in the Financial District, where he remained until the Pandemic struck.

• Spaces for 60-175 Guests
• 2 Event Spaces

Located in the heart of Boston’s distinguished Beacon Hill, the Hampshire House is one of Boston’s premier event venues. Our function rooms feature sweeping views of the Boston Public Garden and an elegance and charm that speaks to Boston’s finest traditions. At the Hampshire House, comfort and style transform standard functions into innovative and exciting events. With working fireplace on every level, hand crafted oaken bars and brass chandeliers, the Hampshire House is an event venue with unparalleled warmth and intimacy for your unforgettable occasion. Whether you are celebrating life’s special milestones, entertaining clients, honoring family & friends, rewarding star employees, launching creative business strategies or raising funds for your association make yourself at home at the Hampshire House.

• Spaces for 150 Guests
• 1 Hotel
• 1 Ballroom

Get Married Right Now We LOVE a good love story, and yours is one of our favorites. And, because every romance is different, we pride ourselves on adopting a particular approach and producing an exclusive scenario especially for you. We'll help you make your special day whatever you want it to be with our unique blend of elegance, classic architecture, and highly customized service. We attend to every detail, from bridal showers and engagement parties to rehearsal dinners and send-off brunches, and present you with service you will not only notice, but remember. Is your wedding being canceled or postponed because of the pandemic? Have you decided that 2021 is the year to tie the knot after spending the last several months secluded with your partner? To begin with, were you aiming for a modest, private wedding? Whatever the case may be, we've got you covered! With our Micro Wedding package, you may say "I do" in our beautiful Dome Room with up to 60 of your closest friends and family without the hassle. Does everything sound ideal and stress-free? We concur! Simply contact one of our Wedding Specialists immediately to get all of the logistics of your Boston wedding taken care of! Your Function Is Shaped By Us With us, you won't have to choose between form and function. Don't be fooled by the lovely appearance of our magnificent area. Inside, you'll find everything you need to make your next social engagement or business event a success, including modern facilities and over 5,000 square feet of configurable function space. Every meeting and special occasion benefit from our particular style, which helps to inspire and fuel creativity. Our five distinct function rooms, dining area, and executive suite allow you to tailor your next event to your specific needs. Free wireless internet, cutting-edge audio/visual technologies, and a 24-hour business center are always available.

• Spaces for 10-200 Guests
• 7 Restaurants

From intimate celebrations to large presentations and weddings, Grill 23 & Bar has all the space you need to plan your next event. A range of unique rooms and flexible floor plans are available to host you and your guests. The private dining team at Grill 23 is eager to help your event vision come to life. Grill 23 is an elegant venue for an intimate reception, rehearsal dinner, engagement party, bridal shower or bachelor/bachelorette dinner. Located in the beautiful Back Bay, the decor maintains original features to create a welcoming atmosphere. The chefs prepare a dazzling menu for your event and will help select wine pairings to go along with the delicious meal.

After a multi-year, complete hotel redesign, the Boston Marriott Copley Place stands tall in Boston’s Back Bay capturing the city’s rich history and modern style. A hotel whose size, resources, and most importantly, its people, are positioned at the heart of the Boston experience, creating epic travel moments and events for our guests. Set downtown within steps from the Green and Orange T lines, four miles from Logan International Airport, stay within reach of Boston’s best, including Copley Square, Fenway Park, and directly connected to over 200 premier restaurants and shops at the Prudential Center and Copley Place Mall. Allow the freshly-prepared catered meals prepared by our creative culinary team and served by a highly regarded and friendly banquet staff to exceed the expectations of your attendees. Plan future meetings and social affairs at our Back Bay, Boston, MA hotel in 70,000 square feet of versatile event space, enhanced by expert planners and one of the largest ballrooms in New England.

Cósmica is a South End neighborhood spot serving modern Mexican specialties, tacos, snacks and vacation cocktails that soothe the senses. Grab some friends and dive in…the water is warm, the mood is good. Our chef-led kitchen showcases artisanal Mexican cuisine that draws from tradition with our own twist. Cósmica's ingredients are carefully selected from local and artisanal sources including dried chiles, select meats, heirloom corn tortillas and other fundamental ingredients. Our preparations are labor intensive, multi day processes that we feel result in flavors that are well worth it. Enjoy! Cosmica private event spaces: Main Restaurant up to 250 Guests Outdoor Patio up to 150 Guests Private Events Room up to 170 Guests

• Spaces for 160-400 Guests
• 1 Restaurant

THE BEEHIVE is an ideal location for holiday parties, corporate events, social gatherings, and weddings. Our unique location is as suitable for "come as you are" meetings as it is for special occasions requiring a more premium setting. A celebration at THE BEEHIVE is a fantastically memorable event, with great food, an approachable wine and beverage menu, sympathetic staff, and a stage for live entertainment! We can handle groups of up to 400 people! You can’t go wrong with a BEEHIVE private dining experience. Please fill out the form on our site for additional information on private events or buy-outs, and our bookings team will contact you within 24-48 hours. The Beehive, a highly popular Bohemian eatery and bar located in the Boston Center for the Arts complex in Boston's South End, has been hailed as a must-see Boston destination by Travel & Leisure, Zagat, and The New York Times. Delicious food, luscious cocktails, and world-class live music are served against the backdrop of an eclectic, funky, yet sophisticated art environment. The Beehive offers simple, pleasant, and rustic comfort food with Middle Eastern, Eastern European, and American flavors. Exotic cocktails, delicious beers, a broad, approachable wine list, and one of the most extensive Champagne and sparkling wine lists anywhere are among our vast libations. The Beehive's weekly live music includes a combination of Jazz, Blues, R&B, Electronica, Reggae, Latin, Country, Cabaret, and Burlesque, and has been named one of Downbeat Magazine's "Top 100 Jazz Clubs in the World." Nightly entertainment is free, but tips and donations to assist our artists are always appreciated.

• Spaces for 100-200 Guests
• 1 Restaurant

The restaurant offers private dining rooms for groups of 15 to 100 guests for a full-service sit-down dinner and receptions for up to 200 guests. They are ideal for meetings, seminars, and presentations that require audio-visual equipment and/or Internet access. There is reception space for up to 800 people in the Galleria atrium of the 10 St. James building, which is right next door. It is possible to make arrangements for the entire restaurant. DAVIO'S IS THE PERFECT PLACE FOR YOUR EVENT. Download the private dining packet to see the menus and get more information on our function rooms. In order to discuss your special event requirements and to book your event, please contact Sales Manager Shannon Walsh at shannon@davios.com or 617.357.4810. Are you ready to make a reservation right away? Fill out our Private Dining Request Form if you want to reserve a table for two. Our Wine Room can accommodate 12 to 24 people for a seated dinner and up to 40 people for a reception in one setting. Download the private dining packet to see the menus and get more information on our function rooms. Stuart Street valet parking is $22 in the evening. After 5 p.m., there is discounted validated parking in the attached 10 St. James Building garage for three hours. Monday through Friday: $11.00; Saturday and Sunday: $15.00; and holidays: no charge. In order to discuss your special event requirements and to book your event, please contact Sales Manager Shannon Walsh at shannon@davios.com or 617.357.4810. Are you ready to make a reservation right away? Please complete our online form.