Top Friendswood Venues

• Spaces for 12-125 Guests
• 7 Hotels
• 7 Ballrooms
• 2 Outdoor Spaces

We can’t wait to welcome you to Houston, where Texas hospitality meets global sophistication. Nestled in Montrose, Houston’s most dynamic neighborhood, La Colombe d’Or merges global appeal with unsurpassed, 5-star accommodations. Named for the famed hotel in France (home to Picasso’s favorite water hole), the property is a landmark of artful design and good cheer. Steps from the cultural heartbeat of the city, the hotel welcomes you with 32 suites in three unique stay experiences with elevated hotel amenities, 425 pieces of original artwork, a sculpture garden, a park and unsurpassed food and drink. Whether an intimate dinner, executive board meeting or a wedding, we invite you to explore our spaces within the reimagined La Colombe d’Or for your special event. Discover the variety of flexible rooms that can be privatized or combined to meet your event space needs. As always, our on-site valet will make your guest’s arrival and departure a seamless experience.

• Spaces for 200 Guests
• 1 Hotel
• 1 Ballroom

Any time of year, invite your guests to a wedding with an outside feel in our climate-controlled Veranda Ballroom. In this exposed brick venue bordered with natural ivy and showcasing white décor, a simple change in lighting will create the vibe you desire. Separate staging rooms are offered, as well as a personal receptionist. Consider using the Lobby for wedding photos or a cocktail reception with passed hors d'oeuvres. The Veranda is a Houston, Texas-based historic banquet hall. This modern-style venue is ideal for couples looking for a hidden gem to host their wedding reception. The newly remodeled hotel provides everything you'll need for a successful wedding. A permanent canvas dome ceiling and a cement tiled floor are only two of the features that distinguish this venue. Garden-like ivy walls will provide a beautiful backdrop for your vows. Couples might choose to include a magnificent floor-to-ceiling beaded crystal curtain to give a sense of luxury. The area is finished off with brick walls, a wooden dance floor, and gleaming chandeliers. Both your ceremony and reception can take place at this location. The Veranda, located in the Sam Houston Hotel, offers a variety of services to make your wedding planning easier. The hotel's Pearl Restaurant provides in-house cuisine for the event. Couples will have entire control over creating a menu that suits their interests and likes. Their culinary team will work with you to create exactly what you want, from cocktail hour to hors d'oeuvres, buffets to plated dinners. A food sampling, a ceremony rehearsal hour, a complimentary suite for the newlywed couple, and discounted lodging rates for guests and family are all included in the venue's all-inclusive wedding packages. With their pet-friendly policy, you can not only invite your four-legged companions to your wedding, but you can also have them stay the night at the hotel.

Riverhouse is a neighborhood restaurant and patio bar that is well-positioned along the Buffalo Bayou in Houston’s East End. The restaurant is built inside a repurposed, industrial warehouse building that prominently overlooks the East River 9 golf course, bayou, and downtown skyline. In the evening, patrons will enjoy live music on an expansive outdoor terrace with a kid’s playscape, outdoor games, and fire pits. We're capable of hosting gatherings and events of 30-300 in our various indoor and outdoor event spaces.

• Spaces for 50-500 Guests
• 1 Event Space

Having hosted some of Houston's most memorable events for more than 30 years, the Majestic Metro has established itself as the venue of choice. The Majestic Metro, with its magnificently restored traditional historic interior design and the addition of modern facilities, is certainly a one-of-a-kind extraordinary location, unlike any other. There is a gorgeous interior building design throughout the facility, as well as a fantastic in-house installed state of the art sound and dance lighting system that is second to none! In addition, we provide a massive dance floor, a spectacular multimedia video projection, and a 2-story tall vintage external neon building marquee to promote your event to the community. Get creative with your picture opportunities and take advantage of our versatile venue configurations, which allow us to accommodate events of any size, from the small and intimate to the enormous and spectacular. The Majestic Metro is ideally situated in the heart of bustling Downtown Houston, in the Market Square Historic District, just a short walk from the Museum District. It is home to some of Houston's most acclaimed restaurants, informal cafés, specialty bars, hotels, and high-rise apartments, among other things. Located in the heart of the District, near lovely Market Square Park and just next door to Houston's most famous building mural and photo op site... "Houston Is Inspired" by renowned artist Gonzo 247, we are in the perfect position for exploring the city. We are located in the heart of Downtown Houston's vibrant Market Square Historic District, just moments away from the Houston Theatre District, excellent restaurants, 5-star hotels, and everything else that the city has to offer. In conjunction with the neighboring SAM Houston Hotel, a Curio Collection Hotel by Hilton, the Majestic Metro is pleased to announce that we are offering special prices for couples and their visitors. Due to the fact that the Majestic Metro only accommodates one event per day, you and your guests will receive the individualized attention you deserve.

• Spaces for 1,500-1,000 Guests

Houston's top night club, NOTO. Unforgettable nights, hot beats, signature cocktails. Join us for the ultimate party experience! At NOTO Houston, we understand that no two occasions are the same. That's why we offer personalized VIP Bottle Service experiences tailored to your specific needs. Whether it is a milestone birthday, an anniversary, or a corporate event, we will work closely with you to create a memorable and unique experience that reflects your vision. #Nightlife #Clubbing #PartyTime #DanceFloor #DJLife #LiveMusic #ClubVibes #NightOut #WeekendFun #LateNight #DrinkDanceRepeat #DanceAllNight #EDM #VIPExperience #TurnUp #PartyMode #BeatsAndBass #DanceTillDawn #ClubLife #MusicIsLife #GlowParty #ThirstyThursday #SaturdayNightFever #GirlsNightOut #BoysNightOut #AfterHours #ElectricNight #RaveLife #Clubbers #NightclubFun

• Spaces for 20-250 Guests
• 5 Event Spaces

Surrounded by Houston's Downtown skyline, the Petroleum Club of Houston has a long history of providing an atmosphere of unsurpassed elegance and style. Breathtaking views from the 35th floor will bestow upon your guests an evening full of classic sophistication and illustrious memories. Whether your special day includes an intimate setting for 50 guests or a grand affair for 250 guests, our professional and experienced staff can assist you in personalized menu planning for wedding receptions, rehearsal dinners and many more wedding celebrations. Allow us to be a part of your special wedding celebration! LUXURY IN THE HEART OF HOUSTON!

• Spaces for 300 Guests

Welcome to the Historic downtown bar & lounge, named after the Houston grocery store chain that occupied the space in the 800 block of Congress over 150 years ago. This venue offers a unique and historic 2-level space that can accommodate a variety of events, including wedding receptions, photoshoots, dinner parties, corporate events, birthdays, graduations, and happy hours. Located in Houston, TX, this venue is conveniently accessible with street-level access and valet parking. Featuring two separate levels, both of which are BOOKED SEPARATELY. Floor 1: $500/hr Floor 2: $500/hr This venue offers a total of 6,800 square feet of event space. The downstairs level covers 3,800 square feet, while the upstairs level spans 3,000 square feet, providing flexibility for different event sizes and setups. Key Features: - DJ booth - Projector and TVs for visual presentations - Tables and chairs for seating arrangements - High-quality speakers and microphones for clear audio - A patio area for outdoor gatherings - Street-level access for easy entry and exit - Valet parking for added convenience Amenities: - PA system for announcements and music playback - Music speakers and a DJ booth for live performances - Projector and monitor for multimedia displays - Microphones to ensure your speeches and presentations are heard clearly - Full kitchen for catering and food preparation - Chairs and lounge furniture for comfortable seating - Restrooms on-site for convenience - Ample space for up to 300 guests, with a seated capacity of 160 - 100 chairs and tables available on-site for your convenience

• Spaces for 80-300 Guests
• 2 Restaurants

History restored to create a distinctive, chic venue for your next event. Craft your moment here at The Podium. Originally an old lumber barn, the Podium at Porsche River Oaks has been fully renovated and refurbished as a unique event space. The space is perfect for a variety of gatherings like, birthdays, meetings, corporate happy hours, nonprofit events, and more. This prominent and dignified lumber barn needed to be restored for a new purpose. The vision was to create a space where neighbors could pick up a latte on the way to work, stay for a few hours online, or stop by for a craft cocktail in the afternoon. The building also serves as a bespoke venue, specially designed to suit a variety of events. The Podium is partnered with a food and beverage team to bring the best experience to our guests. We are regularly open as an upscale coffee house and bar and are available for private event rentals. From birthday parties, to meetings, to corporate and nonprofit events, The Podium is the venue that was imagined, designed, and built just for our community. Plan your visit soon!

• Spaces for 200 Guests

Make your wedding reception a memorable and extraordinary occasion by hosting it at the historic Julia Ideson Building of the Houston Public Library! The historic Julia Ideson Building, located in the heart of the city, is distinguished by its distinctive and elegant Spanish architecture, which stands out among the glass contemporary buildings that surround it. As you walk through the doors of this 1926 structure, you are transported back in time to a different Houston. Walking through the building's reflective Spanish-brick floors, up the grand staircase, through the Tudor Gallery surrounded by large marble pillars, through the Reading Room with its original wooden fixtures, through a one-of-a-kind exhibit room showcasing some of the Library's archival collection, and then looking up at the breathtakingly gold and vibrantly colored wood flowers on the ceiling, you can sense the sophisticated grandeur and history of the building. The Julia Ideson Building, with its exceptional romantic spaces and corridors with high-arched windows, as well as its artwork, makes it the ideal destination setting for weddings and other special occasions. Create your own personal moment in history in this building, and it will be something you remember for the rest of your life.

• Spaces for 25-200 Guests
• 5 Event Spaces

This white-box gallery is located in the heart of the hustle and bustle of the Montrose/Midtown area. Known for their open floor plan and gorgeous lighting, the space is the perfect venue to host art exhibitions, design events, fashion pop ups, or other private events. On the highest traffic corner of the area and across the street from several popular restaurants, the venue has high foot traffic, drawing crowds from a variety of areas. The space is known by the Houston creative scene as an innovative and dynamic space, this gallery is a great blank canvas to bring your vision to life. Different rental space sizes are available depending on your needs. Please view our other listings for more information or send us a message for more information.

• Spaces for 300 Guests
• 1 Rooftop
• 2 Event Spaces
• 2 Total Spaces

Houston, dubbed the “Bayou City,” is surrounded by lush greenery that is resistant to development due to flooding. Two of these bayous, the Buffalo and the White Oak, intersect in the city. A 500,000-square-foot concrete warehouse and office complex located on the site of Houston's Grand Central Station, across the Buffalo Bayou from the center of 1970s and 1980s office buildings, the thriving theater area, and key civic organizations. The Astrodome's architects, Wilson, Morris, Crain & Anderson, erected the former USPS headquarters here in 1962. 2,000 mail sorters were watched over by a handful of guys going through “spy tunnels” above them, while nine men played baseball in the Astrodome in front of 66,000 fans. It was bought by a Taiwanese-American entrepreneur, Frank Liu, when the USPS shuttered it in 2015. Other bidders had considered the location a blank slate, but Liu and his sons wanted to maintain and recreate the warehouse. The building's size and strength raised issues and inconsistencies. We must protect it without fetishizing its “industrial” nature. How do we dismantle its fortress-like bond with its context? How do we keep its stature and ambience when those are the attributes that separate it from downtown Houston? Comment tamper a field of columns without creating a labyrinth of dead ends? Outcomes were a mix of wholesale preservation and To connect the 16-acre property to the city fabric without splitting it, we concentrated on connections from the south. We scraped horizontal channels into and through it, like farmers on concrete soil. Each line left a void within. A commercial ground plane, a second level of large offices, and a 6-acre rooftop park are intersected by the cuttings. They also divide the room into three zones: cultural and retail, food market, and collaborative workspace. The bands comprise three atriums, X, O, and Z, each with a massive stairway leading to the roof-scape and views of downtown. All of the stairwells are intended to promote interaction. Their courses are multiplied, entangled, and stretched to give not just itineraries up to the top but also spaces for unplanned encounters. We created a fourth gap on the warehouse's eastern side for the 713 Music Hall, the complex's 5,500-seat cultural hub. Large, flat public assembly resembling dance halls with tiered seating hanging over it. Unlimited configurations on the flat floor. The tribune offers more traditional seating and a place to mingle away from the show, like students do under the bleachers. 713 Music Hall, like other POST Houston neighborhoods, requires a gap in the original warehouse. However, a 95-foot column-free span over the general assembly is possible due to the main building's three atriums. The new roof supports a “Texas-sized” urban farm, a shaded garden, recreation spaces, and two restaurant pavilions, totaling 170,000 square feet of new public realm for downtown Houston. As much a destination as a gateway, You can see infrastructure, commercial ambition, and natural life juxtaposed in the city's new public space.

• Spaces for 25-100 Guests
• 4 Restaurants

AT MONTROSE CHEESE AND WINE… We're highlighting small producers in our rotating selection of 12-15 cheeses and 125 wines. We've personally selected each cheese and wine we carry--some are more familiar than others, and we're here to help you find exactly what you're looking for. Shop. Pick up a bottle or two for the house or a meat and cheese tray for a party. We also have a selection of gifts, home goods and wine and cheese accessories available here and at our sister concept, Biscuit Home, located next door. Dine and Drink. Enjoy a glass of wine at the bar or on the patio, or stop by for a sandwich at lunch. Grab a pastry and a coffee to go in the morning. Collect. We can help you build your personal cellar, from consultation to ordering as many cases as you’d like. Learn. We love sharing stories about the people behind the products we carry, how they're made and why we chose to share them with you. Visit our events calendar for upcoming tastings and events. From baby showers to engagement parties, company happy hours, & private tastings – we've hosted it all! Our beautiful patio & shop is versatile & can accommodate any budget.

• Spaces for 50-75 Guests

Each location combines a chic feel with industrial flair to provide the ideal space for wedding receptions, rehearsal dinners, business events, pop-ups, workshops, and so much more.

Boasting 9,000 square feet of function facilities, Blossom Hotel Houston has a multi-functional event venue level dedicated to business conferences of all different disciplines and industries. Our main conference hall, the Luna Ballroom, and Pre-Function Space is equipped with state-of-the-art audiovisual capabilities and can accommodate up to 250 people. The hotel also offers nine additional event spaces with flexible floor plans to tailor the needs of your event. For signature weddings crafted with artistic flair, Blossom Houston features an array of settings to ensure the wedding event of your dreams. All meetings, weddings and special events at Blossom are elevated by the extraordinary culinary skills of our catering chefs. Our team brings creativity to each dish, delivering a winning combination of elegant, creative cuisine and uncompromising service for all types of gatherings large or small. To learn more about our function space and planning services for your special event in Houston, please contact one of our planning specialists to start planning your gathering today.

• Spaces for 170-1,000 Guests
• 2 Theaters
• 2 Event Spaces

The Hobby Center provides a perfect setting for performances and personal events, and our staff is highly qualified to help make your event a successful and memorable one.

• Spaces for 500-800 Guests
• 1 Event Space

• Spaces for 700-1,000 Guests
• 1 Event Space

The over 15,000 square foot event center, which is located on the 2nd Floor of Bayou Place in Downtown Houston, provides a top event space in the heart of Houston's Theater District for everyone from brides to businesses. Guests of The Ballroom are treated to a spectacular backdrop of the Houston skyline and the flexibility to create an open-air ambiance thanks to floor-to-ceiling windows and sweeping balconies. The Ballroom is a full-service event facility that offers a variety of services to make event planning and production simple for clients. The Ballroom is well equipped to accommodate huge corporate functions, fantasy weddings, and other social events, but it is also capable of responding to the nuances of the most intimate gatherings. It was designed with the guest experience in mind. Whether you are working with a third-party vendor or our in-house staff, The Ballroom will bring your vision to life by seeing it through to completion. The Ballroom can accommodate over 1,000 people and was built to maximize the possibilities for your event with over 15,000 square feet of adjustable space. The enormous Ballroom, draped in rich navy velvet drapes, gives itself to both elegant and contemporary settings. The Ballroom, at its fullest, can hold seated receptions for 700 guests with a small stage and dance floor, or a cocktail reception for 1000+ attendees. The one-of-a-kind event space is ideal for major business events, fundraising galas, and even the most lavish weddings. The Ballroom may be divided into smaller sections for a variety of social events, birthday celebrations, and even business board meetings. The Ballroom's vast indoor space allows the unique downtown facility to function as an all-weather, all-season venue with a view, and our adaptable space has been intelligently built to handle gatherings of various sizes.

• Spaces for 150-3,700 Guests
• 2 Event Spaces

Located in Houston's Bayou Place Entertainment Complex, this incredible space is the perfect location to host your next corporate event, private concert, wedding, reception or business meeting. Less than a mile from the George R. Brown Convention Center, the Bayou Music Center accommodates from 200 to 3,000 guests. Our talented staff handles every detail, so you don't have to! With access to the world’s greatest musical entertainment, full-service event production, state-of-the-art lighting and sound, custom menus and mixology, this unique 27,138 square-foot venue will exceed the expectations of even the most discerning guest. In addition to a large and versatile Music Hall, a spacious lobby and an exclusive VIP Lounge are available for daytime meetings, cocktail receptions, pre-show parties and more!