Top Plainsboro Township Venues

• Spaces for 200 Guests

Avos Ria Mar is a Portuguese restaurant and event venue in South River, New Jersey, founded in 1987 by Manuel da Silva, a head chef whose roots in the craft stretch back to 1969. The kitchen carries forward family recipes and cultural traditions, presenting traditional Portuguese cuisine with a modern twist in a welcoming, casual atmosphere. For private events, the venue accommodates groups from 20 to 120 guests, hosting birthdays, showers, anniversaries, communions, and weddings. A dedicated banquet room provides a classic setting, and menus are customized to each event's style and budget — with no set minimum required for room rental. Off-site catering is available as well, delivering the same food and service to outside locations.

• Spaces for 400 Guests

Battleground Country Club is a full-service event facility and championship golf course set on 220 acres in Manalapan, New Jersey. The newly renovated 50,000-square-foot clubhouse offers an almost 360-degree view of the course, providing a dramatic backdrop for celebrations ranging from 50 to 500 guests — from intimate rehearsal dinners and baby showers to large-scale wedding receptions, bar and bat mitzvahs, sweet 16s, and corporate outings. The club's newly designed pavilion and freshly landscaped private ceremony area bring outdoor elegance to the event experience. On-site event planning professionals guide every celebration from initial inquiry through the day itself, and packages are fully customizable with menus tailored to each event.

• Spaces for 275 Guests
• 1 Ballroom
• 1 Estate

The Ashford Estate is a 30-acre country estate wedding venue in Allentown, New Jersey, surrounded by hundreds of acres of preserved farmland. The property is distinguished by sparkling fountains and waterfalls, a floating gazebo, stone ruins, garden arbors, and a grand entry marked by lion-guarded iron gates along a white crushed stone drive crossing an antique steel bridge. The estate's ceremony space, the Barn Chapel, features a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, original tilt windows, and a light-filled fountain. A glass-enclosed Verandas & Cocktail Lounge offers panoramic views of the grounds. The Grand Ballroom accommodates up to 275 guests beneath crystal chandeliers, classical carved wood arches, and towering architectural columns, with a software-controlled lighting system for fully customized ambiance. Elegantly appointed overnight suites — each uniquely designed with walk-in rain showers, heated towel warmers, and king-size beds — allow wedding parties to extend the celebration. Cuisine is provided by Merri Makers, featuring Chef Jack McCann, named Chef of the Year by the International Caterers Association. The Ashford Estate offers exclusive-use bookings, with the site fee including the ballroom tables and chairs and the chapel.

• Spaces for 200 Guests

• Spaces for 50-600 Guests
• 1 Bar
• 1 Meeting Space
• 1 Venue with Activities

Colonial Bowling & Entertainment is Mercer County's most engaging corporate event venue. Our 4,000+ square foot Private VIP Suite gives your group a truly private space with 4 dedicated bowling lanes, a private in-room bar with bartender, a 250 sq ft LED video wall with HDMI inputs and wireless microphone for presentations, luxury lounge seating, a private en suite bathroom, and a dedicated VIP host for the full event — accommodating up to 50 bowlers and 130 total guests. Beyond the suite, your team gets 24 cosmic blacklight bowling lanes, a Jurassic Quest laser tag arena, 80+ arcade and redemption games, and full food and beverage service from Doc's Bar & Grill. Located on Route 1 in Lawrenceville with a large free parking lot, we're minutes from Princeton, Trenton, Hamilton, and Ewing. Packages include a dedicated event coordinator from first call to day-of execution. Popular for holiday parties, team-building days, client entertainment, summer outings, and company milestones.

Graduate by Hilton Princeton offers event spaces for your next celebration in Princeton, New Jersey.

• Spaces for 98-125 Guests
• 1 Historic Space
• 1 Estate

Sayen House & Gardens sits on 30 acres in Hamilton, New Jersey — a historic property established in 1912 when Frederick Sayen purchased the land and built a bungalow-style home surrounded by plants gathered during his world travels. The grounds today feature more than 1,000 azaleas, nearly 500 rhododendrons, and over 250,000 flowering bulbs, woven together with walking trails, fish ponds, and gazebos set within wooded land. The house accommodates up to 98 guests and is available for wedding receptions, bar and bat mitzvahs, private parties, holiday gatherings, showers, and business meetings. Outside ceremonies may be arranged with special permission. Three in-house catering companies serve events held at the property.

• Spaces for 60-1,200 Guests
• 1 Restaurant
• 5 Hotels
• 5 Total Spaces

The DoubleTree by Hilton Somerset Hotel and Conference Center sits on 16 landscaped acres in Somerset, New Jersey, 30 minutes from Newark International Airport and 45 minutes from Manhattan. The property's IACC-certified Executive Meeting Center houses 14 dedicated rooms for groups of 5 to 80, while the hotel's broader meeting and banquet wing extends to 24 rooms in total. The Somerset Ballroom, spanning 10,080 square feet, anchors the venue's social event offerings — accommodating up to 900 guests for banquets and 1,200 for receptions. The Mirabelle banquet room seats up to 130 and opens to its own patio, while the Somerset Patio hosts alfresco receptions for up to 400 guests. The hotel's Tuscany restaurant rounds out the dining options for private gatherings. With 364 guest rooms including six suites and a Presidential Suite, overnight accommodations for wedding parties and conference attendees are built in. The hotel provides in-house catering, a dedicated banquet staff, and a full audiovisual team for all events.