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Royal Sonesta Hotel Houston
All-inclusive venue
The venue takes care of it all - food and beverage, rentals, the works!
Full wedding (ceremony and reception) pricing
Starting at $15,000 for off-peak dates, and $20,000 for peak dates
Catering services pricing
$75 per person for off-peak dates, with a minimum total spend of $12,000
Guest capacity
Up to 1200 seated guests
About this venue
Royal Sonesta Houston offers so much more than modern elegance. Take your event to new heights amidst a royal backdrop supported by the highest degree of personal service from a team of warm and wonderful wedding professionals, our dedicated catering and banquets team with a Food Is Art philosophy, and one of the most expansive and flexible function spaces in Houston.
Our event spaces
Legends Ballroom
Ideal for having the wedding in a single location
The aptly named Legends Ballroom, Royal Sonesta Houston’s preeminent function space, is a highly sought after venue for lavish weddings and premier social events due to its convenient location in Uptown, the city's hub for shopping, dining, and entertainment. The 11,000-square-foot ballroom with 18-foot ceiling is divisible into seven flexible spaces with seating from 20 to 1,000, Legends offers a truly grand sense of arrival with its soaring, glass-walled pre-function area featuring a dramatic, free-floating staircase. Accessibility to this grand ballroom is set apart as there is a separate valet entrance from the main hotel offering event exclusivity.
Guest capacity
20-1000 Seated
Square footage
11,000
Guests often feel this space is
“Luxurious”
Founder's Ballrooms
The perfect ambiance and setting for your wedding
Founders Ballroom encompasses a 1,800-square-foot pre-function area, a nearly 4,800-square-foot ballroom, and is divisible into four, flexible meeting rooms with space configurations that range from approximately 1,200 to 3,600 square feet. This ballroom is conveniently situated with direct access to the hotel’s parking garage. The chandeliers offer romantic and flattering lighting that creates the perfect ambiance and setting for your wedding.
Square footage
4,800
Discovery
This is a highly functional ballroom!
Discovery ballroom boasts 8,000 square feet of open exhibit space with a 22-foot ceiling height and is divisible into two sections which can comfortably seat up to 500 guests. This highly functional ballroom offers a convenient yet discreet drive-up door, allowing for easy access for you and your wedding guests. Rigging points strategically positioned on the ceiling, are ideal for custom a/v and lighting usage.
Guest capacity
Up to 500 Seated
Square footage
8,000
Champions
This space features the brilliance of natural light pouring in from the glass-walled pre-function area
Champions, perched high above Legends ballroom, Its expansive balcony mezzanine is a popular space that can accommodate 150 people seated and 200 people reception-style. Champions is comprised of seven flexible rooms offering two spaces with over 1,500 square feet each plus four additional venues ranging from more than 600 to 1,800 square feet. The lofty and light-filled mezzanine offers a distinctive and spacious setting of approximately 5,000 square feet for dining, cocktails or ceremonies.
Guest capacity
150-200 Seated
Square footage
5,000
Legends Ballroom
Ideal for having the wedding in a single location
The aptly named Legends Ballroom, Royal Sonesta Houston’s preeminent function space, is a highly sought after venue for lavish weddings and premier social events due to its convenient location in Uptown, the city's hub for shopping, dining, and entertainment. The 11,000-square-foot ballroom with 18-foot ceiling is divisible into seven flexible spaces with seating from 20 to 1,000, Legends offers a truly grand sense of arrival with its soaring, glass-walled pre-function area featuring a dramatic, free-floating staircase. Accessibility to this grand ballroom is set apart as there is a separate valet entrance from the main hotel offering event exclusivity.
Guest capacity
20-1000 Seated
Square footage
11,000
Guests often feel this space is
“Luxurious”
Founder's Ballrooms
The perfect ambiance and setting for your wedding
Founders Ballroom encompasses a 1,800-square-foot pre-function area, a nearly 4,800-square-foot ballroom, and is divisible into four, flexible meeting rooms with space configurations that range from approximately 1,200 to 3,600 square feet. This ballroom is conveniently situated with direct access to the hotel’s parking garage. The chandeliers offer romantic and flattering lighting that creates the perfect ambiance and setting for your wedding.
Square footage
4,800
Discovery
This is a highly functional ballroom!
Discovery ballroom boasts 8,000 square feet of open exhibit space with a 22-foot ceiling height and is divisible into two sections which can comfortably seat up to 500 guests. This highly functional ballroom offers a convenient yet discreet drive-up door, allowing for easy access for you and your wedding guests. Rigging points strategically positioned on the ceiling, are ideal for custom a/v and lighting usage.
Guest capacity
Up to 500 Seated
Square footage
8,000
Champions
This space features the brilliance of natural light pouring in from the glass-walled pre-function area
Champions, perched high above Legends ballroom, Its expansive balcony mezzanine is a popular space that can accommodate 150 people seated and 200 people reception-style. Champions is comprised of seven flexible rooms offering two spaces with over 1,500 square feet each plus four additional venues ranging from more than 600 to 1,800 square feet. The lofty and light-filled mezzanine offers a distinctive and spacious setting of approximately 5,000 square feet for dining, cocktails or ceremonies.
Guest capacity
150-200 Seated
Square footage
5,000
Available services that can be provided by Royal Sonesta Hotel Houston
Services & amenities
- Bar services
- Catering services
- Clean up
- Dance floor
- Dressing room / Bridal Suite
- Event rentals
- Event staff
- Lighting/Sound
- On-site accommodations
- Pet friendly
- Service staff
- Set up
- Wheelchair accessible
- Wifi
Transportation & access
- Self parking - paid
- Valet - paid
- Wheelchair accessible
Accommodations
- Bedroom suites
- Double bed rooms
- Luxury suites
- Room blocks offered
- Single king rooms
- Single queen rooms
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