Mess Hall

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The venue will provide the space, plus a few extras.

Full wedding (ceremony and reception) pricing

Starting at $6,000

Guest capacity

Up to 150 seated guests

About this venue

Mess Hall is a modern wedding venue located in the heart of Washington, D.C. The only private event space in DC that looks into an open industrial kitchen, Mess Hall provides an urban and inviting atmosphere that your guests won’t soon forget. The polished concrete floors, exposed industrial ceilings and mid-century modern décor all make this venue the unique and versatile space you’ve been searching for. Having hosted events for countless local clients, such as DC Brau, The Smithsonian Institution, The Embassy of Japan and more, Mess Hall has the experience and reputation needed to host the celebration of a lifetime. For a true urban wedding experience in the middle of one of America’s most well-known cities, look no further than Mess Hall!

Seated guest capacity

  • 1-150

Venue type

  • Industrial Spaces
  • Urban Locations

Venue setting

  • Covered Outdoor
  • Indoor
703 Edgewood St NE, Washington, DC 20017

Our event spaces

Great Room

Our Great Room, adorned with reclaimed wood shelves and sliding barn doors, is a blank canvas that is ideal for weddings, private parties, networking events, book signings, filmings, pop-up restaurants, and everything in between. The adjacent Tile Room is available for overflow seating or a satellite bar. Occupancy for Great Room AND Tile Room: 175

Guest capacity

Up to 175 Seated

Room cost

$500.00/hr (comes with Tile Room)

Garage Bay

Our partially-enclosed Garage Bay features exposed brick and glow-with-twinkle lights. It offers an open-air feeling any time of year and boasts an optional stage for live entertainment. Occupancy: 100

Guest capacity

Up to 100 Seated

Room cost

$250.00/hr (when added onto Great Room + Tile Room).

Great Room

Our Great Room, adorned with reclaimed wood shelves and sliding barn doors, is a blank canvas that is ideal for weddings, private parties, networking events, book signings, filmings, pop-up restaurants, and everything in between. The adjacent Tile Room is available for overflow seating or a satellite bar. Occupancy for Great Room AND Tile Room: 175

Guest capacity

Up to 175 Seated

Room cost

$500.00/hr (comes with Tile Room)

Available services that can be provided by Mess Hall

Services & amenities

  • Bar services
  • Catering services
  • Clean up
  • Dance floor
  • Event rentals
  • Event staff
  • Liability insurance
  • Lighting/Sound
  • On-site accommodations
  • Service staff
  • Set up
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Wifi

Transportation & access

  • Self parking - free
  • Wheelchair accessible

Rentals

  • Barware
  • Lighting
  • Sound / AV
  • Standard Chairs

Reviews

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  • A Unique Venue with Great Service

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    •Mary S.•Oct 11, 2024

    I can't recommend Mess Hall enough as a wedding venue! As soon as we reached out, Al was incredibly responsive and helpful. He made the planning process much smoother by always being available to answer questions and give suggestions. His professionalism and attention to detail ensured that everything went off without a hitch. Additionally, because it is also a food incubator, he was able to make excellent suggestions for catering. The venue itself is a gem—unique, versatile, and full of character. The space allowed us to get creative, and we were given carte blanche to design a wedding that truly reflected our vision. We couldn't have been happier with how it all came together.

  • Mess Hall was one of the best decisions we made!

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    •Bryan Y.•Jul 15, 2024

    Hosting our wedding at Mess Hall was one of the best decisions we made! The space is just what we wanted: industrial chic near the MBT with a covered outdoor area and access to amazing food. As a culinary incubator, they have a ton of great vendors on site, and while you don’t have to use one of their partners, that was a huge draw to us because we wanted to support small business and do something different than the standard chicken/fish/vegetable offering you get from most wedding caterers (shoutout to Kam & 46 for incredible Hawaiian/Filipino food!). While there was some staff turnover during the planning process, Al’s consistency and guidance gave us confidence that everything would run smoothly on the day of. The space is very customizable, it’s easy to choose what kind of furniture and lighting you want, plus the digital screen and sound system (both indoors and outdoors), helped us fully transform the space to achieve everything we envisioned. Our only concerns during the planning process was the size of our party – we had over 120 attend – so we didn’t do the traditional assigned seats and tables, but nevertheless there was plenty of seating space indoors and outdoors, it didn’t feel too crowded at all, and there was never a line for the two single-stall bathrooms the entire night. Not only was the space great, but the service was superior. During our wedding reception, Al was incredibly attentive to us and anticipated our needs even before we did. For example, he regularly offered to fetch us drinks from the bar when he saw us finishing our beers and when he saw one of standing with friends, he immediately brought over a standing table so we could rest our food and drinks. Our guests were really impressed when we told them he was the owner of Mess Hall. I’m sure there’s a lot of things he did that we didn’t even see – all of which helped our wedding go smoothly. Overall, we were extremely pleased with Mess Hall and hope you will be too!

  • Perfect Partners!

    •Verified review
    •Tim & C.•Nov 14, 2022

    My husband and I had a tiny COVID wedding and chose Mess Hall as our venue for a post-wedding party to celebrate with all of our friends a year later. Our experience working with the team at Mess Hall was completely wonderful from start to finish! When we first saw Mess Hall and met with Al, we knew we’d found the right place for our party. It was such a warm first meeting, just checking out the venue over a couple of beers, and we could totally picture ourselves and our friends in the cool, laid-back space. We knew right away that we could trust Al to help us pull off our vision for the party. A few months later, Mess Hall added their new event coordinator Jordan, who is absolutely wonderful. Great vibes from the entire team—incredibly supportive, willing to do anything to make our party perfect, and always at the ready with helpful suggestions when we needed them. The day of the party, we felt so loved and supported by everyone at Mess Hall while we collaborated on setting things up (Al personally helped us hang our neon sign and disco ball) and put the finishing touches on our vision. Jordan and Al both made sure everything went smoothly all night—and we have Jordan to personally thank for documenting the party on our polaroid camera! It was a perfect night and we can’t recommend Mess Hall highly enough!

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