The River Room is a 2,500 square foot event space perfect for your next meeting, corporate event, rehearsal dinner, wedding reception or party. Our amazing views will catch your eye, while our exposed brick and rustic wood columns will take you back in time. Host your next function with class and style at The River Room! The River Room is able to accommodate parties and events up to 120 people. He
re is what some of our past clients have said about us! We got 5 out of 5 stars in our latest review on WeddingWire! "The River Room was the absolute PERFECT spot for our wedding! Melissa was just amazing to work with; responsive, professional, knowledgeable and helpful throughout the entire planning process! We LOVED the freedom of being allowed to provide our own bar, and choose whatever catering company we wanted for our wedding - something that very few venues in the area offer. We are still getting compliments from our guests about the location - it was STUNNING with the sun setting during the reception, the interior warm brick walls setting off the perfect ambiance, the convenience being right downtown in the heart of everything - for our small, intimate wedding we just could not have picked a more perfect place! Between Melissa's expertise and willingness to help us brainstorm through our ideas, to the beauty of the setting and the flexibility of the policies... well, I just can't say enough great things about our experience. We love The River Room!!!" -Charo Baxter
"The River Room was amazing! They were super accommodating and made our wedding day perfect. We were scheduled to have our wedding ceremony on the deck, however, Hurricane Sandy ruined those plans. But that didn't stop the guys at The River Room. They were quick to help us prepare inside for the ceremony and have a quick turn around for the reception. The inside is beautiful. It has a rustic, old feel with exposed brick walls. It is large enough to fit about 100 people and still have plenty of room to mingle and have a dance floor. We had seating and tables for about 84 people. It was perfect. Melissa is a great person to work with. She helped us organize the event and made sure everything was run smoothly throughout the event. She makes the whole experience a lot less stressful. We chose Ray Baca to do our photography. Words can't explain how amazing he is. He is always ready to talk with you and is incredibly personable. He is on point with everything he does. There is absolutely no other photographer I would recommend to anyone other than Ray. Like I said, there aren't enough words to explain how awesome he made our experience. There isn't a thing I would change about our wedding day...well, maybe the rain. But it didn't stop us from having an unforgettable day and it wouldn't have been possible without The River Room." - Wes Cook
"The River Room was the perfect place for our wedding reception. It not only provides amazing views with its location on the water, but also gave us the opportunity to have an outdoor cocktail hour on the deck and a very intimate and elegant dinner and dancing area inside. Having the opportunity to bring your own food vendors and alcohol was also a plus. Along with tremendous help from The River Room we were able to design every detail of our amazing day. It was absolutely flawless." - Rose Forino
"Reserving The River Room on Water Street was the best and most important decision I made for my wedding. I used the deck space for my beautiful outdoor ceremony and used the indoor area for my intimate wedding reception.The feel of industrial history and new crisp decor is an amazing combination. Add the structure next to an amazing view of the river on one side and the old cobblestone on the other and it is magical (especially at sunset)!! The River Room offers a coordinator for decorating and planning out every detail (a great stress reducer) not to mention an unbeatable price!!!! I used the packaged vendors: Baca Photography and DJ Professionals. I can do nothing but sing the praises of the River Room team: Ray and Melissa especially!!! I couldn't imagine my special day without them!" - Ashley Lewis
"We recently had our wedding reception at The River Room. I had researched many different venues large and small for our wedding in Wilmington. We were planning our NC wedding from VA and had about 80% of our guests traveling to our wedding. From our first meeting with Ray, I knew that The River Room was the place for us. The inside is beautifully decorated and has a lot of historical charm. We booked The River Room immediately and were in constant contact with Ray through our 10 month engagement. Our wedding reception was amazing! The sunsets, lighting, views from the deck all were superb! Ray and Melissa were true professionals and helped us with everything along the way! A huge bonus was that we could choose any caterer and bring in our own alcohol. We are so happy that we had our reception at the River Room and highly recommend it!!" - Lucy
"As far as the reception, everything was awesome and everyone had a great time. It turned out better than anything I could have hoped for. Thank you so much for being there to help and get me through our big day! I couldn't have asked for a better day! Thank you!" - Terri and Travis
"Thoroughly enjoyed our party there. The kids got married June in 2010 and are having their first baby next year. So it is possible we may do a big baby shower. I will keep you in mind if and when we do. Lovely venue, Ray was great!" - Barbara
