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Apothecary Lofts and Ridnour Room
About This Vendor
Where dreams become a reality…
The Apothecary Lofts and Ridnour Room, located in the heart of the Historic Haymarket District, are the top requested venues in Lincoln. We are the ONLY 1st Class facilities which allow you to control both the food AND alcohol catering for your event. Ask us about our Weekend Wedding Package!
Amenities + Details
Ceremony Area
Dressing Room
Handicap Accessible
Indoor Event Space
On-Site Accommodations
Reception Area
Wireless Internet
Liability Insurance
Outdoor - Covered
Outdoor - Not Covered
Ceremony Types
Civil Union, Commitment Ceremony, Elopement, Interfaith Ceremony, Non-Religious Ceremony, Religious Ceremony, Second Wedding , Vow Renewal Ceremony
Guest Capacity
Up to 300
Settings
Ballroom, Historic Venue, Hotel, Loft
Venue Service Offerings
Bar & Drinks, Planning
Apothecary Lofts and Ridnour Room Reviews
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We had our wedding reception in the Ridnour Room a few weeks ago and it was the perfect space for it. The room is big enough for a large crowd and has designated spaces for a dinner buffet, the bar, and the DJ booth, which was so helpful with ...
room setup. Being able to use your choice of caterer and provide your own alcohol was definitely a plus too! I worked with Crystal throughout the planning process and she was great to work with, making the reception planning part of our wedding so much easier!
Response from the Vendor on 08/17/2021
Thank you for taking the time to leave us this wonderful review! We are so thankful you chose The Ridnour Room as your wedding reception venue. It was a pleasure working with you!
I used the Ridnour room for my reception. It was beautiful and Crystal was very nice and easy to work with
Crystal was great to work with. Very responsive, and the venue package we picked worked out great for us!
This venue was absolutely amazing. It has a very rustic feel to it and is a very personable venue if you're looking for an intimate gathering. We took them up on their weekend wedding bundle which included the venue from Friday-Sunday. We never...
left! We stayed in the suite attached both Friday and Saturday night and held all of our events in one location. We have moved away from Lincoln so this was perfect for us as we would have had to find a place to stay nearby. Crystal and Jonathon were both so personable and helpful! They answered any questions I had throughout the whole planning process and helped everything go as smoothly as it did.
Crystal was so helpful helping us get everything set up! The room itself is so spacious, really wonderful for big weddings. Also ideal for finding your own caterers, alcohol, DJ, etc. This space makes it really easy to make your wedding your ow...
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Great to work with. Always on time for meetings and efficient. Room was great and got our deposits back within a week. Can bring in your own food. Highly recommend.
Response from the Vendor on 10/29/2018
Thanks for taking the time to review us Sarah! It was a pleasure working with you and once again, thank you for choosing the Apothecary for your wedding needs! :)
Absolutely wonderful.
You can choose to have your ceremony and reception here. We chose to have the reception with the weekend wedding package. It’s great for decorating the night before. It takes a lot of pressure off.
The Apothecary works w...
ith a lot of vendors such as AAA rentals and the Venue catering so they’re able to work together taking more pressure off.
The price is great, and Crystal is wonderful to work with. She is very organized and responsive making sure everything is accounted for.
We had a great experience:)
Response from the Vendor on 10/16/2018
Thank you for the wonderful review! It was our pleasure to serve you and we hope to have the opportunity to work with you again in the future!
There is nothing we didn’t like about this venue! We worked with Crystal who was so accommodating and informative. She was flexible when we needed to make some last minute changes and gave us suggestions based on what has worked best in the pas...
t. What sold us on this venue was the fact that we could choose our own caterer and could provide our own alcohol. Having the flexibility with the food and drink allowed us to save a lot of money. The Ridnour Room is such a beautiful room, perfect size for our guests and we loved the setup and flow of the room! We also received a lot of compliments from our guests who had never been there with how nice the space was! Another perk we loved was the honeymoon package they offer and Crystal helping us get our honeymoon scheduled was a huge weight off our shoulders! Would definitely recommend!
Response from the Vendor on 08/14/2018
Thank you for taking the time to write this wonderful review Kimberly!! It was a pleasure working with you and Justin and we can't wait to hear all about your tropical honeymoon when you return from paradise!!!
I worked with Crystal to secure this venue for a wedding reception in May of 2018. She was very flexible whenever we needed to meet to discuss things about the venue or set up. She was also informative. The venue itself was absolutely beautiful...
. The brick and wood combination was already lovely to begin with and there were almost no restrictions when it came to decorations. Overall, the venue was beautiful and working with Crystal was very easy. While the cost was a bit more than I had planned on, the flexibility to use different vendors ended up balancing that out for the most part
From the start we never once had a problem. Crystal was awesome to work with and answered all your questions in a timely manner. If you need place for 200 or more guests this is the place. We were able to bring in our own food/drinks and the ro...
om was set up exactly how we requested. Great experience.
Looking for a great venue where you can control your wedding details? The Apothecary Lofts & Ridnour Room is for you.
We held our wedding ceremony in the North Loft and reception downstairs in the Ridnour Room. We catered in our own food and b...
everage and decorated the way we wanted. Even the color of the accent lighting … you are in control.
Crystal and Jon were awesome to work with! They walk you through each detail of the historic venue, and give you tips as to what’s been done in past wedding and what you could do with yours. You tell them how you want to set up the chairs/tables, and they do it!
It was the perfect, centralized set-up we were looking for to accommodate our guests, especially those from out-of-town. Hotels, restaurants, bars … everything is in walking distance!
Response from the Vendor on 03/14/2017
Thank you for taking the time to write this wonderful review! We are so happy that you chose to host your wedding at the Apothecary and it gives us great pleasure to hear how wonderful your event turned out. We truly appreciate your business!
Overall beautiful. I was disappointed with the check in times for the amount of money we paid to rent the place for the "whole weekend" especially with the amount of money paid. It was nice to bring in our own food and drink.
The Ridnour Room is a lovely place for a wedding reception because of it's location and the building's charm. Jon and Crystal are fantastic to work with and are quick to answer questions and return messages. The downside of this venue is that ...
it is small. It could fit 280, however our 175 guests were cramped. The dance floor is also small. I would recommend this location 110% to anyone with a 200 guest list! The Apothecary Lofts upstairs in the building are also available to rent for receptions, rehearsal dinners, getting-ready and honeymoon suite and they are gorgeous!
I rented the South Loft for the weekend (Friday through Sunday) and the Ridnour Room for our wedding on Saturday. Having the Loft was AMAZING!!! We were able to have our rehearsal dinner there with food and drinks we brought in. Friday night...
I spent the night there with my bridesmaids. Saturday morning we had breakfast and got ready in the loft. Before our wedding ceremony (in the Ridnour Room) the wedding party waited in the loft, then instead of a limo/party bus the wedding party went up to the loft for drinks and pre-party dancing! After the reception, my husband and I stayed the night in the loft! We had originally planned to open gifts in the loft on Sunday but changed our plans so we could sleep in! Being able to have our whole wedding in one spot all weekend was great! We didn't have to worry about getting from one place to another and being on time because we were already there. The only thing I did not like was that we had to pay extra to get into the Ridnour Room on Friday to decorate. I may have misunderstood, but I was under the assumption that if no one rented it Friday we could get in for free. Overall it was an amazing experience and WELL WORTH the cost!! It really sounds like a lot of money but when you factor in what would have had to buy it was a great deal! Just a few examples of where we saved: bringing in our own food and alcohol, no party bus, no hotel Friday for the girls, no honeymoon sweet for Saturday night, no renting a place for the rehearsal, no extra fee for a place to get married.
I HIGHLY recommend the Apothecary Lofts and Ridnour Room!!!
Response from the Vendor on 09/01/2015
Thanks for the wonderful review!! We are so glad you chose to use our venues for all of your wedding activities and hope to have the opportunity of working with you for any other future event needs you may have. :)
We had our wedding reception in the North Loft on the 5th floor of the Apothecary Lofts. It was a beautiful venue for our close to 140 guests. We were able to bring in our own food and alcohol, which helped with the cost immensely. We were al...
so able to get in early in the morning to decorate and come back the next day to clean up- plus we had the venue until 2 am the night of the reception. Which was great for a long reception and if we would have had to clean up that night, we could have. It's also close to everything downtown including bars and hotels. We walked back to our hotel that night. We are so glad we chose this venue!
Loved the staff! Anything we needed or had questions on they were right there to help us. I would highly recommend them to anyone looking for a beautiful venue!
Our experience was great from start to finish. We felt welcomed and felt like it was our home for a couple days. We provided our own catering and had both our wedding and reception in the loft. That saved us money and didn't waste guests time b...
y having one venue for the wedding and another for the reception. Guests commented on how fun and relaxed the evening was. I would recommend any of the lofts.
Having our wedding at the Apothecary Ridnour Room was a perfect choice for my husband and I. Jon Camp was great in working with us on all the details we needed to know, and Crystal was super helpful whenever we had a question. The room was espe...
cially great because we could provide our own alcohol and bartenders -- saved us a lot of money that way! I highly recommend this room even for a wedding of 300 people - we had a blast.
We loved the our wedding at the apothecary lofts. You rent the space for Friday at 2 to Sunday at noon. It was very convenient to be able to have the rehersal dinner, the wedding, the reception all at one place. Docs is also a great bar that...
is an elevator ride way for those specialty shots that you don't prepare for.
Response from the Vendor on 07/15/2013
Thanks for the wonderful review. We greatly appreciate the time you have taken to post such a nice review!
I loved the location! The lighting on the pillars matched our colors and set the mood for the dinner and dancing!
Response from the Vendor on 06/26/2013
Thank you for the great review and we are so happy you chose to host your reception in our venue! :)
Our experience was pretty positive with the Apothecary (North) Loft! They seemed very flexible and willing to help, and super fast with communication. Deposit return is super fast and they didn't take advantage of it (we received everything bac...
k that we expected). They were accommodating enough to let the dance floor rental company come in a Friday and pickup Monday without issue. Some of the potential extras are projector rental ($50), parking for guests ($250), or to plan to get the room 2 hours early or stay 2 hours late ($100). Hours of rental are a bit tight to only do a 1-day rental for a wedding reception (2pm check in, 11am check out) but since they didn't have anyone before or after us, we had access the morning of (and nobody knocking on the door right at 11am). Crystal/Caleigh are SUPER fast and clear on communication and more than willing to do everything possible to help out. We were drawn here due to the amazing cozy/warm lodge-like atmosphere (wood everything!) and due to the fact they don't lock you in to a specific catering company or bartending company (both are completely open!). Cost was a little high for the (off-season) rental, $1400 for 1-day, but looking back it was well worth it!
We had around 90 people.. and we got the North Loft, which is considerably bigger than the South Loft.. and it fit just right for the number of people. We were able to put a dance floor.. so if you're not having a dance floor.. you'd easily cou...
ld fit 20 to 25 more people. It doesn't need much decoration. If you can reserve it for the 3-day package, that would give you plenty of time to play with the arrangement of tables and all. A little pricey.. but pretty good place overall. :)
It worked out great for my wedding! We were in the Ridnour Room and Crystal was easy to get a hold of and very helpful. For this place you need to find your own caterer and bartender, etc. She gave us a few caterers that she had heard were g...
reat and we chose Kerry's Catering in McCool Junction and they were awesome (great food and really cheap!!). Also we bought all our alchol from a distributor and then just set out a tip jar (suggested by Crystal) and in tips we made $850! Our wedding was on a Friday so the room was $1000 cheaper then on a Saturday. So our price was really good for being in the haymarket.
I loved the ridenour room--one of the only places in Lincoln where you can bring in your own caterer and alcohal. Its very "do it yourself" so be prepared for some extra leg work, but we found it worth it, to save the money by bringing in our ...
alcohal and food.
We rented the Loft for the weekend. It was the perfect location for our small, winter wedding. The wood and the brick were beautiful and cozy. Loved it and we received a lot of compliments.
I knew I wanted to have my reception here from the beginning. The character of this place is amazing and the suites that come with the weekend package are beautiful. We did the weekend package for the bigger (North) loft/suite, and rented the s...
maller (South) loft just for the reception Saturday night. With the weekend package we got the keys for the building and the suite Friday afternoon and had access to it all the way until Sunday afternoon. The kitchens are really nice and since we were able to be in and out of there all weekend, we had the rehearsal dinner there Friday night, and we were able to keep food and snacks in the kitchen so we didn't have to make a ton of food runs. My now husband and I stayed there Friday and Saturday night, and my bridesmaids and I were able to do our hair and make-up done in there Saturday before the ceremony. The suites also have HUGE jacuzzi tubs and the only thing i was worried about with those was if the hot water would last long enough to actually fill the tub...it did! Some things to keep in mind if you rent the Apothecary: There isn't a dance floor in the lofts so you have to rent one (I used AAA Rentals-they have different sizes and do set-up/tear down for u). They also don't do in-house catering or bartending which I liked because I was free to choose my own caterer and bartender. Crystal was amazing to work with-very fast in responding to my questions and very willing to show me the space many many times :) You're free to set up the tables however you like. You just talk to Crystal about where you want everything, and they do the set-up for you. You also have to rent your own linens and table settings. I got my linens through AAA Rentals as well so they got delivered with the dance floor, and I got my table settings through Hy-Vee. The only little thing I didn't like was the chairs which seemed a little out-dated, but with everything else being as beautiful as it was, I didn't even notice when everyone was in there. All in all, loved it and would definitely recommend it!
Contact Info for Apothecary Lofts and Ridnour Room
140 North 8th Street, Lincoln, NE
Meet the Team
Crystal Meister
Manager
Born and raised on a farm in Winside, Nebraska, Crystal graduated from Wayne State College in 2006 and moved to Lincoln shortly after. She has been managing the Apothecary Lofts & Ridnour Room since 2008. In 2010, Crystal and her husband Andy were married (at the Apothecary Lofts & Ridnour Room of course!) and now have two beautiful children. Crystal is dedicated to ensuring that each and every client of the Apothecary Lofts & Ridnour Room is 100% satisfied and she will do whatever it takes to achieve that goal.
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