Apothecary Lofts and Ridnour Room

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.

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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:)

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!

. 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

om was set up exactly how we requested. Great experience.

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!

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 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!!!

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!

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.

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.

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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!

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. :)

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.

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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!