300+ guest capacity
This venue can host 300+ guests
About this vendor
Bostonia Public House is located in the former Board of Trade Building, conveniently situated in the Financial District and next to Faneuil Hall. It served as one of Boston's "great gathering-points of the traders" - with the Custom House Tower on one side and the Old State House on the other. We have two floors offering a range of wedding possibilities (wedding, rehearsal dinner, shower, post wedding brunch). The upstairs (1880 Room & Board of Trade Room) is the most popular to rent for cocktail events with up to 180 guests OR 80 seated. During COVID restrictions, we can accommodate a micro wedding with 25 seated guests in our upstairs space (1880 Room and Board of Trade Room), with room for a ceremony. You can also rent out all of Bostonia with a capacity of 420 guests for a cocktail event. Feel free to send Meg an inquiry for more information via the Bostonia website or The Knot.
Example set-ups:
- During COVID restrictions, we can accommodate a micro wedding with 25 seated guests in our upstairs space (1880 Room and Board of Trade Room), with room for a ceremony
- For weddings, we recommend 120ish max for a cocktail reception upstairs.
- 80 seated with no dance floor.
- 60 seated with a dance floor.
- You can also look at doing a restaurant buy-out with room for 420 at a cocktail reception OR you could have the cocktail reception on the main floor and then transition upstairs for 80 seated.
Amenities + details
Ceremony Area
Handicap Accessible
Indoor Event Space
Liability Insurance
Reception Area
Wireless Internet
Covered Outdoors Space
Dressing Room
On-Site Accommodations
Outdoor Event Space
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Guest Capacity
- 300+
Settings
- Historic Venue
- Restaurant
Venue Service Offerings
- Bar & Drinks
- Cakes & Desserts
- Destination Weddings
- Food & Catering
- Planning
- Service Staff
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out of 5.08 reviews
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We knew we wanted a more casual wedding and Bostonia Public House helped us achieve that! Rob and his team were extremely helpful and communicative leading up to the event, and went above and beyond in the event set up. We didn't hire a wedding coordinator and honestly didn't need to with how well the team at Bostinia worked to ensure our event both looked and went well.
We had the most amazing day. I cannot say enough how happy we are with our choice to have our wedding reception at Bostonia Public House. When my now husband and I got engaged last year, we knew we wanted an intimate and personable wedding reception site. What better place to host our wedding than at BPH, the city where we met and the restaurant where we shared many wonderful meals during our time together.
I am so blown away at the amazing level of expertise, care, service, and kindness we received when planning our wedding with the event manager, Megan Long. She was truly wonderful and will work tirelessly beside you to ensure that your wedding day is exactly as you envisioned it to be. She was with us every step away, always happy and willing to be flexible so that we can get the most of what we wanted for our wedding day.
Our wedding day was seamless and perfect all due to the wonderful service we received at Bostonia Public House. The food was exquisite, the service was amazing, and we opened the dance floor for our guests to dance the night away. Our guests loved the space as well, telling us it was unique and beautiful, and we could not agree more.
We will forever be grateful to the BPH team for making our special day so perfect. We can’t wait to come back for anniversaries, special occasions, or any random day to reminisce of our wedding night. Many thanks to Megan and the entire BPH staff for helping make our reception such a great success!
We hosted our wedding reception (60 people) at Bostonia and could not have been happier with how it all went. We had our ceremony at Old South Meeting house and wanted to find a venue that represented Boston well and was walking distance from the ceremony and the hotel. From the beginning, Megan, the manager for events, was friendly, professional, and SO helpful in giving us advise for all the details we needed for the wedding. She was great to work with and super responsive! We had the whole upstairs for our party, with the beautiful Boston mural at the end of the room. The day of the event, the staff at BPH set up the space just as we had planned, and even better, everything looked beautiful! The food, the drinks and the service were all fantastic and all our guests said it was one of the best weddings they had been to. Clearly, Megan and her staff know what they are doing, we could not have asked for a better night
Thank you so much!!
Booking our reception here was the best decision ever! It is our favorite restaurant in Boston, and we instantly thought of having our reception here when we decided we didn't want the "big wedding". We had about 60 guests, and its been nearly a week and everyone is STILL raving about the venue! It is the perfect space, and makes for such a fun evening! Meg is absolutely WONDERFUL to work with and we couldn't have done any of it without her. Everything was absolutely beautiful!
I cannot express in words how amazing our wedding at Bostonia Public House was! From start to finish, everything was perfect! Megan helped us throughout the process and she was super professional and always responded to us when we had any questions. Our guests loved everything about Bostonia Public House, the ambiance, the staff, the decor, and especially THE FOOD!!! It truly was a magical night and we couldn't have done it without Megan.
Had a lovely time working with Megan and the gracious staff at BPH. Communication was fast and clear. They always seemed available to answer questions or clear up one of the 1000 details you need to consider while planning a wedding. Obviously experienced, they were able to take great care of us and our guests. We're very happy to have found them :)
My [now] husband and I hosted our small Wedding Reception at the Bostonia back in July. There were about 60 guests for a cocktail style party and the entire experience was everything and more. Starting with the Private Dining Manager, Megan, who was kind, professional, responsive, and extremely helpful. I was planning this from out of state and she made the entire process easy! The day of, the staff, the service, the atmosphere and most importantly the food & drinks were both exceptional.
After the 3 hour reception, we went to take more photos because the sunset was perfect and Megan went above and beyond guiding us (along with our photographer and videographer) around the city to find the PERFECT spots to take photos.
Megan, thank you again for making this day such a wonderfully memorable day. You truly are the best!
Xox Jessica and Jonas
We had such amazing time at the Bostonia Public House for our wedding reception! They did a fantastic job and had no problem accommodating our 60+ person party. The manager, Megan Long, was awesome and helped with so many other aspects of our wedding! We love the Bostonia and our guests had an absolute blast!
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131 State St, Boston, MA
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