The Majestic Downtown

A beautiful venue for weddings. Elegantly designed too accommodate any party needs.

I could honestly write pages & pages about how awesome this venue is from what this place has to offer, besides its beauty (because let's face it, this place is beautiful beyond comparison), to the person we were in contact with throughout our wedding planning, Ashton. But, let's first get right to how beautiful the venue is. It really is a hidden gem you'd never know you'd pass by in DTLA. When my husband & I first walked into the venue, we were blown away by how beautiful it was (I can't say it enough). We loved the vintage & elegant vibe to the venue. The lighting fixtures, the architecture, & artwork on the ceilings provide all the decoration you need. We didn't need much decoration for our wedding. We let the venue itself provide it all. Our guests loved the venue, mostly because of how naturally beautiful it was.
So what we also loved about the venue was there was a place for everything, To the left, we had our ceremony space. Upstairs, we had our cocktail hour & downstairs to the right, we had our reception. The space was enough for the 240 guests we had. We also loved the hours we were given on our wedding day. We had the entire venue from 8am-2am, which gave enough time for our vendors to set-up & break down on the same day. We also didn't feel that we had to speed up things when we were planning the wedding day timeline. The thing we also loved about having the wedding here was the many opportunities to take pictures. The grand staircase leading up to the mezzanine were a big hit for pictures. We also liked that with the big space gave a lot of opportunities to play around with how to position tables, the photobooth, the dessert table, sweetheart table, etc. BTW, be prepared to forget about the rest of the world when the music starts playing. The music echoes around the entire place perfectly.
Other things to say: Bathrooms were maintained and cleaned by the bathroom attendants & the air conditioning was working just fine. The venue manager stayed on site the entire time to overlook things, which we loved, because my husband & I had to concentrate on our wedding and our guests. The venue also offered a security guard, which I definitely recommend having. Having this venue in the middle of DTLA means a potential for uninvited guests to come lurking around. Also keep in mind that they do not have a designated parking lot. Most parking lots around the venue do require you to pay for parking, but trust me, you can get past it. I also told my guests to carpool, Uber, Lyft, use their hotel shuttle cars, whatever. My guests had no problem with that. FYI, we did get 4 free parking passes to use for the parking lot next to the venue, which we gave to the guests that needed it the most.
Anyways, moving on to Ashton, the Director of Film & Event Sales & our contact person throughout our planning. She is so easy to work with, extremely sweet, organized, trustworthy, & professional across the board. She answered all of my questions & trust me, I had a lot. Some were even repeated, but she was understanding & patient with me. She helped me whenever I needed it without hesitation whether it was providing measurements around the venue, offering vendors for different services, and just being present whenever she was needed. She also allowed me to visit the venue as many times as I needed to, as long as there were no other events going on. Also, all the preferred vendors she provided that we decided to use were so amazing to us and offered great service. We had so many compliments from our guests regarding the food that Silver Service Catering provided and the work that our wedding coordination team, Love Anne Joy, provided. We definitely trusted Ashton in helping us plan our special day and she did a phenomenal job. She was amazing!
Choosing this venue was one of the easiest choices made throughout our wedding planning journey & I do not regret one bit of it. The venue is unique and one-of-a-kind.
BTW, it's kind of cool recognizing your venue on commercials, tv shows, & movies!

Beautiful event at the Majestic. Was it the event? Was it the majestic?

My husband and I recently had our wedding ceremony and reception at the Majestic. As you enter the venue, you are greeted with a beautiful grand staircase that leads up to the mezzanine. Our ceremony was held in the hall to the left and reception in the bigger hall to the right.
Besides my husband (then fiance) falling in love with the venue during our site tour, one of the reasons we decided on Majestic was that they allow outside catering & bar service. This was very important to us since we already had specific cuisine we wanted to serve and most wedding venues do not offer this option. Of course you still have a choice of going with their in-house catering.
One thing to keep in mind though is that the Majestic is not a "wedding-ready" venue or your typical "wedding hall". This place used to be an old Bank of America headquarters and what you are renting is a historical landmark. It was great that the venue came with round banquet tables and chairs (they have gold chivalry chairs and maroon banquet chairs) but everything else would need to be brought in - event lighting, draping, dance floor, PA systems etc.
Having been a bank once upon a time, there is a huge vault that we were lucky enough get opened and take photos in and there are also plenty of gorgeous spots within the building for photos.
Ashton was very helpful and such a pleasure to work with. She was readily available to answer all of our questions, meeting us on several site visits prior to the event and very easy to work with our wedding coordinator.
My only regret is that I was not able to fully enjoy the venue since it was MY wedding and the day flew by before I knew it. Really hope to get a chance to be back at this gorgeous venue that instantly takes you back to an era you've only heard about.

My family and I went to the NBA crossover event held at the Majestic this year for the NBA All-Star Weekend. It was absolutely amazing! I was there for the first time and I enjoyed it immensely!