The Ambrose Hotel 1255 20th Street • Santa Monica • CA 90404

Your rental at The Ambrose Hotel in Santa Monica includes tables and seating, the indoor and outdoor fireplaces, heat lamps on request, event planning services and premium Wi-Fi. Food, drinks and your other vendors are separate: catering comes from the hotel's preferred list, and the events team will connect you with local pros. A 21% service charge is added on top. If you're eloping, the elopement package bundles an officiant, a one-night stay in a Premium King room, welcome wine and chocolates, breakfast for two and private use of the Library and Fireside for your ceremony.

Yes, you can do both at The Ambrose, so guests just float from one space to the next. Its five connected event spaces, known as The Apiary, can be booked together: say your vows in the 1,900-square-foot Courtyard beside a softly flowing fountain, host cocktails on the Fireside patio and in the Library, then dine in The Living Room with its marble café tables and corner booths. It's built for intimate weddings, with seating for up to 50 guests outdoors.

Catering at The Ambrose Hotel comes from a preferred list, so you'll choose your caterer from the hotel's recommended pros. You're welcome to bring your own alcohol, and a corkage fee applies. For everything else, the Ambrose events team will help you customize your day and connect you with some of the best local vendors.

At The Ambrose Hotel in Santa Monica, the event space rental runs $500–5,000. Where you land depends on the day of the week, time of day, time of year, which spaces you reserve and your guest count. Catering from the preferred list is priced on top of the rental, along with a 21% service charge and a corkage fee if you bring your own alcohol. Eloping? Elopement packages start at $3,000, plus sales tax and service fees. If your guests are staying over, a wedding room block of 10 rooms unlocks discounted rates, so budget for their stays separately.

Events at The Ambrose Hotel can be held between 6am and 9pm, year-round and any day of the week. Amplified music is allowed indoors and outdoors, with some restrictions. If you'd like more time together, The Study, a wood-paneled room in The Apiary, can also serve as a getting-ready suite before the ceremony.

Your guests can stay right at The Ambrose, and the hotel offers a wedding group room block when you book 10 rooms. The block comes with a discounted "I Do" rate on the Studio King Room, a discounted Bridal or Groom's Suite with a terrace for the wedding day, a mimosa bar for up to 10 guests of honor, gift-bag delivery at check-in, guaranteed 1pm late check-out for up to two rooms and a dedicated booking link. Many rooms and suites have private patios, and the beach and 3rd Street Promenade are minutes away.

The Ambrose Hotel is a boutique Craftsman-style hotel on a quiet, tree-lined street in Santa Monica, made for intimate weddings and elopements, with your ceremony, reception and guest rooms all in one place. Its five connected Apiary spaces, from a fountain courtyard to an emerald Library and a fireside patio, can be booked together for up to 50 seated guests outdoors. Elopement packages start at $3,000 and include an officiant and a night in a Premium King room. The hotel hosts every event in the most eco-friendly way it can, too.