For more than twenty years only members got through the door. Now your team does. Painted ceilings, fireplaces and a 1931 elephant feel a world away from the office, and that is the point: people loosen up, mix outside their usual circles and actually talk.
Seven spaces, each with its own light and mood, so the night keeps moving and people keep mixing.
Cocktail hour fills the Lounge and the Dining Room, with fireplaces, gold walls and the bar. Nothing here looks like a conference center, and that does half the work.
The grand piano in the Lounge is there for anyone brave enough to play it.
The Ballroom seats 120 under crystal chandeliers and a ceiling painted as a starlit sky, and with the Dining Room the venue seats 200.
Long tables put people from different teams side by side, or set rounds with the stage at one end.
The Ballroom stage is framed in deep blue velvet, made for a quick word from leadership, the awards and a band once the speeches are done.
Our Lighting & AV team handles the screens, microphones and a technician for the program.
One company holiday party turned The Ruins into a night circus: a red carpet down the hallway, a ticket booth, a carousel horse, stilt walkers and an aerialist over the Ballroom.
Pick a theme and we carry it through every space, so the whole team has something to talk about on Monday.
When dinner winds down, the party carries on in the speakeasy with Ruby, a life-size elephant built for the 1931 Paris exhibition.
Cocktails up front, dinner and the program in the Ballroom, and the speakeasy for anyone not ready to go home.
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2Dining Room
2Lounge
3Ballroom
Three hours of access before guests arrive
One hour as guests arrive
Three hours, with the stage for speeches and performances
Add it on and keep the night going with Ruby
Food, drink, planning, production, music and flowers come from one team that knows The Ruins, so there is far less for you to manage.
A dedicated coordinator guides you from your first tour to the final walkthrough, with planning and production support when you want it.
Herban Feast, our award-winning in-house kitchen and bar team, handles food, drink and service for every event at The Ruins.
Screens, microphones and a technician for the program, plus uplighting and pin lighting to set the mood.
Serenada DJs and MCs already know the venue, your planner and your timeline, from the first announcement to the last song.
Garden-inspired to sleek and modern, styled to your event and coordinated through the same team, with no separate vendor to manage.
Walk every space with McKayla at a time that suits you.
Price ranges, floor plans and what is included, sent to you right away.
Event enthusiast and planner. She will be the one showing you around.
A military kid who grew up across Texas, California and Chicago, McKayla learned early how to turn any space into a community. She spent nearly a decade managing rooftop venues in Southern California before bringing that to Seattle.
The ceremony, every time. Meeting a couple on a one-hour tour, then watching their story arrive at the aisle a year later, still gives her chills nine years in.
People will forget what you said and what you did, but they never forget how you made them feel.
Yes. Our Lighting & AV team provides screens, microphones and a technician to run the program with you.
Yes. Complimentary Wi-Fi is available throughout the venue, and a sound system for background music is included.
The Maisonette works as a green room for performers, volunteers and equipment.
All drinks are served by our catering and bar team, so outside alcohol and bartenders aren’t permitted.
Dietary accommodations are included in our catering packages, and the menu can be adjusted to fit your guests.
There is a pay-to-park lot directly across the street, and transportation can be arranged.
Yes, as long as they are enclosed in votive or glass containers. Any candles placed on the floor need to be LED.
Every space has its own page with photos and capacities.
Painted walls, a night sky overhead, crystal at every height.
120 seated dinner·200 standing
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Arched French doors, painted lunettes and a fireplace at each end.
80 seated dinner·120 standing
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Gold walls, a grand piano and the bar.
30 lounge seating·75 standing
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