Love, love, love this place!! My now husband And I celebrated our wedding reception in April at Clarendon Ballroom and couldn't have been happier with the outcome. From day one Sandra made us feel at ease. She wanted to make us happy. She was helpful and understanding at every stage in the process. She responded swiftly to every question and was very flexible with all our choices. Clarendon ballroom provides tables, chairs, and linens and has their own onsite caterer. Everything was beautifully done. The food was to die for!! We had cocktail hour on the rooftop and had an amazing assortment of food. Anti pasta for the Italians lots of passed appetizers and our favorite Korean chicken served in Chinese food boxes!! Katia managed the event the night of and the service was impeccable. Our main courses were delicious and we are told from guests that had the filet mignon it could be cut with a butter knife. One of our guests runs a catering company out of state and stated this was the best food he ever had! A nice touch is they include a doorman to make sure the Clarendon bar hoppers don't wedding crash on your private event. I could go on and on! I highly recommend Clarendon Ballroom!! Do not hesitate to go with Clarendon Ballroom for all your wedding/big event reception needs! read more

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OH GOD. Writing a review of this joint is proof I've been here. No bueno. Sigh... oh well, here we go. As a venue used for private events it's a solid 4 stars. Great wait staff, friendly bartenders and the food es muy bueno. Oh wait, I mean, the food is very good. Sorry, living in Columbia Pike as brought out the Spanish. Anyway, private venues - YES. Great place to book! I'd only suggest they do a better job of keeping the riff raff non private event goers out. Also, offer more seating. As for a regular Friday or Saturday night...errr, em, uh... it's okay. If you're looking for a popp'd collar yuppie than this is the place to go. And unlike the creepy old mans that hang out at places like K street or Park, the token old mans here are BEYOND creepy. They'll walk up to you and touch your face or proposition you like a hooker. Aside from creepy old dude, the average age for patrons here would be 23 and most of the hail from the suburbs because they're too broke to drive into DC. This, however, is just an observation. But CB gets an extra star for providing great entertainment. Watching said popp'd collar jagoffs get kicked out is pure comedy! The last time I went (which was this past Friday) they had a rock cover band which sucked. Cover was $10 which wasn't worth it, and the line for my bottle water took 10 minutes. They also have a room downstairs that had hip hop/mashups, etc but the room was so dark I was running into people. Again, no bueno. I guess it's a hit or miss experience. I'll most likely go again but only if sister wife drags me. read more

This review is for the Rooftop Event Space, and not whatever evening debaucheries occur here. We recently hosted a corporate event on the rooftop, and I have to admit the rooftop can really "clean up!" The location and setting was great and the service was amazing - the plated dishes of cheese, vegetables, and hummus were beautifully arranged; the servers were attentive and always within an arms reach when you were ready to discard something so that you didn't have to awkwardly hold onto a drink in one hand and an empty kabob stick in the other. Even the bartenders were personable and greeted people by the name on their name tags. read more

Consider this place for your private event! I am not kidding. Until recently, my only experience with Clarendon Ballroom has been as a single gal, cavorting on the rooftop patio and trying to score. It's been quite a few years since then, so when my company announced their annual party at the CB, I was like, really? Wings and Coronas, anybody? Was I ever wrong...The event planners at CB put out a spread that has totally changed my notion of the place. No wings or cheese sticks. I'm talking seared tuna, satay, amazing mac and cheese, sweet potato fries, and gorgeous desserts. Their servers were moving the treats around on carts, so it wasn't like some tacky buffet style. Prior to this, I never would have considered this place to be somewhere to hold an event, but I stand corrected. read more

Chris was such an amazing bartender! Thank you for making our night amazing!! We will come ab k because of you!

Soooo baaad! the place is to small for a crowd over 9000! and all that Pizza on the floor at the Gate... read more

The Clarendon Ballroom hosted my wedding ceremony and reception in May 2019 and I cannot recommend them highly enough! My now-husband and I had invited family and friends from all over the country to our wedding, so we wanted to keep the festivities local so that our guests had multiple transportation options, plenty of places to stay and things to do, in addition to making the planning a little easier on ourselves. The Clarendon Ballroom helped to streamline the planning process immensely by providing multiple services to us (catering, drinks, dessert, tables, chairs, linens, etc) on our wedding day. The venue itself is fantastic! I had always considered it as a place to go out for cover band shows, but it is an incredibly flexible space, and, with the minimal decor and lighting that we brought in, the room looked magical! We also really liked that it is essentially one big room - the tables, dance floor and bar all fit in the same space, so that everyone could be together, as opposed to separating the tables and the dance floor. Plus, we were able to use their roof deck for our cocktail hour! Sandra, the catering manager, was so fantastic throughout the whole process. She was incredibly responsive and she helped us with all those tricky decisions that you will not have experience with if you don't plan large events regularly (How much dessert per person? How should we structure dinner being served around the toasts? Sandra has all the answers). She was even happy to accommodate our request to serve a special "happy birthday" hamburger to our officiant so that we could sing to him! This leads me to the food. 2 months later, my guests are still raving about how delicious the food was. I loved that the Ballroom had such flexible menu options - you can serve plated dinners, set up a buffet, or set up food stations (you can even bring in a sushi chef!). We ended up doing more traditional hors d'oeuvres and plated meals and everything was delicious (the filet is so tender that you won't need a steak knife and the seared tuna and maple bacon apps were both big hits, too). The bar packages were extremely reasonable, as well. They offer 7 different wines and about 10-12 different beers, along with different liquor packages, so there will be something that everyone likes (my husband might have been most excited for the Stewart's sodas that they offer). If I had to plan the wedding all over again, I would definitely still pick the Clarendon Ballroom. Our wedding turned out better than we could have imagined and Sandra, Kattia and their team made it happen! read more

In Arlington it is hard to find a good location for a large private party that is in a unique location (not a hotel). I rented the space on a Saturday night for a family event with 140 people. Sandra and Kattia were great to work with and assist with the planning. Guest raved about the food -- even the salad. Patrick is a really talented chef to produce food for 80 adults that was high restaurant quality not bland banquet food. The staff handled problems well -- Arlington Police had issue with the valet set up. read more

Done! This stupid trump thing is very unprofessional and not consumer friendly. Political statements at the cost of consumers is really unacceptable. I had an event there two years ago and it was fantastic! The staff were beyond helpful! It is inappropriate to combine politics with a fun event. Stars are for wonderful service and guidance in planning an event. $. Great venue, poor judgement. read more

Sanda and Kattia are AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Highly recommend :)

I love this place! Great owners, tremendous staff. The event I attended was just wonderful in every way. Their attention to detail and their customer service are impeccable - they were cordial and helpful in every way. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! read more

I went to the Clarendon Ballroom on a Saturday night with my best friend and my mother. It was dirty and the crowd was small. I started a tab under my name and the bartender asked for my ID and credit card to hold onto, which was odd to me that they "required" to hold my ID as if holding a credit card wasn't enough. The night goes on and at 12:34AM we are all ready to go home so I close out my tab. The bartender who started my tab and the one that closed me out were different people. So I asked for my check and the bartender prints the receipt and I close out. The next day I realize that my ID and my credit card were never returned to me which was odd so I figured I will call them and ask them to mail it to me. I call several times on different days for 5 days until they finally picked up my phone call. The manager then proceeds to explain that she doesn't have the ID or the credit card and starts accusing me of taking the card and ID and losing it myself. I was applaud that an establishment would ask for an ID to hold on to and then lose it and have the audacity to not even blink an eye at the fact that my credit card and ID are now in any random persons hands, MY ID!!! I mean good grief lady put yourself in my shoes and think about the panic that I am going into about my ID basically being stole for the past 5 days and me not knowing. The best part on the phone with her besides not offering a solution or being apologetic is that she actually accused me of being drunk and bar hopping, that's why I should have noticed my ID and credit card should have noticed missing. Just a plain experience made even worst by the negligence and lack of responsibility as well as the accusatory manner in which this was handled. I will never go back nor would I suggest anyone go if they expect any level of service. read more