PRIVATE EVENTS AT BEL AIR SOCIAL
Gather Someplace MEmorable
Milestone celebrations. Rehearsal dinners. Company parties. Brand events. Whatever brings your people together, host it in a setting that makes the occasion feel special.
Go intimate in the Bacall Lounge, take it outside on the Kelly Terrace or make the entire Bel Air Social experience yours.
THREE DISTINCT SPACES
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INDOOR AND OUTDOOR OPTIONS
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UP TO 500 GUESTS
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CUSTOM BAR PACKAGES
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THREE DISTINCT SPACES ✳︎ INDOOR AND OUTDOOR OPTIONS ✳︎ UP TO 500 GUESTS ✳︎ CUSTOM BAR PACKAGES ✳︎
Three distinct spaces
Indoor and outdoor options
Events for up to 500 guests*
Custom bar packages
Bel Air at a glance
When Your Event Begs for More Than a Ballroom
From the start, Bel Air Social was never designed for the ordinary. Set inside the reimagined Bel Air Motel in the heart of the CWE, it brings together mid-century character, bold design, cocktails, food, music and a special kind of energy.
From rehearsal dinners and milestone birthdays to company parties, client events and brand experiences, Bel Air Social gives you the flexibility to make it yours. You can take over the entire venue for a full-scale celebration, host something private in the Bacall Lounge, or move the party outside on the Kelly Terrace.
You Want the Occasion to Feel Effortless. So Do We.
A great event should feel easy to your guests, even when you know how much planning went into it.
Bel Air Social gives you a space with atmosphere already built in, flexible ways to bring people together, and a team that can help you understand what is possible. We will help you find the right setting, think through the flow and shape a plan around your guest count, priorities, and budget.
No need to have every detail figured out before you reach out. You just need a reason to gather.
A Space with a Point of View and Room for Yours
Your venue sets the tone before the first drink is poured or the first toast is made.
Bel Air Social comes with personality already built in: intentional lighting, flexible gathering spaces and a natural flow between food, drinks, music, and conversation.
Flexible Layouts
Shape the room around cocktails, dining, presentations, performances, or a little of everything.
Adjustable Atmosphere
Dimmable lighting lets the mood shift from daytime gathering to late-night celebration.
Independent Sound Zones
Set different music and volume levels across the main venue, terrace, and Bacall Lounge.
Indoor-Outdoor Flow
Give guests room to move, mingle, and discover the space yet retaining the feel of one connected event.
One Destination. Three Distinctly Different Ways to Gather.
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One Destination. Three Distinctly Different Ways to Gather. |
Bel Air Social
Take over the full Bel Air Social experience. This is the choice for hosts who want more than one large room. They want a night guests can explore.
Bel Air Social captures a distinctive vibe and atmosphere rooted in MCM nostalgia, celebrating its iconic architectural heritage alongside a retro-chic aesthetic. It strikes a balance that's elevated yet unpretentious, delivering luxury and polish without feeling stiff, making it ideal for modern, high-energy gatherings. Throughout the multi-concept food hall and bar areas, vibrant, design-forward details shine through rich textures, intentional lighting, and Instagram-worthy backdrops at every turn.
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Modular Seating Formats: Mix and match group dining tables, high tops, low lounge seating, picnic tables, café arrangements, and full bar seating across all zones.
Customizable Ambience: Zoned dimmable lighting throughout every room to dial in the perfect lighting from bright daytime activations to late-night moodiness.
Precision Sound Control: Independent, multi-zone volume control for music, allowing separate playlists or sound levels on the main floor, outdoors, and in the basement lounge.
All-Weather Versatility: A spacious covered patio ensuring outdoor activations run seamlessly rain or shine.
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Up to 500 guests*
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Executive Mixers • Rehearsal Dinners • DJ Residencies • Product Launches • Milestone Birthdays • Pop-Up Culinary Showcases • Brand Activations • Cocktail Receptions • Holiday Parties • Engagement Parties • Live Music
The Bacall Lounge
Your Private Side of Bel Air
Tucked beneath the main venue, the Bacall Lounge offers an intimate, highly controlled environment away from main-floor distractions. Featuring refined architectural details and low-glare, adjustable ambient lighting, this versatile underground suite provides the ideal setting for private executive gatherings, client appreciation events, and formal presentations.
Fully separated from the main floor, the lounge gives guests room to settle in and gives your event a world of its own.
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Versatile Layout Capabilities
Seated Luncheons & Dinners: Accommodates dining layouts using eight round banquet tables with executive seating, perfect for multi-course meals, team celebrations, or hosted client lunches.
Keynote & Corporate Talk Setup: Configurable for theater/audience-style seating, facing a clear focal point for presentations, panel discussions, product unveilings, or guest speaker series.
Executive Board & Breakout Configurations: Easily transitions into hollow-square or classroom formats for interactive workshops, strategy sessions, and retreats.
Dedicated Private Restrooms: Exclusive, direct access to dedicated restrooms located within the subterranean footprint, keeping your guests entirely autonomous from main-floor foot traffic
Year-Round Climate Control: Fully dedicated, independent HVAC controls to guarantee precise temperature regulation and guest comfort in every season.
Zoned Audio Control: Dedicated, independent volume control for music and voice projection, ensuring crystal-clear speech intelligibility during talks and subtle background audio during lunch service.
Precision Dimmable Lighting: Fully customizable, multi-scene lighting control to transition seamlessly from bright presentation settings to warm, conversational meal service.
Dedicated Private Bar: A self-contained bar area ideal for welcoming drinks, wine pairings, or post-meeting cocktail hours without disrupting room flow.
Complete Privacy: Fully secluded floor access ensures corporate confidentiality for sensitive presentations, board meetings, and closed-door events.
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Up to 120 guests
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Vinyl & DJ Residencies • Executive VIP Dinners • Milestone Birthday Soirées • Late-Night After-Parties • Client Appreciation Lounges • Secret Speakeasy Birthdays • Tasting Dinners & Pop-ups • Executive Board Retreats
The Kelly Terrace
Take the Party Outside
The Kelly Terrace is an open-air escape in the middle of the CWE, sunlit and social by day, warmly lit and celebratory by night.
The patio unfolds as a sun-drenched al fresco oasis, offering open-air relaxation and natural light in a vibrant outdoor gathering place at the heart of the Central West End. Its spritz garden and urban escape energy evokes a chic European terrace, perfect for crisp spritzes and laid-back social hours, while comfortable, lounge-style seating transforms the space into a chic outdoor living room that invites guests to settle in and stay a while. As a vibrant day-to-night patio, it dynamically shifts from sunlit daytime gatherings to warmly lit evening garden soirees.
The space is designed for seamless indoor-outdoor flow, connecting directly to the main indoor social areas for flexible, multi-zone event setups. A dedicated outdoor bar can be configured for pop-up draft beer lines, spritz stations, or live outdoor cooking activations like crêpe and pizza stations, while flexible lounge and dining layouts adapt easily—from open-standing cocktail receptions to relaxed patio dining or wellness mats and lounge furniture arrangements.
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Corporate Luncheons & Team Dining: Featuring custom culinary activations—including live, fresh Crêpes & Treats stations—paired with café tables and flexible group dining layouts for memorable mid-day business hosting.
Milestone Birthday Parties & Receptions: Outfitted with picnic tables, high-top setups, and relaxed lounge seating, creating an inviting, celebratory flow for birthday gatherings and social toasts.
Al Fresco Dinners: Configurable for intimate, multi-course evening dinners and sunset cocktail receptions under the open sky or covered canopy.
Outdoor Privacy & Seclusion: Cleverly positioned and screened to keep your event quiet, intimate, and tucked away from the foot traffic and noise of surrounding busy streets.
Dedicated Outdoor Restrooms: Convenient, direct access to private outdoor restroom facilities situated right within the patio footprint—no need for guests to wander inside.
Covered Patio Protection: A built-in covered section offering reliable shelter from direct sun and unexpected rain, ensuring outdoor plans run without interruption.
Zoned Outdoor Audio Control: Dedicated, independent volume control for music, allowing crisp background playlists or custom soundtracks tuned specifically for the outdoor space.
Seamless Indoor-Outdoor Access: Direct connection to the main bar and indoor venue spaces for flexible event flow.
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Up to 250 guests
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Pilates & Juices • Catalina Wine Mixer / Spritz • Summer Cocktail Receptions • Al fresco dining • Outdoor Yoga & Coffee Socials • Funky Vinyl Sets • Rehearsal Welcome Parties • Weekend Patio Brunches • Daytime DJ Residencies • Corporate Summer Soirees
What’s included
A Starting Point for Your Plans
Your event begins with a distinctive space and the flexibility to arrange it around the way you want guests to gather.
Depending on the space, available features include:
Existing tables, seating and lounge furnishings
Flexible room configurations
Dimmable venue lighting
Independent audio zones
Indoor and outdoor event areas
Dedicated bar service spaces
Private or dedicated restrooms
Climate-controlled indoor spaces
Covered patio access
Event setup and breakdown time
On-site event support
Wi-Fi and presentation capabilities
Once we understand your plans, we'll confirm what's included, what can be customized and which additional services may be required.
Ask about discounted room blocks from Hotel Indigo for larger groups, wedding parties, or corporate events.
Pricing Overview
No two events use the space in quite the same way. Final pricing depends on the venue area, guest count, event length, staffing, food, bar package and any custom details. The rates below provide a starting point.
Required staffing is priced separately according to attendance and event needs. Food, bar packages, taxes, service fees and event enhancements are not included in the room rates above.
Tell us what you're planning, and we'll prepare a personalized estimate.
| Space | Guest Count | Two-Hour Rental | Additional Time |
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| The Bacall Lounge | Fewer than 30 | From $300 | $150 per hour |
| The Bacall Lounge | 30–60 | From $400 | $150 per hour |
| The Bacall Lounge | More than 60 | From $500 | $150 per hour |
| The Kelly Terrace | Fewer than 30 | From $1,300 | $350 per hour |
| The Kelly Terrace | 30–60 | From $1,400 | $350 per hour |
| The Kelly Terrace | 60–90 | From $1,500 | $350 per hour |
| The Kelly Terrace | More than 90 | From $1,600 | $350 per hour |
| Entire Bel Air Social | Up to 500 | Custom quote* | Custom quote |
Food and Beverage
Good Events Feature Good Taste
From casual bites and patio stations to seated dinners and elevated cocktail service, food and drinks can be shaped around the energy of your event.
Depending on the format, possibilities may include:
Passed appetizers
Seated lunches and dinners
Brunch experiences
Live culinary stations
Pizza or crêpe activations
Dessert and gelato service
Wine and spirits tastings
Custom cocktails and pairings
Tell us what you have in mind, and we'll help you understand the food and service options available for your event.
Raise the Bar
Choose from three hosted bar packages, then ask about custom brands, specialty cocktails or beverage experiences created for your event.
Package note: Specific brands are subject to availability. Ask about custom brand selections, specialty ingredients and personalized cocktail options
The Foundation
House spirits, select drafts, and select wine
A well-rounded hosted bar with familiar favorites for casual celebrations, company socials and easygoing gatherings.
| Duration | Price |
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| Two hours | $28 per guest |
| Three hours | $36 per guest |
| Four hours | $42 per guest |
| Each additional hour | $8 per guest |
The Cornerstone
Premium spirits, craft drafts, imported wine and Prosecco
An elevated selection with more variety for milestone celebrations, rehearsal events and client entertaining.
| Duration | Price |
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| Two hours | $38 per guest |
| Three hours | $47 per guest |
| Four hours | $54 per guest |
| Each additional hour | $10 per guest |
The World’s fair
Top-shelf spirits, bespoke cocktails, reserve wines and Champagne
A premium bar experience for high-touch celebrations, VIP events and occasions when the drinks deserve to be part of the story.
| Duration | Price |
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| Two hours | $50 per guest |
| Three hours | $62 per guest |
| Four hours | $72 per guest |
| Each additional hour | $12 per guest |
FAQs
How many guests can Bel Air Social accommodate?
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The Bacall Lounge can host up to 120 guests, the Kelly Terrace up to 250 and the full venue up to 500. Final capacity depends on layout, seating, food service, entertainment and event format.
The current event inquiry form requires a minimum of 15 guests. Confirm whether this reflects an official venue policy before publishing.
Is there a minimum guest count?
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Can I see the space before booking?
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Yes. Submit an inquiry and our team will follow up to discuss your event and arrange a time to see the space in person.
Can I rent only part of Bel Air Social?
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Yes. You can reserve the Bacall Lounge, the Kelly Terrace or the entire venue.
Three hosted bar packages are available. Food options depend on the event format and service approach. Share what you have in mind in your inquiry, and our team will explain the available options.
What food and bar options are available?
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This will be dependent upon availability of optional spaces, weather conditions, staffing levels, alternative dates. So, yes. Subject to availability. If weather conditions rule out usage of Kelly Terrace a full refund will be issued.
What happens if it rains during a terrace event?
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Room rates vary by space and guest count. Staffing, food, bar service and event enhancements are priced according to your plans. Submit an inquiry for a personalized estimate.
The capacities, minimum-guest note and unresolved weather and food policies are reflected in the current revised draft.
Can I bring decorations, entertainment or outside vendors?
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Policies depend on the event and space. Include your ideas in your inquiry so our team can confirm what is allowed and help coordinate the logistics.
How much does an event cost?
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Let’s Make It a Date
Eat. Drink. Celebrate. Gather in style. Come see what it could look like at Bel Air Social.
Inquire about discounted room blocks from Hotel Indigo for larger groups, wedding parties, corporate events etc.