The Icehouse

I love, love, love warehouse renovated spaces. What can I say, it is the Native New Yorker part of me that still exists, even though I have lived in the desert for decades. This is a cool place. Think large warehouse turned into a now active for rent event space. I went for a company holiday party. It is an adaptable space venue. It has a few rooms and an outside small alley like patio area. The patio area can be used for a bar and or maybe a BBQ and/or whatever the client wants/requests I suppose. I had a great time here and I keep hoping to get invited back to a corporate event being held at the Icehouse. Haha, some day!

Love the icehouse. A beautiful place as event rental for corporate parties. The building has an amazing structure and design with an open roof. The outdoor patio is perfect for a greeting spot and putting out a rolling bar as guests enter. I love that it has 3-4 rooms to have various entertainment areas for guests to mingle and enjoy before dinner, such as a casino setup or other games or an item table filled with of silent auction items. I know you'll enjoy events at the icehouse!

Perfect venue for the perfect wedding!! We got married here on 2/20/21 and are still buzzing from the day/night. Jayme is seriously incredible.. We had our eyes set on this place from day 1 because obviously it's beautiful. Wondering why every photo you see is beautiful?? Jayme. She has such an amazing eye for what looks great and her experience in this space really shows. My wife came prepare with an overwhelming amount of Pinterest boards to share her ideas and Jayme wasn't worried about anything in the slightest. What we loved about this venue outside of the obvious is that Jayme manages the entire setup, decorating and breakdown. I have to believe that she can turn the venue into whatever vibe you're going for.A plus was that our Day-of Planner, Kristi Bearden with Party Bliss, works really well with Jayme. Together they pull off amazing events and we're so lucky to have found them both.Highly recommend. :)

Jayme rules!!! We had our wedding here in November! She freaking killed it! She had such a great vision! My advice to other Brides is trust what Jayme says she's an artist and knows her space. Be open and make sure you know what your getting in your price for the venue. We made sure we knew in the beginning what we would be charged for. I've seen the other reviews in here and so I was a bit nervous, and I have to say we absolutely don't agree with these other bad reviews!!! We loved Jayme and thought she was so cool and came through perfectly! Highly recommended going with this beautiful venue! Check out these pictures! She came up with the coolest feather backdrop for our wedding! I'm obsessed ps our picture are by Jasmine Amber Photography

My fiancé and I were interested in the icehouse as a wedding venue. The photos where stunning and we were really excited to view the space. We got into contact with Jayme the manager on site and she gave us a vague time tot meet her. Once we got to the venue the experience was instantly TERRIBLE. Let me be clear, the space is BEAUTIFUL, but Jayme is beyond off-putting. She seemed to have forgot that she made an appointment with us and proceeded to give us the most lack luster tour of all time. Though the space was very pretty I can't imagine ever voluntarily interacting with Jayme EVER AGAIN. Look do yourself a favor, avoid interacting with this women.

My husband and I got married here June 29, 2019 and it was beautiful. Jayme is not your typical vendor- she is an artist and treats her events as such. She is super fun and personable. She put together the most beautiful event for us, and didn't shy away when she thought something we had in mind was going to look bad or was a bad idea. We held our cocktail hour in the gallery and it was stunning. If you're planning a summer event here, it's going to be hot- the air conditioning does not work well enough in the large space to provide a cool escape from the 110 degree heat, so be aware of that. This is an absolutely beautiful space that is soooo reasonably priced. You get to provide your own alcohol and catering which is so nice. We love Jayme, and the Icehouse will always hold a special place in our hearts.

We attended their open house on a Sunday afternoon. Several vendors participated such as flower, DJ, Event planner, mobile bartender providers and a pizza company. This is a rather eclectic wedding venue, quite a large area (35,000 sqft in all). I can only judge what l saw, as it was only staged to showcase their venue and services. I was a bit concerned by the dust, lack of cleanliness. The entire venue needs to be cleaned up, maintained better. Now it might work great for some and it is a venue that claims to work with it's community and smaller budgets.

The Icehouse is a rare complex of historic buildings in the warehouse district. The City of Phoenix is fortunate to have a cultural space like The Icehouse. This venue is able to hold a maximum of 300 people at a time. Jayme Blue, manager of The Icehouse, works with you to make your dreams come true. Perfect for an event.Perfect for artists, Joe Holdren takes care of the gallery aspect of The Icehouse. In regard to the cats, they are spayed and neutered. It's a difficult process to round up the feral cats. One more left to spay. I was fortunate to get a kitten from the icehouse. Ice blue eyes little siamease kitten. So pretty, someone stole the kitty from me. The Icehouse: A complex so eclectic, it takes you away from hectic urban insanity :)

I had my wedding at the Icehouse and I can honestly say I wouldn't have picked this venue if I had to do it all over again. I chose this venue because of it's unique quality and the location was perfect, what I didn't like was my experience with their "middle person" also known as Downtown Phoenix Venues. I chose this venue because you are essentially being rented the building and everything else needs to be brought in (Everything!) I thought this was perfect since I could personalize everything and I didn't want your typical wedding. Well this place makes it seem that way but is actually the opposite, Riette has so many rules it's absurd. I wanted to bring in a waffle truck at the end of the night and asked if we could park it near the patio on their parking lot, she said no because they only allow their five caterers on the property so I would need to have my guests walk outside of the venue for the waffles. Before I signed the contract she assured me that the caterers were open to working within my budget since I had read the online reviews and was a bit apprehensive about this very issue. I contacted all 5 caterers and only one would work with me and even then I had to pay 1,500 more than I originally budgeted. I had 85 guests and the caterers ranged from 5k-10k! I couldn't believe it. They didn't want to work with my budget and since they knew I was contracted with the Icehouse they didn't care about my business. I chose Atlasta Catering and they were wonderful but the price is what I wasn't happy with.I asked if we could bring in a different caterer she said they didn't make exceptions and if they did that for me they would have to do it for other brides, a few weeks before my wedding I found a different wedding that was feautured on a blog and they used an outside caterer! There are so many discrepancies it's really infuriating.I also had to hire 2 Phoenix police officers. Yes, 2 for a wedding of less than 100 people!! and pay for that as well. Had to pay an extra 300 for wedding day insurance that the venue requires (but that doesn't cover vendors so you have to make sure that they all have insurance of their own)The hilarious part of all of this is that they've had RAVES at this venue and huge parties but a wedding with less than 100 people requires police officers and all of these rules and regulations? I understand that they don't want things to get out of hand but it's ridiculous. Also keep in mind that in order to rent pretty much any downtown Phoenix venue you need to go through her.I spoke to several vendors some as far as Scottsdale and they knew about Riette's reputation before I even said anything, Will she let you do that? have you talked to Riette? she probably wouldn't allow that. I think that the building owner's need to realize that she is hurting their business by being so difficult to work with. I even had to tell my coordinator to strictly deal with the venue because I couldn't handle it anymore. I went way over budget because of all of these fees and the added expense of the caterer. The wedding was beautiful and they did deliver the day of the wedding. My guests had no idea but I had such a horrible experience preparing for this huge event in my life that I really regret picking this venue.

This is one of Phoenix's Best kept secret!! A one of a kind venue that is so versatile that makes whatever kind of function, from formal to casual & everything in between, The Icehouse is the the best choice. The manager is so knowledgeable, she knows every inch of the venue which helps when planning a function. Her artistic abilities are MIND-BLOWING!! From decorating the centerpiece/arches for a wedding to the tables for dining, she surpasses everyone in the business. She can recommend vendors to use or have the choice to hire someone. She and her staff are always so helpful, courteous & professional. They are the best!!From the unique decor in the rooms to management & staff, THE ICEHOUSE rates a 8.5 of 5 stars.Thank you!!I will definitely recommend THE ICEHOUSE to everyone I know!!