Arbor Room at Popp Fountain

I've attended a few events over the years in this space (and I'm pretty sure I've reviewed it before but ???) and last weekend was a family wedding.The space is GORGEOUS. The 1930s fountain is stunning and the colonnade is lush right now with wisteria which gives the whole space a dreamy look. The adjoining event hall is modern with a ton of windows so you can enjoy the beautiful park around you. The staff is top notch! At the last moment rain clouds rolled in and the outdoor wedding had to quickly be moved indoors. This was accomplished quickly and efficiently. The bartenders and servers were great! The food was good and plentiful. Definitely a night to remember!

City Park in New Orleans is such a beautiful park with all its oak trees and lagoons. City Park also hosts plenty of weddings. Who doesn't love an outdoor wedding ceremony on a beautiful sunny day?? Popp Fountain in City Park is the perfect place in the park for such a moment. The fountain is picturesque and makes for an awesome backdrop. The Arbor Room adjacent to the fountain is a big open room that can accomodate over 300 people for your wedding reception.I worked a wedding reception here last night and the Arbor Room was decorated beautifully. The bride and groom loved everything about their wedding. While it wasn't a New Orleans-style wedding it was still loads of fun! (Of course in New Orleans we do almost everything different including our wedding receptions). Everyone loved the food and the band was great (popular local band The Bucktown All Stars).The Arbor Room and Popp Fountain have it all to make your special event perfect.....a wonderful setting, delicious food, plenty of outdoor space, and a great staff.

We went to a promotional event at this venue last night. I hadn't even realized that they had built this facility just behind Popp's Fountain across from City Bark dog park. It is an open and airy party room with a patio off to the left side.At this event the band was set up outside with plenty of room to gather around on the patio.City Park catering offered some yummy New Orleans food for this event, Gumbo, Red Bean & Rice, Jambalaya and, our favorite, the smoked pork tenderloin, which you could turn into little sandwiches.The design of the facility is modern, with clean lines and liner details, but the backdrop of Popp's Fountain and City Park are the real stars of this venue. It seems like a wonderful place to host an event which then also includes the beautiful setting at the fountain and gardens that surround it.

This was booked for a wedding reception. I thought the venue was phenomenal. The giant open floor plan allowed for a live band, several food stations, plenty of tables, and you have the ability to have both an indoor and outdoor space. The Popp Fountain next door offered the perfect backdrop for photos. I thought the caterers were excellent as well. Definitely recommended.

I attended the "A Dark and Stormy Night" event here, so I don't know if I had a typical experience (I assume this place mainly hosts wedding receptions), but I think I got a good feel of the venue.For starters, I did have a bit of trouble finding the place. It's kind of hidden and GPS offered me zero help. When I finally found it, it was in a pretty obscure area of the park. Keep in mind, it was dark, so I was working at a disadvantage.When I finally arrived, I was greeted by a large room of people having a good time. The venue itself it quite big and for this particular event, everything was spaced out nicely with art and auctions in the middle of the floor and drinks and food on the outer edges. As far as food goes- it was kind of strange. There were people walking around the room with hors d'oeuvres and then there was a table of snacks. The food was pretty no frills: it was a couple of cheese balls and some chips and dip. Hey, I love a good cheese ball, so this girl wasn't complaining; the only thing I found odd is that the chips were just dumped on the table and not in a bowl or something. Eh, not a huge deal. Outside is, of course, Popp Fountain and it looked lovely as it was lit up and nicely illuminated for the evening.I had a great time here and I would love to return for another event.

My wedding reception was here soon after the construction was complete. We had our doubts; but they were quickly diminished after we entered the hall and saw how beautiful it was. The lay out was perfect to my brides specifications. The staff was polite and worked extremely diligently to make sure all of my guest had the time of their lives. I would highly recommend City Park's Arbor Room to every bride & groom. I have zero critiques.

Our daughter and son-in-law were married here 3/23/19--and it was AMAZING! Beautiful setting, excellent food, careful attention to detail by Courtney and Cathy, prompt response time for communication leading up to the event, unbelievable service (they even attend to the parents!!) and overall an excellent venue and GREAT PARTY!!!