
Old Course Hotel is a hotel destination wedding venue in St Andrews, United Kingdom, hosting 450 at dinner and 600 standing, where a wedding for 80 guests costs about £19,000 (our estimate).
Old Course Hotel
Set on the Fife coast in St Andrews, the Old Course Hotel brings together a ballroom and banquet hall, sea views, gardens and direct beach access for weddings held in any month of the year.
Old Course Hotel
- Guests
- 450 at dinner
- Rooms
- 175 rooms
- Cost
- About £19,000Aisle estimate
- Season
- All year
- Getting there
- EDI
About the venue
Set on the Fife coast in St Andrews, the Old Course Hotel brings together a ballroom and banquet hall, sea views, gardens and direct beach access for weddings held in any month of the year.
The 175-room hotel seats up to 450 guests for dinner and holds 600 standing, with 150 seated for a ceremony and a minimum of 60 guests required.
In-house catering starts at £220 per head, dropping to £180 in the off-season, alongside a £950 venue fee; we estimate a total of around £18,550 for a typical celebration.
Senior Events Manager Laura Russell and the on-site team coordinate the day, and full buyout is available but never required.
- Ballroom and banquet hall with indoor and outdoor reception options plus dedicated dance space
- Seats 450 for dinner, 600 standing and 150 for a seated ceremony; minimum 60 guests
- 175 guest rooms ranging from Eden King Rooms to the Penthouse Suite and Royal and Ancient King Suite
- From £220 per head including reception space and in-house catering (£180 off-season), plus a £950 venue fee
Short answers
- How much does a wedding at Old Course Hotel cost?
- Aisle estimates about £19,000 for 80 guests. Hire, fees, food and drink. Rooms are extra.
- Aisle estimate
- How many guests does Old Course Hotel hold?
- Old Course Hotel holds 450 at dinner and 600 standing.
- Venue website
- When is the best time for a wedding at Old Course Hotel?
- The venue hosts weddings All year.
- Venue brochure
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Capacity, rooms and facilities
Capacity
- Seated dinner
- 450 guests
- Standing reception
- 600 guests
- Ceremony, seated
- 150 guests
- Smallest party taken
- 60 guests
Staying over
- Rooms
- 175 rooms
- Room types
- 12 listed
- Whole property to yourselves
- Yes
- Whole property must be taken with the wedding
- No
House rules
- Weddings held
- All year
- Exclusive use required
- No
- Pets
- Yes
- Children
- Yes
Services
- Coordinator on the day
- Yes
The place
- Swimming pool
- Yes
- Sea view
- Yes
- Beach on foot
- Yes
- Gardens
- Yes
Money
- A wedding for 80 guests
- About £19,000, rooms extraAisle estimate
- Price
- From £220 per head
- Off-season price
- From £180 per head
- Venue fee
- £950
- Included
- Reception space and catering
- Not included
- Ceremony space
The spaces
- Event spaces
- Ballroom and banquet hall
- Reception indoors
- Yes
- Reception outdoors
- Yes
- Space for dancing
- Yes
Food and drink
- In-house catering
- Yes
- Bar on site
- Yes
Getting there
- EDI, 60 min by car
- Yes
- Yes
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Weddings held here
The team at the Old Course Hotel were flawless. The level of detail they put into our wedding blew us away. The hotel is beautiful and able to cater to big and small weddings. It was absolutely perfect, I couldn’t have wished for more for our wedding day. Stunning!
Venue website ↗Couldn't recommend the Old Course Hotel and the staff enough. Everyone commented how happy my husband and I looked on our day, we fully believe that's down to everyone at the Old Course Hotel. We can't wait to come back!
Venue website ↗We feel so lucky to have had as good a venue as the Old Course Hotel, from booking right up until checking out they were phenomenal. I would recommend the Old Course Hotel to every person looking to get married. We all loved it!
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