Bucks County Wedding & Event Venue

River House at Odette’s is a luxury riverfront wedding and event venue in New Hope, Pennsylvania, hosting Bucks County weddings for up to 200 guests. Set directly on the Delaware River with 38 guest rooms and suites, an open-concept ballroom, an award-winning restaurant, and a rooftop bar, we keep the ceremony, the celebration, and the overnight stay on one property.

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A Riverfront Venue in Bucks County

Bucks County has barns, estates, and country inns. River House is none of those. We sit on the high bank of the Delaware in New Hope, in a building that carries the history of Chez Odette’s, the cabaret that French-American stage star Odette Myrtil ran here from 1961 and that drew artists and celebrities out from Philadelphia and New York for decades.

That history is not a decoration. It is written into the walls, literally, the ballroom’s custom coverings carry embedded musical scores and lines from Odette’s love letters. The rest of the property follows suit: jewel-toned furnishings, bold murals, layered antique architectural elements, a stone-fireplace piano lounge, and a chandelier dating to the early 1900s.

The result reads as refined and a little theatrical rather than country-formal, which is what draws couples who want Bucks County without the barn. Read more about our New Hope hotel and the Chez Odette’s legacy behind it.

Now booking weddings through 2027 weddings for up to 200 guests. For more information or to reserve your wedding at River House call us at (215) 682-2022 or contact us.

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Weddings on the Delaware River

Our riverfront wedding venue hosts up to 200 guests for a seated reception. The day generally moves through three spaces, and the geography of the property does a lot of the work.

Ceremonies overlooking the water

The outdoor ceremony space sits above the Delaware, with the river and the New Hope-Lambertville bridge behind you. The canal towpath runs alongside the property, which is where most couples end up for portraits between the ceremony and the reception.

Cocktail hour with river views

Cocktail hour is deliberately stylized: plush curated furnishings, bold murals, antique architectural details, and full-length glass doors framing the water.

Receptions in the open-concept ballroom

The ballroom faces the river through full-length glass doors that open onto a veranda, so the room runs indoor, outdoor, or both. Worth knowing if you are timing the day: the ballroom faces west, which means a late-afternoon ceremony in spring or early fall puts the sunset behind your first dance.

Schedule a walkthrough of our ballroom, veranda, and ceremony space.

Private Events and Meetings in New Hope

Beyond weddings, our meeting and event spaces handle corporate gatherings, board meetings, milestone celebrations, showers, and rehearsal dinners. Multifunctional conference facilities and expansive river-view hospitality suites give planners room to run a working day and a social evening in the same building.

For Bucks County companies and organizations, the appeal is usually the change of scenery. A meeting that ends with cocktails on a rooftop overlooking the Delaware lands differently than one that ends in a hotel lobby off the highway.

Now booking private events. For more information or to reserve your wedding at River House call us at (215) 682-2022 or contact us.

Dining, Cabaret, and the Rooftop

Odette’s Restaurant & Lounge anchors the property, with indoor and outdoor seating and a menu built on seasonal, locally sourced cooking that nods to Bucks County farmland. Our New Hope restaurant and bars also include a piano bar with live entertainment and an indoor/outdoor rooftop bar with views across New Hope.

The live entertainment is the piece that surprises people. It is a direct continuation of what this building was, and it means a wedding weekend here has somewhere to go after the reception ends without anyone getting in a car.

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Rooms for Your Bucks County Guests

We have 38 guest rooms and suites on site, with river and mountain views, private spa-inspired baths, and jewel-toned furnishings. For a wedding, that changes the whole logistics conversation. Your guests stay where the celebration is, and the getting-ready morning happens upstairs rather than across town.

Room blocks and overnight packages are available, and downtown New Hope is a five-minute walk, so guests arriving Friday have somewhere to go.

Easy to Reach from Doylestown, Newtown, Lambertville, and Princeton

River House has one address, 274 S River Road in New Hope. What makes it work as a regional Bucks County venue is that New Hope sits at the center of a well-traveled corridor:

  • Lambertville, New Jersey, directly across the bridge
  • Doylestown, Newtown, and Yardley, all within Bucks County
  • Princeton and the greater New Jersey corridor to the east
  • Philadelphia, a straightforward drive southwest

Trenton-Mercer Airport is roughly a twenty-five-minute drive, with Philadelphia and Newark both reachable for guests flying in. Once they arrive, the Delaware Canal towpath, Bucks County Playhouse, and the shops and galleries of New Hope are all within a short walk, which is why so many guests turn a Saturday wedding into a full weekend. See what else is worth doing when you explore New Hope, PA.

Frequently Asked Questions About Our Bucks County Venue

Where in Bucks County is River House at Odette’s?

River House is at 274 S River Road in New Hope, Pennsylvania, directly on the Delaware River, and can be reached at 215-682-2022.

How many guests can a Bucks County wedding here hold?

Our open-concept ballroom and veranda host weddings for up to 200 guests.

Can our guests stay overnight?

Yes. River House has 38 guest rooms and suites on site, with room blocks and overnight packages available for wedding and event guests.

 Is there an outdoor ceremony space?

Yes. Our outdoor ceremony space overlooks the Delaware River, and the ballroom opens through full-length glass doors onto a veranda for indoor-outdoor receptions.

Do you cater events in house?

Yes. All events are catered in house by the team behind Odette’s Restaurant & Lounge, with seasonal menus built around locally sourced ingredients.

What else is there for guests to do in New Hope?

Downtown New Hope is a five-minute walk, with the Delaware Canal towpath, Bucks County Playhouse, galleries, and shops nearby, plus Lambertville just across the bridge.

Contact River House to plan your New Hope wedding or event