Corporate meetings, team retreats, private dinners, social gatherings and weddings can be organized at the Flat Iron Hotel in Asheville, North Carolina. The hotel offers seven bookable spaces, from a 16-seat boardroom to a restaurant that seats 80, and a rooftop that holds 95 guests for a reception. It also has 71 guest rooms in the same building.
Seminars and company events
The hotel positions its second floor for business. The Broadcast Room, the L. B. Jackson Room and the Iron Works Lounge are described as sunlit, secluded spaces for meetings. The Broadcast Room seats 16 and holds 25 for a reception in 314 square feet. The L. B. Jackson Room seats 32 and holds 45 in 600 square feet, and the hotel says it suits board meetings as well as banquets. The Iron Works Lounge is the largest of the three: 1,410 square feet, 56 seated and 75 for a reception.
Team retreats combine these rooms with seated dinners in the restaurant and cocktail hours on the rooftop. The Red Ribbon Society, a basement bar, can be added for an evening session.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel hosts weddings and elopements. Its own description mentions short ceremonies on the rooftop, banquet dinners in the private speakeasy and a honeymoon suite. The rooftop seats 45 and holds 95 for a reception across 1,850 square feet, with three patios and an indoor area. Private dinners and social gatherings for clubs and friends use the same spaces.
Rooms and capacities
All figures below come from the hotel's events page.
The Rooftop: seats 45, reception 95, 1,850 sq ft, private.
Red Ribbon Society: seats 25, reception 40, 700 sq ft, private.
Iron Works Lounge: seats 56, reception 75, 1,410 sq ft, private.
Luminosa: seats 80, reception 80, 2,000 sq ft, semi-private. The restaurant can be booked in its entirety.
Luminosa Apex: seats 20, reception 20, 300 sq ft, semi-private.
L. B. Jackson Room: seats 32, reception 45, 600 sq ft, private.
Broadcast Room: seats 16, reception 25, 314 sq ft, private.
Accommodation
The hotel has 71 rooms, each a converted office from the building's years as an office tower. Types include King, Queen, Double Queen, Nook, Premier King Suite, Double Queen Suite, Apex King Suite and a Bunk Suite with four double beds. Rooms have complimentary Wi-Fi, a beverage station and a 43-inch TV, and guest pantries on each floor offer coffee, tea and sparkling water.
Catering
Food and drink come from Luminosa, a kitchen serving wood-fired Italian dishes with Appalachian ingredients. The Michelin Guide has given it a Green Star and a Bib Gourmand. The hotel also runs a rooftop caffe, a rooftop bar with three patios and the Red Ribbon Society cocktail bar. Event requests are handled through the hotel's online inquiry form and its sales team.
History and setting
The building opened in 1926 as an office building at the corner of Battery Park Avenue and Wall Street. It was restored as a boutique hotel in an Appalachian Deco style. The rooftop is described as the site of Asheville's first radio station. The hotel sits in downtown Asheville, within a few minutes' walk of Grove Arcade, Pritchard Park and the Basilica of Saint Lawrence.
Getting there
The address is 20 Battery Park Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801. Downtown attractions listed on the hotel's site are one to six minutes away on foot or by a short drive.
