The Festsaal at Hotel Restaurant Zur Post in Odenthal takes 10 to 120 guests for company parties, weddings, family celebrations and meetings. The hall is on the upper floor and has an open show kitchen, a bar and direct access to a sun terrace. The house combines a hotel, a Michelin-starred gourmet restaurant and a rustic inn, and has been run by the Wilbrand family in the Bergisches Land, close to Cologne, since 1972.
Seminars and company events
For meetings, the house offers conference rooms with a capacity of up to 120 people. The site presents the location as an easy trip for teams: Cologne Bonn airport and the ICE stations Köln Hbf and Köln-Deutz are about 15 minutes away by car, and the motorways A1 and A3 and public transport serve Odenthal. The hotel has enough private parking for guests. A conference folder can be downloaded from the site, and the team prepares an offer built around the occasion and the budget. Company parties can use the Festsaal, with live cooking by the chefs as an option.
Weddings and receptions
The family reports more than 40 years of experience with private celebrations, from christenings and communions to weddings, birthdays and company parties. The team helps with the choice of musicians, flower decoration and the wedding cake, and it prefers a personal meeting to agree on the details. A folder for celebrations can also be downloaded. The Festsaal runs its own themed evenings, such as a New Year's Eve party with a DJ, which shows how the room works with a bar, music and the kitchen together.
Rooms and capacities
The Festsaal is the main event space. The site gives a range of 10 to 120 guests and does not publish layouts or square meters. Its fittings are a show kitchen open to the room, a bar, modern technical equipment and the sun terrace, which is used when the weather allows. The conference rooms are described as taking up to 120 people. Ask the team how they are arranged and which of them can run next to an event in the Festsaal.
Accommodation
Hotel Zur Post has guest rooms in the house, and the site presents the hotel with stay arrangements. The number of rooms is not stated on the pages we used, so confirm it when you plan overnight stays for a group.
Catering
The kitchen is led by the brothers Christopher and Alejandro Wilbrand, whose gourmet restaurant has held a Michelin star since 2004. The house also runs the Postschänke, a rustic inn. For events, the show kitchen produces live cooking in front of the guests, and the team writes offers for menus and buffets. Larger groups can ask to dine outside the regular kitchen hours.
History and setting
The Wilbrand family has run the house since October 1972. Odenthal lies in the Bergisches Land at the gates of Cologne, and the Festsaal has a long record of local celebrations. Today it also hosts the house's own events, such as a kitchen party and a New Year's Eve party.
Getting there
The address is Altenberger-Dom-Straße 23, 51519 Odenthal. Cologne Bonn airport and the stations Köln Hbf and Köln-Deutz are about 15 minutes away by car. The A1 and A3 motorways are close, and the house has its own parking.
