De Engel in Houten, near Utrecht, hosts weddings, receptions, parties, meetings, trainings and congresses for groups of up to 400 guests. It is a historic building at Burgemeester Wallerweg 2, run as a family business, with a restaurant and a rooms center under one roof. It is an official wedding location.
Seminars and company events
The venue presents a business offer for meetings, trainings, congresses, company drinks and other business gatherings in a monumental building. The rooms center opens on weekdays from 8:30 a.m., and weekends on request. The reservations team answers on weekdays and discusses the program with organizers. The venue does not publish room-by-room figures for meetings in the pages we read, so ask for the layout and capacity of the room you want.
Weddings and receptions
De Engel is an official wedding location, with spaces for the ceremony, the reception, the dinner and the party. The rooms suit all kinds of groups up to 400 people, and the team builds the program together with the couple. A brochure and a contact form are available on the site, and viewings are arranged by phone or e-mail. The same rooms host birthdays and anniversaries, and the venue offers packages for them.
Rooms and capacities
Five reception rooms are named: the Grand Café, the Café-Cocktailzaal, the Opkamer, the Champagnezaal and the Café Cognaczaal. The site states the overall limit of 400 guests, and does not give a capacity for each room. Ask the venue which room fits your head count and layout.
Catering
Party packages combine drinks served without limit from a Dutch assortment with bites. The lighter formula adds mixed nuts, cold and warm bitterballen-type snacks and a pizza slice to close. The classic formula starts with coffee and pastries and ends with a bag of fries and coffee. The champagne formula opens with a glass of prosecco and ends with a roll with warm ham. Shorter drinks formulas run for one or two hours, and an extra hour can be added. A restaurant operates on site: Monday to Saturday from 11:00 a.m. and Sunday from 3:00 p.m.
History and setting
After a fire in 1802, the current building was rebuilt, and it then passed through six owners. In the early 1900s it was bought by W. Vendrig, married to A. van Munster. At that time it still had a drive-through barn for horses, which was demolished in 1924. The business now describes itself as a family company with 100 years in Houten. Besides celebrations and meetings, the building hosts live evenings, such as tribute band concerts, and also handles memorial services.
Getting there
De Engel stands at Burgemeester Wallerweg 2, 3991 DM Houten, in the Utrecht region. Contact the venue by phone at 030 6371554 or by e-mail for directions and parking.
