Meet The Faust, New Braunfels’ Most Storied and Celebratory Hotel for Weddings

There is something very compelling about getting married at a hotel with magnolias outside, a ballroom downstairs and nearly a century of stories already checked in. The Faust Hotel has occupied its handsome brick corner of downtown New Braunfels since 1929, and its latest chapter has given the old Texas landmark plenty to celebrate: original Spanish Colonial Revival details meet patterned rooms, chandeliers, a courtyard made for vows and a rather glamorous collection of places to eat, drink and throw a party. It also happens to have matrimonial credentials. During World War II, soldiers stationed nearby came to The Faust to marry their sweethearts before deployment, helping earn it a reputation as the “honeymoon capital of Texas.” Almost a hundred years later, the romance looks considerably more festive: ceremonies beneath the magnolias, a restored Ballroom waiting for dinner and dancing, and 45 boutique rooms upstairs for the people lucky enough to make the guest list.

 

 

Magnolias for the Vows, Chandeliers for the Party

The ceremony gets the prettiest seat in the house: Magnolia Patio, where up to 60 guests gather beneath open sky, with brick, greenery, and the old magnolia doing what good architecture and good landscaping should do together. Once the vows are over, the same courtyard can take up to 100 for cocktail hour, with lounge seating around the bar or cocktail tables set beneath the ambient lights. Then there is the Ballroom, restored, sunlit, and sized for receptions of up to 100, with tall windows and period detailing that make even the practical parts of the evening feel a little more dressed up. Its acoustics are notably crisp too, which is excellent news for anyone entrusted with a toast and dangerous news for anyone who plans to freestyle one.

 

 

A Little Premarital Revelry

A wedding weekend at The Faust has every excuse to begin before anyone walks down an aisle. Wilhelm & Werner, the hotel’s Texas brasserie, handles all event catering, and its kitchen gives the rehearsal dinner considerably more personality than a standard banquet menu: Gulf oysters grilled over live pecan wood, Texas harissa quail, dry-aged ribeye, even a Hill Country rabbit pie under a golden tallow crust. Rehearsal dinners can fill the Ballroom with up to 100 guests, while Magnolia Patio seats up to 75 in its existing setup for a welcome party with cocktails, light bites, and live music on Thursday through Saturday nights. The smallest gathering can head downstairs to Walter’s Speakeasy, an invitation-only hideaway for 18 to 20 that feels particularly well suited to the people who knew you before the seating chart became a matter of state. By wedding morning, everyone has eaten together, learned where the bar is, and perhaps already acquired a story that will resurface during somebody’s toast.

 

 

A Floor Full of Familiar Faces

Upstairs is where everyone gets to be slightly less ceremonial. The Faust reopened with 45 guestrooms, down from 63 before the renovation because the rooms and bathrooms were made larger; six Corner Suites can even be configured into three-bedroom setups with their own living rooms, a particularly useful arrangement for getting-ready mornings or family taking over for the weekend. The designers treated the guestrooms individually, pairing different wallcoverings and original artwork throughout with lighting that nods to the hotel’s 1920s beginnings. Then come the creature comforts: king beds, Nespresso machines, retro-style mini fridges and oversized robes, at least one of which is destined for a getting-ready photograph. Guest blocks are available, so the familiar cast of a wedding weekend gets a temporary home base upstairs: someone steaming a dress, someone hunting for an earring, and, the next morning, several competing accounts of what exactly happened after dinner.

 

 

A Quick Guide to Getting Married at The Faust 📌

The romantic part is easy; here are the details worth having in your Notes app before you call. The Faust keeps much of the wedding operation in-house, while a few well-timed deadlines and one required planner keep the machinery behind the party where it belongs.

• ✈️ Getting there: 📍New Braunfels sits between Austin and San Antonio, with San Antonio International Aiport being closer to the venue. 
• 💍 Guest count: Magnolia Patio seats up to 60 for the ceremony; the Ballroom hosts up to 100 for receptions and rehearsal dinners. Guest-room blocks and property buyouts are available.
• 📋 Planning: A professional planner or coordinator is required, and couples receive one hour for the ceremony rehearsal.
• 🍽️ Food + Drink: Wilhelm & Werner handles all catering and bar service. Outside wedding cakes are welcome, and tastings for two are typically scheduled three to four months out.
• 🗓️ Mark the calendar: Menus, layouts and timelines are due two weeks before; final guest counts are due one week before. Receptions wrap by 11 p.m.
• 🚚 Vendor note: Standard load-in begins four hours before the event, with extra setup time available for $500 per hour.

 

 

 

Save the Date at The Faust

If The Faust feels like your kind of wedding, this is the moment to get the calendar involved. The hotel is booking celebrations, guest blocks and full-property buyouts, which means you can keep the good parts close: the ceremony, the dinner, the late-night stories and the people you actually want around the next morning. Start with your date, ask about taking over the hotel, and let New Braunfels handle the rest of the weekend.

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