banquet hall

{{Short description|Room for hosting social events}}

A banquet hall, function hall, or reception hall, is a special purpose room, or a building, used for hosting large social and business events. Typically a banquet hall is capable of serving dozens to hundreds of people a meal in a timely fashion. People and organizations rent them to hold parties, banquets, wedding receptions, or other social events. Businesses rent them to hold sales meetings, employee training events, employee awards events, and corporate celebrations and parties.

Banquet halls are often found within pubs, nightclubs, hotels, or restaurants.

The first recorded mention of "function rooms" is in 1922.{{cite journal|author1=National Electrical Contractors Association|title=Electrical Construction and Maintenance|journal=Electrical Construction and Maintenance|date=1922|volume=22|page=58|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Hw3AQAAMAAJ&q=%22function+rooms%22|access-date=28 January 2015|publisher=McGraw-Hill Publishing Company}}{{cite web|title=Ngram Viewer|url=https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=function+rooms%2Cfunction+room%2Cfunction+hall%2Cfunction+halls&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cfunction%20rooms%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cfunction%20room%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cfunction%20hall%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cfunction%20halls%3B%2Cc0|access-date=28 January 2015}}

They are distinct from other halls, in that they have no religious or government affiliation. Most are run by commercial enterprises, though some banquet halls are run by fraternal organizations and are part of their building, available for rent by the public, for example Masonic Halls.{{Cite web |title=Arşivlenmiş kopya |url=http://ww7.mgmbanquet.com/top-5-banquet-hall-features/?usid=24&utid=12089471404 |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=ww7.mgmbanquet.com}}