New York BYOB guide
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A BYOB venue lets you bring your own alcohol instead of buying it from the venue's bar, often the biggest saving on the drinks. What “BYOB” allows, and what it costs in corkage and staff, varies a lot. In New York, 22 venues say you can bring your own alcohol: 17 don’t sell it at all, and 5 have a bar but let you bring your own. BYOB venues are most common in the Catskills and Brooklyn.
We've gathered details on 193 New York venues. Pick a starting point and Sage will rank them for your day, with cost estimates wherever the venue publishes its prices.
Counted only when a venue's own details say yes or no; a venue that doesn't say is left out, so ask it directly.
What kind of venue
The share of each kind of New York venue with a stated alcohol policy that is BYOB. Start your search with the kinds at the top: lofts (9 of 15) and retreat centers (4 of 10).
Read the alcohol rules carefully
17 New York venues
You bring all of it. Ask whether you need licensed bartenders, event insurance that covers alcohol, and who handles ice, glassware and cleanup.
In New York: Barn at Lord Howe Valley, Queens Botanical Garden and Taconic Ridge Farm, among others.
5 New York venues
The venue sells alcohol but lets you bring your own, usually with a per-bottle corkage fee. Ask the fee, and whether its bartenders still pour.
In New York: Atmosfera, The Bear Mountain Inn and Spa and The Greens at Copake Country Club, among others.
18 of the 22 also let you bring your own caterer.
Prefer the venue to pour? See venues with a full barHow these venues differ
The 22 New York BYOB venues against the 90 venues that supply the alcohol themselves, biggest difference first.
| Share that | These venues | Venues that supply the alcohol themselves |
|---|---|---|
| Price the space alone, before food | 73% | 6% |
| Let you bring your own caterer | 82% | 17% |
| Provide a coordinator | 18% | 37% |
| Can host 200 guests or more | 38% | 51% |
| Offer an outdoor ceremony | 77% | 71% |
| Give you the whole property | 32% | 37% |
Each row counts only the venues that say; a venue that doesn't is left out of that row rather than counted as a no.
Where to look
The tick on each bar marks New York as a whole: 22 of 112 venues with a stated alcohol policy let you bring your own (20%). Regions with fewer than five venues that say are left out.
What it costs
$36k
Typical venue and food, 100 guests
Across the 5 of these New York venues that publish a full price.
$15k–$68k
Typical range
Most of them fall in this range.
$40k
Every New York venue
The typical figure across all 93 New York venues with a full price, for comparison.
In New York, BYOB venues typically cost $36k for the venue and food for 100 guests, 9% less than the $40k typical across the state.
These figures don't include the alcohol you bring, and the venue's estimate may include a bar package you won't use; check each breakdown.
Places worth a closer look
Each card says whether the venue also sells alcohol and any corkage it states. Open a venue for its pricing and rules.
New York · Up to 50 guests
You bring the drinks; the venue doesn’t sell alcohol
$5–10k · Venue Fee Only
See pricing and policies
Brooklyn · Up to 290 guests
You bring the drinks; the venue doesn’t sell alcohol
$5–10k · Venue Fee Only
See pricing and policies
Setauket · Up to 120 guests
You bring the drinks; the venue doesn’t sell alcohol
$5–10k · Venue Fee Only
See pricing and policies
Middletown · Up to 130 guests
You bring the drinks; the venue doesn’t sell alcohol
$10–15k · Venue Fee Only
See pricing and policies
Ellenville · Up to 125 guests
You bring the drinks; the venue doesn’t sell alcohol
$5–10k · Venue Fee Only
See pricing and policies
Brooklyn · Up to 75 guests
You bring the drinks; the venue doesn’t sell alcohol
Under $5k · Venue Fee Only
See pricing and policies
Describe your guest count, your budget, and anything you can’t compromise on. See a ranked list of venues, with why each one fits, trade-offs, and what to double-check.
Sage the Date reads each venue's own published details, including pricing, catering and alcohol rules, music curfews, rain plans, whether you get the whole property, and how many guests each space holds. Every estimate uses your guest count. When a venue doesn't say, we tell you instead of guessing.
Before you book
Sage reads each venue's own published pricing and policies, puts different kinds of quotes on the same footing, and estimates the cost for 100 guests. A venue counts as BYOB only when its own published details say you can bring your own alcohol, and the shares only include venues that say either way. If a venue doesn't say something, we treat it as a question to ask, not a no. Venues can't pay to appear or to rank higher here.
