Loft5900 — Attraction in Lanham

Overall, very nice venue and great owner (Chris Johnson). I was planning a COVID conscious surprise birthday party and my original location backed out on me. I reached out to Chris 2 1/2 weeks before the event and he made it happen. When I went to see the location, he showed me the bigger room which was FILLED with a bunch of brand new items ... from toys, bikes, air mattresses, literally so much stuff! I joked about shopping there for my son's second Christmas and Chris said find what you want and enjoy. I thought it was a joke lol. But no, I walked out with a toddler bike, brand new baseball and bat, an air mattress and paper plates (I know that's random).

All of that aside, that's not the reason I booked the venue. Again, Chris was VERY nice and worked with my tight budget and short timeframe. Once we confirmed the date was open, I put my deposit down and everything else was a go! I opted for the open bar option (which costs more) because I didn't want our guests having to buy drinks nor did they provide drinks that my guests prefer. With the open bar comes Chris' bartender who is BOMB!! He was professionally friendly and kept the drinks flowing. Whatever anyone asked for, he made and made it well. We had about 48 guests in the "smaller" venue and there was MORE than enough space for everyone to have fun and be spread out.

The only reason I gave the review 4/5 stars is 1) the bathroom. There's no bathroom IN the ballroom but down a short hallway outside the party room. The ladies room only has two stalls and one was broken during the time of our party. Chris isn't the owner of the shared building so he couldn't guarantee that it would be fixed by our party and it wasn't :( No one really complained but things like that matter to me. Secondly, I gave it 4/5 stars because Chris needs an assistant lol. I joke, but sometimes his response time can be longer than what you may expect from a corporate company for instance, nonetheless, he does get back to you.

All in all, I would HIGHLY recommend Loft5900. They are in the process of creating a third party room in that building which will be on the first floor. Once it's all done, I'm sure it'll be a hit since it's even larger than the other two and you won't need to access the...

Please DO NOT DO IT

I TRIED to support black owned business and they always give you a reason. I am so completely appalled with the type of service this business provided. Let me start by saying i was excited to throw my babys first birthday here. I signed contracts, got all questions answered and we were good to go. Fast forward date of the party. These people had us locked out of our space for an hour. So we didnt have enough time to set up for the party before guests started to arrive. We made do with what we could. We got an additional hour added on but cleaned up and was out of the space by the time were supposed to be out. Now here comes time for our security deposit to be refunded and they gave me the run around. Werent answering emails or phone calls, not until we filed a claim with our bank was when someone contacted me and even then he tried to say we didnt leave out of the space on time. So disappointed in the business ethic but i would high recommend acoiding business with these people. We try to do business with black owned businesses and then yall try to pull scams on us like this and this is why we go the other way. And to top it off they have no proof we left that space late. Hes going off of "thats what was told to me. Sir...what???" Its rather unfortunate. Do NOT DO IT. SAVE YOURSELF THE HASSLE AND...

DONT DO IT! The owner or manager will trick you in giving 5 stars before the event date. I did & got 4 of my friends to write a review on google because he said he would give me extra 5 guest seats for free. After the event, me and mom & sister’s cleaned up the whole place as the contract, i went back upstairs to ask him if there’s anything left he want us to do, he TOLD ME NAH YALL GOOD”. His nephew or whoever told me he would take the trash downstairs which he did!! I was there. 2 weeks after my event i asked for my $300 refundable deposit for (music & out by the time you stated on your contract) & he sent me pictures of the trash in the hallway & dirt on the hall floor. He took those pictures before we were done and I knew that because i went back there and there was no trash in the hallway. He didn’t know I went back. The greatest mistake on part was I didn’t take pictures because he literally told me “ya good”. He is a scam in disguise, he did all that just to not give $300 back glutton. On top of that his neph tried to be sneaky with our drinks and my friends caught them. Smh. 1 star for good location & view. Now 3 of my friends have decided not have their parties...