Millwick

Amazing place for a party/​wedding!

Perfect wedding place for 100 – 120 guests!

My wife and I just had our wedding at the Millwick on Sat night and it was the best experience ever. The entire staff was super helpful and we felt like the venue was truly ours for the night. We couldn’t stop hearing complements from guests who wanted to stay and live in the space.
We suggest doing a night event if you can, so you can really see how magical the venue looks all lit up. If you love the Arts District and DTLA, we couldn’t recommend it more.

Instead of talking about this venue, I think I’ll let this video that was filmed here speak for itself
. As the wedding videographer, I was more than proud to film such a beautiful wedding at such a creative venue.

We had our wedding at the Millwick this past May. We were actually the first couple (I believe) to reserve the venue, so when we reserved it it was still under construction, but we trusted the vision of the owners and also had seen Smog Shoppe and Marvimon and loved the overall aesthetic. It was a great decision!
First of all, working with Helen during the booking process was great. She was the most professional and attentive person that we worked with during the whole venue shopping process. We really appreciated how she was totally honest with us as to keep our expectations reasonable, but also ultimately delivered for us and helped us get booked once we made or decision.
Once we had booked the venue, we worked mostly with Dana, who was also awesome. She’s so on top of things and was a vital resource for us in the wedding planning process. She helped answer a ton of questions for us (we would email her all the time asking for advice), and made sure we were on time and target with all of our planning. She was probably the most responsive person that we worked with during our whole planning process, responding to emails always within a day and always being available if we needed anything. Through Dana, we were able to find many of our vendors, including our planner, DJ, and staffing company.
The venue itself was amazing, we got several comments from our guests about it from both family and friends. It was the most commented about aspect of our wedding for sure. The aesthetic is truly unique, I think if you go and see it yourself its quite obvious. We couldnt have been happier with how everything turned out. The fact that we were able to choose all of our own vendors made the wedding fun and unique. We were able to bring in Brazilian BBQ, a food truck, and pie hole for our food which was awesome compared to the venues that dont let you pick your own caterer. The cost of the venue itself was a little more expensive than some of the other venues that we looked at, but the fact that we were able to bring in our own vendors (and alcohol for example), more than balanced out the cost, and we ended up spending about the same for a much more personalized wedding.
A couple last things that are great about the venue. It was great that they stay open late and there are a bunch of bars in the area that are walking distance for a convenient after party. We walked to Villains Tavern just down the street. Also, the area itself is great. We actually live in the Arts District, so it was really convenient for us, but just the whole vibe of the area with all of the art and industrial buildings makes for a unique setting.

We had our wedding at Millwick and we loved every minute of it! The venue is beautiful, and you really don’t have to do much to the space to make it yours. They have a wonderful large screen where you can projects films and pictures. They have tables and chairs plus a few additional tables, great lighting and a sound system. PLUS, you can pretty much select your vendors. You are not beholden to a limited list.
Lastly– everyone is very friendly, helpful, organized and ultra cool. We worked mostly with Dana and Helen. They were very supportive and quick to respond. We had to move our wedding up a whole 3 months at the last minute and they were very accommodating. I highly recommend this venue – the whole experience was FAB.

Three stars is just for wedding MCs. For all other events, this place is Four stars. It would be Five stars but the neighborhood was ghetto (homeless man following me all the way back to my car) and parking is horrible.
The venue itself is NICE. Dope spot and its Smogshoppe East. Same owner. The owner knows what they’re doing.
THREE stars because they’re too cheap to install speakers towards the back of the room so when you MC, everyone in the back said they couldn’t hear and I was speaking LOUD into the mic. This is the same thing at Smogshoppe. The owner doesn’t understand when you MC, you have to command the room and you can’t do that when the sound system isn’t loud or surround sound and sub bar.
Everyone kept telling me they couldn’t hear and since people drink when the MOH and Best Man went up, it didn’t matter how much we told people to quiet down, everyone just talked over them. The more the night went on, the less people paid attention.
This is the problem with both Smogshoppe and Millwick. I’ve worked Smogshoppe over 20 times and Millwick once now. Great venues and bad for emceeing.
When we bring in our own system to venues (over 500 events) we have TOTAL command of the room with our mics and sound and it makes a world of a difference.
IF you’re a wedding MC, bring two extra speakers for the back of the room and a ton of wires and adaptors.
For all other events, this place is nice. Props to the owner who is killing it. He/​She knows what he’s doing with everything except for the sound system.

Gorgeous little venue located in an unexpected nook in the arts district. Attended a wedding there and the indoor-​outdoor hipster converted warehouse slash urban oasis vibe was a really cozy-​cool setting.