Les Amis.Aarau

Centuries-old vaulted cellars under the Hotel Kettenbrücke are the setting for the Club of Les Amis.Aarau, at Mühlemattstrasse 2, and a wedding party can use that room, the Lounge at Zollrain 14, or both. The team has used the vaults during the winter months since March 2016, and the Lounge has been open year-round since May 2021. We love that a wedding party here gets stone vaults for the late hours and a summer terrace for the early ones, from a bar business that publishes its hire terms openly. The pages are in German only, so a couple abroad should plan to write to the team in German.

A cellar for the late hours and a lounge for the daytime

The Club takes events of any kind, in the old vaults with styled furnishings. The Lounge is small and at its best for smaller gatherings, and in summer its big terrace opens it up. Between them you can set a vaulted dinner, a terrace apéro and a late dance floor under one booking.

The room sizes, as of November 2026, are these. In the Club: the bar with a small club area at 70 m², a lounge that can become a large club or dining room at 60 m², a cigar lounge that can become a dining room at 60 m², and a 50 m² terrace. In the Lounge: the bar with its indoor area at 68 m² and the summer terrace at 115 m². The rooms can be combined, and groups from 10 people up to 180 guests are taken, for an apéro, a dinner, a wedding, a family celebration or a company event.

Getting there is simple: bus to the stop Rathaus, or by car to the Flösserplatz and Kettenbrücke car parks.

Hire terms, published in November 2026

The Club, hired whole with bar staff from May to September, carries a minimum spend of CHF 3500. If guests do not reach it, the difference is charged as rent. For October to April the Club price is on request. The Lounge, hired whole with bar staff from October to April, has a minimum spend of CHF 2000 excluding outside catering, with the same shortfall rule; its May to September price is on request. All prices include VAT, and the venue reserves the right to change them. A couple who like to know the numbers before the first phone call will appreciate that.

Set-up extras are itemized in the same month's list. Turning a lounge area into a dining room with one block table for up to 32 guests costs CHF 500 in the Club; in the Lounge a block table for up to 24 costs CHF 200. A menu card, designed and printed by the venue, is CHF 100. DJ equipment with monitor speakers and disco light is CHF 150, and in the Club, stretching the closing time from 2 am to 4 am is CHF 300. Security staff are CHF 48 per hour and person if you want them.

The venue's own apéro platters are priced per person: CHF 12 for an apéro, CHF 15 for an apéro riche and CHF 19 for a light supper. They are meat and cheese platters with olives, sun-dried tomatoes, fig mustard and fresh bread, prepared in the small in-house kitchen.

Food from outside, drinks from the house

For a seated meal the venue works with caterers, and catering is billed directly by the catering firm, under that firm's own terms. Restaurant Zollhuus, the in-house option, is the first port of call, available from 10 people, with offers ranging from apéro bites and buffets to an Italian tavolata. If you bring another caterer, the venue charges CHF 35 per hour and person (November 2026) to look after the food, and CHF 2 per head for plates, cutlery and napkins. The drinks list runs to wines in bottle sizes from 0.75 up to 18 liters, from many countries, which gives a wedding toast some range.

Free planning help and a lift to bed

Help with planning the event is free, including finding a DJ, a band or a caterer. For flowers the team recommends florists rather than supplying them. Your guests can sleep in the 4-star hotel; after the party everyone takes the lift to their room.

Headcount, deposit and a cancellation scale

The final headcount is due 2 days before the event, and that number is the minimum billed. For large events a first non-binding number is requested 7 days ahead, and the venue may ask for a 50 % deposit. Invoices are payable within 10 days. For cancellations of large events the scale is: free up to 3 weeks before, 40 % of the agreed services up to 2 weeks before, 60 % up to 1 week before and 80 % up to 3 days before.

A bar-trade profile and a wedding party in the Club

The Swiss trade magazine BAR NEWS profiled the business on 7 January 2026 and wrote that "Les Amis bietet den passenden Rahmen mitten in Aarau", from small groups to events of up to 180 guests, including weddings. The Lounge's summer terrace has also hosted a ticketed Riesling tasting limited to 25 seats.

Google shows 226 reviews for the business in November 2026, among them one from a couple who celebrated their wedding party in the Club. Each address publishes the dates on which it is closed to the public for a private function.

Vaults and a terrace for a long party

If your wedding is a party first, with a bar that knows how to run a long night, Les Amis.Aarau is worth a visit, and it deserves your first viewing before anywhere more formal. The vaults, the terrace, the printed menu cards and the free planning help all point the same way: a relaxed celebration run by people who do this for a living.