The property file
About Le Maritime
Le Maritime is a hotel at Goshree Junction, off Marine Drive in Kochi, which calls itself a Classified Business Class Hotel. For events it names Legends, a 1,042 sq ft banquet hall for weddings and conferences, the Nexus boardroom and On The Rocks, an open-air rooftop restaurant offered for intimate gatherings (hotel website, checked 27 October 2026).
WedMeGood lists food from ₹600 vegetarian and ₹850 non-vegetarian a plate, taxes extra, 50 rooms, and in-house or outside catering allowed (checked 27 October 2026), which makes it one of the more flexible small hotels in the city for a family that wants its own sadya caterer.
We plan it for an engagement, a wedding lunch or a reception for close family and friends, with an evening on the rooftop before 10 pm and the overflow guests at the Marine Drive hotels nearby.
- Legends: a 1,042 sq ft banquet hall for weddings (hotel website)
- On The Rocks: an open-air rooftop for intimate gatherings (hotel website)
- ₹600 veg and ₹850 non-veg a plate, taxes extra (WedMeGood, checked 27 October 2026)
- In-house or outside catering allowed (WedMeGood)
- Goshree Junction, off Marine Drive, with valet parking (hotel website)
Le Maritime: venue facts
| Address | Le Maritime is at Le Maritime, Gosree Junction, Off Marine Drive, Kochi 682508, Kerala, India. |
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| Area | Le Maritime is in Goshree Junction, off Marine Drive, Kochi. |
| Venue type | Le Maritime is a hotel wedding venue, classified Classified Business Class Hotel (the hotel's own wording). |
| Capacity | Le Maritime is listed for up to 100 guests across its function spaces. |
| Guest rooms | Le Maritime has 50 guest rooms on site. |
| Function spaces | Le Maritime has 3 named function spaces: Legends, Nexus, On The Rocks. |
| Landmark | Le Maritime is close to Goshree Junction, off Marine Drive, at the Vypin end of the Goshree bridges (hotel website). |
| Price reference | The price reference for Le Maritime is ₹600 vegetarian / ₹850 non-vegetarian per plate (WedMeGood listing (published plates), checked 2026-10-27). It is a reference point, not a quotation for your date. |
| Decorator policy | Le Maritime's decorator policy: In-house decor (WedMeGood listing, checked 27 October 2026). Ask in writing whether your designer can build in Legends. |
| Catering policy | Le Maritime's catering policy: In-house and outside catering allowed (WedMeGood listing); Spisea is the hotel's multi-cuisine restaurant (hotel website). |
Listed guest ranges cover several spaces and layouts; they are not a seated guarantee for the hall you choose. Confirm every figure in a written proposal for your date.
Every function needs its own room
Function spaces at Le Maritime
| Space | Type | Sq ft | Air-conditioned | Indoor or outdoor | Source and check date | Notes |
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| Legends | banquet hall | 1,042 | — | Indoor | lemaritimekochi.com, checked 27 Oct 2026 | 1,042 sq ft, which the hotel names as its banquet hall for weddings and conferences (hotel website, checked 27 October 2026); VenueLook lists it for 100. No seated count is published. |
| Nexus | board room | 250 | — | Indoor | lemaritimekochi.com, checked 27 Oct 2026 | 250 sq ft boardroom (hotel website); VenueLook lists it for 12. A family or getting-ready room on the day. |
| On The Rocks | rooftop restaurant | — | No | Indoor | lemaritimekochi.com, checked 27 Oct 2026 | Open-air rooftop restaurant with seafood, live grills and barbecue, which the hotel offers for intimate gatherings (hotel website). No capacity published. |
A dash means the figure is not published. Ask for a measured plan of each space with the mandap, stage, dining and service access marked before you fix a guest count. A space with no source of its own takes its figures from the sources listed at the end of this page.
Photographs
Le Maritime photos

What it actually costs
Wedding cost at Le Maritime (2026)
Le Maritime is ₹600 vegetarian / ₹850 non-vegetarian per plate — WedMeGood listing (published plates), checked 2026-10-27. Venue use, food, rooms, decor and production are quoted separately; ask for a written proposal for your date.
| Vegetarian plate | ₹600 per plate — ₹600 vegetarian and ₹850 non-vegetarian a plate, taxes extra, on the hotel's WedMeGood listing (checked 27 October 2026). The same listing gives rooms from ₹4,000 a night. |
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| Non-vegetarian plate | ₹850 per plate |
Price source: WedMeGood listing (published plates), checked 2026-10-27. Published figures are reference points; ask the property for a written proposal for your date.
What does the food alone come to?
This uses Le Maritime’s published per-plate reference for one meal service. It excludes tax, venue hire, rooms, drinks, decor and production.
100 guests × ₹600 per plate
A published rate is a reference, not an offer from Panigrahana or a guaranteed venue rate.Planning a wedding at Le Maritime? Send your name and WhatsApp number and we will check the date and reply within 24 hours.
Designed, not just planned
How we would design a wedding at Le Maritime
A small banquet hall and a rooftop: keep the stage compact in Legends, and light the rooftop warm and low against the harbour wind.
Which function goes where
| Haldi | Legends in the morning with the floor protected. |
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| Mehendi | Nexus or a corner of Legends for the family circle. |
| Sangeet | Legends with a compact stage, indoors after 10 pm under the hotel's rules. |
| Wedding ceremony | Legends for a seated ceremony of close family. |
| Reception | On The Rocks for a rooftop evening before 10 pm, with Legends as the rain plan. |
Season and weather
November to February is the dry window for the open-air rooftop. The south-west monsoon sets in over Kerala around 1 June and runs to September (IMD); Legends is indoors, so the main function works in any month.
Arrivals, access and logistics
The hotel is at Gosree Junction, off Marine Drive, Kochi 682508, with valet parking and wheelchair assistance (hotel website, checked 27 October 2026). No airport distance is published, so ask the hotel for the transfer time from Cochin International Airport for your arrival window.
Le Maritime policies
| Outside decorators | In-house decor (WedMeGood listing, checked 27 October 2026). Ask in writing whether your designer can build in Legends |
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| Catering | In-house and outside catering allowed (WedMeGood listing); Spisea is the hotel's multi-cuisine restaurant (hotel website) |
| Alcohol | In-house bar available and outside alcohol permitted (WedMeGood listing); confirm any corkage in writing |
| Music and DJ | An in-house DJ is available and an outside DJ is permitted (WedMeGood listing) |
| Music curfew | Loudspeakers on the open-air rooftop stop at 10 pm under India's Noise Pollution Rules, 2000, which exempt closed halls such as Legends; the hotel publishes no cut-off of its own, so confirm one in writing. |
| Fireworks and effects | Not published. Cold pyro or fireworks need the hotel's written consent and the licensed operator's permissions for your date. |
| Parking | Valet parking and wheelchair assistance (hotel website); no car count is published |
Policy source: source, checked 2026-10-27. Get the current policy in writing before you commission any fabrication.
Already done here
Real weddings and journal notes from here
Before you book
Planning notes for Le Maritime
Is Le Maritime the right venue for your wedding?
| Right for you if | Families planning an engagement, wedding lunch or reception for close family off Marine Drive who want the choice of an outside caterer. |
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| Look elsewhere if | A large reception: Legends is a 1,042 sq ft room, so a bigger list belongs in a Kochi ballroom. |
| Planner tip | Ask for Legends drawn with your stage and buffet, the minimum plate count, and the terms for an outside caterer in one written proposal. |
Where Le Maritime is
Le Maritime, Gosree Junction, Off Marine Drive, Kochi 682508, Kerala, India
Planning a wedding at Le Maritime from abroad
At Le Maritime, the vegetarian plate rate is ₹600 (WedMeGood listing, checked 27 October 2026), so food for one 150-guest function is ₹90,000 before taxes: about US$940 or £710 at the 26 Sep 2026 rate; contracts are in INR. 50 rooms ≈ 100 guests at two a room. A 150-guest block at two a room needs 75 rooms, so plan for about 25 rooms nearby.
Guests fly into Cochin International Airport (COK); the hotel publishes no transfer time, so ask for it for your arrival window. WedMeGood lists 50 rooms, so close family stays on site and the Marine Drive hotels take the rest. November to February suits overseas guests and the rooftop. A video walkthrough should cover Legends set for your count, the rooftop at dusk and the rooms you would block.
| Vegetarian plate | ₹600 ≈ US$6 · £5 · AED 23 · C$9 · A$9 |
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| Food for 150, one function | ₹90,000 before taxes ≈ US$940 · £710 · AED 3,450 · C$1,330 · A$1,340 |
| Season | November to February is the dry window for the open-air rooftop. |
Converted at the 26 Sep 2026 rate; contracts are in INR (US$1 = ₹95.91, £1 = ₹126.86, AED 1 = ₹26.12, C$1 = ₹67.74, A$1 = ₹67.36; mid-market rates from open.er-api.com). Rates: WedMeGood listing, checked 27 October 2026. Room figures come from the venue facts on this page.
Planning from abroad: the wedding desk for couples living abroad · guests flying in: visas, rooms and who pays · registering the marriage in India · what a video walkthrough of a venue should show · Indian wedding cost in US dollars
What families usually ask about Le Maritime
Legends is an indoor hall, so elders sit in comfort for a ceremony in any season, and the hotel offers wheelchair assistance. WedMeGood lists in-house or outside catering, so a specialist sadya caterer is possible: on our recent Kerala weddings they charged ₹750 to ₹1,100 a leaf (Panigrahana booking records, October 2026). Ask about kitchen access and a covered drop-off.
Asked and answered
Le Maritime wedding questions
What does food for 100 guests over two functions cost at Le Maritime?
About ₹1.2 lakh before taxes: 100 guests at two functions on the ₹600 vegetarian plate WedMeGood lists (₹850 non-vegetarian, checked 27 October 2026). Rooms from ₹4,000 a night on the same listing, decor, the bar and GST are separate lines; the hotel's own site publishes no banquet price.
What is the wedding cost per plate at Le Maritime Kochi?
₹600 vegetarian and ₹850 non-vegetarian a plate, taxes extra, on the hotel's WedMeGood listing (checked 27 October 2026). The hotel's website publishes no banquet price or package, so ask for the menu behind those rates and the minimum plate count for Legends in writing.
How many guests can the Legends banquet hall at Le Maritime hold?
Legends is 1,042 sq ft on the hotel's website and is listed for 100 on VenueLook (both checked 27 October 2026); the hotel publishes no seated count of its own. A stage, buffet and dance floor take floor space, so ask for Legends drawn with your layout before you fix the guest list.
Is Le Maritime in Kochi a five-star hotel?
Le Maritime describes itself as a Classified Business Class Hotel on its About page (checked 27 October 2026), and WedMeGood files it under 5 Star Hotel. For a wedding, the useful facts are Legends at 1,042 sq ft, the open-air On The Rocks rooftop, valet parking and the 50 rooms WedMeGood lists.
Can we serve alcohol and have a DJ at a wedding at Le Maritime Kochi?
WedMeGood records an in-house bar with outside alcohol permitted, and an in-house DJ with outside DJs permitted (checked 27 October 2026). Music on the open-air rooftop stops at 10 pm under India's Noise Pollution Rules, so a late dance set belongs in Legends, within the hotel's own cut-off.
Can we bring an outside decorator or caterer to Le Maritime Kochi?
WedMeGood records in-house decor and in-house or outside catering allowed (checked 27 October 2026), so a specialist sadya caterer may cook; confirm kitchen access and any fee in writing. For decor, ask whether your designer can build in Legends; Panigrahana's decor starts at ₹5 lakh plus GST.
Where is Le Maritime hotel in Kochi, and does it have parking?
Gosree Junction, off Marine Drive, Kochi 682508, on the hotel's contact page (checked 27 October 2026). The hotel offers valet parking and wheelchair assistance but publishes no car-park capacity, so give it your car and coach numbers when you ask for the quote.
How many rooms does Le Maritime have for wedding guests?
50 rooms on WedMeGood (checked 27 October 2026), with rooms from ₹4,000 a night on the same listing; the hotel's site lists Ambient, Splendid, Valentine and Captain categories without a total. Block the family's rooms early with a written release date.
Le Maritime or Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty: which suits our wedding?
Le Maritime suits a smaller function: Legends is 1,042 sq ft and WedMeGood lists plates from ₹600 vegetarian (checked 27 October 2026). Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty suits a large one, with ballrooms for up to 3,000 guests (Hyatt) and plates from ₹3,500 vegetarian on WedMeGood (27 September 2026).
Where can I see photos of the Le Maritime Kochi banquet hall?
The hotel's website has a gallery with a Banquet Hall filter and a 360 virtual tour (checked 16 October 2026); our page carries no photograph of the hotel because we have not published a wedding there. Ask for a video walk-through of Legends set for a function close to your guest count.
What is the phone number for Le Maritime Kochi banquet bookings?
0484 2867777 and +91 80897 97050, with info@lemaritimekochi.com, on the hotel's contact page (checked 27 October 2026); the desk is open 24 x 7. If you want a planner to handle the venue conversation and the decor brief, Panigrahana replies within 24 hours.
Can we hold an engagement or reception at Le Maritime Kochi?
Yes: Legends, the 1,042 sq ft banquet hall the hotel names for weddings and conferences (checked 27 October 2026), suits an engagement or a reception for close family and friends, and the open-air On The Rocks rooftop suits a smaller evening before 10 pm.
Can you have a wedding at Le Maritime Kochi?
Yes: the hotel names Legends, its 1,042 sq ft banquet hall, as a venue for weddings and conferences (hotel website, checked 27 October 2026), and VenueLook lists it for 100. It suits a wedding lunch or ceremony for close family, with the 50 rooms WedMeGood lists for out-of-town guests.
What is the best month for a wedding at Le Maritime Kochi?
November to February suits the open-air rooftop, and the south-west monsoon sets in over Kerala around 1 June and runs to September (IMD, checked 16 October 2026). Legends is indoors, so the main function works in any month.
Can we plan a wedding at Le Maritime Kochi from abroad?
Yes: guests fly into Cochin International Airport, and the hotel is at Goshree Junction off Marine Drive (hotel website, checked 27 October 2026), close to the city's other hotels for overflow. About 300 of our 500+ weddings were for couples living abroad; we run the venue, vendors and schedule on the ground.
Do we need a wedding planner at Le Maritime Kochi?
The hotel supplies Legends, the rooftop, food, the bar and 50 rooms (hotel website and WedMeGood, checked 27 October 2026); a planner brings the design, the vendor checks and the running order. Panigrahana, an independent studio with its own Kerala team and warehouse, plans weddings here; our decor starts at ₹5 lakh plus GST.
The shortlist
Venues couples weigh against Le Maritime
5-starGrand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty
5-Star HotelVivanta Ernakulam, Marine Drive
Heritage Palace ResortBolgatty Palace and Island Resort
5-Star Heritage Waterfront ResortTaj Malabar
Le Maritime compared with similar venues
| Venue | Guests | Rooms | Rate | Source, checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Maritimeoff Marine Drive, Kochi | up to 100 guests | 50 | ₹600 a plate vegetarian, ₹850 non-vegetarian (estimate) | Panigrahana record, 27 Oct 2026; WedMeGood listing, 27 Oct 2026 |
| Fragrant Nature KochiFort Kochi and Mattancherry heritage area | up to 100 guests | — | ₹1,000 a plate (estimate) | Panigrahana record, 27 Oct 2026; WeddingWire listing, 27 Oct 2026 |
| The Artiste Kochi, a Tribute Portfolio HotelMaradu, Kochi | 20–150 guests | 32 | ₹1,800 a plate vegetarian, ₹2,000 non-vegetarian (estimate) | Panigrahana record, 27 Oct 2026; WedMeGood listing, 26 Sep 2026 |
| Novotel Kochi InfoparkKakkanad, Kochi | 50–200 guests | 128 | ₹850 a plate vegetarian, ₹950 non-vegetarian (estimate) | Panigrahana record, 27 Oct 2026; WedMeGood listing, 27 Oct 2026 |
Listing and record rates are estimates. A dash means we hold no dated, sourced figure for that venue. Confirm current terms with each venue.
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