The Fern Kochi, Series by Marriott Wedding Venue, Kerala

About ₹4.5 lakh before taxes: 150 guests at two functions on the ₹1,500 vegetarian plate WedMeGood lists (₹1,600 non-vegetarian, checked 27 October 2026). Rooms from ₹5,500 a night on the same listing, the bar, decor and GST are separate lines, so ask the hotel for the minimum plate count for each function.

₹1,500 vegetarian and ₹1,600 non-vegetarian a plate, taxes extra, is the starting price on the hotel's WedMeGood listing (checked 27 October 2026). The hotel's own site and fact sheet publish no wedding rate, so get the menu, the minimum plate count per hall and the tax treatment in one written quote.

No package price is published (hotel website and fact sheet, checked 27 October 2026), though the hotel promotes Vivaah by Fern for destination weddings. Ask for one proposal per function: the hall, the menu and its minimum count, the in-house decor scope, a room block from the 92 rooms with a release date, and the bar.

Two halls on the hotel's fact sheet (checked 27 October 2026): Periyar Hall, 1,090 sq ft, for 85 theatre-style or 54 at a reception, and Meenachil Hall, 520 sq ft, for 50 theatre-style or 30 at a reception. WedMeGood records a lawn for 120 seated or 150 floating, the largest figure listed.

92 rooms and suites on the hotel's fact sheet (checked 27 October 2026): Winter Green and Fern Classic rooms of 256 sq ft, three Fern Classic Suites and one Fern Classic Premium Suite. That sleeps about 184 at two a room; ask for a block with a release date for unused rooms.

The hotel's bar, The Cochin Trade Bar, is open 11 am to 11 pm (fact sheet, checked 27 October 2026), and WedMeGood records outside alcohol and an outside DJ as permitted. Loudspeakers on the lawn stop at 10 pm under India's Noise Pollution Rules, so take the late dancing into Periyar Hall within the hotel's own cut-off.

WedMeGood records in-house decor and in-house catering only (checked 27 October 2026), so the hotel's team builds the set-up and its kitchen serves every meal. Ask in writing whether your designer can work alongside them, the load-in hours and any charge; Panigrahana's decor starts at ₹5 lakh plus GST.

Bristow Road, Willingdon Island, Kochi 682003, 40 km from Cochin International Airport on the hotel's fact sheet (checked 27 October 2026). The same sheet puts Ernakulam Junction railway station 9 km away and Fort Kochi 10 km, and lists car parking on site.

WedMeGood records a lawn for 120 seated or 150 floating (checked 27 October 2026), while the hotel's fact sheet names a swimming pool and the Seafood Grill, an alfresco restaurant open in the evenings from October to March. Ask which outdoor area the listing means and hold Periyar Hall as the rain plan.

Yes: EIH Associated Hotels sub-leased the Trident, Cochin building on Willingdon Island from 1 November 2024 (EIH results note, checked 16 October 2026), and it reopened as The Fern, An Ecotel Hotel, Kochi. It now trades as The Fern Kochi, Series by Marriott, a unit of Concept Hospitality (hotel fact sheet).

It suits an engagement, reception or intimate wedding of up to 150 (WedMeGood, checked 27 October 2026), with 92 rooms for the family and two halls on the hotel's fact sheet. For a bigger list, hold the main function at a larger Willingdon Island or Marine Drive hotel and keep the family stay here.

The Fern Kochi starts at ₹1,500 a vegetarian plate on WedMeGood (checked 27 October 2026) and Taj Malabar at ₹4,000 (WedMeGood, 26 September 2026), so The Fern suits a smaller wedding and Taj Malabar a bigger budget with its harbour lawn. The Fern Kochi has 92 rooms; Taj Malabar has 93, 11 of them suites.

Yes: Periyar Hall takes 85 theatre-style or 54 at a reception, and Meenachil Hall 50 theatre-style (hotel fact sheet, checked 27 October 2026), which suits an engagement, mehendi or small reception. Book each function separately, because each is priced on its own minimum plate count.

The hotel's gallery on fernhotels.com files photographs by rooms and suites, dining and banquets (checked 16 October 2026); our page carries no photograph of the hotel because we have not published a wedding there. Ask for pictures of Periyar Hall set for a function near your guest count.

+91 484 353 1000 and res.tf.kochi@fernhotels.com, on the hotel's website and fact sheet (checked 27 October 2026). Ask for the banquets team with your date, guest count and functions. Panigrahana can put the same questions to the hotel and reply within 24 hours; the contract stays with the hotel.

November to February is the dry window for the lawn, and the south-west monsoon sets in over Kerala around 1 June and runs to September (IMD, checked 16 October 2026). In the monsoon months Periyar Hall carries the function; the alfresco Seafood Grill reopens in October.

Yes: guests fly into Cochin International Airport, 40 km from the hotel (fact sheet, checked 27 October 2026), and the 92 rooms keep the family together. About 300 of our 500+ weddings were for couples living abroad; we run the hotel, vendors and schedule on the ground and walk you through Periyar Hall and the lawn on video.

The hotel supplies the halls, food, bar and 92 rooms (fact sheet, 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.