Retreats, offsites and private meetings
Take the whole place.
Ten rooms, six spaces and one of Northern Virginia's best kitchens, in a village of under sixty people. Forty minutes from Dulles, and nobody else here but your team.
40
Minutes from Dulles
10
Guest rooms on site
6
Spaces, plus the lawn
No. 5
NoVA Top 10 Restaurants 2026
Why here
Nobody leaves at five.
Most offsites are a conference room with a different view. People check out at lunch, drift to their phones by three, and drive home separately at five.
The Ashby is small enough to take over completely. No lobby full of other companies, no banquet next door, nowhere to slip away to.
And the day keeps going after the session ends: dinner at a real table, the fire pit on the lawn, a nightcap at the bar. That is the part of an offsite that changes anything, and the part a hotel cannot manufacture.
The working room
A boardroom nobody has ever called corporate.
The Upper Dining Room seats fourteen in a U-shape, with a screen at the end, a fire going and a wall of Belle Epoque posters.
Water, notepads and pens are set before you arrive. Coffee runs all day. When the session breaks, lunch is twenty steps away and already cooking.
Wi-Fi, conference line and AV details to confirm
The spaces
Six rooms, and a lawn.
Most groups move between two or three across a day: a working room in the morning, somewhere different for lunch, and the hall or the lawn for dinner. Changing rooms changes the energy.
| Space | Seats | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| The Reception Hall | 120 | All-hands, seated dinners, awards nights |
| The Terrace | 60 | Long-table lunches, cocktails, April to October |
| The Porch | 20 | Breakout groups, working lunch |
| Upper Dining Room | 14 | The main working session |
| The Tap Room | 14 | Leadership sessions, evening drinks |
| The Lawn and Garden | Flexible | Dinner outdoors, lawn games, the fire pit |
Dinner
The reason people say yes the second time.
The Ashby is a restaurant that happens to have rooms, not a hotel that happens to serve food. The kitchen Northern Virginia Magazine ranked No. 5 in 2026 is the one cooking your team's dinner.
Menus are written for the group, plated and served. Not a chafing dish in sight.
The dinner
One long table under the stained glass, or the whole team spread across the dining rooms.
The cellar
A guided tasting with sommelier Stephen Elhafdi makes a good first evening and gets people talking before dinner.
The garden
Much of what lands on the plate in summer was picked outside the window that morning. Ask for a walk through it before lunch.
The shape of a retreat
Ten rooms, and nobody driving.
Ten guest rooms, no two alike. Take all ten and the inn is yours for the night, which is the version that works best. Here is one way to run it.
Day one
From 3:00
Arrive, check in, coffee on the porch
5:30
Cellar tasting in the Tap Room
7:00
Dinner in the hall, one long table
9:30
The fire pit on the lawn
Day two
8:00
Breakfast together
9:00
Working session, Upper Dining Room
12:30
Lunch on the terrace, a different room on purpose
2:00
Breakouts, or a walk up to the ridge
4:00
Close out, and home before the traffic
The practical part
Getting here, and getting it booked.
Getting here
Forty minutes from Dulles, an hour and a quarter from Washington, fifteen from Middleburg. Free parking on site.
Taking the whole inn
A buyout gives you all ten rooms, every space and the grounds, with no other guests on the property.
Day meetings
No overnight needed. Book a room for the session and lunch from the kitchen.
Pricing
Buyout rate, day rates and minimums to confirm
Free download
The Ashby retreat guide
Seven pages to pass around the team: the spaces and capacities, the working room, dinner, a sample two-day agenda and how a buyout works.
Send me the guideNo sales call unless you ask for one.
Plan a retreat
Tell us the month and the headcount.
We will come back with what is open, what it costs, and a draft shape for the day.
If it helps, come and have dinner first. We would love to have you as our guest.
Or call (540) 592-3900
Request a proposal
Your name and company, the month you have in mind, your headcount, and whether you are staying overnight. We will reply with dates, pricing and a draft agenda.