Belvedere Events & Banquets

We highly recommend the Belvedere. We used them for our ceremony, cocktail hour and reception and everything went so smoothly. We worked with Lorna and she did a fantastic job helping us plan and organize our wedding! Everyone was beyond accommodating and made sure to make any request that we had, big or small, a major priority. The food was amazing, the staff was awesome! What else can I say?! We loved everything about the Belvedere!

I used Belvedere Events & Banquets for our New Years Eve wedding. I began working with Caroline back in May when we were engaged & began the planning stages. I visited the venue and immediately fell in love with the whole feel & ambiance - it is very modern, clean and just absolutely lovely.

I planned our wedding from Washington DC so all of my correspondence with Caroline and the Belvedere was via email. She was always responsive to all requests, flexible & very easy to work with. I'm glad I can say it, because planning the wedding from far away was EASY with her!

The day before the wedding we took all of our reception items in, I explained how I would like everything to Caroline in about five minutes & went on the way. The evening of our reception, I was highly anticipating seeing our room and when I walked in, all I can say is it took my breath away, literally.

Absolutely what I imagined it would look like, it did, only better! From the table decor, head table set up, room staging & beyond, it was fantastic. The food was terrific, the staff superb, the lighting perfect, the white winter wonderland theme I dreamed up was executed PERFECTLY! I do have to give credit to Yanni Design Studio, who displayed our drapery and light background, which looked stunning with the whole theme.

There are not enough adjectives to describe the Belvedere, even their entrance foyer is beyond gorgeous, the Christmas decor was tasteful & lovely. I give this venue an A++ and would highly, highly recommend working with them for your wedding. In fact, we were already discussing having our 25th anniversary there :-) THANK YOU to the wonderful staff of the Belvedere, our wedding reception was...

Belvedere was perfect!! I fell in love with it first on-line and knew it was the place for our reception the minute we stepped foot inside. The place is beautiful with so many modern accents. They are so accomodating and work with you through all your questions and concerns. We worked with Caroline and she was wonderful. She answered all our questions and gave us so many suggestions that were extremely helpful. Our wedding day was beautiful and everyone was in awe with our room! Belvedere did an amazing job setting up everything and making our day so special. The food is fantastic! I lost count on how many people came up to us and told us this was the best food they have ever had at a wedding. The service is amazing and everything is so eloquent and professional. I would suggest Belvedere to every bride! Thank you Belvedere for helping us to have such a beautiful and special day!

My daughter had this venue set up with deposit and contract signed 1 1/2 years before date of wedding. Less then a year before the wedding we were told they were going to take part of our room away since the other wedding they booked needed more room. We looked at how they were going to set up our wedding. Boy what a difference. The tables were set with 10 place setting but twelve chairs ( so it would not seem so cluttered on the table.) We had chairs we could not even pull away from the walls. What a joke! They were trying to be accomadating but at our expense. We were then told we should not even had the amount of space in our contract and they were not going to give it to us!!! So we ended up leaveing the Belvedere and trying to find a space for the wedding with less than a year to book.
So what good is a contract do you when some other wedding party will spend more and take your space away from you??? Was not very professional. Lucky we found a venue that felt sorry for us and provided the wedding my daughter had already had planned. We did not have to compete with a bigger wedding either. So when you sign a contract early with discount because you signed early. WATCH OUT!! They do not stick to a signed contract.

When my husband and I started looking for venues for our wedding reception, the Belvedere was the first venue that we looked at and compared it to all other venues that we saw after that. We should have stopped looking right then and there. I fell in love with this venue from the moment that I walked in. I loved the contemporary and elegant look and feel to the Belvedere. I fell in love with the bridal suite and the purple couch in the lounge in the women's bathroom. The fountains in the lobby make for a great cocktail hour also. The food was fantastic. Our friends and family still complement us about the food that we had served at our wedding. The Belvedere was very accommodating with special needs diets such as Gluten Free meals too. We worked with Orla and she was fantastic. She made sure that everything went perfect for not only my husband and I but all of our guests too. If I could relive my wedding reception again, I would not have changed one thing about how our night went at the Belvedere.

I had a couple of bad experiences with the Belvedere. From the reviews that I have read, I think it depends on who you get as a coordinator. Unfortunately Orla was assigned to me and was bad at responding to my questions, she made some significant mistakes, and I finally had to speak with a manager, who was eventually appointed to me as my coordinator. Unfortunately she was not much better. On the day of my wedding, my chair cover color was wrong and she was absolutely rude to me in front of my bridesmaids and basically told me with the most mean and rude face "sorry you signed off on it". I wish that I would have gotten Stacey, she only was there to help me the day before my wedding when I went to set up and she provided me with the service in that one day, that I had been wanting all along. She was nice, friendly, and super helpful.
Overall the quality of the service on the DAY OF THE WEDDING was great. My guest said that the bartenders were great. The servers were great. The food was amazing, and I particularly loved that we were able to have our rehearsal there and that we were able to go and set up the place the day before. Again, I would recommend the belvedere but just don't go with Orla or Cathy.

We had our wedding there this past New Years Eve. The venue is beautiful. Food was prepared exactly how we ordered. Our guests had a great time.

Do you know how you have a vision in your head? That is definitely me, once I walked in Belvedere Banquets I was like this is the place! We were pleased with the process from start to finish. Jodi and Orla made my day very special. The day of rehearsal we had rain and sleet and of course that made EVERYONE late but Orla was very patient and we were able to finish everything. I loved my ceremony and reception room, it was more than I ever would have expected. I would definitely recommend Belvedere Banquets to any of my clients!

My husband and I were completely satisfied with Belvedere Banquets. First of all, we received a 20% discount for having our reception in November. The wedding coordinators at Belvedere were extremely helpful and had answers to all of our questions. The meal at the reception was amazing. From the soup, to the salad, to the cake (which was included in the price). Everyone is still raving about the meal. The service during dinner was quick and the bar was well stocked. Also, the room we had our reception in was beautiful with a long staircase and huge picturesque windows. Overall, we were very satisfied.

We worked with Jodi and she was willing to answer all our questions and go through all the details whenever we had any questions which were a lot regarding our ceremony and the reception. Everyone that came to the ceremony and the reception loved the location and thought the place was beautiful and couldn't believe how wonderful the food was. We got so many compliments and wouldn't have changed the location for either the ceremony or reception. We new as soon as we saw the location that it was the place for our wedding day. Thank you

Everybody is still taking about how great the food was... even the foodies! I did the stations.. with the pasta and a meat! Everybody swarmed the pasta because they could pick how they wanted it made... to funny! Package also come with cake from Rolf's.. who makes cakes for Whole Foods!

All the planners were extra helpful and gave us great suggestions about the event and tips on crowd pleasing gestures. The hall is naturally beautiful so minimal added decorations! Stacie, Orla, and Caroline are fantastic!!!

Belvedere was great. We had our ceremony and reception there in July. Christina helped us sooo much! She has tons of creative ideas, cost cutting solutions, and patience for bridezillas like me! :-) The food and service was wonderful, the bathrooms were spotless, there was tons of parking, and the seperate entrances were a real plus! (We never saw or heard the other wedding) Also, they're prices are significantly less than their competition AND include more! Only two downsides are: 1) We booked in Sept 2009 and they only had like 5 dates available for 2010 and all Saturdays were booked until 2011.
2) The other sales women (unsure of her name, a little older/red headed) was very hard to work with. I felt like she couldn't answer my questions and it became very irritating. After speaking with her twice, I decided to ONLY meet with Christina from that point forward.
Overall, I would definitely recommend Belvedere to everyone!

Belvedere did a beautiful job!! Everything was gorgeous and the food was great. We got tons of compliments on the steak (my parents - the pickiest diners in the world - said it was the best wedding steak they have ever had), the salad, & the ice cream bar. The chicken and veggie dish (what I got) were only okay. Belvedere was good at working with some of our unusual requests (family style pasta served in lieu of soup course). There was a mixup early on in our planning with Belvedere which made us pretty nervous, however they offered us plenty of compensation for the mixup and the night of the wedding everything was wonderful. The day-of-coordinator was so helpful!

Beautiful venue but Orla was frustrating to work with. I didn't feel like she wanted to help us out - more like I had to really push to get any flexibility from the hall. Throughout the planning process, I would typically follow up with her rather than her keeping me updated. Day of: Orla wasn't very attentive to the couples needs and didn't follow the floor plan we had desired, however when something at the hall was damaged they were quick to bring that to our attention. Overall not a horrible service but not ideal either.

I worked with Orla at the Belvedere and she was great. The food was excellent we had the beef wellington for dinner and it was cooked perfect with the asiago potato tart and asparagus and carrots. I received so many compliments on the food the setting was beautiful. I also had a dessert table that had a large assortment of delicious treats. If I ever have a party again I will definately go there it made my wedding everything I wanted it to be.

Like the the past reviews say, Belvedere's decor was beautiful, very modern and fun. There was no problem trying to get a hold of anybody. Our event coordinator was Jodi, and she was great during the planning process. She responded to my emails immediately, if not, the within the same day. Although we did have a few issues the day of the wedding.

The day before the wedding I went to drop off the favors and place cards. That's when I found out that Jodi would be out the office and someone else will be helping us. Now this wouldn't be a problem if somebody contacted me before to let me know, just some professional courtesy. But I was a pretty laid back bride and didn't think much of it. The next issue was the hors d'oeuvres. We had about 320 people at our reception and many people complained that the hors d'oeuvres weren't being served and some had to chase down servers just to get a few pieces. We brought this to the attention of the staff and still nothing was done. The same issue happened with the cake. A lot people mentioned they didn't receive any cake.

Now I'm not sure if the cake was too small (it was 5 tiers) or if the servers didn't get to everyone. When I brought this to Belvedere's attention the week after the wedding, i was pretty much told that the staff said everything went well, family seemed happy, and there were plenty of hors d'oeuvres left over (thats probably because they weren't served!). They also said that they understand that there's two sides to every story and offered a gift certificate (which i haven't received yet) for any inconvenience. Now we have been to weddings before at the Belvedere and the service was great.

We were just disappointed that we didn't get the same level of service. But like everyone else said, the food was awesome and the bartenders were the best, very professional, very courteous.

Extremely pleased! We selected Belvedere because of the extremely beautiful and elegant decor. None of the outdated gold gilded mirrors, floral carpets, or tacky "crystal" chandeliers here!!!! Sleek, modern, yet comfortably elegant!

We booked our wedding about 11 months in advance, on a Sunday and got one heck of a discount!!!! There is a hotel next door which was WONDERFUL! never had to even go outside, as a hallway adjoins the hotel and banquet hall.

They are all extremely friendly and SO accomodating! I was at the hall looking at things and asking questions several times throughout the planning process, and never once did any of them seem bothered by my presence.

Our co-ordinator was hard to get a hold of, and was seldom aorund when I had questions, but the other ladies there were always able to access my information and help me with everything I needed!

Absolutley amazing! Everyone was VERY helpful through out the entire planning process. The site looked beautiful on the evening of our reception and the food was AMAZING!!

BEAUTIFUL reception site. Very modern, very big. Outdoor terrace available for "smokers" or for "sweet tables". Great Staff, decent prices. just absolutely beautiful!

I loved this place. It is great that there is a really nice hotel connected to the building. We also ended up with a better room because no one else booked that day. The interior is amazing. Perfect backdrop for pics.

Orla was my contact person and she was very helpful and accomodating. The Belvedere staff were all very courteous and professional. It is a beautiful location and I would reccommend them to all my family and friends.

My husband and I were married on April 4, 2009 and chose Belvedere for our reception venue. I can whole-heartedly say that not only was it the best day of my life, but that my room was the most beautiful I had ever seen for a wedding reception. Orla was our wedding coordinator and from the day we booked with her all the way through the reception she was extremely helpful and attentive to our every desire and detail. When I walked in the room before the reception started I think my heart skipped a beat and tears filled my eyes. The room was gorgeous. It was everything I could have ever dreamed it would be! I can't say enough good things about how wonderful Orla treated not only my groom and I, but my family as well. The food was amazing, the service was friendly, timely, and top-notch, and the drinks were plentiful. As for the food, MANY people have told us it was the best food they ever had at a wedding. Every time we needed something, Orla or another staff member was there to assist and on the flip side nobody was ever "bothering" us or pulling us away from our party. Every bride and groom should feel the way we did on our wedding night! A+ Belvedere.... a job VERY well done!

The Belvedere was a fantastic place to hold a wedding reception! Coordinator Orla was incredibly responsive and helpful during the planning process. The food was excellent and we received many comments that it was the best wedding food they had ever had. The premises is gorgeous and modern and everything is very clean and well presented. I recommend this site to anyone getting married in the Chicagoland area.

The Belvedere was fantastic. Very pricey but the food was excellent and we received many comments that it was the best wedding food guests had ever had. The building is beautiful, modern and fun. It was the perfect setting for our reception. I also wish I would have had a more attentive coordinator. Mine was very preoccupied throughout our planning process and we were typically handed off to someone else when we needed help. It would have been nice to work with one person so that they could truly understand our needs.

I recently held my reception at the Belvedere in Elk Grove and it was truly the most amazing experience of my life! Jodi was my event coordinator and she helped me with every single thing I needed. Their level of service was above and beyond any other venue I've been to! Even downtown! I would recommend Belvedere to anyone who wants to have a dream wedding and have no worries on their wedding day!!!

Our wedding day at the Belvedere was good. However, the coordinator we worked with leading up to our wedding wasn't very helpful and hard to get a hold of. The facility is very modern and pretty and the wedding day itself was good. I just felt there could have been a lot less stress in planning it.

the staff at Belvedere was wonderful to work with. Our wedding coordinator was Orla and she was very responsive and always willing to help out. On the day of the wedding they go above and beyond to make sure the day is special to you and listen to all the little quirks and nuances that you want at your reception. Whether you talk to your coordinator or another member of the staff, everyone is there to make you feel like the special couple and serve whatever needs you may have. The food was good, service was great, the prices were comparable and the overall experience was great. We would highly recommend Belvedere

I would definitely recommend Belvedere. The food was wonderful and I have never seen service like this before at any wedding that I have been to. All the food came out at the same time to every table and the staff was especially attentive to the head table and the parents' tables...asking us if we needed anything and they would bring us drinks from the bar.

The only downside was prior to booking the event we were told that the rooms were sound proof. However, while we were having dinner and soft music was playing ... the party next door was playing extremely LOUD music that could be heard in our room. It was very distracting and put a little damper on the evening. However, the Belvedere staff tried their best to the the other room to lower the music.

Everyone was fabulous!

Really liked working w/ Angela. She helped everything run smooth.

I had my wedding at the Belvedere it was perfect. Jodi was my event coordinator she was amazing, she was ontop of everything. My wedding could not have been more perfect. It has been 2 years and our guests still tell my parents what an amazing wedding we had and how great the food was. The food was delicious, the service was great. I highly recommend the Belvedere for your special day you will be sure to have an amazing wedding. I loved it so much we went back for our Baby Shower this past June and it was amazing.

This reception site was perfect for our wedding. The coordinator I worked with at the Belvedere was welcoming to my constant questions, was able to incorporate ideas that I had (such as a specialty "blue" drink for all of our guests that tied in with the wedding colors), and went above and beyond our expectations. My mom and I had loved the way the main ballroom was decorated for a wedding before mine with tulle and twinkling lights hanging from the ceiling and draped around the railings, but we didn't think we'd be able to afford to have both of them with the budget we planned on. We decided to only do the railings, and I was thrilled when I walked into the ballroom on our wedding night to find that our coordinator had also had the tulle and lights hung from the ceiling as a surprise/wedding gift to us. Our food was amazing, the staff was accommodating and polite, and everything was perfect. I highly recommend Belvedere Banquets

This reception site was perfect for our wedding. The coordinator I worked with at the Belvedere was welcoming to my constant questions, was able to incorporate ideas that I had (such as a specialty "blue" drink for all of our guests that tied in with the wedding colors), and went above and beyond our expectations. My mom and I had loved the way the main ballroom was decorated for a wedding before mine with tulle and twinkling lights hanging from the ceiling and draped around the railings, but we didn't think we'd be able to afford to have both of them with the budget we planned on. We decided to only do the railings, and I was thrilled when I walked into the ballroom on our wedding night to find that our coordinator had also had the tulle and lights hung from the ceiling as a surprise/wedding gift to us. Our food was amazing, the staff was accommodating and polite, and everything was perfect. I highly recommend Belvedere Banquets.

Angela was my coordinator and she was wonderful, the banquet hall was wonderful, everything about my day dealing with the Belvedere was just perfect!

This place is a very nice reception hall, very modern and fun. The food was good. The staff was hit or miss. Some were really nice and helpful and the others a little snotty. One manager gave a little attitude with my DJ about his setup which I didn't appreciate. There was a mishap with a missing Groom's cake that they did a decent job of taking care of.

Karl and I wanted to thank you for making our wedding so perfect! We understand that this was not the usual wedding you guys are used to doing. I remember the first time we talked on the phone. I asked you 3 questions: Do you allow liquor on the tables? What time do you close, and do you allow outside catering? Your response was: Why do you need outside catering? My response was: You can't do the type of food or service we require. Your response was simple: Yes we can! You did not know what it was all about, or what it would require, but you knew you had to prove me wrong.... Jodi, I am so glad you did! You accepted the challenge with open arms, lots of patience, and a drawer full of paperwork. Jodi, this night was beautiful! The service was outstanding! The food was incredible! All our guests still can't stop talking about it. I keep hearing "How did you find this place?" All I know is that I wanted to prove everyone wrong, that you don't have to have a wedding at a russain restaurant to have a good wedding. You can bring all the elements of a russain wedding to a gorgeous venue like Belvedere. On behalf of both our families, Mila, Karl and myself....I would like to extend the biggest gratitude to you and your family. Thank you for your patience with our numerious requests and menu changes. Thank you for being so on top of everything!!! Mostly, thank you for excepting this challenge. If you hadn't, this night would have never happen. You and your staff did an excellent job!

I recently held my reception at the Belvedere in Elk Grove and it was truly the most amazing experience of my life! Jodi was my event coordinator and she helped me with every single thing I needed. Their level of service was above and beyond any other venue I've ever been to! Even downtown! I would recommend Belvedere to anyone who wants to have a dream wedding and have no worries on their wedding day!!!

What a wonderful and magical evening we shared at my daughters wedding. The Belevedere made everything so special and flow so smoothly, it was beautiful. We had so many phone calls expressing how elegent the hall was and how wonderful the food was I cannot begin to count them all. Thank you a million times for making the most important day of my daughters life unforgetable. I cannot thank the staff enough for their wonderful service. They were all so outstanding, anything we wanted was ours. Thank you again for a wonderful and a memory that will last a lifetime. I would recommend the Belvedere to anyone for their events. Susan and John Kuta

I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the Wine Tasting this past Wednesday afternoon. Everything was very nice and it was a great opportunity to have a little time after work to just visit with friends and relax. The food was delicious. The wine was good. The table looked very nice. Our server was very attentive. I had just attended the retirement dinner for District 54 that was held at your facility and the food was wonderful for that, also. My husband and I will definitely keep you in mind when events come up that we need to hold outside of our home. Thank you, again, for your help with this party.

I can't thank you enough for making our day so special, Everything was beautiful. We could not have done it without your help. GREAT JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got a lot of great feed back from a lot of the guests, and they could not say enough of how nice everything was Thanks again, Barb & Wes

Dear Caroline, We just wanted to thank you for all you did to make our wedding absolutely amazing. You and your staff truly went above and beyond to make sure that everything was taken care of. We were very touched by the additional details you took care of for us. Our guests are still talking about how wonderful everything was! Sincerely, Erinn & Matt Duncker

To Caroline and the entire staff at the Belvedere, We want to thank everybody for helping create a perfect day for our wedding. Everybody was very accomidating and very friendly. The entire staff was professional and quick to assist to assure everything fell into place. The decor of Belvedere was beautiful and the food was perfect. We would highly recommend the Belvedere to anyone who's looking for a place to create wonderful memories.

Our daughter's wedding was a dream come true. I cannot thank you enough for all your help in the planning, especially Orla Conneely who assured us she had everything under control. She made this event better than we could have hoped for. The ceremony room was beautiful and the reception area as well as the dining area were breathtaking. Over a week later and we continue to get compliments from our guests. We do admit it is your staff not us that make this an exceptional venue.

Hi, I just wanted to thank you for catering our Thanksgiving dinner. It was the closest to our mom's cooking we have had! My mom couldn't be here, and my fiance's mom wasn't able to help us cook. Even she said she missed her cooking, and this was the best she's had since her own. Thank you again, you will be hearing from us again. Sincerely, Linda Goodwin(Cardinal Fitness)

We absolutely love to service events at this exceptional venue.

This venue is absolutely BEAUTIFUL. Super modern + chic. I have been to many receptions here and will be having mine there this October! The staff members are extreemely easy to work with and have great ideas and suggestions. Very reasonable pricing as well!