Des Plaines, IL 60018
(map) Phone: 847-827-7818
Reviews for Cafe La Cave
Gem of the Northwest
(On August 12th, I had the pleasure of having my daughter’s wedding reception at Café la Cave. I cannot extend any greater recommendations to the positive and profound experience I encountered and of my fortunate selection of this exceptional banquet facility. My wife and I could not be more delighted in every aspect of our daughter’s special day.)
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The art of serving a customer has never been more prevalent than at Café la Cave in Des Plaines, Illinois.
So often, we, as customers or guests, are attended in some type of rotational manner amongst a number of tables assigned to a wait staff. The wines usually arrive within a timely manner, the dinner is served, the coffee is poured, and one leaves with no distinction between one dinner venue to another. For a wedding venue to be distinct, the banquet hall has to be extraordinary. This distinction is found at Café la Cave. Without a doubt, Café la Cave is that extraordinary.
Customer Service
From the moment you walk in the door, you are welcomed as if you are an important VIP to enter that night. You are cordially escorted to your dining area, the chair is pulled out for you, and an introduction to whom is your maître d’ as well as your wait staff and sommelier are accomplished. (Usually, I have to ask for names.)
Your coffee cup never runneth empty, and your wine glass is never unattended. If you leave your seating during your meal, a warming cover is amply placed to preserve your dinner at the intended temperature. The staff that serves you could not be more responsive and caring to your dinner enjoyment. The staff is seasoned and has waited on the likes of celebrities to politicians who know of this hidden jewel. Never do you feel rushed or as if you are waiting. The service is exquisite.
Dining Experience
Aperitifs and drinks are readily available while an array of delectable Hors d’oeuvres are served expeditiously throughout the reception. The sampling of flavorful delights succumbs only to the anticipation of your main entrée which is not only artistic in its presentation but bountiful in flavor as you acquiesce to the subtle spices and light sauces that define each and every bite. Prior to your entree’s arrival, no ordinary salad will do. Café la Cave offers special pasta dishes that establish a new sensation in the revelations of fine dining as well as a cucumber wrapped balsamic salad that is light and flavorful. You are left intrigued with the heavenly feast which awaits as your main course is soon to arrive.
No matter what the entrée may be, I have only known it to be as close to perfection as one can imagine. Adorned with complimenting light sauces, each of two succulent breasts of chicken titillates your senses to the degree that would make any restaurateur beg for the recipe. The filet mignon and steaks make you forget about any of the best steak houses. The Atlantic salmon and the Chilean sea bass are unquestionably fan favorites as you surrender to the salacious pleasures of your dining experience.
As for the consistent slew of drinkers in your party, the bar doesn’t close while dinner is served. The libations and signature drinks pour freely. The bar remains open the entire night through. Your guests will not need to have rows of drinks set at the table in military formation. At ease soldier. Everyone can relax.
Customer Satisfaction
When preparing for a wedding, Randy Sutter, the in-house wedding planner and co-owner of Café la Cave, exudes confidence in helping you design and develop the wedding of your dreams. The uncertainty of choosing well or poorly is diminished, and the stress level is immediately eliminated. You are in Randy’s reliable hands. He has the “Elite List” for choosing your photographer, florist, band, deejay, linens, chairs, and even wedding entertainment. Not pushy or pretentious, Randy simply gives valued advice that could not be trusted to just anybody. The smooth transition from a wedding’s beginning to its end could not be more important. Randy takes care of all the obvious and not so obvious details from pin-spot table lighting to the coordination of your contracted vendors. The timing of every nuance that is envisioned throughout your ceremonious event is crucial, and it takes an established wedding planner to make everything go as planned. To pull off the perfect wedding, it takes a talented wedding planner. It takes Randy Sutter of Café la Cave.
If you want a no-worries reception for your “once-in-a-lifetime wedding” and one that your guests will remember and talk about more than any other wedding in which they attended, Café la Cave is the number one choice that will leave you with no regrets. It truly is… the gem of the northwest.
- Scott Gallus
Park Ridge, IL
For more information, contact Café la Cave at:
Phone: 847.827.7818 • http://cafelacaverestaurant.com
GUEST
Café La Cave is seriously one of the best wedding venues in all of Chicago. My wife and I were completely blown away by the beauty, elegance and service of everything and every person at Café La Cave. From Day one, this place was unbelievable to work with. Café La Cave told us from the beginning that they would give us a “Chicago Style” wedding reception for half the price. They delivered on that promise! My grandma told me that it was the most elegant wedding she had been to in her life. My aunt told me that it was a nicer wedding than some “hoity-toity” wedding in New York City that she and my uncle went to last year. I have had at least a dozen people tell me that the food was unbelievable and the filet melted in their mouths. Two of the three people that received a vegetarian plate told us that it was the best vegetarian plate of food that they have ever had at a wedding. We looked at over 20 reception halls in the Chicago area before picking Café La Cave. We would have made a HUGE mistake had we not chosen to go with Café La Cave. We have had so many of our guests compliment this place on the service, quality of the food, elegance of the room and overall fun of the night. The staff at Café La Cave is unbelievable. I have not had better service in my life. They were very professional, very attentive and were so very accommodating. If you’re looking for an awesome reception venue, you have to look at this place. And, when they say they will give you the best wedding reception, they mean it. And they will deliver on that promise. You will have zero regrets by going with this place. As far as the price goes, they rate very well with many other reception halls in Chicago and are much cheaper than anything that you’ll find in the city. We have been to weddings in the city and they were not nearly as nice and elegant as Café La Cave.
GUEST
I cannot say enough good things about Cafe La Cave. I had my wedding there in the fall and it was perfect! The planning leading up to the wedding was made simple with the help of Tina. She is very informative and great to work with- she is truly an angel. On the day of our wedding, my husband and I were able to enjoy ourselves because Randy worked out every detail in advance... and handled the last minute issues without getting my husband or me involved. Best of all, the food and service was spectacular. Our guests only had good things to say about our wedding and that in itself was priceless. The Cave costs a little more for a wedding but it is worth every penny... I promise! I cannot express how happy we were and I can honestly say that our wedding would not have been as wonderful as it was if we were not at Cafe La Cave.
GUEST
Our daughter's wedding at Cafe La Cave was wonderful. Randy is a professional with many years of experience yet he still has a passion and the energy to organize and conduct the reception. Listen to him - he will make it easy!The food was delicious and the service impeccable. The staff is attentive and every course was served at just the right moment and temperature.We received many compliments on the whole wedding experience at this venue.Cafe La Cave and Randy do an exceptional job at a reasonable cost.Don't be afraid to let Randy sing at the reception - he is great at that too!
GUEST
Cafe La Cave is one of the best venues to host a wedding reception in the north suburbs. It is very classy restaurant. One of the few venues that is genuinely nice to work with, very accommodating, flexible, professional, unique and most importantly the food and service is great! Randy was our coordinator. He was worth every penny! He made the floor plan, itinerary, he announced our wedding party, and engaged with all our vendors to ensure that everything went smoothly. It sure did! Everyone there at Café La Cave is great to work with. We were able to transform the banquet room into a 1940s soirée with the help of Café La Cave and Yanni Design Studio. We received tons of compliments from our guests and even the staff from the restaurant were in complete awe. Café La Cave is the perfect venue to host your special day!
GUEST
I would highly recommend Cafe la Cave. Our wedding was better and more beautiful than we ever imagined... Thanks to Cafe la Cave and Randy! We are still getting compliments on how great the food and service was. Hands down this is the best place for a wedding reception! Randy went above and beyond helping us plan and getting the all of the big and little details perfectly right.
GUEST
PHENOMENAL!!! I initially went in to scope out Cafe La Cave as a joke, like "ya rite, I could never afford this place" but it was truly reasonable, and I am not made out of money. I don't know how to begin telling how fabulous Randy, the coordinator, is. I was planning my wedding from 1800 miles away and he made it flawless. The whole crew really made my wedding a masterpiece. It was more accomedating that I could have ever expected. The coordinator really helps you with every single thing, even recommending the greatest vendors. I would marry my husband there every weekend if he would only let me. It was amazing.
GUEST
This place is amazing- from the staff down to the ambiance of the reception! If you are looking for romance and elegance...look no further!
We just had our wedding reception at Cafe La Cave and our guests can't stop complimenting us on how smoothly everything ran that night. Randy did a great job keeping everything moving from the food to the dancing. Our guests were fed great food and can't stop raving about it. Romero, the captain was the sweetest and made sure the head table was always taken care of. The BEST service! Can't beat it! The entire staff is so great to work with, I recommend Cafe La Cave to anyone looking for great food, location, and not to worry about anything at their reception.
I would give Cafe La Cave more than 5 stars if I could!!! This reception venue made our wedding the best wedding we or any of our guests had ever been to—and I am saying that because my guests could not stop telling me how fantastic our wedding was and how it was the best they had ever been to. Café la Cave is not only a beautiful facility, which has some of the best food you will probably ever eat (which they can do because it is a restaurant rather than a hotel), but they will help you plan all the little details and ensure that everything comes off beautifully. They offer all the little upgrades and details that made the day so special, like a sweet table that spanned half the back wall, and a martini bar with an ice sculpture. They also have packages which include a full premium bar for 5 hours, which allows your guests to drink whatever they want from the time they arrive until they leave. Their staff is the best in the business. Randy, the coordinator, coordinated the entire evening so our guests were never bored or waiting for the next thing to happen. They took care of everything so I didn’t have to worry about it. I cannot even put all of the little things they do to make the day easier and more special for you because I do not have the time or space, but suffice to say that if you have your reception here, people will talk about it for months and remember it forever.
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My husband insisted to have our reception at cafe le cave, because he knew we couldn't go wrong with the great food they serve. Not only was the food great, but the service was awsome. Randy and his staff do a great job at putting everything together. I felt so at ease knowing that everything was taken care of, that I had such a great time having fun at my wedding. Randy takes such great pride at his work. My husband loves how Randy's voice sounds when he announces the wedding party (makes you get goose pumps). The dinner and dancing is all choreographed nicely so that everyone can enjoy it. The banquet hall has been updated to a tasteful decor. Some of our guests who smoke enjoyed the outdoor bar area. So many people to this day tell me how much fun they had at our wedding and how good the food was. I can't wait to go back again for dinner at the restaurant.
Cafe La Cave hosted my fairy tale wedding. We were married in June '08 and our guests still rave about how delicious the food was and what impeccable service the hall provided. Tina and Randy were so easy to work with, which made for easier planning. Cafe La Cave catered to our every need and request and treated us and our guests like royalty for the night. The hall's lastest remodeling endeavors make it comparable to any hotel in downtown Chicago. Highly recommended!
I want to start out by saying I had a very difficult time finding the perfect location for my wedding. After searching and searching for the right place my mom's friend recommended Cafe La Cave. The minute I walked in I knew this is where I was going to get married. If your looking for a romantic, beautiful classy reception this is it. If I were to use one word to sum up my experience at Cafe La Cave it would be perfect! Every step that we took in planning our wedding at cafe La Cave was painless and delightful. Randy and Carie were a pleasure to deal with and made our experience very stress free and wonderful. Not only is the food great the service is spectacular. They truly care about there client and make you feel like royalty. I highly recommend Cafe La Cave for any wedding!
The food here is to die for! The service is really wonderful & the ambience is really nice. I would highly recommend this place as a rehearsal dinner site or a reception site!
GUEST
Great place!
Our reception at Cafe La Cave was elegant and beautiful, thanks to Randy. Randy is the best! I had some issues with one of the other staff members, that I wasn't too happy about. But-- It didn't detract from my day and everything else was flawless!
Our reception was held at Cafe La Cave. The restaurant is owned by a family friend and my sister, aunt, and uncle had all held their wedding receptions at this site. We had such beautiful reception, everything went perfectly! The staff was right at our side whenever we needed anything. The food was excellent. Throughout the night there were no surprises or glitches. The room was decorated beautifully and the service was perfection. The site also has a great geographic location, as there are several hotels in the immediate surrounding area. Randy, the event coordinator at Cafe La Cave was so amazing to work with, he was like my own personal wedding planner!
My mother-in-law gave us our wedding shower at Café La Cave. At first I thought the place was old. Was I wrong! I wish we had our wedding there! Food & Service was spectacular!!!
GUEST
Best people to work with, very accomadating, best food you can get at a wedding. Well worth the price.
We loved Café La Cave and so did our guests. They offer the best food and the absolute best service and all for a very reasonable price! We got some many complements on how good the food and service was at Café La Cave. Don’t let the location fool you…its very easy to get to and the surrounding hotels offer a free shuttle for your guests that want to stay at the surrounding hotels. About a year before our wedding, a client of mine in Houston commented on how good the food was here before I let him know that was where we were going to have our reception.
Impeccable service and professionalism to match the fabulous food and recently updated decor. Highly recommended!
About Cafe La Cave
Cafe La Cave is a Rarity among Banquet Halls.
A Menu that combines Classic Continental and French Cuisine along with our attentive Wait Staff
and Beautiful Atmosphere Creates the Ultimate Setting
for a Truly Memorable Experience
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