Hilton Indianapolis North

My husband and I held both our ceremony and reception in the Crowne Room at the Hilton North, which is the big round room that is visible from the outside of the hotel. The room is gorgeous and has plenty of space for a large guest list. Also, the hotel is very nice and can arrange for guest accommodations as well.

The initial coordinator at the Hilton was Tory Worland, who was fantastic to work with. Unfortunately, he left the company less than 1 week before our wedding. Thus, we had to change coordinators with little time to spare. The coordinator that we worked with was a temporary replacement from another Hilton property. She was very nice, but not fantastic as was Tory. She was much less involved during the wedding day than Tory had planned to be, such as with organizing all of the vendors and making sure that things went as planned. Also, there was a mistake in our hors d’oeuvres menu. We ended up having beef skewers rather than beef brochette. We are not sure where the miscommunication happened, but it may have been related to changing coordinators.

Overall, the Hilton was a good choice for a venue. I cannot speak for the current coordinator as most of our experience was with Tory, but I can speak very positively for the head chef (great guy, great food), the front desk staff (very helpful and nice to all of our guests), and the coordinator for our guest room block. It was great to give our guests the opportunity to book a room, which took away the concern for individuals driving under the influence of alcohol after the reception. This was important to us.

One other negative to having everything at the Hilton is that there really isn’t a good area for photography. We took a lot of pictures in hallways and in an empty banquet room, which turned out “okay” but not as beautiful as we would have liked.