Hotel Vintage Plaza and Pazzo Ristorante

We had our sit-down dinner and karaoke reception in the Wine Cellar at Hotel Vintage Plaza, catered of course, by Pazzo.

At least a dozen of my guests said it was the best food at a wedding that they had ever had.

Absolutely amazing food. And the service matched. Jane was our personal server and she was so helpful with special requests and with getting everything wrapped up and secured for us. Just an amazing person, that Jane.

Heather Seethoff was our co-ordinator for this whole adventure and she was pretty great. Totally open to trying new things (karaoke) and very helpful in suggesting other vendors.

We stayed in one of the Garden Tub Rooms, and we had a problem with regulating the temperature, which the hotel worked ceaselessly and often behind the scenes to fix. The room was great, the food was great, the service was great, the wine cellar was beautiful and great. Would highly recommend the wine cellar for events with a group of 45 or less people. It did tend to get a little warm with that many bodies packed in there, but it was a MINOR inconvenience that was remedied with a fan, and didn't cast any shadow whatsoever on our experience. Overall, and with most every tiny specific detail, we were floored with their professional magic. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

The staff at Pazzo were most gracious and professional. Our expectations were more than fully met, and everyone thoroughly enjoyed the rehearsal dinner and brunch.

The staff at Hotel Vintage Plaza are exceptional and amazing. Their professionalism meant I could be calm during the whole process. It is also a beautiful setting for a ceremony and reception.

Hotel Vintage Plaza was the perfect setting for my wedding! The minute I met with the team there I knew I was in very capable hands and I wanted to have my wedding there. I was married in the wine cellar which was so unique and intimate...perfect for the 80 guests that attended. The candles illuminated the setting and the professional staff gave me the chance to just relax and actually enjoy the day! After the ceremony the guests went upstairs for cocktail hour and the reception. We had the whole 2nd floor to ourselves so we didn't have to worry about disturbing anyone and the ballroom was one of the few we saw that had windows to see downtown....which really opened up the feeling and provided our guests with something to see other than the average hotel wall paper. Probably the best thing about the Hotel though is the delicious food from Pazzo's Restaurant! MMMmmmm Everything was so good. We had a sit down dinner, so our guests were able to order their food right then and it was made to order so it was fresh (no sitting under a hot plate for an hour). I am so happy with the service I received at Hotel Vintage Plaza. They accommodated all my needs before and up to the day of the wedding. They were pleasant to work with and they truly cared about giving me a wedding to remember. Thank you so much!!!!

Most of our wedding guests were from out of town and stayed at the Hotel Vintage Plaza. Everyone who stayed at the hotel told us that the hotel was great and that they would stay there again. We had our daughter's wedding reception in Pazzo's Cellar Room and it was perfect and magical! The food was delicious and the service was topnotch! We really would not have changed a thing.

Heather & the crew at the Hotel Vintage Plaza did a great job with our wedding. It couldn't have been better. Everyone at the Hotel was so helpful and friendly. The wine cellar is a gorgeous spot for a ceremony, and the hotel is a great place to host your out of town guests!

Heather at the Hotel Vintage is what completely made our experience shine. As our wedding coordinator, she was very responsive and patient when dealing with our many requests/concerns. Without her, and the banquet coordinator, Jane, our wedding would not have gone so smoothly. On the day of the wedding, I felt confident that Heather was handling everything. No stress!

The Hotel Vintage Plaza was the perfect venue for our event. The atmosphere of the venue was just what we had hoped for. The service was impectable and the menu was absolutely delicious!!
A special thank you to Heather Seetoff for all of her efforts in making our event flawless! She is professional as well as personable. We were happy to put our confidence in her and with this lovely establishment. We really couldn't ask for more!
Thank you to the entire staff for making our event run smoothly. We hope to be back for many other joyous occasions!

My husband and I, parents of the groom, hosted a welcome party the night before the wedding in the Wine Cellar. Being from out of town, we not familiar with the hotel, but were able to look at the website, and Heather was always responsive to our questions and helpful in picking out our menu. We could not have been more pleased. The wait staff was very attentive, and everyone thought the food was delicious.

I recently used Hotel Vintage Inn to host my sister's bridal shower. I couldn't have been more happier with the atmosphere (located in downstairs wine cellar), food (created own menu and chef accommodated my gluten free allergy), server (Jane), cost as well as location in downtown and parking service (used Valet as well as some parked across the street).
If you want to have an intimate event, that doesn't bust you pocket, swells you tummy with great food and drink, and gives you laughs, tears and an atmosphere filled with joy and love then this is your place.
My sister enjoyed the her event here at Hotel Vintage Inn, so much that she has now reserved the Townhouse Suite for the night before and night of her wedding! Plus we will be using this location again to celebrate with family our parents 30th Anniversary!!
I live in San Francisco and hosted alot of corporate events here, and truely havent found a place that went over and beyond in all details like Heather/Jane and Hotel Vintage Inn in Portland, OR did for me. Defantely using again when I return to Portland in the future!

The staff at The Hotel Vintage helped make our wedding a night to remember! Everyone treated us, and our guests, with professionalism and kindness. They were responsive to all of our requests, and went above and beyond what was asked of them. Thank you to everyone at The Hotel Vintage Plaza!

Loved the food, the wine, the ambiance .. love everything they did with the cellar. Love Heather and the people at the Pazzo !!! You guys are awesome !! Thank you for making our day very beautiful, memorable and stress-free :)

I hosted both wedding and reception in the Pazzo Wine Cellar at the hotel vintage plaza. All of our wedding guests stayed at the hotel as well. The food was AMAZING, service was outstanding, and the planning process so very easy. It was a time my husband, family, and friends will never forget. We cannot wait to visit again.

We really recieved exceptional service. The lady who worked with us was so kind, and when our florist got the order completely wrong, she went out of her way to drive the bride to a local florist and set about arranging all of the flowers on her own. We were so very impressed. Because of her, the wedding was the beautiful day we had hoped for.

Heather was the BEST!! I've done event planning, fund raising, etc., for years and she was so professional and so helpful. She was very easy to work with and open to new ideas and working with our special requests (one of which was the ice cream sundae bar---it was a huge hit with our guests!!) I would recommend using the Vintage Plaza Hotel to anyone. The venue was very flexible and easy to plan around and our guests enjoyed their stays at the hotel. But, most of all for us, the staff was fabulous!

Every detail from beginning to end was handled perfectly. I had to plan a groom's dinner (rehearsal dinner) from a distance ( I live in mpls), which I thought would be a bit challenging. However, the team with which I worked were outstanding!!
I cannot say enough good things about the job they did. The planning went very smoothly prior to my arrival in Portland. As to the event itself, the food was fabulous (many compliments from guests) and the venue was beautiful. I especially appreciated that the head server maintained constant contact with me during the evening to keep the event moving along with the cocktail hour, toasts, dessert,etc. so that I could just enjoy the evening without worrying about timing of things. There were no surprise costs. It was a great evening!!

The entire experience both with the hotel and Pazzo was outstanding! To say that my husband and I were pleased is a huge understatement. The entire staff was professional and friendly. The food was fantastic and it was all very, very affordable. We could not have been happier. Thank you so much for making our day so perfect for us! We would recommend the hotel to anyone planning an event. Thanks Heather!

CJ & Alicia Buchholz

Heather was great to work with to plan all of the details of the wedding. She has great ideas and is very approachable. The wine cellar is a perfect place for a small, intimate wedding! The service on the day of our wedding was also great!

The HVP was an amazing wedding venue! The space was beautiful, the food was delicious and the staff was incredibly helpful! Planning was a breeze and they really do think of and take care of everything. My groom and I and all our guests had a perfect evening. No last minute stresses or worries. We loved having the wedding, the reception and rooms for all our guests in one spot. The ceremony in the wine cellar room was beautiful and intimate, a perfect setting! Transiting to the reception is seamless, there are fantastic spots to take pictures and everyone agreed the food was some of the best wedding food ever.

Brian and I had a beautiful intimate ceremony and reception of only 20 people in the wine cellar room of the Hotel Vintage Plaza. All of our guests came from out of state and stayed at the hotel as well--the staff was welcoming, prepared, and eager to make our wedding weekend everything we dreamed of!
We are huge wine and food snobs and the extensive menu and wine list helped us bring out a taste of the Northwest with an Italian flare that our guests were very impressed with!
I highly recommend utilizing their restaurant, Pazzo, for brunch with guests as well--exquisite food and service staff!!
We can't wait to continue coming to Hotel Vintage Plaza in the future with guests and celebrating our Anniversary and other special events!

When I arrived at the reception I was told the Banquet Captain was not there (Jane) and Shawn would serve us. He did an excellent job. The only issue I had was that food was not replenished (if at all) fast enough. My sister had to ask if there was any more salad. Guest thought that was all the food and we heard that some purposed to restrict their portions. The one important issue to my husband was that we had plenty of food. We were distraught to think people thought that was all of the food. We brought home around 4 huge containers of food. I feel like we spent money we should not have had to.

Heather at Hotel Vintage Plaza was great to work with. She was very friendly and professional. She made the whole wedding planning process very easy and fun. She also gave me some great recommendations for people to do my hair and make up. We had our ceremony in the Pazzo Wine Cellar and it was beautiful! Our reception was upstairs in the Tuscany room. The food was fantastic! We had so many compliments from our guests about how great everything was.

Beautiful site for a reception. We loved the view over Broadway in downtown Portland with the large windows in the reception room. We used the Pazzo Ristorante for the catering which was also fantastic! Fabulous service. We brought in our own wine, so the corking fee was a pain, but otherwise everything was very nice!

When my fiance and I initially looked at Hotel Vintage Plaza as a potential venue for our wedding celebration party, we were blown away by how nice the staff and event room were. Every place we looked at after that just couldn't compare. So, we put down a deposit in October, for Sept. 4th of the oncoming year. Overall, the experience was great, with a few bumps:

I started off communicating with Heather, and I appreciated her fast turn around answering emails and very informative replies. As wedding season approached, I noticed that she became somewhat less responsive, and eventually I was switched over to Robin, the new catering manager. It was a little bumpy at first, since we had built a relationship with Heather, and she knew more about our event, but it worked out fine. The tasting session was fun, though the menu we had received to choose from didn't reflect price increases, which was something we weren't aware of until later.

HVP set us up with a room for the day of the event, but last minute, my fiance and I decided to stay the night before as well. When checking in, the hotel staff looked up our info for the next night, hoping to keep us in the same room. Unfortunately, there was no record of for our stay. Also, I had confirmed an early check-in for the event day for getting ready, which was also not in the records. The front desk staff were fantastic at sorting it all out, and even though we needed to change rooms the next day, made sure our check-in time was honored, and all items transported to the other room.

Setup of the room was fantastic, and I was introduced to the catering leads. Robin and Heather were both supposed to be present for about an hour into the event, to make sure all was going smoothly. However, only Robin was there, and she left 20-30 minutes before she had said she would, and also didn't take up gift cards to our room as agreed upon. My mother was fretting about potential theft of the gifts since they sat at the table the whole night.

We had five guests arrive unexpectedly, but the catering staff handled the newcomers calmly, and helped find spaces for them to sit.

After cake service, extra cake was supposed to placed into cake boxes and placed at the entry table for guests to take home. I noticed that the staff were placing the slices on tables instead, and after a quick word with the bartender, the situation was fixed.

We had lighters in one of our supply boxes for the sparklers (grand exit!), and these were never found. Jane was kind enough to lend us some from the hotel.

Robin had offered the use of an adjacent room for the DJ and photographer for breaks or dinner, which was never set up.They made do in the lobby area, but it would have been nice to have that space for them. I actually did mention this to Jane (catering lead), and I guess nothing was ever done about it.

The biggest hitch was that my fiance's wallet was stolen the night before, which also included our method of paying for the dinner. Robin had mentioned that the bill would not be presented until the next morning, so we made alternate arrangements for that time to pay the bill. Unknown to us, this actually meant that the bill would be charged that night, and the receipt presented the next morning (we had already put down a deposit). Since they were unable to use my fiance's card, they charged the amount to the card I used for the room the night before, without notifying us. Luckily, we were able to straighten the situation out, but it would have been easier had she been more clear about when payment would occur.

Besides this, we absolutely enjoyed hosting our event at HVP, and our stay in the hotel. The room we were in Sunday night was fantastic, and the rose petals on the bed with chocolates and chilled champagne were so sweet and thoughtful. And we loved the soaking tub! Everyone commented on how nice the event was, and the food, drinks and service were spot on. The staff were all so kind and accommodating, from the doormen to catering staff.

We loved working with Heather at the Vintage Plaza. She was extremely professional and very punctual in her communications. We rented out both the cellar and the 2nd floor reception area for our wedding. The wine cellar was a wonderful space to do a cocktail hr and was our rain site for our ceremony. Apparently though I was told later that my name was misspelled on the signs for the signature cocktail which really as a habit isn't a good thing to misspell the brides name.

HVP was a central location in Portland that was great for out of town guests. Food was good, though it seemed to take a very long time to serve dinner - we got a lot of feedback from guests that the main course took quite a bit of time to come out.

Honestly, our only real negative experience was in the bookings for our wedding block. It really looks like the only person in that office that can do their job is Sarah. There were numerous errors in our bookings that took weeks and multiple emails, phone calls, and faxes to resolve. Once we even got someone else's scanned credit card and SS# info emailed to our "reservation confirmation" which makes me question the safety of my personal information and integrity of the staff in the reservation office. Sarah was very gracious however in comp'ing a room for us for 2 nights to make up for all the reservation problems.

Rehearsal dinner/party for 22....appetizers/dinner: Staff and venue were great. I wish I'd known that evening would take 3 hrs...instead of the 4 we'd planned on. Perhaps staff could help by giving/suggest an estimate of time..."this is what happened at previous gatherings for party this size"???
Food was delicious for most part...salad too salty.....chianti selection from menu option= not so tastey with meal choices:-( Opened wines should be re-corked...given to host...at end of event. Coffee/tea should have been ready WITH dessert serving.
TV screen too small for DVD presentation view of bride & groom .

I worked with Heather Seethoff at the Vintage Plaza who arranged all the logistics of the event venue and catering. The venue- I used the wine cellar in the basement, I believe they also have a larger room upstairs. The place is definitely beautiful and unique, filled with wine bottles. We took advantage of the theme, incorporating a wine ceremony into our ceremony and serving wine from both where I and husband are from for the reception. Heather patiently met with us and answered/returned calls and emails to choose table linens and the room arrangement, which they flipped between ceremony and reception, and arrange all details. They provided candles so we didn't have to bring too much in the way of decoration, and got away without hiring a florist, making bouquets ourselves. So the venue was pretty easy to work with, pretty cheap, and mostly ready-to-go without a lot of work on our end, which was all great. I was disappointed with a few things that happened unexpectedly right around the wedding, not enough to regret choosing this venue, but wish they hadn't happened. Heather the coordinator was on vacation the week before my wedding, so that was tough; she also left right after the ceremony started so was missing for some things we wanted to ask about, etc. later in the night; they lost the boxes for some vases I was planning to return, and even after members of my family looked extensively, never admitted that they had lost/thrown them away when they weren't supposed to; finally, the barman admitted to "trying to get drunk" one of my single friends he was hitting on, who ended up throwing up everywhere in the bathroom and my mom and two aunts had to miss the afterparty to wait with her, while he nor anyone else at the hotel was willing to clean up or do anything else to help with the situation. So somewhat minor things, they did bother me, but for the price of the venue was still definitely worth it and perfect for our small, unique event.
Of note, the venue says its capacity is 50 but we had about 38 and I wouldn't have wanted to have too many more people, if you plan on dancing or moving around at all.
The catering- good! We chose an all-vegetarian menu with the selections available on the standard menu plus some other suggestions from the chef. As far as I know, everything came out the way it should have and everyone liked the food. I didn't have to do any work at all which was great!
If planning for a budget, remember to add 21% fees/whatever they call it to the listed price. We paid just that, no surprise costs/fees on the bill :).

Great venue, great professional staff. We enjoy working here.

Hotel Vintage Plaza is wonderful and we have enjoyed every event we've shot there. Their staff loves what they do and you can really tell by the way they treat their clients by all the rave reviews we hear on our end from them. Hotel Vintage is such a great place to get married with all of it's unique decor accents, attention to detail, overnight stays on site and easy access to all of Downtown Portland's greatest shops! Definitely check them out if you are considering getting married in the Portland area!

Hotel Vintage Plaza is such a beautiful and unique venue. Pazzo does a phenomenal job with catering an service, they are super helpful and the food is absolutely delicious. I have planned serveral events with Hotel Vintage Plaza & Pazzo and have anlways been thrilled. You can't go wrong with this venue and caterer!

We recently had a couple wedding cake deliveries to Hotel Vintage Plaza and Pazzo and I really want to thank the entire staff for being absolutely fantastic to work with. They were so helpful and pleasant and made everything so easy. So thank you and I look forward to my next delivery to you!

Heather and her staff at Pazzo & Hotel Vintage Plaza are a dream to work with! From a coordinator's standpoint they are top notch and the type of venue and caterer that all professionals strive to work with as often as possible. Not only is their food fabulous and tasty, but their service is exquisite and some of the best in Portland. This is a rare combination and I highly recommend Pazzo and Hotel Vintage Plaza to couples looking for a memorable experience with warm and gracious hospitality.