Makray Memorial Golf Club

Perfect in every way. I'm still getting thank you notes amazed with Makray.

Makray was so amazing - every detail of the evening went off without a hitch. The food was exceptional & the servers were all polite & very responsive. The event staff took wonderful care of my husband & I & the room was set up more beautifully than I could have imagined. It was a truly perfect evening & they are worth every penny!! Their professionalism speaks volumes.

Makray is a beautiful venue with an amazing view of the golf course. Being that I was married in the fall, this was very important to me. They were timely with their responses via email for the most part and aloud me creative freedom when decorating the room for my day. They were also very helpful with finding another bakery that was able to design the cake I wanted. However, the day of my wedding I was quite disappointed. Details were not followed through with as discussed prior, not all waitors were wearing their white gloves, the room was not ready in time for cocktail hour to begin. As the bride, this was quite stressful. No one introduced themselves to me as my coordinator the day of either. Overall the food was great, room is gorgeous, and organization is fair.

I recently had my wedding reception at Makray in July. It was the perfect setting for a summer afternoon/evening. The golf course was gorgeous and the view from the room was perfect. The food was excellent- by far the best wedding food. I have even gone back to the restaurant downstairs to eat several times before and after the wedding- that's how good the food is. And compared to hotels & other banquet halls in the area, the pricing is very reasonable. The wait staff was wonderful. Overall, a great place for a wedding!

I chose Makray because I attended a wedding back in 2008 and loved every minute of it. The staff are great, extremly friendly and very accomodating. There was a little confusion with last minute details but having a lil extra time over the due date of when you had to pay for everthing worked out great. For the rehearsal we rehearsed outside, the weather was a bit chilly and was hoping it wouldnt be like that 2 days later. As the bride, I didnt think of doing a rehearsal indoors, hoping the weather would be great. As the staff, i beleive they should have mentioned it to me if we would like to do an indoor rehearsal. The day of the wedding, it stormed and the grounds were too wet to have my outdoor ceramony. So we winged it indoors. Although everything went well, I did wish we rehearsed it. Overall the food is amazing, including the cake that is provided, the staff is very occomadating to every need, and the venue is goreous inside and out. Not to mention, you will be the only wedding of the night!!!

This was a great place for us and our guests. Great reception hall with a view, great food, and the staff helps out for everything and anything you need they take care of it all, I would recommend this to anyone! I loved the free tasting! so many option and they are not pushy you get to do what you like!

Makray is great! They are all very helpful and accommodating and will work with you to make your day exactly how you want it.

I had the most beautiful wedding reception at Makray! The room itself is gorgeous, and the way they set everything up for us was gorgeous. We ended up with fewer "yeses" than we expected, so we had to upgrade a lot of the food and beverage, and Laurie was so helpful with figuring all of that out. In addition, for how opulent and delicious the reception ended up being, we just barely hit the minimum. During the reception, the staff made everything happen seamlessly -- even getting me my leftover dinner on my way out the door since I could barely eat it that night. Thank you, Makray -- it was better than I ever could have imagined!!!!

MOTB perspective: My daugher and her husband their wedding reception at Makray. What a super choice! Laurie and Linda were so easy to work with (even long distance as I live in a different state). They had numerous good ideas and ensured that we got as much value as possible for the money. The chef did a great job on the food - people raved! It did not taste like "wedding or banquet" food. During the reception, the staff made everything happen seamlessly. At midnight, Maria packed everything up (gifts, personal pictures, decorations, wedding cake) and helped us get it to the car. They were great!

I don't think you could find a more beautiful venue than Makray Golf Course. It was absolutely beautiful and we were so happy to have chosen Makray. We happened to book our wedding right in the middle of the whole economy crisis and were in a bit of a pinch with over 300 guests invited. I can't say enough about the Makray staff and how accommodating they were with our financial difficulties. We worked very closely with Laurie and she is the sweetest, most wonderful person in the world. She was so responsive to our needs and did everything she could to help out with things. Walter is the best chef in the Chicagoland area and people talked about how this was the best wedding food they've ever tasted. My husband and I are "finger food" people so he was accommodating with us wanting simple appetizers. The taste testing experience was amazing, too. We went with the steak and chicken option. Linda was our wedding coordinator and did such an amazing job setting up the room. It was stunning and she is so creative. She actually took my husband and my favorite wedding photo! When we got to Makray the day of the wedding, they had the golf carts waiting for us to take pictures on the course. We had over 20 people in our wedding party so there were a lot of carts to set up for us. After taking gorgeous pictures on the course, we went upstairs for cocktail hour in the corridor. We had just about 250 people in attendance so it was a little crowded. I wouldn't go over 230. We had four round tables set up for the bridal party and their dates instead of the head table which I felt looked modern and saved a bunch of room. Towards the end of the night, our five tiered cake (included with the reception) each had a different flavor. It was delicious. The whole thing went beautifully and we would highly recommend Makray Golf Course for any reception/party.

Makray Memorial Golf Club was a perfect place for our wedding ceremony and reception. The staff was so helpful and was there to help every step of the way. I could not believe how detailed they were with everything. My dad even saw the wedding coordinator touching up floral arrangements at 10:00 at night! Laurie (the coordinator) had great ideas and gave great advice. She was so flexible to whatever my husband and I wanted. She said yes to everything and really personalized our wedding to fit us! We even had our ceremony at Makray and I couldn't believe how beautiful the room was! It was so amazing. The food was amazing as well. I am still getting compliments on how delicious the food was. Everything to the appetizers, dinner, and mini cheeseburgers as a late night snack were so good. People loved everything! My parents went back to Makray the following weekend just try the food again! The venue itself is so beautiful and classy. Makray looks like a castle and is surrounded by a beautiful golf course. Makray only does one wedding a night and they dedicate all their attention to you! I appreciate the staff at Makray so much and I am so thankful that they helped the make our wedding absolutely perfect. You definitely have to consider Makray for your wedding!

I'm really happy that we decided to have our wedding here. The grounds are beautiful. The food was delicious. The event coordinators there, Lynda and Laurie, were nice to work with and very responsive to email. I thought they were a little unorganized on the day of and a few things were not set up the way I wanted (placecard table looked a little messy, flower letters were not hung, votives I provided were not set out in the ballroom like I asked). They suggested how many appetizers we should get for cocktail hour. It didn't sound like enough so we added 100 more, but it still wasn't enough; we ran out half way through. Overall, things went pretty smoothly and everyone had a good time.

Makray us gorgeous! The people were great, but there was a little confusion with finalizing details....the coordinator is a bit flighty.....

Beautiful venue. Someone is there to help you whenever you need it. I had someone there with me through the entire process, from preparing every detail to having my dress straightened to walking down the aisle. Makray helped me to create my perfect wedding. The food was delicious (many compliments!) and they are willing to work with you on anything you may need. Very friendly and professional!

We held our wedding reception at Makray Memorial Golf Club. The place is beautiful, with the entire upstairs blocked off for the
wedding, complete with bathrooms and a bridal room. There was a nice balcony that people used during the cocktail hour. The food was superb and we were able to do an individual taste test with up to 6 people with any food that we wanted. One negative was a $2 per person charge to do a split entree. There is also a minimum that must be met with only food and beverage that was difficult to meet with the size wedding we had (125). They were very helpful in the beginning but as the wedding date neared, it was difficult to get in touch with the coordinator. Overall, the night of the wedding went very smoothly.

Makray was unbelievable. Such a beautiful venue, got a LOT of value for the cost, very accommodating, very helpful.
I LOVED this venue!