Ruth Eckerd Hall

Absolutely beautiful place to have a wedding. The wedding coordinator left Ruth Eckerd Hall a week and half before our wedding and you would never known it. Of course we were in a panic, but Mike met with my mom and had everything in order, knew exactly what we wanted and the price we had agreed on. On our wedding day, everything looked better than we had imagined. It was perfect and I commend the staff of Ruth Eckerd Hall for not allowing the staff changes to affect us in any way.

One month before my wedding, my reception venue closed. I was a wreck! After calling around to about everywhere in the Tampa Bay area we got in touch with Ruth Eckerd Hall and they had an opening. My mom and I met with Marty who showed us the room and talked about our options. After leaving, I broke into tears because I knew that Marty would take care of us. And I was right. I didn't have to worry about a thing! As soon as we pulled up to the reception Marty was waiting for us with a server who had hor d'oeuvres and took drink orders for the bridal party. Later that night he was even there to personally make up a dinner plate for me and my new husband! I really do believe everything happens for a reason. Thanks to Marty and his staff my wedding was better than I had ever imagined.

Marty was a pleasure to work with. He did everything he could to make our day absolutely perfect. We had a small problem with one of his staff members which was a misunderstanding and he fixed immediately. We also had some issues with parking, however there was a large show there the night of which was to be understood. All in all This place is amazing and they really do all they can to help you out. I loved it and recommend them to everyone.

We were able to rent the most beautiful hall, but it took lots of planning to get it to be a perfect evening! Even though we got the hall, and it came with table and chairs and most basic equipment, we still needed to plan for caterers and linens and extra security and insurance, etc. There was a long list of things that needed to be looked after, luckily the manager of events does lots of weddings and was able to walk us through. One expensive drawback is that all the liquor must be bought through the hall, which is rather expensive. We had a beverage package estimate of how much we thought out guests would drink, which was between $26-30 for 200 guests. We were also given a list of approved caterers, which actually made the act of choosing a caterer much easier. Overall, I think all the planning was worth it because we had a beautiful wedding at an absolutely stunning location.

Beautiful venue, Marty was very helpful. Had a grouchy bartender though - limiting drinks in the first hour and questioning the ages of guests ( all were well over 21). Once we talked to Marty the bartender situation imporved but not something you want to deal with on your wedding day.

nice place but expensive ... had rehearsal dinner (large party of over 150) there .....