The Carlisle

We loved the Carlisle. They put the room together for the ceremony and then the reception exactly the way I wanted it, and it looked more amazing than I imagined. They set up items such as escort cards, signing book and table favors just the way we asked them too. A lot of attention to detail and the staff was the best. The food is amazing and the service was spot on. The bartender did a great job with our signature drinks and having some requested no alcoholic beverages available.

The Carlisle was amazing. I would recommend them to anyone. They were very flexible and helpful. Our reception was amazinga nd looked amazing because of them.

My wedding was the most amazing wedding in the world! The carlisle is a dream to work with!

Maureen was ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.. She was very flexible with me by me being an out of state bride. The food was FANTASIC I recommend the Chicken Picatta! I still hear how good the food was. They also did my cake as well. They have a great package that I think people should take advantage of..The Venue is beautiful Peter is very funny as well. I really think that you would have a wonderful time if you decide to have your venue there. Make sure you look on Wedding wire for "Memior of Love" to help you plan your event there. She has AWESOME packages as well and I would highly recommend using her "Full Coordination" package. She is based out of Houston but she traveled to Chicago to help with our day!

I would recommend The Carlisle to anyone getting married!!! My husband and I checked out a ton of places before we decided upon The Carlisle and we chose them because the venue is beautiful, the pricing very reasonable, the staff was easy to work with and very helpful, and the location is convenient. The day of the wedding was perfect. They listened to everything I had told them and they made my room look more beautiful than I could have even imagined. We did modified family style for dinner and there was a lot of food and everything was delicious. Every time we talk to someone who came to our wedding they always talk about how wonderful the food was. There was not one problem with my experience at The Carlisle and I am so happy they helped to make my wedding day perfect!

The carlisle was beautiful and the staff were very professional

I would highly recommend working not only with The Carlisle, but Tammi as well. They helped make sure our day was perfect beginning with the planning process through the end of our Wedding Day. Everything was perfect!

Excellent food and a beautiful venue. Carlisle wedding coordinator provided assistance with every facet of the reception...even a harpist! Highly recommended.

Amazing venue. My husband and I paid for our own wedding and we were able to make it work. They will work on pricing with you and give you the biggest bang for your buck!

Tammy - you are amazing! You really helped us out in every way possible and exceeded any and all of our expectations :) Our reception was beautiful and the food was delicious.

My husband and I had our wedding in June at The Carlisle. We worked with Maureen Micek, she helped us create the wedding of our dreams. The Carlisle went above and beyond what we had expected of our reception venue. They are extremely helpful and are willing to work with the bride and groom with everything they want. We had a wedding of 338 people and each table had amazing service. The food was amazing, the room came out beautifully decorated and our matre'd for the night was super helpful, anything that came up during our reception was taken care of by him. I would definitely recommend The Carlisle to my friends and my family for all of their banquet needs.

The Carlisle in Lombard, IL was the best place I could ever have my wedding reception at. The staff was friendly and provided excellent service to my guests. We ordered the chicken picatta, New York strip steak and the seafood mixed grill and all of the food turned out great for 150+ guests. Lauren at The Carlisle did such a lovely job putting out all of my old wedding pictures, guest seating chart and the countless list of other items that were out at the reception. This venue is a great value and the ambiance is sheer elegance!

they were great to work with and made our reception beautiful, fun, and stress-free!

This was a beautiful hall and I couldn't have asked for a more beautiful service!!!!

We had our wedding booked for next summer, and my husband found out he was being deployed this year... they were very flexible and let us move our date. Their packages are wonderful, and they still provide room for changes. I would recommend them to anyone.

Also, invest in the chair covers... it makes the room.

While this place was expensive, I would still highly recommend it. The Carlisle has beautiful rooms, and though we used one of the smaller ones, they really were able to make it look huge.

I had my doubts when I saw it empty, but on my wedding day, it looked like a completely new room. My husband raves about the food, but I thought it was average. Not bad, but nothing that blew me away, either. We had a chicken meal that I thought was a little dry.

The cake, though, was perfect. Unfortunately I was so busy that I didn't get to finish mine, but we ordered a devil's food cake, and the taste and way they decorated it were beyond what I expected.

We had some issues with the music when our bridal party was introduced, but aside from that, The Carlisle was great with accomodating our needs. I have to add, my mother-in-law had also booked HUGE events here for her charity, and paid upfront, so needless to say, the staff there knew they could benefit from her good experience. I hate to say that I think this had a little to do with how well they treated us. I hope not, and do hope that they treat everyone as well, but I think they really focused on impressing my mother-in-law specifically.

The Carlisle exceeded every expectation I had for our reception. They were so accomodating and the room looked exactly as I imagined it. Many guests have commented on how excellent the food was. Even the cake was outstanding.

The food was excellent, and the room was beautiful!

An amazing place for a wedding, extremely flexible, very easy to work with, and so caring. They included my cake in their rate which was already very reasonable. I got to design my cake myself (sent them photos of what I liked from different cakes) and it turned out BEAUTIFULLY!! Rates were so much value for what I got and during the reception we were so well taken care of from the minute we arrived to the very end. We had a host who stayed for the entire event, even helped packed up gifts at the end, waited on our guests - as they arrived he offered to deliver thier gifts for them to the gift table, etc etc.

We always enjoy working with the great staff at the Carlisle. As a preferred hotel, many of their brides have enjoyed the Crowne Plaza Lombard Downers Grove for their group room block and shuttle services. We have also hosted their brides for post-reception After Parties, Rehearsal Dinners, and Bridal Showers.

- Kyra Poulos, Social & Wedding Sales...