The Metropolitan Club

The Metropolitan Club and most importantly the event coordinator, Nazret, worked superbly with everyone involved to make our wedding a beautiful event. Having planned the wedding from out-of-state, The Met Club really exceeded our expectations, from being greeted kindly at the front desk, meeting last minute requests, working around our schedule, and being more than accommodating when running behind schedule. Any last minute details were taken care of behind the scenes without leaving us anything to worry about during the ceremony and reception. The venue and view speaks for itself and the food was beyond delicious as well as plentiful (including the vegetarian and child’s menu). We had a guest with an allergy unbeknown to us and the staff brought that guest a different soup without further question. Having our wedding at a location that was uniquely Chicago, excellent staff during the reception, an event coordinator that was more than willingly to take care of the details truly made our 70 person, Filipino/Persian, Catholic/Muslim ceremony and reception an unforgettable experience. It was worth every penny and we would love any excuse to throw a party there again… anniversary perhaps? Maybe one day. :)

The Metropolitan Club offers great views and a beautiful venue. They were one of the only places where I could do my ceremony room and reception room separately without having to "flip" the room and have that awkward transition for my guests. The food was good, but not GREAT. Definitely way better than regular hotel wedding fare, but the filet mignon I served could have been better, I think. I must say that they were really, really flexible on food. I could pretty much do whatever I wanted short of handing them a recipe and asking them to make it. I really appreciated that as we changed our mind a lot about what we wanted to do with food. We didn't even have to have our guests choose a vegetarian meal ahead of time - they were able to order it on the spot!I did not care for the cake that they use - Sarah's Pastries - and they were really accommodating by allowing me to bring in another vendor, even though they don't usually do this because I was SOOOOOOO unhappy. I think that they were really easy to work with and if I had to do it over again, I would certainly choose them again in a heartbeat.