The Westin Richmond

The Westin, specifically Natalie Rausch, made our wedding plans that much easier. I didn't have to worry about anything with the venue and they worked seemlessly with all of my vendors. Beautiful job!

we stayed at the westin in richmond for our wedding night. the suite was beautifully contemporary.

We had the most amazing wedding reception and it was entirely because of the Westin Richmond.

Our wedding we had planned was cancelled because of Hurricane Irene and we had a little over 24 hours to completely throw together a replacement event. We called the Westin Richmond looking for a reception venue; they had availability and offered us their brand new, gorgeous Chesapeake Ballroom. All of our money was tied up in the cancelled event as most vendors had already been paid in full, so we were unsure of what our reception would involve, but we were excited to have a venue. We told the Westin our situation and met with them later that day (the day before the event!) and were floored to find out that the Westin was able to make calls to some of the vendors that they regularly work with and found vendors willing to donate their time and services to give us a reception of our dreams. The chef at the Westin was able to assemble a buffet for nearly 100 guests with barely 24 hours notice and a hurricane bearing down on Richmond. And it was all delicious!

The team from the Westin Richmond was positively amazing. The generosity and kindness from every person we met and worked with was unlike anything we had found during the entire year we had spent planning the other wedding. General Manager Feliks Schwartz opened his hotel to us; his generosity was unparalleled and the team he has put together completely made our event. The team of Jodie Munn, Director of Sales; Christina Wells, Convention Services Manger; Arik Cullen, Director of Catering; and Stanford Page, Banquet Manager, put together the most gorgeous event, and they did it with 24 hours notice. The Westin Richmond has ours and our families' respect, love, and gratitude for the wonderful event they put together.

I cannot say enough good things about the Westin Richmond. The experience we had changed my opinions about the priorities for our wedding if we were given the chance to plan the whole thing again. First of all, its about the people you have to work with as the bride (or groom). There was so much going on in my life during the year we had been planning the other wedding, I could have REALLY used a team of people like we had at the Westin Richmond for that 24 hours. They were able to think about more details in 24 hours than I feel like I covered in 12 months of wedding planning.

Also, I LOVED having our reception in a hotel in retrospect, which wasn't what we had initially planned. The reception went late and the folks that wanted to retire earlier were able to easily go upstairs to the extremely nice rooms, but the party continued for everyone else. The Westin Richmond had a bar that was open late and our party continued at the hotel bar after the reception wound down.

And most importantly, everything seemed so seamless; the chef, kitchen, staff etc. was a part of the venue and the teamwork was so beautiful among the Westin Richmond team. The wedding we had planned was sort of a la carte, and I have tremendous admiration for how smoothly everything flowed at the Westin.

Afterwards, we rode out the hurricane at the Westin Richmond, and everyone we dealt with there was professional, courteous, and kind, even when they were booked to full capacity and the hotel was on generator power. While I won't be planning another wedding anytime soon, the Westin Richmond will be our go-to for every reason for very many years to come. Thank you Westin Richmond!

Staff is amazing, hotel is beautiful and the food was THE BEST!

The staff at the Westin is so friendly & the hotel is beautiful and relaxing. We had our reception there and the food was incredible. I would definitely recommend having a wedding reception here!