Quick poll for those of you that got married in seattle

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I'm helping a friend brainstorm ideas for wedding venues to go look at. She's thinking march to may next year, so ideally something indoors.

Where did you get married?

[karebear219]

Tyee Yacht Club on Lake Union

[minion]

The Hall at Fauntleroy.

Also check out Palace Ballroom, and The Canal.

[madDawg228]

I got married in Stanwood, but I've been to several weddings in Seattle:
The Canal in Ballard, it was an indoors wedding in October.
The Edgewater, there are several spaces available. The wedding I attended had mainly indoor space, with a lil' outdoor area which was nice.
The Rainier Club, an indoor reception in July.
Within Sodo, mostly indoors, but there was a nice patio/deck upstairs.

And others, but that's all I can remember off the top of my head.

[spa]

I got married in Tacoma - Annie Wright School it had cool arches and was cheap!



ETA: Going to my friend's wedding at Bell Harbor in Oct

[monsterz]

Ray's boathouse. We had the ceremony outside but they can do them indoors as well.

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Really small wedding (like, 80 was a tight fit for sit down eating) - Sunset Hill Community Center. It's an old dance hall and really darling inside.

[Deleted]

Edmonds yacht club. had ceremony&reception indoors (october) and did "cafe" style seating. it was gorgeous.

[BlackCanary]

Jun 2, 2015 18:20:08 GMT -5 @lauralynne said:

lord Hill Farms - snohomish. Indoors with outdoor option.

STBXH's B/SIL were married there. It was nice.

[tacocat]

We got married at Broadmoor, but outside. They do have an indoor area. We are going to an event at Blue Ribbon Cooking School and it looks great as well. We also looked Shilshole Bay Beach club and almost booked there,


OOOOHI I loved the aquarium but my H didn't. You can have an awesome wedding there.

Edgewater is also nice.

[spa]

My friends got married at Woodland Park Zoo

[InBetweenDays]

Jun 2, 2015 18:33:51 GMT -5 @ksta said:

Really small wedding (like, 80 was a tight fit for sit down eating) - Sunset Hill Community Center. It's an old dance hall and really darling inside.

How did you end up there? That is our local tiny community center, and where we have family movie nights (downstairs) and some school dances (upstairs). I LOVE Sunset Hill CC.

[alias]

Golden Gardens.

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Jun 2, 2015 22:31:25 GMT -5 InBetweenDays said:

Jun 2, 2015 18:33:51 GMT -5 @ksta said:

Really small wedding (like, 80 was a tight fit for sit down eating) - Sunset Hill Community Center. It's an old dance hall and really darling inside.

How did you end up there? That is our local tiny community center, and where we have family movie nights (downstairs) and some school dances (upstairs). I LOVE Sunset Hill CC.

I don't quite remember, but I think I came across it when I started attending WW before the wedding The upstairs is *darling* and fit our afternoon tea party just fine!

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Thanks for the suggestions everyone!

And beautiful pictures spa and @aellasbeth!

[mkate710]

We had a church wedding/reception but I think the coolest wedding I've been to in the area was at the Woodmark Hotel. It's gorgeous!

[sotally tober]

Monte Cristo Ballroom in Everett. Thankfully it was indoors because it was the only day of rain for the month of August. It's also all-inclusive.

[minion]

Other suggestions: Arctic Club and Within Sodo are my other recommendations. HD's sister got married at Pickering Barn in Issaquah and they have indoor and outdoor options.


sotally tober - How was Monte Cristo Ballroom? The idea of the all inclusive was awesome, and the venue is goregous. However, we never made it to Everett to tour and do the sample menu thing. My girlfriend went on the tour there and was sold on it, until one of the staff members came out and tried to hard sell, did you experience that at all?

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Jun 3, 2015 10:30:09 GMT -5 minion said:

Other suggestions: Arctic Club and Within Sodo are my other recommendations. HD's sister got married at Pickering Barn in Issaquah and they have indoor and outdoor options.


sotally tober - How was Monte Cristo Ballroom? The idea of the all inclusive was awesome, and the venue is goregous. However, we never made it to Everett to tour and do the sample menu thing. My girlfriend went on the tour there and was sold on it, until one of the staff members came out and tried to hard sell, did you experience that at all?

My issue with them was not WR but I went in for an interview and the woman made me wait around for 30+ minutes.. i was pissed.

[dana86]

I got married in Sumner, so not really close to the Seattle area. But I know a handful of people who have gotten married at the Pickering Barn in Issaquah. Its pretty nice once done up and not far.

[fiddles]

Jun 2, 2015 20:23:43 GMT -5 BlackCanary said:

Jun 2, 2015 18:20:08 GMT -5 @lauralynne said:

lord Hill Farms - snohomish. Indoors with outdoor option.

STBXH's B/SIL were married there. It was nice.

We were married at their 2nd venue, French Creek Estates.  Loved it.

[mkate710]

Jun 3, 2015 12:51:49 GMT -5 fiddles said:

Jun 2, 2015 20:23:43 GMT -5 BlackCanary said:

STBXH's B/SIL were married there. It was nice.

We were married at their 2nd venue, French Creek Estates.  Loved it.

French Creek Estates is SO beautiful!

[sotally tober]

Jun 3, 2015 10:30:09 GMT -5 minion said:

Other suggestions: Arctic Club and Within Sodo are my other recommendations. HD's sister got married at Pickering Barn in Issaquah and they have indoor and outdoor options.


sotally tober - How was Monte Cristo Ballroom? The idea of the all inclusive was awesome, and the venue is goregous. However, we never made it to Everett to tour and do the sample menu thing. My girlfriend went on the tour there and was sold on it, until one of the staff members came out and tried to hard sell, did you experience that at all?

I didn't have any issues with them doing that. They were actually amazing to work with. My wedding day disaster was that my alterations place forgot to put the back of my dress in to cover my skin because they changed it to a corset back...the venue was trying to do everything they could to make it better. It was really nice of them.

They definitely go out of their way to make you feel special on your big day. I had someone waiting on me hand and foot, which is totally not how I am, but it was nice to not have to worry about anything. 
They've changed a lot of the all-inclusive stuff since I've had my wedding, some of it I think for the better. And, I like that you can easily adjust anything you don't want that they have. We didn't go with their cake vendor, but they gave us a credit to choose our own cake vendor.

They often have specials that they run - one of which ended up being our rehearsal dinner. I nearly had a meltdown when they said it was scheduled and then a few months later I found out it was not actually scheduled. They did make it right and everything turned out fine. They offered a deal where if I wrote a review for them they would credit the entire cost of the RD for me...it was great. 

I also think to keep costs down through their venue, beer and wine is the best way to go in terms of the bar service. The price difference to switch to full bar was quite a bit. 

We still have people telling us our wedding was the best they've been to and that the food was so amazing. We did a plated meal and it was nice that people didn't have to choose their selection months in advance, but could do it right on the spot at the wedding. 

Sorry - this ended up being longer than I intended

[minion]

Jun 4, 2015 9:50:55 GMT -5 sotally tober said:

Jun 3, 2015 10:30:09 GMT -5 minion said:

Other suggestions: Arctic Club and Within Sodo are my other recommendations. HD's sister got married at Pickering Barn in Issaquah and they have indoor and outdoor options.


sotally tober - How was Monte Cristo Ballroom? The idea of the all inclusive was awesome, and the venue is goregous. However, we never made it to Everett to tour and do the sample menu thing. My girlfriend went on the tour there and was sold on it, until one of the staff members came out and tried to hard sell, did you experience that at all?

I didn't have any issues with them doing that. They were actually amazing to work with. My wedding day disaster was that my alterations place forgot to put the back of my dress in to cover my skin because they changed it to a corset back...the venue was trying to do everything they could to make it better. It was really nice of them.

They definitely go out of their way to make you feel special on your big day. I had someone waiting on me hand and foot, which is totally not how I am, but it was nice to not have to worry about anything. 
They've changed a lot of the all-inclusive stuff since I've had my wedding, some of it I think for the better. And, I like that you can easily adjust anything you don't want that they have. We didn't go with their cake vendor, but they gave us a credit to choose our own cake vendor.

They often have specials that they run - one of which ended up being our rehearsal dinner. I nearly had a meltdown when they said it was scheduled and then a few months later I found out it was not actually scheduled. They did make it right and everything turned out fine. They offered a deal where if I wrote a review for them they would credit the entire cost of the RD for me...it was great. 

I also think to keep costs down through their venue, beer and wine is the best way to go in terms of the bar service. The price difference to switch to full bar was quite a bit. 

We still have people telling us our wedding was the best they've been to and that the food was so amazing. We did a plated meal and it was nice that people didn't have to choose their selection months in advance, but could do it right on the spot at the wedding. 

Sorry - this ended up being longer than I intended

This is great info. It's great to hear that someone had a good experience there.

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Jun 4, 2015 13:25:13 GMT -5 spunbutterfly said:

Oh, my friends got married at DeLille. It was gorgeous. The only caveat is if you book a wedding there you have to use their wine (which well, it's so delicious anyway. XD).

I'm really hoping to make it back for their wedding, so I definitely told her to check out the wineries

[niq]

We did the reception at the Rainier DAR house on Capitol Hill. It's really nice. They do ceremonies there too.

[BlondeSpiders]

I got married in March '04, and we used the Lake Union Cafe. It was perfect for a ceremony and reception. Great people (Victoria & Dan) and the food was stellar. It's a beautiful, Art Deco-y place in the Eastlake neighborhood.

[tacocat]

Oh, the Mount Baker community center looks cool too!