Excellent service! Blush Cocktails provided the best bartending experience with exceptional…read morecustomer service. Very prompt and professional. They even made me a signature cocktail for my themed birthday party. Thank you Blush

we got knot your average bartenders for our wedding and it was SUCH a wonderful experience! So…read morecommunicative and helpful leading up to the wedding talking through the bar menu and set up. They also came to the venue the day before to set up the bar area and walk through everything in advance, and on the day of everything went perfectly. Amanda and Becca had such great energy, several of our guests made a point to come tell me they were a delight. Absolute favorite vendor of the whole wedding!

I attended a wedding here. Really nicely done. It was budget friendly to my friends, but there was…read moreno skimping on quality when it came to the presentation, food, and decor. The dance floor was just big enough to fit the people that wanted to dance. The lighting was nice. The stage for the band to perform was a nice touch too. I definitely think you get your money's worth at this banquet hall. Catering is done by Asian Deli, so you get authentic SE Asian cuisine for the events, but I heard that they cater based on the tastes of the banquet hall renters. I heard someone talk about a Baptism party and a Quinceanera taking place the following weekend too. Would definitely hold an event here.

Rented this place out for a wedding, the lady was a big "B" word. People trying to get dress/change…read morein the "game room" but she wanted that door closed and if it was closed was locked from both sides so if youre stuck in there you had to call her to come open it. Seem like she was the only worker and was trying to do the bare minimum. AC was not on so all the guest were hot and stepped outside. Food was average. Parking sucks. Overall will not be doing any other events here.

I couldn't have been happier with our experience at Watson Block. Our wedding was spread out across…read moretwo days, with a larger reception on the second date at WB. We instantly fell in love with the aesthetic and received many compliments from our guests about the space and decor. The brick interior gives such a warm, home-style feel to such a big occasion, and it helped our guests settle in right away. The bar was very easy to coordinate and was quick to accommodate a couple of special requests we made. If there's anything we would have changed in retrospect, it would have been establishing some sort of off-site shuttle option. Luckily, our Sunday afternoon event was on a weekend where the Vikings were out of town and street parking was readily available. Still, this isn't any fault of the venues -- just a logistical thing to consider for your day. We can confidently say we would have our event at Watson Block even if given a do-over.

We are so happy that we decided to have our wedding at Watson Block! It is such a beautiful space…read moreand was the perfect size for our wedding of ~100 guests. We had both the ceremony and reception at Watson Block and the transition between the two was seamless. Amber was great to work with through the process as well! She let us come back and tour the space again after we had booked and was very responsive to all of our questions. There were so many things happening the day of the wedding that Amber and her team handled perfectly in the background. It allowed us to relax and enjoy the day knowing that they had everything 100% taken care of. We would highly recommend Watson Block to anyone looking for a venue!

Performed a wedding here and it was amazing ! A historic late 1800's grounds and early 1900's…read morehouse that is a one stop wedding venue! Gorgeous, cozy with a chapel for 125 ish and partner venues to create the ultimate experience for any special event or wedding. It took me back in time and was such a fun night with friends

Attended a wedding here and it was wonderful. Parking was easy and the space was great for a small…read morevenue. The gardens were beautiful and the catered food was great too. A very special night

Naomi helped to make my neighborhood holiday gathering a wonderful experience for all involved!…read moreNaomi expertly advised me on what I needed to purchase, brought a custom menu with available drinks, and set up an inviting station that was both accessible to guests and out of the way from the flow through my home. As the host, I was able to focus on my guests without having to worry about fixing drinks for them. I now want to hire Naomi for all gatherings! Thank you!

THIS is what you want to do for a fun event!!! We had this company do a birthday party for my…read moresister's 60th on Feb 17th and were so thrilled with the event. Naomi was absolutely outstanding. She was an absolute pleasure to work with and we are already thinking of the next time we can hire her. I would recommend 100 percent!! Thank you Naomi for making this day amazing for the birthday girl as well as all the guests. Just fantastic!! We will definitely use you again and I will be telling others. Awesome!!!!

I was at an event where Jason Hewlitt was the guest speaker. All I remember is turn in at Thomas…read moreand the rest is winding hallways. So if you ignore that nightmare you can have a great time and a great meal. I was in the room at the bottom of the winding staircase. The buffet was beautiful. It started with a variety of rolls with pre-cut triangular butter. A nice tossed salad but no salad plates offered. I think my favorite was the garlic mashed potatoes. A good sized piece of chicken was just a minute more above being fork tender. Another favorite was the lamb ragu. If there were vegetables I ignored them and didn't have room on the plate.The bar is at the top of the stairs. It was also check in and we got a parking pass, thank God. So the dessert and coffee table had their signature chocolate. But I was lured to the cobbler and creme fraiche. The servers are standing very close to the buffet table and cater to your every whim, especially filling waters and clearing plates. Bathrooms are handy and a huge area in the ladies room for the bride to change. Then back to the parking lot.

I cannot say enough good things about the catering and events team at Calhoun Beach Club. Kristen…read moreand her team went out of their way to make every detail perfect. They helped bring our dreams into reality and made us confident it was going to be the perfect day. They took my moms recipe, they incorporated all our special touches and helped pull off an event completely on time. As the bride, they helped ease my nerves, and when i was to busy for dinner they packed up so i could have it at home. I will never forget how amazing the staff were. Do yourself a favor and chose D'Amico and calhoun beach club for your next event!

The annual St Maron party (close to feb 9th). Is always a success. They have a different life…read moreseniors every year. Food is homemade by volunteers but supervised by the professionals. Typically social 6 to 7 food is served 7 to 9 and then singing and dancing from 9 PM till midnight. Family friendly environment. People don't get drunk at this event. The only thing I don't like about Cedars Hall is the lack of paintings on the wall. However most of the time weddings and quincinnieras they get their own decoration. Professional kitchen. Ample parking space n both sides: thank you St Bonofacio. Also streets have free parking all around: not metered!

I just had my wedding here on June 4th, 2016. We rented the hall for a large 400 person wedding…read moreand since we live in New Jersey, we not only had to deal with the complications of long distance planning but we had the extra difficult task of trying to get a hold of anyone capable of answering our questions. We chose Cedars Hall because there are not many venues in the Twin Cities that can fit a wedding that large. It also helped that my sister had gotten married there 5 years ago so we were familiar with the layout and location. Unfortunately, over the last 5 years, many things have changed. The rules and regulations are clearly written out but when speaking with the event manager himself, we found that a lot of these rules and regulations seemed to change depending on his preferred working hours. For example, the rental regulations and policies clearly state that "Delivery of food is allowed only during the times of 10am to 4pm." We found in the days leading up to the wedding that on Saturday (Wedding Day), we would not have access to the Hall at all until 4pm. Why that was exactly seemed to be more due to the lack of personnel willing to work on that Saturday. So in the last few days leading up to the wedding, we had to call our caterer, the bakery that was delivering the wedding cake and the liquor store to change all their delivery times to past 4pm on Saturday. In addition, because we only had the hall for 4 hours for decoration purposes, we asked Cedars Hall to provide us with "people who they'd used for decoration help in the past". We paid them close to $20 per person per hour only to find on that Friday that the helpers provided included the event manager's wife and his daughter, including a few other people who clearly were there just to earn an easy $20 per hour. One of the person who was supposedly "helping" us even went so far as to yell at my mother because she asked them to do something instead of standing around. A few of my friends and family who were there to help actually asked me if it was possible to "fire" some of the hired help. Unfortunately, we paid upfront for the help. What really upset me as the bride was my inability to get a hold of the event manager at Cedars Hall. I called his office phone, his cell phone and emailed him over the course of a week and never received either a call back or an email answering any of my questions (keep in mind, I was doing all the planning 1200 miles away). Finally, my dad took the drastic measure of driving over and stalking around the grounds until someone told him that no one was there over Memorial weekend. This person then called the event manager who finally was able to answer our most urgent answer of when we could have access to the hall for decoration purposes. The following Tuesday when we flew in, we drove directly to Cedars Hall as clearly that was the only way to get a hold of anyone there and further clarified everything from where the band would be set up to whether we'd have access to any of the other rooms for changing purposes. Lastly, in spite of the regulation clearly stating that bottles of champagne "are allowed outside of the bar area for wedding champagne toasts only. The Lessee, or his agent, must provide AND serve the champagne." When we pressed on this issue again and again, we were told that we had two options: 1) Either every single guests at the wedding would have to bring their glass up to the bar to have champagne poured there or 2) they would have to close the bar for however long it took for the two bartenders to come around and pour champagne at the tables. This is clearly in spite of their written policy that states that we were to provide the champagne and serve it. I would NOT recommend to anyone planning a wedding or a large event to consider Cedars Hall. I could not have had a worse experience. The event manager there only cares about collecting your money. Once they have your 50% deposit, they could not care less how your event goes. Weddings are some of the biggest and most expensive events in life and Cedars Hall managed to make it absolute nightmare for us. As the bride, I weathered every single one of these issues as well as possible but I know that most brides would probably have broken down in tears and/or threatened legal action for breach of contract. Either way, be forewarned and just DON'T fall in the same trap I did.