Total 5 stars!
The Rutherglen Town hall has undergone…read morerenovation, to an excellent standard! It hosts many rooms, that would suit many an event! I had my wedding meal and reception here. We had our meal that would sit up to 50 in the fab bar area which is modern in style and has glass roof and sides, NOT what you would expect in a Town Hall, this area lights up the glass with lovely lighting, it really illuminates at night time! After the day reception and lovely meal we moved into the Grand Hall, this is a more traditional area, suited our needs, this area holds 150 guests, so with the bar area you can have around 200 guests for evening! If day guests exceed 50 the grand hall is used for meals! We where advised the hall is very dark at night, we kept this in mind when ordering our centrepiece's and had a feather display that lit up on each table! This was really lovely in the room, also we choose a great dj who had the most amazing light set up! Well worth the cost, he brought a double chocolate fountain that was set up in the bar area and I had worked hard and got sweets, crystal bowls, scoops , personalised bags etc for a candy buffet to be arranged on a table as well! Their was lots of space, and a lovely seated area at the bar, which we just put candles on the tables their!
The only 2 downfalls for me on the Town Hall us you have to have their catering for the evening buffet! This to me was a very expensive cost! It was lovely, but as I said for us it was expensive! We chose carefully and also the fountain and candy buffet and cake all helped it along!
Also the bar area has a staircase that does not have a safety gate, just a rope going across! This really was not good enough as we had 2 toddlers at our event! And 3 of my guests had to stand guard to make sure the children didn't go near the stairs, and I felt this dampened thir experience, as their welcome drink became a stand and guard session! I asked the venue if I could buy a gate previously and was told no, health and saftey would not allow it! This still baffles me! My brother in law still talks of his fear one of the kids where going to fall down these stairs! So have a gaurs in place or ask them to change their policy! Not like your not paying enough lol! Later the toddlers where in prams so did not matter as much!
The staff where on the ball! Took care of everything, from cut fingers to organising taxi fairs!
We paid £10 extra to hire the hall for the 1Am finish as thought this was very reasonable and the normal 12am finish would probably not accommodate our guests as well as the 12am finish! Hehe!
This venue does need to be recognised more for the great place that it is! This venue also hosts many different events, comedy, theatre shows, wedding fairs!
Go along and have a wee look!