A co-worker from my company is getting married and I accepted an invitation to attend the…read morePre-Wedding festivities today. This is a beautiful facility with several ballrooms that can be scaled to one's desire and budget. The main foyer is huge and bright. The convention centre is conveniently located off Hwy 401, 407 and 410. There's plenty of parking onsite. Our ballroom was elegantly decorated for the evening occasion of music and dance to celebrate the forthcoming wedding. All guests were notified that the theme was Bollywood night, bright colourful attire which made things light and extremely fun! Everything was nicely planned for cocktail hour followed by an excellent dinner. The convention staff were helpful and provided great service. My friend and his bride-to-be should be pleased about the future if this evening was any indication of their journey ahead. Best wishes and congratulations!

Amazing venue and very professional stuff! Definitely coming back as owners did everything I asked…read moreand planned for my Birthday party! Flexible and humble team made my dream event come true!

The past weekend every Torontonian was snowed in and stressed out with shoveling. I'm sure…read moreeveryone's plans had to change in some way shape or form. This was our experience as we had rented this venue for our daughters Quiñceanera. Due to the storm we had to reschedule our event. The event organizer was nothing but inflexible by only offering me Family Day or a few Friday's in March as an alternative!! We had no option but to take Family Day so we wouldn't lose our money/deposits on other rentals. We had agreed on different things in a group chat created by the event organizers once I had booked the date. They promised a few things and the day of event some of those things weren't done. I didn't like chandler's or fake candles they had as decor, they agreed to remove them as it didn't go with our theme, this wasn't done. There was miscommunication, as they also canceled their in house chef at the last minute causing me lots of stress and figuring out my own catering. I had rented the venue for 5hrs and was told I could have 30mins before to set up. My event was changed to Monday for 12:30pm but the organizer said the catering could arrive between 11/11:30am. I arrived at the venue 5 minutes before 12pm. Upon arrival the organizer was still nowhere close to being done setting up for my event which was scheduled to start at 12:30pm. She had her child there, laying down on the sofa, with food, drinks and a big mess. I found this to be extremely unprofessional knowing she had an event starting soon. My sister, her family of 3 and my parents arrived at 12:08pm to find the mess, me stressing, my daughters setting up tables, cleaning up, running around to fix things while the organizer was taking time to do I don't know what she was doing. My daughters didn't need to set up but yet they pretty much set up the tables, cutlery, wines, desert tables, organized kitchen etc. I had rented flowers to be set up and the organizer didn't use them so I wasted money. The organizer seemed to be very bothered that my family had arrived at 12:08pm to help me. She questioned why they were there if my party started at 12:30pm. At this point she had gotten very hostile towards me and was screaming in my face in front of my family. My sister and husband had to jump in and ask her to calm down. She proceed to walk away screaming and slammed the office door. The supervisor they left while my event was going on was very unhelpful and seemed to only be there to check what we were doing and what time we were going to leave. As I got threaten in the chat that if we went over the time they would take it from my deposit. My daughter birthday was a success because we made it happen. BUT BOUTIQUE EVENTS AND VENUE IS NOT A PLACE I WOULD WORK WITH AGAIN OR RECOMMEND TO ANYONE! DIANA NEEDS TO LEARN MORE HOW TO TALK WITH RESPECT TO CUSTOMERS!!!

The first time I found out about PartyTO was at a Yelp elite event at HotSpot Bubble Tea in Vaughan…read morelast September. I got to experience it again at a recent event at Rouge River Brewing Co. At the HotSpot event, I got to meet Don from PartyTO. He was an incredibly talented twist-balloon maker. I saw baby Yoda (Grogu) as a balloon design and knew that I had to get it. Don did a fantastic job creating the cutest balloon version of Grogu. He even added a bracelet strap so I could wear it like a corsage. It was awesome! At the Rouge River event, I met Yannick, who did my caricature. I haven't had many done of me in my life, but his version turned out great. He featured my big skull and bangs. He even noticed that my hair had reddish-purply colours that they ended up in the caricature, too. Both Don and Yannick completed their masterpieces in perhaps five minutes. They were super fast and efficient creating their works of art. I also enjoyed chatting with them and they didn't mind engaging as they twisted balloons and caricatures, respectively. Both love their craft and work at it full-time. PartyTO seems like the perfect vendor to hire for fun corporate events. I tend to plan events for my team at work. However, if I ever have the chance to suggest getting a twist balloon or caricature activity to spice up one of our corporate events, I'd definitely suggest PartyTO. (37)

Had a lot of fun meeting Yannick and great conversation! He's personable, charismatic, and…read moreattentive. Loved the caricature he drew of me! He was fast but took his time adding in my features while I kept whining for pizza. Thank you Yannick!

We could not have asked for a better venue for our wedding. Sarah, Paula and Gleb were with us from…read morethe very beginning in working with us to ensure everything we wanted for our wedding was possible. They were always incredibly responsive and open to any concerns or questions we had. They were also super detail-oriented and able to offer ideas and I sights to ensure our event was one-of-a kind. We had a a few dietary restirictions and accessibility needs for our guests and every single accomodation was met with compassion and support. Gleb was fantastic the day of and kept the day moving smoothly but also made sure we were having a fantastic time. All our guests raved about the beautiful space, the food, and the service. We would highly recommend this venue to anyone.

Came here as a wedding guest, it's conveniently located in the city; the spacious ballroom was…read moreperfect for a big wedding; the catering and service were decent quality. This place used to be a theatre so the theme of the wedding was movie premiere of their love story, and the venue was exclusive to them for the whole night, super cute!

Great show, with all kinds of exhibitors from bridals, makeup artists, photographers, cake vendors,…read morevenues etc. The fashion show was fun! Very well organized!

We have used Perfectionista for a number of company events and have been extremely satisfied with…read moreall facets of their work. Most recently, Sabrina and team put their personal touch on our annual holiday party which was a tremendous success and was rated very highly by our staff. We have every intention to continue working with Perfectionista for all internal and external events that we host.

My fiancé and I hired Roxy and her company to plan our upcoming wedding in August. I was living in…read moreChicago and this was a long distance planning session. I was interviewing multiple wedding planners and decided to go with Roxy because of her amazing personality and everything she could offer. We had a Skype call and I decided to go with her company. My family and I put a deposit of around $2,100 CAD and were excited to see what she would offer. The plan I chose was not the most expensive, but second from the highest. The total would have costed around $7,000 CAD. The other wedding planners were not as highly priced, but I figured I should go with someone that knows Toronto, so I can have a variety of options for my wedding in Niagara on the Lake. Roxy was very personable and kind with great fashion sense. This is where the positivity ends. My family and I were sadly disappointed. We believe that the cost of her services does not justify the work completed. We were under the impression that she would lead the charge and tell us exactly what was next (booking shuttle, welcome bags, assisting with the wedding shower, etc.) In her contract, it explicitly states that she should be doing EVERYTHING from conceptualizing wedding themes and colors. I should not have to prompt about what my needs are. I also should not have all the dates and do all the research on things. I never once received a plan or prompting questions about what I want the wedding to look like or maybe you should go with this color or check out these photos... I even gave her a test. The venue I selected has a wedding coordinator there as well. I asked them both to find me a list of officiants that were local to the neighborhood. Roxy did not e-mail me back for around 4 days, however the other wedding coordinator who was hospitalized, e-mailed me back in 2 hours from when the e-mail was sent. Secondly, being late for both meetings in person and not having everything organized was another issue. My fiancé and family drove 4 hours through a snow storm to meet Roxy to start our venue search. Roxy was around 20 minutes late only having to drive 55 minutes. She also neglected to tell us that she was eight and a half months pregnant. I was surprised that she did not mention this before we paid a deposit. She had no idea who we were meeting and what dates were available for venues. There was nothing organized where the venues were located and where who we were meeting. The people at the venue did not even know who she was. Also Roxy did not factor in lunch, which was an issue. My fiancé has 3 kids and cannot go from 10AM until around 4PM without food. My fiancé and I had to use yelp to find a place to eat between appointments. There were no extras built into our day: wine tasting, lunch, nothing special. It was go go go from the minute we arrived at the first venue. The second meeting in person was when my fiancé and I were going to do a tasting for our wedding. My parents flew in from New York to be at the tasting. At first Roxy was not going to be there. I was floored that my wedding planner was not going to be at my tasting, which is a HUGE component of the wedding. She told me that she had a long term client that had a birthday party. I was livid and e-mailed her stating that it is in her contract that she attends every meeting associated with the wedding. Roxy then followed up with an e-mail that her assistant would cover the party in the afternoon and she could be there. I had to e-mail her and express my frustration to get her to attend, which is ridiculous. Roxy was 5 minutes late to this meeting. I maybe received one text message from her the morning of the tasting. She did not negotiate anything with the cost of the tasting or even the cost of our rooms. The wedding coordinator at the venue laid out all the costs and we spoke directly with her at the venue. Roxy did not even help with any of the room selections or anything. She just sat there while my fiancé and father worked with the venue's wedding coordinator to organize the rooms. Thirdly, another issue was the photographer. Roxy gave us a list of 3 photographers to choose from. Except for the photographer, she did not give us any local vendors to the Niagara region. (Later in an e-mail I was told that she does not work with any "local" vendors that are not Toronto, this should have been brought up before the deposit was made). My fiancé and I decided on a photographer and actually got to meet her at the tasting. There were multiple packages that you could choose from. We chose the most expensive package, which was around $2,000 CAD, this was "package 3." My father, the one paying for the wedding agreed and I thought that was the end of it. I was happy, we have a photographer! This was not the case...Roxy sent me another set of prices where there was a package 4 and the price increased $300...I was confused and did not know what happened between our meeting in person and

The Art of Celebrations helped my wife and I recently marry in Toronto. The event was a bit…read morecomplicated as we are both Americans and laws are different in Ontario than our home state in the US. The arrangements conducted with Art of Celebrations was done completely done over email and thing came together flawlessly.

I've taken 2 of the tours - the 501 Streetcsr tour and the new Kris Kringle tour. Both were…read moreawesome. Steven led the 501 tour and was extremely knowledgeable and energetic. The food was all awesome and we rolled off the streetcar at the end. Talia led the Kris Kringle tour today and it was excellent as well. A great combination of shopping and eating. Great places to try. Steven also did an Iron Chef competition at our workplace which was a lot of fun. This company has lots of variety and fun activities.

A well priced, interesting way to see the City We will do…read moreanother tour anytime Sampled plenty of food, no rush, no cheesiness. Plenty of time to look around and explore as well.