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October 23, 2009
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Ceremony & Reception Venue
James J Hill Library
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102
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Review Date: 10/29/2009
Services Used: Ceremony & Reception Venue

5.0
out of 5.0
Quality of Service: 5.0 out of 5.0(5.0/5.0)
Responsiveness:5.0 out of 5.0(5.0/5.0)
Professionalism:5.0 out of 5.0(5.0/5.0)
Value For Cost:5.0 out of 5.0(5.0/5.0)
Flexibility:5.0 out of 5.0(5.0/5.0)
Our daughter , Jacqueline, saw the JJ HILL LIBRARY on line and wanted to go check it out for her reception. We walked in and she knew she had to have this venue. At the time we went over the vision ( luckily we have very similar taste), because, well, it is a reading room so we had to picture it set up as a wedding reception. Jackie saw the floor to ceiling books as the color and character, she saw the food ( gorgeous Italian Buffet by DECO) and flowers( sunflowers&hydrangeas) as color and then everything else would be a nice clean white. How often does something you plan in your mind translate to real life and come out EXACTLY as you visulaized? It happened to us. I walked in before the bridal party got there and I felt like crying because I knew how happy Jackie would be. As one of my friends said " this place is magical". So many guests asked how we found this gem of a place. The lighting, the twinkling candles, the white table cloths and how everything was set up from food to cake to tables. There was so much character in that reception room. The gift room is gorgeous as well.

My biggest concern as mom of the bride was not being able to be at 2 places at once. How could I be at the Church all day and have any control of what is happening at the reception site? I should NOT have worried. What a waste of time that was. Beth O'Connor,( co-ordinator) did precisely what we asked and she made Jackie and Brandon's day so special. She was very professional, always answered our e-mails ( and we had plenty), and is extremely organized. In addition, there were two men there, JJ Hill employess, who were always available to help with anything!!! If I could give more than 5 for each category, I would. Now I cannot wait for the pics to come back from the photographer!!!!!!! Thank you Beth and JJ Hill Library. Thank you so much.