DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh Downtown

I do not have enough wonderful things to say about this venue. My husband, family, guests, and I had the best night of our lives. We originally booked with Rachel in July 2024. She was so pleasant. Responsive, kind, explained everything nicely. Rachel, unfortunately, left around Christmas 2024. We were devastated. While they searched for Rachel's replacement, we began working with Patty (Rachel's manager). She did her best and was very kind and very helpful, as well. Finally, they hired Cassaundra. And let me tell you. This woman is a powerhouse. I would have never been able to pull off my dreams and vision without her. She is so talented and knows everything there is to know about weddings and current trends. And the venue! We were the first wedding in the newly remodeled Pittsburgh ballroom and it was stunning!!! They also have this brand new bridal salon suite that is specifically for hair and makeup prep. It is so brand new, we could still smell the paint when we went in! It is such a wonderful upgrade for your bridal package. The staff, the Chef, Moises (the head waiter), were all so wonderful and helped make it the most perfect night ever. They are worth the time and price and I cannot suggest this place more!

The Doubletree really did an amazing job at making my day very special. The Director of Catering, Rachel was amazing! Her and her staff did great at decorating the rooms for the ceremony and reception. Everything was amazing from the food, to drinks and even the entire staff at Doubletree.

This is a great venue to hold your wedding at for many reasons. The number one reason we chose this venue is their catering manager Danielle Rohal. She is a ray of sunshine and positivity (right up my alley) and she is smart, organized, and professional. She was open and honest with all policies and would go out of her way to get things done for us!

The venue is small but did the job. We felt it was intimate and customizable which is what we wanted in a venue. We made the ballroom our own and could transform it into what WE wanted! Not every same old wedding! It was beyond what we expected! We would recommend having an event at this venue!!!

Rooms were big and we had an event room called The Vue that our guests could hang out in after wedding before we went to bed. It came with refrigerators, bathrooms, and a sound system so we could stay up and hang out without noise complaints that happen at every wedding I've been to. It was right across from my presidential suite so I could change and be with my guests after the ballroom closed.

I was a 2020 Covid bride who had to postpone my wedding several times leading up to our new date in 2022. From 2020 to 2022, I had worked with the DT to change schedules, re-review our wedding package, select vendors, etc... and working with Danielle from DT had been the best experience! She was so responsive, answering any and all questions I had via email or phone. I planned my own wedding, and she made it so easy! If I needed floor plans, she sent those over with a layout of each room for guest table and decor set-up. If I needed photos of our bridal suite, she had those on-hand as well. If she was busy or OOO, she was transparent about communications so I was never waiting too long or unexpectedly.

Overall, the wedding packages for the DT are inclusive of many amenities and reasonably priced for being a downtown Pittsburgh wedding venue. I loved that our cake from Bethel Bakery, guest table flowers from One Happy Flower Shop, wedding night stay stay, etc. were all included (it depends on which package you pick). We especially loved having access to the Presidential Suite and the Vue Suite, two separate areas to get ready before the wedding. This allowed us to get the "getting ready" photos and First Look pics (at Mellon Green) so easily. For our plated dinner, we went with chicken, fish, or vegetarian options for our guests, and received so many compliments. In addition, we had a cookie table and photo booth, which fit perfectly in the space. The late night snack of pierogies went so well with our "Pittsburgh themed" wedding.

If you go with the DT, the only downsides or things to consider are timing of events near the venue. We unfortunately picked a weekend where there were 2 Penguins games, so parking became an issue (some guests had to park at the Steel Tower next door).

Overall, our wedding was well worth the wait and we loved how our day turned out!

So we were one of those couples who had to postpone their wedding due to Covid. It was an extremely stressful time BUT Patty and the entire team at the Doubletree made the transition extremely smooth. We couldn’t be more happy with our choice to have our wedding there. From the earliest stages of planning to finalizing minute details the entire process was stress free and actually a lot of fun! Everything was amazing on the Big Day! The banquet room looked amazing, the food was fantastic (husband is a chef so that was very important). The service was next level professional, and the entire day went smoother than we could have imagined. The accommodations were fantastic, and everyone staying for the wedding felt welcomed and right at home. A very special thank you to Patty, Danielle, Mike, and Chef Fred, for making our day absolutely perfect! If you are needed a venue I highly recommend The Doubletree by Hilton.

Our entire experience at the Doubletree by Hilton, Downtown could not have been any better!
The original date for my daughter's wedding was May 30, 2020. Because of covid, it moved dates twice to end up with Sept. 4, 2021. I'm aware that many venues only offered Fridays or Sundays for rescheduled dates but the doubletree was very accommodating to our new date requests.
I can't say enough about the staff at the Doubletree! Everyone was extremely nice and accommodating to us. Patty Iannotta (Director of Sales) was a pleasure to work with! She was always prompt with communication and certainly went out of her way to make every vision/request we had come to fruition! Her excitement and willingness to help to make the wedding everything we imaged truly made our experience way beyond what we expected! My daughter's dog was their ring bearer, Patty and Danielle ( Catering Sales Manager) even took extra care of "Jimbo", which they certainly did not have to. They checked on him during the reception and even brought him in for a surprise visit! Both Patty and Danielle kept us on schedule during the wedding ceremony and reception. They were both so much fun! They seemed more like friends than just hotel employees trying to make the event a success! They were constantly surprising us with things we certainly did not expect. Everyone raved about the food/cocktails at the reception. We had approx. 40 rooms booked with guests attending the wedding for the weekend. Everyone's experience was the same! From the front desk staff to Nick (Assistant General Manger) the service was impeccable! I would highly recommend this hotel for any event, especially a wedding!! Thank you to everyone at "the Doubletree by Hilton, Downtown" for a fabulous experience!

This review is for Shawniece, who made our wedding day everything we could ever ask for and more! We are shocked reading these recent reviews stating that Shawniece is no longer with the DoubleTree. She was essential to our entire wedding process! She promptly answered the million emails and phone calls we sent, and was so accommodating and happy to help us in any way. We were so at ease knowing she had everything under control and seemed like she had done this a million times before. Our wedding day was amazing and I couldn't imagine doing it without her and the DoubleTree!

If I can give any bride a bit of advice it would be to look NO FURTHER than the Double Tree. Not only was it the easiest planning you can imagine, they were responsive, sweet, and fun! My fiance and I live 5 hours away so I was nervous having a wedding without meeting most of the vendors, but it went on without any complications. The food is fantastic, the hotel is beautiful, the views are incomparable, and the cost is seriously worth every cent. The food alone was fantastic. We had our rehearsal dinner, ceremony and reception here. Please don't hesitate: this is the right venue for any bride and groom that want a stress free, and beautiful wedding!

I had worked with the wedding coordinator, Shawniece, for 9 months planning our wedding at the DoubleTree from Washington State. We heavily relied on The Knot to find our wedding venue and vendors and decided on the DoubleTree due to their awesome reviews and ratings, which specifically mentioned Shawniece Evins several times as being the true catalyst to making their wedding a hit. It was true; Shawniece was absolutely amazing to work with and was meant to be a wedding coordinator. I had 110% confidence in Shawniece as she was on top of everything including due dates and emailing and answering my endless voicemails to answer the millions of questions that I had. 11 days before our wedding, I got a call from Holly, the Director of Catering, stating that Shawniece was no longer at the DoubleTree, at no fault of her own. As if my anxiety wasn't high enough with the wedding quickly approaching, this made my anxiety sky rocket. With only 11 days until the wedding, all of the hard work had been set in motion by Shawniece and was written down. It was up to Holly to then execute it. Holly took our case file and really made an incredible effort to get to know it inside and out and tried to ease my anxieties. There were some things that I had already squared away with Shawniece that I had to re-go over with Holly but overall, Holly did an incredible job at taking over our wedding on such short notice. Her and Trevor, the Banquet Manager, did everything in their power to try to make it right for us with the inconvenience of Shawniece no longer being with the hotel. And I just want to say that Holly and Trevor absolutely killed it for our wedding weekend! Behind the scenes it was a scramble at times but what wedding isn't? To our guests it was absolutely flawless, as they told us. Our guests were so impressed by everything at the DoubleTree. We had our ceremony, reception, and farewell brunch all within the DoubleTree so as to make it convenient for our guests. I also want to shout out to Anna, who was in charge of our room block, as she worked her butt off for us too. Some of our less tech-savvy guests had some issues with booking rooms through the room block and Anna was so incredibly helpful with fixing those issues and making sure that people's reservations were moved to within our room block. Our wedding weekend was absolutely perfect! Was there a bump in the road with the wedding coordinator being let go from the hotel 11 days before the wedding? Oh yes! But did the remaining staff do everything in their power to make it right and mediate the situation? Heck yes! I would do the whole thing over again in a heartbeat. It was inconvenient and I firmly believe corporate DoubleTree made a huge mistake in letting Shawniece go. But the show had to go on and the entire team top to bottom, from Holly and Trevor to the banquet servers stepped up to the challenge to knock our wedding weekend out of the park. Their teamwork during our weekend was incredible to see. With Shawniece no longer at the hotel, I cannot say how weddings will go in the future at the DoubleTree. But if the team works together like they did for our wedding, which I firmly believe they will, you will not be disappointed to have your wedding at the DoubleTree in Downtown Pittsburgh. I truly hope you consider this DoubleTree for your wedding as you will not be disappointed.

We held both our rehearsal dinner and our reception at the DoubleTree. From start to finish, the entire weekend far exceeded our wildest expectations. Shawniece Evins, Trevor Getz, and the entire DoubleTree team were incredibly professional, accommodating, and efficient. We had several guests in from out of town and heard from so many of them about how impressed they were with their experiences throughout the weekend.
The food at our rehearsal dinner (Italian buffet) was delicious, as was our reception menu. The appetizers at our cocktail hour were also delightful! The servers never missed a beat at either meal. Our guests were very well taken care of. On Sunday morning, we got to have brunch with our guests at the Bigelow Grille inside the DoubleTree. The food was again fantastic, service was excellent, and it gave us another opportunity to spend time with our guests before going our separate ways.
We looked at a few other venues in Pittsburgh before deciding on the DoubleTree. The value there was second to none. We got much more for our money there than any of our other options offered. The packages offered by the DoubleTree allowed us to handle everything through them, rather than dealing with multiple other vendors.
There are not enough compliments on the planet to describe how amazing Shawniece was throughout our entire year of planning. She was incredibly responsive to my (what seemed like) thousands of questions. She went above and beyond to accommodate us in every possible way, especially for my Mom, who is in a wheelchair.
I kept telling myself in the days right before the wedding that I knew something would go wrong, and that would be ok - we would get through it. I can honestly say that moment never came. I never felt even the slightest stress. Every single aspect of the entire weekend was perfect. Shawniece and her team never missed a beat. I'm convinced that I had to be the least stressed out bride ever thanks to the DoubleTree!
We are 3 days out from our wedding and are still smiling from ear to ear. We want to get married again just so we can have this incredible experience all over again. Our flower girl has already asked her parents if she can have her wedding there, as well!
I cannot thank the DoubleTree, Shawniece, Trevor, and the entire team enough for making all of our wedding weekend dreams come true!