Marquis De Lafayette Ballrooms @ the Lafayette Hotel

The Marquis de Lafayette was the perfect venue for our April 2019 wedding. The antique hotel architecture of the Marquis ballroom was a beautiful location for our ceremony. The guests could easily see and hear us. After the ceremony guests enjoyed a cocktail hour in the Crystal Ballroom while the staff turned the ceremony space into our lovely reception.

Prior to the wedding, I asked both the recommended DJ and Rachel Catalano, the Catering Sales Manager for Marquis de Lafayette for sound recommendations for the ceremony. Both recommended using a wireless mic, so I paid extra for the wireless mic. After I walked down the aisle and arrived at the stage for the ceremony, I realized our officiant did not have the wireless mic. I was actually glad she did not have it because everyone was able to hear us well, even in the back row. Unfortunately, during the reception the echo from the stage paired with the wireless mic made it difficult for some guests to hear the speeches. For any other couple who plans to use the stage at Marquis de Lafayette I would actually recommend either NOT using a microphone or having the people making speeches NOT on the stage. Guests were able to hear the pastor and he spoke from the side of the room and not the stage.

During the reception, I asked my Dad to put a piece of cookie cake aside for me. He came back and said he couldn’t find it. After investigation, we found out Wegmans did not deliver it. It was supposed to be a full sheet, half our total cake order from Wegmans! I had told the representative at Marquis de Lafayette what to expect from Wegmans. I wish they had notified us earlier in the day so Wegmans could be contacted and bring it. Luckily, we had enough cake. I suppose if the worst thing that happened on my wedding day was one of my four cakes was not delivered I’m very luckily!

The Marquis de Lafayette staff at the reception was very helpful and willing to help my family and I in any way. My Mom was thankful the staff helped her collect all the décor and leftover favors.

Parking downtown can be tricky especially for out of town guests or when other events are occurring simultaneously downtown. We decided to use the valet service offered by the hotel for the wedding. The valet is part of the Hotel at the Lafayette not the Marquis de Lafayette. It seemed to work out well for the event, but the hotel valet was understaffed Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning.

Guests loved being able to run up to the room and not needing to go outside. Overall, we are very happy with our choice to have our wedding at The Marquis de Lafayette and would recommend it as a wedding venue. Thank you to the staff for helping to make our wedding the best wedding we have ever been to (we may be biased) and truly the best day of our lives.