Our reception was at Townline Sports Bar & Grill (in Howard) in their banquet hall in the back. It's really nice and holds 300 people. However, they can split it up into smaller rooms if you're having a smaller wedding.
As far as pricing, they have different packages and options that you can choose. We chose a family-style dinner which is all-you-can-eat with chicken and one additional meat (we chose Tenderloin Tips but they also have BBQ Ribs and Ham). On Saturdays it's $11.95/person ($10.95 on Fridays) and includes the meats, mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, vegetable, coleslaw, cranberries, dinner rolls, coffee, and milk. If you want to go with just chicken it's $10.95 a person on Saturdays ($9.95 on Fridays). They also have buffet style dinners ($11.95-$12.95) and plated dinners (vary between $10.50 to $18.95 a person).
We're also going with a drink package that includes free beer, wine and soda for 7 hours/until midnight, head table set on risers, use of video equipment, champagne toast for the head table, and white linen napkins. This package is $7.95 a person. They do have some other packages that include some other extras like wine, cake cutting, colored linen napkins, etc.
Therefore our total is $19.90 a person, which is the cheapest I was able to find. I believe Stadium View, Swan Club, and The Woods ranged between $22 and 24 a person. When we booked the hall, my parents had to put a deposit down of $750 for the entire banquet hall, but if you have a smaller room it's less. They also have a policy where children 2-4 eat free and children 4-10 are $2 cheaper. There's also a 17% service charge that's split between the bartenders and servers.
Overall, our experience with Townline was fantastic. Pam, the event coordinator, was extremely helpful and always went out of her way to help us create the wedding reception we wanted. She often threw in little extras that normally would have cost us and also offered great advice on things we never would have thought of.
The food was absolutely amazing. It's been 3 weeks since the wedding and people are STILL talking about how good the food was. Several people have also told me that was the best wedding reception food they've ever had (and one of them was my grandma, so she should know!).
I know my parents already plan on having other events at Townline in the future and I do too. I was extremely happy with how the night turned out and can't wait to hold other events there.
