Rooftop Wedding Venues in Boston

My husband and I had our winter wedding at Hotel Commonwealth, and it is difficult to overstate how accommodating Hotel Commonwealth was to both our and our guests’ needs. With both the bride and groom’s family flying in from out of town, various travel issues and delayed RSVPs made it difficult to give the hotel a list of people for the room block early on. Whenever someone from our immediate family was suddenly able to make it close to the date of the wedding, Hotel Commonwealth did whatever it took to accommodate them with a room, even extending the parameters of the room block discount for them. Allison Thomas, the venue coordinator, and her team made the entire planning process as seamless as possible. Allison personally coordinated with all of our third party vendors, alongside making sure we knew the kitchen staff by name and could voice our preferences to them. The hotel was as personable as can be imagined, and we highly recommend them for anyone looking for a wedding venue in the Boston area.

I literally had dreams about getting married here one day, and I got to do just that on August 13, 2022. This is the most stunning wedding venue in the entire city, nobody can convince me otherwise. It looks gorgeous in photos, but you literally can't imagine how breathtaking it is in person. If the views aren't enough, their events team is next level (particularly Amber). Now bear with me through this part, because there's a reason we're still giving State Room 5 stars (spoiler alert, it's our amazing wedding goddess Amber). We had a bit of a rocky start after we signed the contract (nothing to do with Amber). We signed the contract in May and then backed off for a bit since our wedding was over a year away. Around October, we were speaking with our florist, and he asked if we knew Carolyn (our former wedding specialist) had left. We didn't and nobody from the venue ever reached out to let us know. I immediately emailed both our contacts there and both people whose emails I had were disconnected and had no email forwarding set up or any message directing me to another contact. I called the venue 3 or 4 times before finally speaking with someone and they let me know both people had left and they'd let me know when we had someone new. I was now trying to plan a wedding (at a not-so-inexpensive venue) with no wedding coordinator. Cue Amber! A literal angel who just made every wedding dream come true. This really should be a 4-star review, but Amber is so insanely amazing that she leaves me no choice but to make this 5 stars because anything less wouldn't be a fair testament to her. I am the most Type A a person can be and Amber answered every email, call, and panicked carrier pigeon I sent her way. She went above and beyond when we had issues with other vendors or needed last-minute changes that probably weren't even on her to help with. 100% would recommend booking the State Room for your wedding (even despite the challenges) because the staff really is in another league. Thank you for everything, Amber!!