Nord Social Hall at French Meadow Cafe Reviews

Our wedding reception at French Meadow/Nord Social Hall was perfect! They were able to run the event completely smoothly without any preparation needed from us the day of the wedding, down to playing background music! All our guests loved the space and the food.

We first had our eyes on the Nord Tasting Room because it was beautiful but decided on the Social Hall due to capacity. We live out of town so it was not easy for all communication, but Janel was very accommodating and made it work smoothly for us. Janel recommended our decorator and she was amazing too. When we arrived at the venue everything looked wonderful. We used the Social Hall for both our ceremony and reception. After the ceremony all the chairs are rearranged. All the staff were very friendly, organized and personable. Overall I am glad the we chose this venue and our memories here is wonderful.

We got married in the Nord tasting room and could not have been happier with it! It is perfect for a super small, romantic wedding. It is gorgeous on its own which makes you not need a ton of decor. Janel, the coordinator is great about answering any questions you have in a prompt manner. She has such a relaxed demeanor, which made us feel so at ease. She also took care of the flowers and set up for us, which looked beautiful. We were at full capacity in the room which is 26 people, and it didn’t feel overly cramped or tight. We are so happy with the entire experience. Highly recommend!

Where do I begin? Our experience planning our wedding at The French Meadow was incredible! From our very first email Janel was an angel sent to help a very stressed out bride (me) plan the wedding of our dreams! We had our ceremony in the Nord Tasting Room (small ceremony of 16 people total), and our reception in the Nord Social Hall (40 person dinner, 50-60 people for dancing). The entire team at The French Meadow went above and beyond for us time and time again! We were allowed to set up the decor the day before; the wonderful staff flipped the ceremony room after the ceremony to be a “quiet place to talk” room during the reception; we painstakingly created the reception dinner of our dreams with the help of the very talented Chef Beth (this should not be down-played: we asked for a six course vegetarian tasting menu with wine/beer/non-alcoholic pairings, and we were not disappointed. We also had a fry bar after dinner, and an incredible dessert bar that our guests still rave about today); we had an incredible wait staff during our dinner (the tasting menu with pairings did not make their job easy, but they made it look easy); both Noah and Janel were constantly making sure everything was running smoothly during the reception; we had said that our dream wedding would have a fire pit where people could make s’mores, and Janel made our dreams come true by buying a fire pit for us, allowing us to set up a s’mores station, and Noah continuously tended to that fire on the literal coldest day we had last winter; and at the end of the night, I swear I blinked and Noah and the rest of the wonderful wait staff had all of our decor torn down, put nicely back into the boxes they were brought in, and ready to go! AND they are BY FAR the most reasonably priced, quality restaurant venue in the entire Twin Cities! The venue is beautiful, the staff is wonderful, they are LGBT friendly AND vegan/vegetarian friendly (with SO many more options than just a crappy tomato pasta and french fries)! I truly could not say enough positive things about our experience here! If you are looking for a place to have a reasonably priced, intimately sized, beautifully fantastic wedding; you have found the place that you are looking for!

We loved having our reception at French Meadow. The venue was perfect for our small reception (under 30 people)... our guests raved about the food, and the room was beautiful.