Capital City Event Center Reviews
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4.3 out of 5 rating
4.3 out of 5 rating
13 Reviews
87% recommend it
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User1608754 Sent on 05/05/2014Emily was absolutely fantastic!!! Everything went off without a hitch!! -
User1127333 Sent on 04/06/2013Absolutely perfect! Beautiful venue, excellent catering, staff very friendly and accommodating. I didn't have to worry about anything. -
User1208919 Sent on 06/20/2013Adelmann was an absolutely gorgeous venue, the staff were incredible helpful. Couldn't have asked for a better experience. -
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Laura Sent on 04/28/2014The Adelmann helped to make my wedding perfect! Emily was a JOY to work with. She did everything she could to take away the stress of the day. There was no event the night before our wedding, so she let us come in the day before to set up as much as we could early. She had some excellent recommendations for how to help the evening transition smoothly. We had only our reception at the Adelmann, so we used the same room for dinner and dancing. After everyone ate and the toasts were given, her crew seamlessly broke down some tables as our guests refreshed their drinks and got ready for dancing.
The food was INCREDIBLE! We were so thankful that we actually got a chance to eat!
I never felt like the Adelmann was trying to "nickel and dime" me or upsell our decisions. I highly recommend this venue. -
User1637932 Sent on 05/29/2014The venue was beautiful! Our wedding turned out exactly how we wanted. The venue has a great tuscan feel to it. The only issues that came up were we got stuck in between transition of managers so there were a few issues with being able to taste the food and being notified when the tastings were, but we were able to do a private tasting and everything worked out. The food was amazing and it was beautiful! The Adelmann is a beautiful place to do an event and the owner Karen is awesome! -
User2174245 Sent on 06/11/2015We had our ceremony and reception at the Adelmann and very happy that we did. Among other venues in the valley it was a fairly competitive price. We had our ceremony on a Sunday and had a smaller crowd (~50 guests including wedding party). We were able to have a practice reception AT the Adelmann which was very convenient. This location does not have a very easy "get ready" room however that did not impede on our plans at all, most can do without and we did. We had numerous compliments from our guests about the venue's appearance and staff's positive attitudes. The colors and lighting of the Adelmann melded well with our colors of Champagne and Tiffany Blue. The lighting in the summer afternoon can be harsh on some pictures but we managed. The Bartender was great and the staff was wonderful in the transition and clean up of their stuff. I was able to get things done from staff members if I needed anything. We chose not to include the second room and very glad we made that decision. It would have spread out our few guests too much. We had an outside DJ and it would have made things difficult with the second room.
My only look back and recommendations is to make yourselves more readily available, often times it took a day or two to reach out to the general manager and get a reply back. Also consider allowing outside catering for less of a fee. We enjoyed our dish that we had, and had good compliments on the taste but allowing outside catering would let couples choose more of their favorite dishes to have at their own wedding. I understand that's a large part of the income from having a chef on site but it diminishes couples choices on food that they may like as opposed to his cooking style as well as help with couple's budgets.
I worked primarily with Emily and she is a wonderful coordinator and worked with us the entire time on budget and planning.
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User1856449 Sent on 10/10/2014The Adelmann is a beautiful venue to get married in. Our ceremony and reception were at the venue and we had a wonderful time. The rooms are set up perfectly to transition from ceremony to dinner and then to the reception. I couldn't have asked for a better evening. The bar is a great hit as well since it's right next to the dance floor and they have couches for the guest when they need a break.
I have to agree with the last review that they do charge you for every little thing, so expect to pay a little more. I didn't mind but my only beef was the credit card transaction. I paid my final invoice and AFTER they ran the credit card they mentioned that I would have to pay their 3% transaction fee. I asked them if I could cancel the credit card transaction and pay cash but I didn't hear back from them until a couple days before the wedding and it was total chaos at that point and I didn't want to deal with anything else so I let it go. So after the wedding invoice there is a nice little couple hundred dollar charge on it for the fee. If you want to save a couple hundred dollars, pay cash, apparently the thousands of dollars you pay them won't cover their 3% fee. -
User2000261 Sent on 01/07/2015PRO: The building has fantastic charm and little decorating was required.
CONS: The Adelmann staff and event planner that I worked with single handily destroyed my wedding day. How is that possible you say?
• We paid extra to have the lower bar open and to be available from 5-9 pm to serve guests.
• Our cocktail hour was from 5-6 pm. Our guests were turned away and told that they couldn’t serve them until 6.
• Dinner was an hour late. We specifically stressed that dinner had to be on time at 6 pm because we had small children and people with health issues. It was so important to us that we told them to start dinner even if we were not there.
• Dinner was served cold. We had both chicken and tri-tip steak. Chicken was supposedly good, the tri-tip steak was tough and cold.
• Bar tenders where not properly trained in pouring wine. Not a big deal if you don’t care, however when you pay for expensive wine and you take into consideration that their other venue is a winery… you expect the bar tenders to know what they are doing.
• Not enough staff was hired to work our event. We had 150 people and they hired two servers and two bar tenders. My DJ and photographer had to help bus tables and glasses to clear tables for dinner.
• Bar tender was taking shots and partying with my guests. She was rude to the women and was hitting on the groomsmen. My husband doesn’t drink and watched her poor the vodka and take the shots. She tried to lie about taking the shots… but the Adelmann has cameras.
• I had to pay extra for my DJ’s over time because dinner was late.
• Trying to get any type of refund for my event was like pulling out teeth. We saved for 4 years and waited 8 years to get married. I don’t wish this experience upon anyone and highly recommend going somewhere else for your wedding event.
