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The Carnegie Center of Columbia Tusculum

The Carnegie Center of Columbia Tusculum

Cincinnati, OH
4.6 out of 5 rating, 10 reviews
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Weddingwire
4.6/5 10 reviews
Google
4.5/5 88 reviews
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    Claire Sent on 02/08/2020
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    Still getting compliments

    This venue was something out of my dreams. So quaint, however able to fit our wedding of around 160 comfortably. If you want something different but historic in Cincinnati, this is your place.
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    User2055146 Sent on 03/01/2015
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    We LOVED our venue! It photographed so well and it was a location that was totally new to all of our guests (important to us since we've been to many weddings around Cinci). It was an awesome value, and we loved supporting a historic building that does so much for the community. Everyone here was so easy-going. A few heads up (that we ended up loving!), you will have to hire a valet company and use Jeff Thomas Catering... again we're so glad we did use both! Highly recommend... not just for weddings!
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    Missy Sent on 12/30/2018
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    The perfect venue

    My husband and I really love this venue. It's beautiful and has it's own charm without us having to do anything to the space. We added our touch through the centerpieces and incorporated our colors through the linens. Jeff and Tiffany at Jeff Thomas Catering were wonderful to work with and they coordinated well with our wedding planner. The food was delicious and everything went off without a hitch. We're so grateful that we picked the Carnegie!
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    Alison Sent on 01/11/2018
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    We loved this venue. We chose it because it was beautiful, unique, and historic. We appreciated that it was a venue where it would just be our wedding onsite - no running into guests from another wedding in the bathroom, etc. The venue comes with Jeff Thomas Catering. We did both the ceremony and reception here and the staff took care of the room-flip and made everything look great. The lighting in this place is fantastic! The food was wonderful and we got many compliments on it and the attentive staff. They accommodate many dietary restrictions if necessary, which made things so much easier for us and our guests. They provide the tables, chairs, china and linens, and even...
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    Angela Sent on 07/30/2015
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    The Carnegie Center was such a wonderful venue for our wedding! It is a stunning building, and doesn't even need a lot of decor to really sing. Many of my guests complimented how beautiful and unique the setting was! Working with Jeff (from Jeff Thomas Catering, who pretty much runs the show there) was great. He was amazingly helpful and went out of his way to make sure everything was perfect—and it was. Even working around various dietary restrictions was no problem.
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    User2022397 Sent on 01/25/2015
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    The Carnegie Center Columbia-Tusculum was the perfect venue for our wedding. We had 95 guests which allowed us to set up a separate bar area and dance floor. It is basically an empty space that you can decorate and set up as you want. They have tables and chairs you can use but everything else must be brought in separately. Jeff Thomas catering is the exclusive caterer for this venue, though, and he was able to coordinate all of our linens and place settings for us. Jeff was always very responsive and helpful with ideas, and we received numerous compliments on the food. His office staff was sometimes more difficult to deal with, but it was never anything that...
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    Cassie Sent on 09/04/2014
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    The Carnegie Center was a beautiful venue and everyone complimented the venue. The service was good and was provided by Jeff Thomas. Overall, it was a great experience.
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    User1715336 Sent on 06/17/2014
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    We held both our ceremony and reception at the The Carnegie Center of Columbia Tusculum and had a great experience! The space is absolutely beautiful and would still look great without a ton of decorating.

    When we booked the space, we were allowed to bring in our own caterer and even our own alcohol, which is a big plus. I believe that this is no longer the case, so I can't really speak to the preferred caterer.

    We worked almost exclusively with Dinese, the Executive Director. She was very flexible with times, vendors, etc. Our contract was written to include a few hours of time the day before the wedding, but since there was no...
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    Lauren Sent on 05/12/2017
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    My husband and I absolutely fell in love with this venue and compared the other 10 spots we looked at to the Carnegie. Jeff Thomas is basically like having a wedding planner for the price of the venue/catering. The food was the best wedding food I've ever had. My guests' only complaint was that the plates weren't big enough for all the food they wanted. We were able to get in the day before and set up. Everything came together so well! The only complaint is that Jeff's assistant wasn't as responsive and had some communication trouble. She was supposed to meet me at the venue once and never showed up and made no attempt to accommodate my loss...
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    User4972107 Sent on 11/16/2013
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    We had our wedding ceremony and reception at the Carnegie Center of Columbia Tusculum. We chose this space because it is BEAUTIFUL, historical, we were able to bring in our own caterer AND alcohol (a HUGE selling point since we were able to be a little more cost effective than using vendors from a preffered-caterer list as available at most other venues), and having the ceremony and reception at one location seemed most convenient for our guests (about 115). It is also very price efficient.
    The actual wedding night was gorgeous and we had so many compliments.

    However planning the wedding with the Event Coordinator COULD HAVE BEEN A MORE PLEASANT EXPERIENCE. Do not assume that just...
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