Top of the Town Reviews

The venue and staff were absolutely amazing. Alex our venue coordinator was a life saver and made sure everything ran smoothly. Our guests are still talking about the views! The venue supplies all the tables and chairs and has a very helpful list of approved vendors, making wedding planning a breeze. Would recommend this venue!!

Our Day-Of-Coordinator Denise Savage was a dream to work with. She set up several Zoom calls that gave us an opportunity to interact with her before the wedding. Those calls were very reassuring that our day would be perfect. She knew the nuances of our wedding and assisted in its perfect execution. It was a pleasure to work with her. She was a pleasure! Highly recommend Denise and Top of the Town is a perfect venue!

This was an incredible venur. The price is high but the view is completely worth it.

But just few points that I believe are important for you to know for your wedding organization: they are very tight about the time you paid for, if you need extra time to bring stuff or decor you will need to pay and you will just have 3hrs before the guests can get in to do everything😅 (so take that in consideration)

Vivian was incredible with me she was the best. I will 100% recommend it.

We wanted to have our wedding reception in a place nearby our church with a DC vibe, and Top of the Town was perfect! The room itself is beautiful/classy/elegant, and it was also a great size for our headcount (125). Vivian was extremely helpful & patient in answering all my questions. They do have a number of rules, but are also flexible where possible. I don't love the hallway leading into the room (it's a bit dated), though the room & terrace overlooking the city is stunning.

We had our October 2021 wedding at Top of the Town and it was beautiful! The space and, of course, the view are gorgeous and the staff at Top of the Town were very easy to work with!

So easy to work with, and so worth it! What a view!

Top of the Town was the perfect venue for us. Working with Kate and Vivian to schedule tours was easy. Also, the were very responsive to any questions we had.
I did like how they had a pre-approved list of vendors to pick from. This made my research of finding a caters and DJ easy. In addition, they have worked the venue before so no surprises. Also, tables and chairs are included so we didn't need to rent which was great.

All pur guest were taken back by the views and how elegant the room looked.

Where can I begin? I could not have envisioned a better location for our engagement ceremony to take place. From working with incredible staff members ( Kate, Vivian, Laura) to witnessing the sunset and full moon amongst the beautiful DC skyline. The view from this venue is truly priceless. I would highly recommend this to anyone.

Although we’re not getting married until June, the folks at TOTT have already been so accommodating. Letting us come take measurements and photos at our leisure, responsive to all questions and concerns, etc. you can’t beat the views of DC either!

We were given Top of the Town as a potential wedding venue by our wedding planner (Pollyanna Events). We live in DC and were planning on a more urban setting, but we chose Top of the Town based on its beautiful view of DC, easy location and parking for guests, the tour we received from Vivian, and the straightforward pricing. We liked that their list of approved vendors was vast. Vivian made us feel comfortable, we felt that we wouldn’t have to make so many decisions. Other venues were more of a blank canvas and we just didn’t have the time, energy, money to spend on bringing in and designing a look. The contracting process was relatively easy, and staff was responsive. We used a wedding planner and it got a little confusing as to who was in charge, but we let our planner handle all of that and it’s not a problem specific to Top of the Town. Our guests loved the views and everything went according to plan. They flipped the room quickly. Traffic seemed to move well. We were able to drop off decorations the day prior. Our florist (Rick’s Flowers) gave us a great tip; when it comes to votives on the dining tables, more is more. We used 9-12 on each table, and with the DJ’s uplighting (Norman Voss), the room was so much prettier than I expected. We highly recommend Top of the Town.

Our guests absolutely loved the Top of the Town for our wedding ceremony and reception. The team there were flawless in terms of how smoothly they managed the event. My husband and I were super impressed with how professional and efficient they were. The team effortlessly "flipped" the room we held the ceremony in and quickly turned it into part of the dining area for our reception. Of course the views are amazing, but we were also blown away by how experienced the staff were. This was the first and only venue my husband and I toured, and it was the perfect venue for our wedding.

Top of the Town was a beautiful venue for our wedding! Lovely views, the perfect size to have our ceremony and reception for 115 guests! Discounted rates for offseason and they allow you to provide your own alcohol.

Great venue, great staff, great view. You cannot go wrong here. Your guests will love the view and patio for drinks on a summers night. Best choice for venue.!

I absolutely loved having my wedding at Top of the Town! It rained on my wedding day but my guests still utilized the awesome outdoor terrace and nothing beats the panoramic view of Washington, D.C. I found that my wedding contacts at the venue were easy to get in touch with and very helpful when it came to planning my wedding. Not only that, but there are so many aspects of the venue that are beautiful starting with the scenic elevator ride up to the gorgeous hallways leading to the reception room. Although the venue does come with restrictions as far as vendors, I found that this actually helped with my wedding planning process as I had never planned a wedding or an event like this before so I came from zero experience. I found great vendors through their list as a result and ones I will recommend to my friends for future events. All in all, it was wonderful to have my wedding here! I highly recommend it!

The venue was beautiful and the DC skyline views were breathtaking. Kate and her team were wonderful. Accommodating and responsive. They have many years of experience and know what they are doing. On the day of, TOTT's Allison made sure we were comfortable, had a chance to eat, and gave us the opportunity to take great pictures w/ the DC lights in the background. We highly recommend!

We held our daughters wedding at ToT in October 2017. It is "the place" for a DC area wedding. You get 5 hours of the same view of the DC monuments that you see for 5 seconds when taking of and landing at National. Airport. Guests--both local and out-of-town--were in awe of the spectacular views. Weddings are long, so it provides a wondrous diversion for guests. We had both sunny afternoon and evening lit-up views. Spectacular. We found TOT staff to be supportive (we lost a close family member a week before the wedding) and they stepped in to coordinate everything with the caterer, DJ, florist and photographer. TOT staff are top notch. Their recommended vendors are outstanding and it saved a lot of time in screening and selecting other vendors. Many guests said it was the best wedding they ever attended. Highly, highly recommend.

Top of the Town was the first venue we looked at for our wedding and after seeing the view, we didn't look any further. We wanted to have a wedding that really felt unique to DC and this did it. We did a sit down dinner for 138 guests. The dance floor isn't huge, but it actually was great because it always felt like a huge crowd was dancing, even if people were enjoying the outdoor terrace. I'm still hearing from people about what a great time they had. TOTT was very easy to work with, responsive and flexible.

Amazing venue, with the most stunning views of DC. The staff were incredibly easy to work with, total pros who thought of every possible detail and were great at communication and super helpful in planning. We worked closely with Kate Markham who arranged for a fantastic day-of coordinator who kept everything humming smoothly. A fantastic event thanks to this great venue and their staff!

This is by far, the most gorgeous venue that we have had experienced with. The view was breathtaking. Family and friends would not stop complimenting us on our decision to select Top of the Town, to host our Wedding Reception. We are anxiously waiting for the pictures to come back so that we can relive our moment here. Simply astonishing.

Exceptionally beautiful place. Event Manager was on call at all times and ready to assist if needed. Would recommend this venue without hesitation for any type of event.

Top of the Town is an amazing venue. The views are breathtaking, the facility is elegant, and the staff is so helpful and professional. Our guests are still talking about what a great time they had at our reception.

We had our 2-day corporate annual retreat at Top of the Town in November, 2016. As others have noted, Top of the Town has an AMAZING view of the city. The best I've ever seen, actually. You look right out over the Iwo Jima memorial and the Potomac and can see the whole mall (Lincoln, Washington, and Capitol) in one perfect line. On a clear day you can see as far as FedEx field. Pretty unbelievable. One wall is entirely windows, and there's a great patio you can walk out onto to see the view unobstructed.

The venue itself is simple, but versatile. There are two smaller sections that can be blocked off as separate rooms with movable walls (we used one for catering and the other for breakout groups). They've got awesome giant TVs you can use instead of bothering with a projector, a great sound system you can plug into, nice lighting (though we were there during the day, so I'm not entirely sure what it's like after dark), and a ton of other gear you'd normally have to rent separately (tables, linens, pads for chairs, projectors, easels, mics, podiums, uplighting, etc.). It was really nice not to have to deal with a rental company - the venue and caterer could take care of everything we needed.

But what really set the place apart for us was the staff. We had some very specific requests for layout, setup, and catering that were all accommodated amazingly well by Laura and her crew. I don't think there is anything we requested that they said no to. When you're setting up an event like this, having a friendly, accommodating staff is worth its weight in gold. It was a pleasure to work with them.

Afterward, everybody who attended commented on what an amazing venue it was. We're already talking about using Top of the Town again for our retreat next year, and maybe for some other events in between! I highly recommend this place to anybody looking to do a retreat or corporate event in the future.

The place is amazing. Everyone loved the sightseeing. Deb helped me that day, she was amazing and very professional.
Very happy I choose this place for my wedding.

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The Top of the Town is the premier location in the Washington area for any type of event. I recently held a memorial service there and as usual the event was flawless thanks to the incredible staff at the TOTT. The event Managers were there from start to finish to help me with decisions in the planning and everything was flawless thanks to them. I have held several other events there in the past few years and each time I have been amazed at the ease of planning with the staff. The view of the monuments, the city & river is by far the best you will find anywhere and having the outside deck area is an added bonus. This is the perfect location for any type of event.