University Club of St. Paul Reviews
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4.6 out of 5 rating
4.6 out of 5 rating
23 Reviews
92% recommend it
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Casey P. Sent on 09/26/2022Would def recommend!
We just had our wedding here and it turned out absolutely PERFECT!!! We had a few changes in venue coordinators over the months we were planning but ultimately ended up working with Amanda and she was SO great! Super easy to communicate with, answered all my questions and went above and beyond to make sure it was the day we wanted! All of our guests talked about how cool the historic venue was and loved the convenience of having everything in one place! We used the lobby for the ceremony, the 3rd floor bar area for the cocktail hour and the beautiful ballroom for the reception and dinner! Not to mention the getting ready suites were SO cool and huge! The only thing to call out would be that it's impossible to control people coming in and out of the lobby since it's a hotel but security made sure everyone was quiet! Overall, I highly recommend!! We had the best day ever and a million compliments!!
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Laura Sent on 10/02/2016Incredible! Best wedding & reception venue ever! The venue was absolutely gorgeous, the food was wonderful, and the dance floor and bar spaces were perfect for a crowd that likes to dance and drink, but perhaps most importantly, the SPAC team was unbelievable. I actually cannot say enough wonderful things about David, Julia, Nicole, and the rest of their staff. Throughout the entire process – from our first tour of the venue to paying the final bill, they were incredibly responsive, accommodating, genuinely caring, and just outstanding overall. I never waited more than 12 hours for a response to any question, they were super helpful with ideas and tips and always made sure we weren’t forgetting anything (I had no idea what I was doing), and they always went out of their way to make sure their answer was “yes” to anything we asked for. The day of, everything was seamless, and they did cute little things to make the day even more perfect and special for my husband and I. The day was more perfect than I could ever have imagined, and I could not have been happier with our experience with SPAC. If you don’t believe me, reach out to David or Julia – I guarantee within a few minutes of talking to them you’ll see why I loved working with them! -
User2477241 Sent on 12/21/2015A wonderful venue with really nice and capable staff. We are just so pleased with our choice of The University Club. Julie and Dave made a great team getting us set up with menu selection tastings, wine selections to go with the meal and champagne tasting. The food, by the way, is prepared by WA Frost, a well recognized local restaurant. The staff on duty during our ceremony and event were each wonderful to work with and we greatly appreciated their can-do attitude. Although the club has a limited parking situation, we used their valet service and our guests were very pleased with this added touch! -
User2147896 Sent on 05/26/2015We held the wedding ceremony and dinner at this location on Summit Ave. The people in attendance commented on how great the food was for the event. Julia was very easy to work with and made the event a success. The rooms are a little dated but they do show well on pictures . Worth your time to check out. -
User1197628 Sent on 06/12/2013After searching high and low for an amazing venue, we found it in the University Club, Summit Ave club house. BEAUTIFUL Location with a lot of history, wonderful food, and Julia (the wedding coordinator) is AMAZING! She responded to all of our questions the same day, which is rather impressive planning from 1000 miles away! Our day couldnt have gone any smoother than it did. The staff is so professional and really made this run nicely. Would recommend the club to everyone and anyone!
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User1069035 Sent on 01/15/2013The venue sells itself. It's gorgeous in every way possible. It's old and elegant, but the food adds a modern twist. The food was wonderful. Our contacts at the University Club were accommodating and great to work with - they help plan and set up the entire reception while letting us bring in our own ideas and personal touches. It's the perfect space for a St Paul reception - the view of downtown St Paul is beautiful.
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User849489 Sent on 07/02/2012Julia was an absolute DELIGHT to work with! She was really quick to respond about everything and SUPER knowledgeable. All of the staff the day of was extremely professional and fun to work with.
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Katy Sent on 04/20/2011It sort of breaks my heart to not be able to give the University Club of St. Paul a better review. We had our reception at the Downtown Clubhouse, the old St. Paul Athletic Club (and apparently they are going to be changing the name back to that, I found that out from a news article after I'd had my invitations printed). The space itself is absolutely beautiful - both my fiance and I have a love of old architecture, and this was the only place that fit the bill that wasn't outrageously expensive. We used the lobby for the cocktail hour, and the grill bar and ballroom for the dinner and dance. Like another reviewer, we went through four (technically five) catering managers in the 15 months of planning our wedding. #1 got fired, #2 pursued other opportunities (but was amazing to work with), #3 and the company parted ways, #4 was by far my favorite, but then less than two weeks before the wedding, I found out from #4 that #2 was going to be working with me for the most part. I was told some things would be included by #s 1 and 2, that was then told was an additional charge to use by #3. They were good with working on us for the dinner as I wanted something pretty specific that they made for us, and the entree was delicious, I just wish there had been more of the side (texas-style green beans with bacon and onion). The banquet chairs that they have are pretty hideous, so it was an additional expense that I was expecting to incur to have them covered. The hotel is gorgeous, but they need to get the management figured out. We were the bride and groom, and didn't have a room despite having made a reservation. On the whole, I'm glad we had our reception there, but there were definitely issues. -
User1559033 Sent on 03/16/2014We had our reception at the University Club on Summit Hill. The service was absolutely terrible. The underlying issue to all of them is a lack of communication between staff members at the University Club as every time I spoke to a manager on duty they had no idea what was actually going on for our reception (this includes the day of the actual event).
Dinner was served late, 40 minutes late. The manager on duty even anticipated this as he told the bakery we used that they would not be able to accommodate our timeline earlier in the afternoon. Knowledge of this might have been useful for a variety of reasons including letting our guests know and having photos taken at the church which we rushed to finish in order to make it to dinner on time.
The bakery actually had to store several of the cakes on their own site and bring them back to be served for dessert which of course was late because dinner was late. In addition, the bakery and their photographer had to bring the cakes up from storage and get them ready to be served as no one from the University Club had even started to do this in spite of having spoken with Eddie Wu several times.
There was no assigned seating signs for family as we had requested in our meeting with Julia which resulted in several people not sitting at the head table whom we would have liked. The manager on duty said he had asked my mom about this. My mom lives four hours away and had not been involved at all in the planning of the wedding nor had she ever even visited the University Club.
Finally, because dinner was served 40 minutes late, dessert was served late, and the dance floor was cleared later than planned. During the clearing of the tables from the dance floor several of our guests whose tables were moved were apparently told and/or got the impression that the reception was over and actually left not knowing that there was a dance to follow. -
User1492980 Sent on 01/02/2014Very mixed feelings about the wedding we had there (Summit location). The rate we were quoted was indeed affordable, the room was decorated beautifully, and the food was most satisfactory. On the negative side, we went through a succession of no fewer than 4 event planners/coordinators, all of whom promised to be there on the big day... and when that day came, the one who was still supposedly employed at that time was nowhere to be found. Ditto for most of the serving staff. The two servers who did show up were woefully understaffed to provide champagne, wine & soft drinks to the thirsty guests on that hot day.
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