Upper East Reviews

We are so thankful to Upper East for making our wedding the best day ever! From how friendly our bartenders were, to how helpful our wedding coordinator was, to how delicious the food was, they put on a truly spectacular event. The venue alone is beautiful but the staff really made it a magical day. I am so lucky to have chosen this venue, you will not be disappointed!!!

I cannot recommend Upper East enough! The venue is so naturally beautiful and with all the decorations it was perfect. Also, the Upper East team is phenomenal, the food was delicious, and Hanni and her team made the day flow so smoothly. Everything was exactly as I’d imagined and I didn’t have to worry about a thing. It was truly a wonderful experience!

We could not have been more thrilled we chose Upper East for our wedding venue. The staff were incredible all around. We worked with Kelsey to plan our details and both she and Katie coordinated for us the day of. Everything went perfectly as they put our minds at ease by taking on our stress. The venue doesn’t need much decor at all because it is so naturally beautiful, our guests loved it! Food and drinks were both great and definitely worth the cost. The coordination of the entire day was set up so that we and our families could enjoy the day with minimal worries or ”to-do’s”. Our family and bridal party expressed to us how happy they were that they were able to enjoy the day instead of worrying about what came next. If I could rate 6 stars, I would 😊

Choosing Upper East for our wedding venue was the best decision that we made throughout the whole wedding planning process. We got married here in July and I can’t recommend it enough. Great location, beautiful inside, amazing food and an incredible team of people working there. From the very beginning, the team went above and beyond to make sure that our day was perfect. They worked with us to give us a dream wedding for the budget that we could manage, and they were open to new ideas, i.e., a big group picture outside the venue during the room flip and a welcome drink for escort cards. Everyone was kind, helpful, and professional. Our guests told us over and over that the food was amazing and that the waitstaff and bar tenders were incredible. Thank you to the Upper East Team! We would get married there again tomorrow if we could!! 10/10

We do not know if we can ever accurately describe how amazing the Upper East and Culinary Infusions were for our wedding reception, but we will try.
To make a long story short, we had booked our wedding reception for October 3rd of 2020 at another venue in the city of Kenosha. Then, in mid July of 2020 we were notified that said venue was going to be enacting their OWN extra Covid restrictions through the end of the year that made what was planned to be a celebration into a glorified, over priced dinner with no music or dancing. We were absolutely devastated, this was supposed to be the most perfect day of our lives and the rug was ripped out from under us. The day that we had been planning for over a year was gone in a matter of minutes. While we were scrambling to attempt to salvage our day we just happened to stumble upon the Upper East (they were still in their renovation phase and not open yet). We spoke with Hanni and she confirmed that they were still available for our date and held it for us until we could secure a refund from our first venue. Now, in August we were tasked with replanning our entire reception with a new venue.
Hanni and her staff went well above and beyond every single step of the way. As we were planning from 4 hours away, she met with our families to show them around the venue and was extremely responsive in all of our communications about planning. She was able to move things around to allow us to schedule meetings, visits, and tastings around trips into town. With Hanni at the helm we felt confident that our day would be made perfect. We received nothing but compliments about everything from the venue itself to the amazing food. What they did in the renovation made the venue absolutely stunning. Our reception went more smoothly than we had prepared for after all the struggles. Our appetizers were; The Quesadilla, Tomato Bruschetta, and The Meatballs all were perfect and I’m pretty sure our guests were fighting over the meatballs. We chose the Beef Tenderloin and Honey Garlic Chicken with the mascarpone mashed potatoes for dinner. Both were cooked to perfection! The homemade pizzas were a HUGE hit at the end of the night! If they sold their pizzas I would order them some night for dinner! Had the Upper East been open when we were initially booking our reception this would have been our first choice. If you are looking for a venue to host your day to perfection look no further than the Upper East.
The biggest compliment that I think we received at the end of the night was; that even with all of the social distancing guidelines and mask requirements put into place, our wedding reception still felt like a reception and celebration as opposed to a glorified dinner! You can feel comfortable that Hanni and her staff will do everything to make it the most memorable day of your life!