The Arbat Banquet hall is a beautiful and unique reception hall. Of course there are Pros and Cons. Pros: the hall is very unique, it has a 1920’s feel to it, is has a really nice bar as to other halls have little bars that feel like a last minute add on, there is really no bad seat for your guest, they hall have a really nice view of the center of the hall where the main activities occur. Their facility manager, Hovik is a great, fun easy going person to work with. The food made by the reception hall is delicious. We had 400 guests at our wedding and many of our guests have mentioned to us how they really enjoyed the food. Many of the vendors like bakeries and wedding supply renters love working with the Arbat hall as well.
Things I wished I would have asked for: to have some of the appetizers be served in the bridal party room as we waited to enter the hall.
Cons: the Bridal party room is very hot and we wish there was more air circulating up there. Many of our guests complained to us of other vendors soliciting with flyers and services that we (bride and groom) were not made of ware of and did not authorize. There flyers regarding massage services being passed out during cocktail hour, there were photographers at our venue not hired by the us (bride and groom)taking pictures of our guest, printing the pictures and then selling them to our guest for $15.