My wife and I had a 260+ person Italian and Mexican wedding. With all of the expenses that come with having a wedding of that size, we decided to plan this wedding by ourselves wit...h no wedding planner. We toured over 10 venues to not only find the right venue, but we needed to find the right person as well. The Cotillion was the last venue we toured. We had almost committed to another venue, but decided to give the Cotillion a quick look before doing so. Within 5 minutes of touring the Cotillion, we knew that this was the venue to host our wedding reception.
The day of the wedding: the venue was absolutely beautiful. The Cotillion is already a beautiful place if you walk in on a random Monday, but it gets taken to another level on your wedding day.
The food: it was delicious. We had an incredibly long dinner menu: soup, salad, pasta, sorbet, main entree and ice cream. The food came out quick, it came out hot, and the pasta was al dente which was critical for the Italians at the wedding.
The venue coordinator George: we had a 260+ wedding with no wedding planner. We had to ensure that our venue coordinator was the best of the best. We needed our coordinator to be responsive, organized, and accommodating. With touring over 10 venues in the Chicago suburb area, we got a really good feel of venue coordinators that would be good/bad. While all the other things above were really important for us to have a successful wedding, BY FAR the number one reason why we chose the Cotillion was because of George. George is everything you want in a venue coordinator: responsive, organized and accommodating. If we ever had a question about something, we’d text him and he’d get back to us within 2 minutes. George was incredibly organized through out the entire prep process and the day of the wedding. George was accommodating for certain things that came up unexpectedly right before the wedding.
The owner, Tom: from the executive level, Tom was great to work with! He checked in with us from time to time to ensure we were happy with how all the planning was going. What you’ll love about both of these guys is how much they care about their customers. It’ll show every time you meet with them.
George promised us the wedding of our dreams and gosh dang it did he deliver. Putting the coordinator things aside, George became a friend of ours through this process. It’s crazy how well we got to know one another through out this process. Thank you George & Tom for everything!