East Town Ballroom at Courtyard Minneapolis Downtown

s, and a place to stay for our wedding night. We were thrilled that this location had everything we wanted. The courtyard area outside is what sold us the most and we ended up having our ceremony there which made for beautiful photos. They were AMAZING people to work with as well. April helped us in the beginning, and Dee took over most of our questions and planning help. He knew the answer to every single question and always helped put us at ease as we were planning a wedding during the COVID uncertainty. We worked with Cathy as well and she was so fun and easy to work with. Both Dee and Cathy helped us come up with ideas to make the wedding unique, and that really spoke to us because they really cared about making our day so perfect. Everyone (including the wait staff, bartenders and front desk crew) was super helpful, knowledgeable, quick to respond and we never had a single issue with anything. We seriously had almost no stress planning our wedding because everyone was always so happy to help! We appreciated every person here and they all helped us have the perfect wedding day!

to manage these situations. I would highly recommend Dee and the team at The Courtyard Marriott when booking for your block stays!

to so they were more than accommodating by having it in the ballroom. The reception was well spaced out for covid purposes without the sounds getting lost or the space feeling too big for our 100 guests. The food was amazing and the portions were plentiful. Even in uncertain times, they made it feel like a pandemic wasn't even happening. We loved their quality of service and attentiveness and woukd recommend them to anyone.

ts tell me how clean & safe they felt staying at the hotel during Covid!

ly was one of the main selling points for us. He also helped us find our florist! The venue itself is beautiful for pictures. The courtyard even in the winter was a perfect spot with elements of brick, wood, and greenery. The ceremony and reception space had a lot of options for layouts and we were able to customize almost everything. It was also a plus getting to walk home instead of shuttling to another location :) 10/10 would recommend for price, location, venue, food, accommodations, service. Our day was perfect at the Marriott.

ht went smooth and had so much complement.. parking was little tough for guests to find since the connected parking building was full but otherwise food was amazing service was excellent and pricing was great thank you again.. am sure will meet you guys again with another family wedding.. wish y’all the best

esponsive, professional, and easy to work with. He met all our requests and then some. The venue itself is beautiful, spacious, and well kept. All my guests enjoyed the food, the service, the hotel rooms. I'd highly suggest using this venue!!

ir way to make us as the wedding couple feel especially special. I would highly recommend this hotel to future weddings or events taking place in MN.

rateful. They have a shuttle that runs to and from Day Block to pick up guests and bring them back to the hotel. We will definitely be recommending Courtyard by Marriott to any friends that visit in the future. Thank you!

uests. I highly recommend this Courtyard Marriott to anyone.

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ations through a link and also being able to call. The rooms are great and we were able to be in a suite which made getting ready in the morning with my bridal party a breeze. Such a great deal for the location as well, my guests loved the option of the shuttle from the hotel to close to the venue!

ir way to make us as the wedding couple feel especially special. I would highly recommend this hotel to future weddings or events taking place in MN.

de the experience top notch was the staff, specifically Dee. He was one of the most enjoyable vendors we worked with throughout the process of planning our wedding and was incredibly patient with questions and special requests. We would recommend Courtyard by Marriott to anyone getting married in the Minneapolis area in the coming years.

ey had so many other weddings, I felt like they gave us all the attention we needed. He was also very responsive to my concerns and quick to reply all my emails and questions. Overall great experience.

elpful in assisting with arranging details we needed. Any questions we had he was prompt in assisting us and answering our questions. The rooms were perfect for preparing for our daughters wedding. The whole event planning was made easy due to staff expertise. Even though the ceremony and reception were not at the hotel, I would not hesitate to recommend this hotel for whatever your needs may be! Thank you to Courtyard and particularly Dee. Diane and Jeff

etc. The Marriott was also very accommodating for the various dietary restrictions we had and the food was great. We got complements from our guests on how good it was. I appreciate all of the hard work that Kyle and the rest of the Marriott staff put into making this a very special event for us and would highly recommend this venue. It was very convenient to have it all in one place.

ght it would be! Our day would not have been possible without the help of Kyle, who was high-spirited, highly responsive, and always willing to help. The only thing that went wrong was one special request meal was incorrect, but other than that literally every other aspect of the day went on just fine. They even blocked the Courtyard off for us so we could take pictures against the gorgeous vine wall! We got so many compliments on how beautiful the space was, but we got even more compliments on how good the food was (the food was absolutely delicious, I agree)! I highly, highly recommend this venue to everyone. Kyle and the rest of his team will make sure that you have an absolutely perfect day, just like ours was.

'd highly suggest using this venue for anyone planning a wedding, your life will become easier when getting to work with Kyle and the wedding team there.

ly responses to all of our questions and flexible when we asked for special requests. The guests raved about the food and ballroom; we purchased the ‘Gold’ package and they strung lights from the ceiling - v nice! It was great having our reception venue in a hotel as well- guests were able to party all nite long!! They have an outdoor courtyard where our guests after-partied, away from hotel rooms to keep the noise level down. Also - for those thinking that Courtyard Marriotts don’t have the right ‘feel’ for a wedding (I was in this boat too) - this one is much nicer than the average. They did a bunch of remodeling for the Super Bowl and it shows! For all couples-to-be looking for a metropolitan MPLS spot - this is it!! **one note, we held our ceremony in a different venue. Not sure how a ceremony would work there - but I’m sure Kyle would have an idea!