Embassy Suites Cincinnati - RiverCenter

reception inside the captain's view ballroom -- floor to ceiling windows looking out on the river and the city. absolutely beautiful. the staff there are VERY professional and helpful. they made everything run completely smoothly. shannon is the catering manager there and she devotes herself to making you feel totally confident about everything. she takes a personal interest and supervises EVERYTHING that goes on -- makes sure that you get what you want. the bridal packages that they offer are VERY reasonable and include SO much. the food is amazing and i cannot say enough good things about everything. GREAT place for a wedding.

f the city. The wait staff was unbelievable. Many of our guests were comp.'d their 2nd night's stay and all were given 30% off their first night. Hopefully they give us a great discount for everything being moved/changed/screwed up/etc. I would HIGHLY recommend this place though.

d the retracting wall and it all worked out fine and we actually had more space in the end. I would still rate them 5 stars

ey need. Go w/ the salmon, yum! Shannon is great from beginning to end but don't ask for the room side of things to budge, they are inflexible and don't understand what bite the hand that feeds you really means. Reservations and the front desk are very accomadating and there's normally PLENTY of room to host any kind of event! The shining star of this staff though is the F and B mgr. Chris, almost a stalkers level of attention which I didn't know I wanted until my wedding day b/c there was NO time to go running around finding ppl. Book here and you will be pleased, even if you have to strong arm to get a river view wedding nite suite ;)

as transformed into a stunning venue with floor to ceiling views of the river and city skyline. The views were a huge selling point for us in picking the Embassy to host our wedding. It was beautiful by day, but especially by night with the city view lit up. You also have a clear view of the Millennium Bridge as well, which just makes for a perfect city view and great for pictures! The Embassy was wonderful for so many reasons, but other than the view another huge reason we selected it was because of the events coordinator Shannon. I still cannot begin to express my gratitude to her for pulling everything together. She helped in every way from start to finish, always answering our questions no matter how many we had. She was always there for us. She coordinated the entire rehearsal the night before the wedding, which I'm still not sure what I would have done without her help. And every last detail I had planned she executed for both the ceremony and the reception. We had had a candle lighting ceremony during the wedding and just before everything was to begin the wind had knocked over a broken one of the glass candle domes. Shannon had quickly found (I still don't know how she did it) another dome that was so similar I doubt anyone noticed. Again I am so grateful to her. Another member of the Embassy team is Amanda, who coordinated the set-up of the wedding the day of. She was also amazing in every way. She was constantly checking with me throughout the day to make sure things were being set-up the way I had wanted. There were a few things that I had actually planned to put together myself. Silly me thought I had time! Amanda made sure that I had nothing to do with the set-up and instead made sure it was all done. The details that the Embassy provided for the wedding were all perfect as well. The food was delicious. We had had a sit-down meal, with a combination of 3 jumbo shrimp and a petite fillet mignon. We also chose garlic mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli. A lot of people had told me not to expect to eat dinner at the wedding, but I ate every last bit and it was lovely. We had also had a cocktail hour with many served appetizers. Although I didn't taste them, all of of guests had nothing but good things to say and there were none left, so I think that that is good indication in and of itself that they were delicious! Also a plus was that the Embassy provided a cheese display, which was put out for the cocktail hour. This was good for our vegetarian guests. Along with our cake and candy station we had also chose to have the Embassy provide a dessert station. This included tiny pieces of pies, cakes etc. as well as pastries. Again I unfortunately did not get to sample anything, but by the end of the night there was nothing left. And to think that we contemplated it being too much dessert! Our wedding was nothing short of Amazing, hence the title to my review and we owe a lot of it to The Embassy and their staff. It was a true privilege to work with them. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat!!!

and friendly. They made everything so easy and flow smoothly, from helping with the planning (providing suggestions and recommending vendors in the area) to having everything run flawlessly the day of. I never had to worry about a thing. Both my husband and my families came in from out of town, so having the reception at a hotel was super convenient. We had over 30 rooms of guests booked (having everyone together in one place all weekend was a lot of fun!), and of all those people, we didn't hear a single complaint about the hotel. In fact, our guests all raved about it to us long afterward. It was also close to the airport for them, and close to downtown Cincinnati and Newport. Many of them enjoyed the attractions at Newport on Friday, and on Sunday we were able to walk across the Roebling Bridge to Great American ballpark for a Reds game. Also, being right on the river, you can't beat the views, and yet I was surprised that it was actually less expensive than a lot of other places we looked. I am very stingy about giving 5 star ratings, but this hotel gave me everything I could have wanted for my wedding day and helped make it truly perfect.