Harriet Island Pavilion

and. The location made the day. It is beautiful; easy to customize; economical; allowed flexibility with guest numbers, caterers (which really helped with the budget), and has the greatest staff ever. I would highly recommend this venue. We had to sleep in our cars in a line to reserve our date but as my brother said "people stand in long lines for much wierder reasons." We made it fun from start to finish. HUGE shout-out to Brittany and the staff at Harriet Island. They answered so many questions their emails could fill a novel and fielded probably hundreds of phone calls from me. They were so sweet, responsive and understanding the whole way through...thank you!

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times whenever I had questions. Booking was a little stressful, and I can imagine it is even more difficult if you are not a Saint Paul resident. Saturdays book up as soon as they are available. Brittany, the correspondent during planning was awesome. She responded to emails quickly and was pretty flexible given this is a city-owned building. We were allowed to set up the day before (for a small fee) because no one had booked the venue that day. The ceilings are very high, and draping was costly, so we went with uplighting instead, which looked very pretty on the stone walls. During the wedding weekend, there were people viewing the building while we were setting up. This made us a little uneasy because they were left unattended for a period of time. The wedding went very smoothly. The staff was excellent. The police officer was present, but not over bearing. We did have an uninvited couple show up who no one knew. The groom questioned them, and they left immediately. For the price, this venue is amazing, if you can book it. It was also conveniently within 2 miles of our Church.

e it, we had to go inside due to weather. It was so intimate and beautiful though; we got married with the altar right in front of the lit fireplace. The staff at Harriet Island is really helpful and they stick around all night to make sure everything is going according to plan. They help clean up at the end of the night, and do a lot of double checks with the bridal party. Staff member Brittany was especially helpful. Overall, although it was an expensive venue ($2200 for a Friday wedding), it was beautiful and I would do it again in a heartbeat.

nnections for decorating the place as well.

commend for summer weddings!

s job of getting things set up the day of. They were wonderful to work with, very responsive, and I was thrilled to see my vision come to life on my big day!

out the planning process as well.

my wedding!

had, to make our day perfect! And it was, although for August, it was HOT! The only thing I could have wished to be different was that they do not have air conditioning and there seemed to be no breeze that day, strange since it is on the river. So everyone was kinda sweaty but it was still perfect and magical! Thank you to all that work there for making it our dream wedding.

early. Therefore the building was unsecure for an unknown length of time and the staff that showed up to set up didn't have any idea what to do when it rained. We had to pay for ceremony chairs that didn't get used and my own wedding party had to move tables to make room for an indoor ceremony. It was a hassle but guests seemed to have a good time.