Loft 84 Wedding and Event Venue

If I could rate this venue more than 5 stars, I would! Everything from planning the wedding one on one with the owners, Cindy & Shelby, to the actual wedding was incredible!!! I worked mostly with Cindy, who is so super sweet and accommodating. She deals with so many brides one on one and she still manages to make you feel special. She went above and beyond even with our off the wall requests. She actually set up my arch herself and decorated it which was sooo beautiful and sweet. She even ran to the store to get us orange juice for the champagne they included in our bridal room!!! If that isn't the sweetest thing I don't know what is. Since we met frequently over the 9th month period before the wedding she understood my style and what I would like for my wedding. The venue is so stunning and nicely decorated for a classy vintage feel. This venue does it all!!! In home catering, dj, wedding coordinators ( I worked with Colleen and she was awesome), and they even have a decor store which I mainly used for the decor of my wedding!!! We had an October wedding, it was a slightly Halloween influenced wedding, but still classy and laid back. If you meet with the owner and coordinator as much as they suggest, your wedding will come out beautiful. You just have to understand there are weddings there every weekend, and although they want to be as personal as possible, they will still get back to you, if not right away. Since the venue hooked us up with most of our vendors it was a lot easier to focus on other aspects of the wedding. All in all everyone was so stoked on our wedding and LOVED the venue. Everyone kept saying how it was the best wedding they've been too. It was perfect for us and i'm so happy I chose Loft 84!!! Thank you so much Cindy and Shelby you ladies are the best.

Cindy and Shelby were fabulous! The venue itself is a total dream, but what really ties it together are the personal touches for your individual wedding day. Seeing the sign with my and my husband's name when you walk through the front door is so exciting! I planned my own wedding, and started about a year and a half ago. When I found Loft 84, it was just getting up and running, and Cindy and Shelby were more than accommodating about meeting up with me whenever I could fly into town from Chicago. The entire process was so easy. I see a few reviews on here regarding the owner "organization" etc, and I think it's important to note that they are venue owners, not wedding planners. It is up to the customer to arrange a wedding planner to gather all details etc, and if you don't (I didn't) be ready to tackle all the minute details yourself :) The day of the wedding (August 19, 2016) ran smoothly and without a hitch. We elected to purchase the prop room and the day of wedding coordinator and I highly recommend doing this. I'll be writing a separate review for Maddie, but let me just briefly say she was totally on the ball and made sure our reception looked perfect and ran like clock work! I couldn't have asked for better service. Several guests from riverside were totally blown away by the beauty of the venue and also the wonderful service from our bartenders and every vendor we used was totally professional and timely. Thank you Shelby and Cindy- you guys are seriously the best at what you do. I'm so thankful to have been able to work with both of you and your professionalism and work ethic was reflected in my wedding day celebration!

The venue itself is beautiful and at a great price. The owners are a bit difficult to work with and not well organized at all. Make sure you stay on top of them about specifics of what you want and have a very well organized wedding coordinator (like I did) and the night will go smoothly.

The environment is beautiful, but the owners are deceitful. I would not recommend this venue, but if you decide to take a chance here are a few things you need to do. 1. If you need handicap access do not go by any verbal information given by the honors. We were told the elevators would be working. We had several guests that needed handicap access and we even checked via a text. They said it would be working. The night of the rehearsal dinner, we found out it wasn't working. No one called to let us know. Make sure it is written in a contract and signed. 2. Don't sign a contract until you have an itemized list of what you are going to need. Make sure you get a copy. We did not receive one. I had several people when it was written see the owner write down that they would order acrylic plates. We did not get them for the wedding, and they said it was not written down. 3. Do not trust the bar. If you are going to have any part of the reception a host bar, make sure there is a sign that the drinks are free. After you tab runs out, make sure the amount of drinks is clearly seen. Get someone you trust to tally the drinks as they are ordered or make some kind of token system unique to your wedding, so the guests can drop them in a receptacle when ordering. This might keep the bar honest. I strongly suggest a no tip bar. Tip the bartenders at the end of the reception. 3. The brides room and the area down below, where we stayed during the set up of the reception were not air conditioned. They had swamp coolers. It was uncomfortable. 4. Check everything before the wedding begins. The men's urinal was broken the night of our event. I had a tab for wine and beer. The white wine ran at the very early part of the reception. 5. Some of my guests were charged for wine and beer. 6.We had words the night of the rehearsal about the elevator. They pulled the bride and groom aside and had the bride in tears. The other owner, asked if we wanted to cancel. Save yourself the heartache and headache. Go somewhere with more honest people. 7. If it wasn't for our wedding coordinator (not the one they have on hand, if you need one, and our caterer, things would have been worse). Thank goodness for them.