Magnolia Hotel Denver, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel

th a note of congratulations from the hotel. Based on this experience, we decided to book our wedding night there as well. NOT at all the same! We paid extra for a deluxe suite, which wasn't all that different from the fireplace suite we had had on our engagement - only that it cost well over $100 more. There was no recognition of our wedding at all. The room was nice, but nothing special and definitely not worth the money we paid. The worst part was, we were woken up at 8 am by maid service wanting to service our room. It was our wedding night!! We were appalled. We left feedback for the hotel, and they did refund us some of our money and offered to upgrade our next stay - however, we never got an email confirmation of this, so I don't know if it would be honored. I was very disappointed in the Magnolia.

l to have had it at this location. It was also great for all the guests to take their 'drive home' in an elevator. No driving after a few cocktails. :)

the wedding, it was wondetful just to enjoy the day, they handled everything. The ballroom was beautiful but you have to watch your drinks though, if your are not sitting at your table they tend to pick everything. They also served the top tier of our cake because we did request it, so make sure you ask. The food was great and they make you feel like royalty at the tasting. One bonus about this venue is being able to go right upstairs to your room after the reception, the hotel had champagne and strawberries waiting for us which was a great touch. I would highly recommend this venue to anyone.

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e breakfast and the in-house Starbucks. Their valet and bell staff were super helpful with the many rounds of loading and unloading wedding stuff ~ we were sure to tip them well. Jason, the staff in charge of booking groups of rooms, was always helpful and easy to work with.

park overnight. We found that the rate they gave us more than made up for this little extra, however. Also, the included breakfast is actually a breakfast, which also saves your guests money.

at the Magnolia was stand-out. Sydney Stoper, the coordinator, at the hotel is fabulous. I did not have to worry about anything the day of the wedding because I knew with him in charge of set-up that everything would be perfect. I cannot express my gratitude torward the Magnolia and everything their staff did to make my day perfect!

the salad, but had dinner buffet style because I did not want to keep track of food orders, hotel was very flexible. Excellent room pricing on block of rooms, with no commitment and they even honored the lower prices when they rolled out an Easter Special. In summary the great things include: location, food, Sidney (wedding planner), flexibility on food options and to stay within the budget, great room pricing. Negatives include: valet was only so-so and were a bit aggravating on wedding day missing bags in the car that needed to come up, missing them a second time when sent back to look. Also the flower vases went missing from our honeymoon suite and were never found, so I was out the replacement costs for 5 vases, which in the end was only $18. If I had it to do all over again, I would most definitely have my wedding reception here. Check them out, you will not be disappointed.

the staff customized a menu for our event! The service was great and the food was impeccable!

wn to the second floor for the reception. I loved and I'm sure all the guests appreciated that there was an actual bar and not a bar setup there. I don't think anyone had to wait for drinks. We had a 10 person band and the dance floor they provided, plus 210 guests all fit on the 2nd floor. We got reduced rates for our guests and they gave us a free night's stay at the hotel. Food was great (one of the things we really looked for in a venue) and reasonably priced for wedding food. As for the service, I'd give 3 stars because of the catering manager. Not sure who the catering manager is now, but at the time we were planning our wedding, her name was Claudia and she made things more difficult than they had to be---sooo glad we had a wedding coordinator to deal with that. She was really unorganized and would say one thing, but it would be written differently in our contract. We had to revise SEVERAL times to finally get in writing what she agreed to. They were very accommodating though so I'll give them that! Above all, I'm very happy we went with the Magnolia Hotel for our wedding reception.

lia Hotel too and everyone was very pleased with the rooms and the service. The only knock that they get is for organization. We had the wrong rooms booked for the wedding party and there were some issues with billing. But that could have been partially a mis-communication on our part. Regardless the venue was beautiful and they worked hard to make it a perfect day.

consider how meaningful and expensive a wedding is). Here’s a summary of the problems: We had a gift stolen during the reception (they checked the security tapes and found this out). They did give us a credit for the cost of the gift but our catering person never called us to apologize. They charged us for $495 worth of dessert that was never served (they will be paying us back). Our catering manager made numerous mistakes while planning the wedding and we kept having to double check and correct her work--she sent us an estimate with the wrong food choices, her final count for meals was wrong, and she was going to charge the wrong credit card. Even when we would correct her work, she sometimes failed to make the proper changes. We ended up purposefully not giving her our slideshow DVD that we wanted played during dinner because she kept saying (verbally and on the Event Planning Form) that it was to played during the cocktail reception. The room was not set-up as we had discussed and requested—they left fluorescent tube lights on when they said they would not be on, they did not have tablecloths on tables in the reception room, they did not set up seating in the reception room as requested, and they ACTUALLY CHANGED THE CONFIGURATION OF THE HEAD TABLE WITHOUT ASKING US (and it made it so we had to sit across from each other instead of next to each other—it’s hard to explain because it was the weirdest setup I’ve ever seen.). We were willing to excuse some of these things but the “straw that broke the camel’s back” was when we found out a gift was stolen and they didn’t serve the dessert we paid for. We sent a letter to the Director of Catering to complain and he was very responsive and apologetic. He offered to put us up in the hotel for a special event if we wanted. Still, if we had to do it over again, we would have chosen a different venue. There are plenty of other venues in Denver.

wn dinner and we received rave reviews from our guests. They especially loved the macaroni bar and the Mediterranean tapas. The catering manager was great to work with and everything went really smooth. The only complaint is that it was REALLY hot and I do not think the A/C was working properly. But, it was the hottest day of the year!

ll was we didn't get to enjoy our room too long because we got in so late, but even at the late hour we received incredible service and they whisked our bags upstairs while we enjoyed a nighcap in their lounge. And on top of everything, we really felt like we got more than we paid for. Other hotels were the same or more expensive, but didn't even offer wedding packages or didn't include much with their packages. We would totally recommend this hotel to anyone.