$9,500 starting price
101-150 guest capacity
This venue can host up to 150 guests
About this vendor
NORD SOCIAL HALL is the newest addition to the French Meadow family! Located at our Lyndale Avenue flagship location, Nord Social Hall has the capacity to be dressed in any way to suit your event theme - from “Gatsby” style glamour to French Provencial. With hardwood floors, a large wood slated wall, and eclectic clusters of chandeliers, the space allows your style to come through. With the help of our event specialists we can put together your shower or wedding to make it a beautiful and memorable day that you and your guests will talk about for years to come!
We can' t wait to meet you!
Amenities + details
Ceremony Area
Handicap Accessible
Indoor Event Space
Outdoor Event Space
Reception Area
Wireless Internet
Covered Outdoors Space
Dressing Room
Liability Insurance
On-Site Accommodations
Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Guest Capacity
- Up to 150
Settings
- Historic Venue
- Industrial & Warehouse
- Restaurant
Venue Service Offerings
- Bar & Drinks
- Bar Rental
- Cakes & Desserts
- Cupcakes
- Other Desserts
- Food & Catering
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3.7
out of 5.03 reviews
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Nord Social Hall Review:
We hosted our cocktail style Wedding Reception here in June and felt it was woefully mismanaged from start to finish.
We booked all three rooms back in Fall of ‘23 and paid our deposit and were excited to get planning come May this year. We got to a month before the event and hadn’t heard anything from the Event Coordinator regarding current menu, bar, timing, anything.
Three weeks prior to the event we reached out and heard nothing for a week. Two weeks out we followed up and found out the Event Coordinator had changed from the one we booked with and the new one was out for an indeterminate period of time with a family emergency.
We worked as best we could with the Event Captain but ended up with incorrect menus and pricing and were finally told the Event Coordinator would be back the Monday of our event week and it would be handled then.
We got finalized menus and pricing 36 hours before our event. This was extremely stressful, however, we empathized with the Event Coordinator and were assured the event itself would be great.
On the day, we arrived and the staff setting up was unsure how many chairs we wanted. They didn’t know which equipment we had paid for to use that needed to be set up. They didn’t know what the event was for. They were all very nice and let us know they had extremely limited information about our event which was very concerning for us.
The Event Coordinator was present for about 5 mins to ask us about a backup wine if ours ran out and that was it (it did run out because there was only one bottle).
There was no Event Captain, and the Coordinator was not on hand and (according to staff) unreachable during the event.
We had agreed upon several things including a finite amount to pay for “open bar” and then switching to card after that point and we found out only AFTER we met our minimum that they were never told/weren’t prepared to take cards. At that point, our options were no drinks (N/A or otherwise) for the last 3 hours or so of our event or we could just keep paying. So we ended up paying much more than was quoted/agreed upon due to lack of communication/oversight. We were told that guests could visit the attached Blue Stem bar, but it closed two hours before our event ended.
We also had guests with dietary preferences/restrictions and had ordered vegan options and gluten free cake. We had asked if these could be explicitly labeled to avoid confusion and were told “yes” and on the day it did not happen so many of our guests were unaware there was anything they could eat at our reception.
We were also told we could take our leftovers home and we only got cake when there was a lot of food left when they took it away.
The sternos were out for some period of time and we couldn’t find someone to help with that.
The bar was left unattended. The bartenders were serving and refilling alcohol table to table (which we did not want or ask for), and did not pass appetizers as agreed upon.
We reached out to the owner, twice, following our event to discuss our concerns to no avail.
We LOVE French Meadow and are just heartbroken to have had this experience with them. Posting this (very lengthy) review in hopes no one else goes through this expensive disappointment.
Big TY to Nord Social Hall/ French Meadow staff for their work at our wedding reception! We received compliments all night on the venue, food, and service. A great space that is beautiful on its own without additional decoration. The food was amazing, especially the coconut curry and vanilla berry cake. The service staff was so friendly and helpful. Would recommend it for any intimate-mid-sized party.
Living in the neighborhood, we were aware of what French Meadow had to offer and were excited to find NSH hosted events like receptions. We had an idea going in what we may expect but they truly blew it out of the water with our wedding reception! The atmosphere in the space is already dim, dreamy & romantic. With the inclusion of our design elements, the entire space was just as we’d hoped. The food was stellar & the option to have multiple apps/finger-food/buffet type set up, really knocked the socks of folks used to a sit down chicken or fish dinner. The alcohol selections were fabulous, as were the multiple cakes! The staff anticipated needs, were jovial and quick to make changes - which was beyond helpful & appreciated. Prior to our event the communication with the events director was smooth, responsive & direct. Would highly recommend this space for an intimate & unique truly Minneapolis type experience for your family & guests. Can’t wait to host another event with them already!
Contact
2610 Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN
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