300+ guest capacity
This venue can host 300+ guests
About this vendor
A Tradition of Elegant, Joyous Events
Philadelphia Marriott Old City is a recently redesigned hotel wedding venue situated in the historic Old City area of Philadelphia, PA. With more than 20,000 square feet of event space, this versatile venue is available to host your indoor or outdoor celebration. This hotel boasts the Marriott chain’s signature commitment to customer service, with the team constantly aiming for the happiness of their visitors.
Professional planners at Philadelphia Marriott Old City are on hand to support you in your wedding coordination. They are happy to manage the details, freeing up time for you to spend with your loved ones. These Marriott Certified Wedding Planners are trained in how to coordinate all sorts of celebrations, from cultural events to military weddings.
Philadelphia Marriott Old City welcomes weddings of all sizes. No matter how many guests you want to spend the day with, you are sure to find the right space from the abundance of event spaces at this hotel. In the Grand Ballroom, you are able to celebrate with a banquet or cocktail reception that has up to 700 attendees. Three elegant courtyards are available for celebrations in the fresh air. The hotel’s event coordinators are happy to assist you in managing your budget, creating a menu, and sourcing the right vendors for your vision. The in-house culinary team is happy to provide your celebration with top-notch cuisine. Lighting services are available from the hotel, for assistance in establishing a certain ambiance at your celebration. You and your wedding party can avail of the hotel’s get-ready rooms while you prepare for the day ahead. These spaces offer a moment of privacy with the people closest to you, where you can process this momentous occasion. With 364 generously appointed guestrooms, your loved ones are encouraged to sleep off your busy day in comfort. In the morning, they are able to wake up refreshed and head out to explore the Old City on the hotel’s doorstep.
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Amenities + details
Ceremony Area
Dressing Room
Handicap Accessible
Indoor Event Space
On-Site Accommodations
Outdoor Event Space
Reception Area
Wireless Internet
Covered Outdoors Space
Liability Insurance
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Second Wedding
- Vow Renewal Ceremony
Guest Capacity
- 300+
Settings
- Ballroom
- Historic Venue
- Hotel
Venue Service Offerings
- Bar & Drinks
- Cakes & Desserts
- Food & Catering
- Planning
- Rentals & Equipment
- Service Staff
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4.9
out of 5.020 reviews
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The Philadelphia Marriott Old City is highly praised as a wedding venue, with reviewers emphasizing the exceptional service provided by Samantha and the catering team. The recently updated venue is described as gorgeous, with brand new rooms for guests to enjoy. The staff is highlighted for their friendliness, professionalism, and going above and beyond to ensure a seamless wedding experience. The convenience of having all wedding activities in one place, including a post-wedding brunch, was particularly appreciated, making it a highly recommended choice for couples looking for a beautiful and accommodating wedding venue.- Top reviews
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We just had our wedding at the Marriott Old City and it was beyond amazing! They exceeded our expectations. We worked with Samantha from beginning who was so responsive and kind. The entire catering team was beyond phenomenal. The venue itself is gorgeous and the hotel is recently updated as well. My guests loved their rooms. The lobby was the perfect meet up for everyone too! Anyone considering should definitely pull the trigger and get married there!
We recently celebrated our wedding at this venue, and it exceeded all our expectations. Samantha, our venue contact, was phenomenal. She was on top of everything, responding to us quickly and accommodating every request we had. Working with her was a breeze, which made the entire planning process much smoother.
The venue looks like it was updated recently, and all the rooms are brand new, which our guests absolutely loved. It was incredibly convenient having our guests stay at the same venue as the wedding. The staff was exceptionally nice and went above and beyond to ensure everything went perfectly.
We could not have asked for a better venue for our special day. Highly recommended!
Samantha and the entire team at the Marriott made us feel so comfortable both leading up to and on our wedding day. All of the options and details were clearly laid out and communicated to us. The entire venue is gorgeous and the food was delicious! Highly recommend!
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We had our wedding block and brunch at the hotel and I could not recommend this hotel more! Nicole and the rest of the staff were truly amazing and went above and beyond to made our wedding so special. They thought of everything! Literally every person who worked at the hotel were so lovely and helpful to us and our wedding guests! They were so flexible and accommodating with our requests and made us feel so welcome and comfortable. The hotel was also so wonderful to have a wedding block in because of the awesome lobby/bar/tv rooms in the center of the hotel. It really encouraged the guests to hang out and mingle. We even did our after party there and everyone loved it! Such a neat, beautiful hotel so close to everything! Our brunch food and location was delicious and perfect! Love this hotel and can’t wait to come back! The best!!
When we were looking at venues we originally were not considering hotels. We scheduled a tour of Marriott Old City because the price per person was the best we’d seen in the city. We were so impressed by the tour and everything included in the package that we booked right away! The food and bar package is great and our guests are still talking about all the options at cocktail hour. I only have good things to say about Samantha and all the staff at the Marriott. She made the whole planning process easy and made sure we were able to have everything we wanted on wedding day - including the Sixers Stixers and late night federal donuts. She planned all the meetings and tastings throughout the process and was always available if I had a question. She was there on wedding day if we needed anything which was amazing. On wedding day the staff set everything up beautifully and had everything packed up for us the next day. It was a breeze! The hotel is very convenient if you want to have everything in one place and most of our guests stayed at the hotel so we did not have to provide any transportation. We also had a brunch the next day which the guests really enjoyed. The staff even had the tables set nicely with flowers from the night before. I would 100% recommend them for your wedding!!
The Philadelphia Marriott Old City made all of our wedding dreams come true. The entire process, from initial booking to our final details meeting, was a breeze, and the Marriott made sure we felt heard the entire time. Our coordinator, Samantha Serenkin was INCREDIBLE! She was extremely professional, attentive, and accommodating. She was our favorite vendor to work with! Highly recommend the Philadelphia Marriott in Old City as a wedding venue for a fantastic experience in the most charming part of the city.
A perfectly modernized ballroom wedding. It could be as cookie cutter or as unique and different as you want it to be. Their wedding coordinators Sam & Lauren are the best, so helpful, understanding, and kind. Our guests raved about the food and ambiance. This hotel is so exquisite we couldn’t be happier with the way it worked out!
5 stars do not do this place justice. My wedding weekend was beyond our expectations. Samantha the wedding coordinator was an absolute gift and the entire Marriott staff was overwhelmingly generous and kind. I cannot recommend this place enough - a true gem that will give you the wedding of your dreams. We were guided by Sam the entire process but when we arrived, we were blown away by the staff making us feel like royalty. Besides that, our guests told us how amazing the staff and hotel was and it was an incredible wedding. We couldn’t have been happier to have been married here!!!
Traci, Fran, and the whole team at the Marriott (formerly Sheraton Society Hill) are fantastic – can’t thank them enough for making our wedding reception so amazing! Throughout the planning process, I worked with Traci who was so professional and easy to work with, she is so sweet – I absolutely loved working with her! She was so responsive to all my emails/calls/questions and while she was out on maternity leave for my actual wedding day, she organized everything perfectly before she left so it was an easy transition. Fran was my contact for the few weeks before the wedding and day-of, and he was just as amazing – completely made us feel at ease and the day of, we didn’t have to worry about one thing.
The food is amazing – Many of our guests commented how great all the food (especially the cocktail hour) was! You get to try a ton at the tasting which makes it hard to decide because everything is so good. The team is also super flexible and accommodating if you have any special requests – we met Kim, one of the servers, at our tasting who was also at the actual wedding – she went above and beyond, truly made us feel like royalty for a night!!
Nikki managed our hotel block and was extremely helpful – we had no issues at all and she was able to answer all of our (and our guests’) questions regarding the rooms.
We did face one slight complication because the Sheraton rebranded to the Marriott a few months before our wedding but Traci regularly shared updates on the status of the rebrand and some of the renovations going on at the hotel so we really didn’t have anything to worry about! The newly renovated rooms and lobby bar are gorgeous.
The evening was simply perfect and would definitely recommend the Marriott – great location in Old City (great for nearby photos) and an amazing value for Philly!
The Sheraton was an AMAZING wedding venue. I would recommend them to anyone and everyone! Every detail of our wedding was planned and executed perfectly. Traci Meldrum is the absolute best wedding coordinator. Her attention to detail, planning, and communication were on point ... not to mention she is a sweetheart! We were in touch regularly and she was more than flexible and willing to meet our needs. Even on the day of our wedding, Traci was in touch and making sure everything was exactly perfect. The pricing and packages at the Sheraton are very reasonable for being in the city. Our cocktail hour options were amazing ... so much food! All of the food was delicious and the service was top notch. I received so many compliments about the Sheraton. Many of our guests stayed overnight, which was convenient and easy. We had the wedding of our dreams. Sheraton Society Hill is the place to have your wedding!!!
Had the wedding of a lifetime at Sheraton Society Hill! Was initially deciding between Cescaphe group and Sheraton but would choose Sheraton again in a heartbeat! The venue is beautiful, super convenient location in town, free valet parking for guests, delicious food and all of the staff at the Sheraton from our wedding coordinator Traci to her assistants Kathleen, Edmund and Joey were absolutely amazing! They did everything in their power to make sure we had our dream wedding and to this day cannot stop talking about how amazing it was!!! It was also super convenient to have guests stay at the hotel over the weekend and the morning after brunch was excellent as well :)
I cannot recommend the Sheraton Society Hill enough as a wedding venue. There are a ton a pros: First, the events team there, headed by Traci, is incredible. They went above and beyond to accommodate us and really made our wedding planning experience and reception stress-free and enjoyable. Second, the food was delicious. Everything we tried at our tasting was so good and many of our guests complemented the food after the reception. It was also very reasonable for a city venue and the price is pretty comprehensive. We kept getting quotes that didn't include tax or other significant hidden fees, and the Sheraton's quote gave us the full picture of what we would be paying, which I appreciated.
I truly could go on and on about how wonderful the service and facility was. I would truly be reaching for any kind of con. Our experience was exactly what we wanted for our wedding. I highly recommend checking out the Sheraton if you're looking for a nice city venue.
Amazing!! My wedding was held at the Sheraton on October 14,2017 and it was perfect. Traci Meldrum is a dream to work with to plan a wedding. She anticipates questions you will have before you even think of them. She is very organized, detailed, and accommodating. Carroll Lawson managed the room block and was also very organized and detailed. She provided regular updates throughout the process. The staff during the event was pleasant, helpful, and on the ball. The hotel is Philly's best kept secret for weddings! I wish I could do it again.
Absolutely wonderful experience!! Traci was more than helpful during the whole process and everything turned out beautiful!
The Sheraton was really conveniently located for our Old City Philadelphia Church. We had many out of town guests and this hotel put them in the area of town they wanted to walk around and explore. Guests could valet park for a price comparable to most area parking. It was easy to coordinate bus pick up for transporting our guests to the rehearsal dinner and reception because Dock street isn't a crazy street with lots of through traffic- this made things so much easier. Carroll was lovely to work with in coordinating our room block, welcome bags and brunch for the morning after the wedding. We were also able to have vendors park at the hotel and have their parking billed to us which was nice and easy for all. Bridal suite was awesome to have for hair and makeup to be done in the room.
My mother dealt with the hotel for the room blocks. She said they were nothing but accommodating and helpful. The valet and front desk staff, especially Krista, was very friendly! Everything went so smooth and I would recommend the Sheraton to all future Philly brides.
We highly recommend the Sheraton Society Hill as a wedding reception venue. From the beginning of our planning process, the Sheraton stood out to us as a beautiful, downtown location that fit into our budget. Traci Teodoro-Meldrum, the catering manager, made the entire planning process easy for us. She is extremely responsive, flexible, and organized. She answered every question and concern we had and made sure that we were happy with each decision. The night of the wedding she was there to make sure everything ran smoothly and even made sure that we ate dinner without too many interruptions.
Traci helped us to build a package that fit our budget and our needs. Our cocktail hour included two stations and passed appetizers. For our reception, the guests had a choice between two meals. The bar was open for the entire event, which guests appreciated especially during dinner. Everyone commented that the food was delicious and served warm. Traci also took care of setting up our centerpieces, the cocktail hour space, and the ballroom exactly how we envisioned it.
We had almost half of our guests traveling from Chicago for the wedding and booking a block of rooms was so easy at the Sheraton. Carol Lawson updated us with the number of rooms being filled and was flexible when it came to moving some guests into our block who hadn't booked it correctly. All of our guests at the hotel were impressed by the cleanliness, friendliness, and overall service of everyone they interacted with at the Sheraton.
We fell in love with the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel from the very first time we visited it. The chandeliers and ballroom are absolutely beautiful. The venue coordinator, Traci Meldrum, was helpful throughout the entire process. From our initial contact she was professional, courteous, responsive, resourceful, and an absolute pleasure to work with. She really gets to know the wedding couple and put my mind at ease that everything would be executed perfectly on the day – and it was! Traci worked with us to customize our wedding package and made sure we were getting the most value out of our package.
We had our ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception at the Sheraton and found it very convenient for both our guests and us to have everything at one central location. We also set up a room block at the Sheraton for our out-of-town and overnight guests. Further, we had a post-wedding brunch on site at the Sheraton which worked out great. We loved our tasting and the food the day of was delicious! I would highly recommend the Sheraton Society Hill to anyone to use for their wedding venue.
This hotel was the most beautiful one in our price range. I don't remember the cost exactly, but we were able to work with the wedding planner to bring the price down considerable from the original quote. The chandeliers were gorgeous, and gave the space a very upscale feel. Food was amazing! Everything was included (food, drinks, cake, minor decor), and if you wanted more you could pay for more (although we chose the most basic option and it was perfect for us). The best part was that being at a hotel was very convenient for our guests!
The Sheraton Society Hill in Philadelphia is a gorgeous hotel tucked away a quiet corner of the city. The venue is beautiful and the food is amazing!
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1 Dock Street, Philadelphia, PA
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Samantha Serenkin
Catering Sales Manager
Hi, I'm Sam! I would love to get to know you and help plan your unique and beautiful day at Marriott Old City!
I feel that each & every event is unique & deserves to be treated as such. I love creating a perfect day and look forward to planning with you!
Contact me for a tour at samantha.serenkin@marriott.com
Looking forward to meeting you soon!
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