The Heldrich Hotel

ding and all of my events were on separate days (pre-party on thursday, wedding on saturday and reception on sunday) it was a bit difficult to find venues that were unique, accommodating, had good locations and of course, gorgeous! The Heldrich was the first venue that I choose and I couldn't have been happier with it. I found the Heldrich from online searching/the wedding websites and contacted their catering manager, Andrew Dale. We came in to check out the space - the decor and ambiance of the heldrich sells itself - it's beautiful, clean and contemporary with tons of art all over, spacious (we had 400 people) and grand. Despite immediately deciding that it was right for me, Andrew still took the time to show us around and helped us in vision what our event could look like. For reference: Cocktail hour in Christopher's Restaurant Reception in the ballroom After party in the hotel lobby bar Once we began planning - Andrew was nothing but helpful and communicative with me for the next 7 months until my event (I know - such little time!). I'm not from new jersey and don't know about the area so Andrew constantly helped me figure things out along the way. Aside from basic wedding planning needs - he helped me find a ceremony location for my wedding the day prior, gave me tons of vendor lists, and was really there for me throughout the process. As soon as I checked in at the Heldrich the afternoon before my event, Andrew was in communication with me and tied up all my loose ends. Come the actual party - everything was beautiful, service was smooth, and Andrew was around the whole night, followed my itinerary and made sure everything went perfectly. I wanted to write more but ran out space so to wrap it up - I love The Heldrich Hotel!

campus. Despite the heat, the day was perfect. We initially worked with Andrew Dale, who completely sold us on the location. We are New Brunswick natives (Rutgers grad students), so were familiar with the location. We had looked at some really nice reception halls, but were turned off by the need to have our guests travel to a hotel. When we met Andrew, he was the first wedding coordinator who really made us feel like he wanted us to have our reception there. Other places wanted the business and had some good features, but Andrew actually seemed to like what he did, and took pride in the location. The location is top quality, with incredible food, great service and a beautiful location. We also really liked that they gave us great rates on the rooms, and our guests would never have to travel once here. Every time we had an issue, Andrew went out of his way to figure it out. We actually started out with a different chapel, but when they started acting sketchy about what they could do, Andrew made some calls and got us in to see Patrick Cogan at Kirkpatrick, and then he took care of everything for us. We did have one hiccup in our preparations, when my fiancee's (now wife's) family came out and we had a really poor dinner at Christopher's. When Andrew found out, he found out what had gone wrong (the chefs had all been out) had us come back, and treated us to a phenomenal experience. This is our general experience with the Heldrich - it is of top quality and if anything goes wrong, they go out of their way to make it right. This was honestly the only issue we had though. During our preparations, Andrew found out that he had to go on a family trip, so we transferred over to Nicole Calabria. We love Andrew and we now also love Nicole. While Andrew sold us on the Heldrich and made us supremely happy to be there, Nicole gave us a fantastic wedding. We met Nicole at our tasting, and were instantly friends. She was hilarious, and fun. Best of all, she thought of all the things that we didn't. We did not hire a wedding planner (in hindsight, I would seriously consider this), but once we met Nicole we didn't feel like we needed to. She helped us through everything that we didn't think about at first, but suddenly needed to have an opinion on (lighting, place settings, flowers, chairs, etc). On our wedding day, we had a few inevitable issues come up, but I heard about them and didn't have to deal with them. Nicole made sure that everything that we had planned went smoothly. Our guests (about 150) loved the food, the beauty of the hotel, and the convenience of not having to leave (we had lots of out-of-towners, so this mattered a lot to us). The day was perfect. The rest of the staff was wonderful, as well, especially the waitstaff and bar tenders. The service was fantastic and we still frequent the bar at Christopher's. To this day we keep in touch with Nicole and Andrew, and continue to visit the Heldrich for random occasions. As I write this, we are recovering from Hurricane Sandy, and Andrew was able to get us a room before the hotel sold out. This is another bonus we have found here. We didn't just hire a vendor that accepted our money for a nice day. They still go out of their way to help us and make us feel welcome.

We even had a private food tasting - most venues have one event where all couples getting married there can go - this was private and amazing! The service was impecable, and the decor was exqusitite. My now-husband and I wanted something more modern and unique and that is exactly what we got at The Heldrich. People are still raving about what an amazing wedding it was and what a great time they had. I have been to 3 weddings since ours in April and have not seen anything that could compare. Our wedding coordinator through the heldrich, Andrew Dale, was extrememly helpful and accomodating - he wanted the wedding to be just as amazing as we did! The only downside is that they are not exclusively a wedding venue - they do business stuff too so the chairs and linens aren't super great but we just rented chair covers. Everything else certainly made up for that. And the best part that we, and all the guests, loved the most was that you could just go right up to your hotel room when the night was over!

ale made things so easy and was a pleasure to work with. Our wedding was so classy an elegant, not tacky!The food was to die for!

o be. She went above and beyond what I have ever seen anyone in catering do for a bride. The rest of the staff at the Heldrich is very helpful and friendly as well. My day went smoothly and eveything was exactly as we discussed. Guests commented about the great food and quality of the service. Would have my wedding here again and again!

abria the Catering Manager is AMAZING. She made planning our wedding easy and enjoyable. We had our ceremony and reception at The Hedlrich and they were both perfect. We could not have been happier. Every time we met with Nicole or emailed or called her she was happy to help us with any and all of our questions. The weekend of the wedding all of the staff were amazing. The ballroom is gorgeous, the food is incredible, the rooms are wonderful. We took pictures outside the hotel, in the bar and in the lobby, there are so many great places because the whole places is gorgeous. Not to mention it is located in the heart of New Brunswick so our rehearsal dinner was in walking distance and our guests were able to park there cars at the hotel and walk anywhere they wanted to go during the weekend. If you are looking to get married in NJ we would absolutely recommend The Heldrich!

bby, that no other place would compare. we had a verbal contract that day because we didn't want anyone else to take it :) Nicole Calabria (reception coordinator) was THE most amazing person to work with. i emailed her daily in panic mode about small details and she truly put my mind at ease. the food and drinks were FANTASTIC! the night of the reception... my hubby and i had 2... not just 1... but 2 personal maître d's. one for each of us and they were absolutely phenomenal! they were bringing us (and the bridal party) drinks outside the hotel when we exited the limo from taking pictures. throughout the entire night, we never had to ask for anything. they knew when we needed drinks, even before we did. I can't say enough about the staff here. they truly made our wedding something we and our guests will NEVER forget! If you want the wedding of a lifetime... i can not recommend them enough!

incredible! No matter how many questions I had, or crazy requests, they were so quick to respond in such a pleasant way. Our wedding day was perfect and better than I could have imagined! All of our guests enjoyed The Heldrich atmosphere and it's location, along with the delicious food and kind service. We truly felt like king and queen for the day. I would recommend The Heldrich to anyone planning their special day!