The Liberty Hotel

ing out about getting everything done the day of the wedding and Bridget just took care of everything. We must have texted each other a dozen times that day for a number of last minute things and she was so responsive and always calm with a smile on her face. She was also a great sport about my 12-year-old stepdaughter who really wanted to help setup the ballroom. We got married outside in the Yard and then had our cocktail hour in the Rotunda, followed by a sit-down dinner and dancing in the ballroom, where Bridget was thoughtful enough to bring me my flats and her coworker made sure I was eating. The venue itself is breathtaking and the food was incredible. My husband and I love to cook and eat and we were nervous about the food quality, but after our tasting we knew we had nothing to worry about. I can’t wait to return to the Liberty for our 1st anniversary.

el's architecture, details and bold decoration are breathtaking. Bridget quickly understood what we were looking for: luxury, sexy, chic, fun and young. Throughout the whole wedding process she was super attentive, clear and made sure we stayed within our budget. She was also great when handling communication with our vendors, which is super important! The hotel offers different spaces for your event, which is great because depending on the size of your wedding you won't feel it's too big or too small. We had an intimate wedding of over 40 people and the space was perfect! Our ceremony took place on the 4th floor (which includes: four rooms, the rotunda and private bathrooms). After the ceremony which took place in the pre-function area of the 4th floor, all of our guests went to the rotunda (talk about stunning) for cocktail hour. After my husband and I finished taking our photos, everyone was invited to West Cedar for sit-down dinner. The food was spectacular, we got compliments all night! (we served a combination of seafood, chicken and red meat). Now the fun part: DANCING. While everyone was enjoying dinner, the pre-function area was transformed into the dance area and the Chestnut room was converted into a "tavern" with an open bar and tables. Bridget made sure everything ran smoothly and that all set-up was just the way we wanted it. The bartender was spectacular, the music and lights (JC Castaneda from 617 Weddings) were AMAZING, flowers were gorgeous (Blue Guava) and the staff was super attentive. We danced for like 3 hours before passing delicious late night snacks. After the wedding was over we all went to the lobby to continue partying! That's the great thing about this hotel, even though your "wedding space" is reserved for a number of hours, you can always go to the lobby to continue celebrating.The next morning we had brunch at the 3rd floor rotunda. The food was delicious (as expected) and so were the mimosas and bloody marys. Overall, we had a wonderful experience! Our friends/family are still talking about how much fun they had and how the hotel was so gorgeous. We can't wait to go back to celebrate our anniversary!

ic and she came through with both an amazing seamstress and a fantastic last minute JOP. There were some issues with our room block and guest frustrations when booking but Bridget helped smooth everything out. So glad I chose the Liberty to get married and will be returning to celebrate our 1 year anniversary.

nor offered any help. The venue is beautiful but for the amount of money and the importance of my wedding day it is imperative that follow up, responsiveness and professionalism is there. I will not book this hotel as my venue and am so glad I found out how bad they were before I gave them any of my money. Even the valet attendant was rude, do yourself a favor and shop for customer service as it will Impact your whole experience

tside in the yard, which was beautiful on a nice day in October. Cocktail hour was on the top floor rotunda, and reception in the ballroom. The night before, and after the wedding, people gathered in the lobby bar, which was great (it definitely wasn't necessary to reserve space!). One thing I will note is that they say the ballroom can fit 180 for dinner and dancing...we had 146 and it was TIGHT. As in tables and guests pushed into corners and against the wall, with uplighting literally in some people’s faces the whole night! So it was okay, but I would advise that if you have any more people than that it will NOT be comfortable. I felt the cost was very reasonable there, compared to many other venues charging so much more just for the space rental and having much higher minimums. One thing you need to be aware of is that they insist on having escort cards AND place cards on the table (aka assigning seats). It's possible to get away with not doing it, but very difficult. Our wedding block rate for rooms was pretty unreasonable as well (although it was a holiday weekend) but aside from a few things, I found them very accommodating to whatever we wanted. One of the highlights was that we were upgraded to the presidential suite, which took our wedding weekend to an entirely different level. It was amazing! Bridget was lovely and so helpful and patient with all my questions over months of planning, and was really on top of things the day of. HOWEVER, I cannot even count how many errors were made throughout the planning process that I caught and had to get corrected (typos, incorrect totals and numbers on proposals and bills, etc.). It was pretty alarming and definitely added a lot of stress to an already stressful process. We were still dealing with errors the day before the wedding and even for weeks after! My advice is to ask a lot of questions and really be like a hawk going through proposals and contracts (making sure every # is right, all the totals add up, etc.). So while it’s a little bit of a mess, they did correct all the errors when brought to their attention and that room upgrade kind of made up for all of it!! Overall, they really delivered on the night of. Our guests and we had a fantastic time, and as long as you are on top of things it’s a great choice if you want somewhere a little more unique and chic.

e really cool pictures (Ebersol suite, by the windows on the 5th floor, outside by the jail doors)! We had about 115 guests, which fit great in the ballroom. The food was delicious as well - we had so many compliments on how great the food was and what a unique venue it was. It was one of a kind! Our wedding coordinator was able to answer all of our questions along the way, although she was slow at responding at times. Definitely recommend the Liberty for an absolutely gorgeous wedding venue!

in their accommodations. Our wedding hosted 130 people and giving the room the fullness for a great party. We held our reception on the rotunda above the main lobby providing a great and fun environment for mingling. For any couple that is seeking to get married in a modern, different, and trendy space the Liberty is for you.

inding us the best deals within their services, making an otherwise unaffordable venue something in our price range. However, there were a few things in hindsight that I should have gone Bridezilla over: -- Communication between our coordinator and myself was not consistent. Some days a reply was immediate, other times it would take weeks to get a response. You'd think this would alleviate itself as we got closer to the date, but it actually only became even more sporadic. -- Almost no direction or contact the day of the event. We were supposed to return to the Bridal Suite post-ceremony for private apps shared between myself and the groom... only to find the room locked. When we returned after cocktail photos for said apps, they were finally present but half-eaten (presumably by members of the wedding party who wandered in before us). -- Our cake topper was missing, and only came out towards the end of the night when I demanded it be found as we went to cut our desserts. -- Storage location for items left in Bridal Suite (Chestnut Room, a 4th floor function area) was not communicated to Event Team, so every time the bridesmaids went to retrieve their items, they had to hunt people down and only got deer-in-headlights stares. -- Florist had many complaints the next day about the staff. She had remained on hand post-ceremony to move floral items into the reception (why the Liberty staff refused to do so, I don't know, but it was made clear to me early on that it was my responsibility to transport any arrangements between areas)... she had to stop staff from taking chair decorations home with them. Apparently they were told by our coordinator that "it was all theirs for the taking since it wasn't going to be re-used". Mind you, it WAS going to be re-used in the reception AND donated via Rebloom to charity at the end of the night. This had been communicated very clearly to our coordinator. -- Layout of cocktail hour tables the day of did not match floor plan provided the week of the wedding, leaving the Florist to scramble to rearrange our decor ideas as she set-up. This after months of diligently planning the layout. -- Florist stated she had to fish our rented decor out of the trash the following day when she returned, even though it had been made clear what was to be set aside for next-day pickup and what was to be given to Rebloom at end of evening. -- The coordinator had said she would be reaching out to all vendors the week of to go over details, but each vendor claims they received no contact. -- It was not made clear to my vendors the day of who the point people were, so not only was my Florist running around to get questions answered, but my photog had no idea when/where his vendor meal was to occur, resulting in him missing the cake cutting and the Mother-Son dance. -- Photog asked for lights to be raised for better pics, which led to a good 10 minutes of house lights being raised up & down to find the right setting. Lights are pre-programmed and not on a dimmer-- very distracting to our guests. -- Had to return multiple times to retrieve remaining decor post-event since things clearly had not been set aside very well at end of even

dding was very small. We had 40 attendees and we were able to fit everyone comfortably at three long tables with a 12x12 dance floor, two cake tables, and a DJ in the room. We had an open bar, three buffet stations, and a photo booth around the rotunda. People had plenty of space to move around, quiet places to chat, and places to relax. We got it all for a $5k food and beverage minimum. We tried to come as close to that minimum as we could - and went just over with the bar tab. With the gratuity and taxes, we spent over $7k. Damn those taxes. But the gratuity was entirely work it. Working with Bridget was easy. She guided us through all of the decisions and steps. When she was slow to respond, she was very quick to reply to reminder emails. And she was always willing to meet in person to walk the space (with a free glass of champagne!) On the big day, we saw Bridget and two of her assistants moving throughout the party. I didn't have to think about a thing. The room was beautifully decorated with all of our provided decor. I would definitely recommend the Liberty for its location and beauty - and for its staff. But keep in mind that quality comes at a cost.

went through 3 different wedding coordinators...each one worse than the last. The last one we had was extremely difficult to get a hold of- bottom line- she left the place. Everyone raved about how beautiful the place was and that our wedding was beautiful- but if you plan on getting married here I would consider getting your own wedding planner to eliminate the hassel! They are pretty accomodating with the food- we were able to have them adjust some of the options to things we preferred over the standard things that were there- and that turned out great as well. We just found the managment to be terrible.

r, for eighteen months. Despite her relentless traveling demands and many other professional engagements, Erinne remained patient, present, professional, communicative, but (most importantly) pleasant. She is incredibly thorough and does not disappoint. Other important points of praise: The food presentation and quality was terrific. We had good but brief experiences with other hotel representatives: Mercy Budka, Brittany. The rooms, the hotel and the overall service is nonpareil. Brittany Thomas

ed something that was only in Boston and had great architecture. We decided to go with the Liberty and have our ceremony in the Yard and the reception on the 5th floor balcony with adjoining esplanade room. I cannot tell you how pleased I was with the space, the staff and our wedding coordinator, Erinne. Our original coordinator left a couple months beforehand, and Erinne stepped right in and knocked it out of the park. I am an anal person and had a lot of small things to deliver to the wedding, and was so pleased when I saw them displayed on the 5th floor. The food was phenomenal and every guest commented on it. I wish I could have another wedding just to throw the awesome party we did up there. I cannot recommend them enough. People will say it's pricey, but I found it comparable to other places in the area and you get such an experience! And they are so fantastic with the little touches! Glasses of champagne after we walked down the aisle and our first dance song playing on repeat when we got back to the hotel room. Just incredible!

g was stress free and very well organized with the great help of Erinne!

the Liberty Hotel. We didn't want a cookie-cutter wedding, and Christina Chunias and her team made sure everything was perfect for our big day. Obviously the building itself is phenomenal, and we were so happy to share our favorite home-away-from-home with our family and friends. Not to mention we got some amazing photos to cherish for the rest of our lives. The food? Don't even get me started - it was SO incredible. We had some pretty tough-to-impress guests who were all gushing about how delicious and beautiful the food was. And I can proudly say that I am a bride who ate at her wedding, thank you very much. The service was wonderful. The event staff took care of all my guests that night. I really cannot recommend the Liberty Hotel enough. I can't imagine getting married anywhere else. It was better than a dream wedding. If any Boston-area brides would like to talk to a "real bride" about her experience at the Liberty Hotel, please connect. I'm more than happy to elaborate!

ay of the wedding everything went smoothly and I didn't have to worry or do anything but get ready to walk down the aisle. The food was catered by the Liberty, and is rather pricey, but you get what you pay for and all our guests were raving about the food. The venue itself is just such a cool place and different from any other typical hotel. You won't soon forget an event at the Liberty Hotel.

erlooking the entire hotel and our reception was in the ballroom. The ballroom resembles nothing we've ever seen before. It has floor to ceiling windows and gorgeous chandeliers. It was the perfect place for our wedding!

t ask for anything more perfect. It turned out beautifully. The ceremony was in the courtyard, the cocktail hour was on the 5th floor atrium, the tea ceremony was in a side room off the atrium, and the Ballroom was an amazing place for the reception. We pretty much designed the way we wanted the wedding to look like, the space, etc as there are no formal "packages." This was ideal for us as we got to design our own wedding, which is after all, what it should be. I got to get ready in the hotel and take photographs all around the hotel which was amazing. We had free reign. Though the staff were incredible and very vigilant (including Kate Giannetti who was my time-keeper which could be annoying at times), we did have a couple of hiccups with our Out of Town Gift Bags and Security on the Night of the Wedding. The hotel charges a fee for the bags to be delivered directly to the room, however, when our guests checked in on the Thursday before the wedding, they did not receive their gift bags nor was there anyone at the hotel I could speak to who could get them their bags. The hotel manager was somewhere off-site and the Catering Sales Manager (Kate) was not available. She did make it up by delivering the bags the next morning to our guests and offered them a fruit and cheese plate. As for the security on the evening of the wedding, they let 2 random people enter our reception, in which I had to escort them out. Still, I loved the venue and wish we could do it all over again. FYI: the catering is part of the Liberty Hotel which is why the total cost is high. Reception Room Rental is $1000, and the Courtyard rental is $500. Everything else was catering and alcohol.

m. The hotel is a beautiful location for photos, and guests loved the venue. We did a big cocktail reception with dancing and it made for a much more relaxed evening than a sit down dinner. People were a bit surprised about the night club vibe of the Liberty, however, there were security guards outside of the ballroom who ensured that only wedding guests were allowed into our event. Many of our guests stayed at the hotel as did we (even though we live right in the city) and it made for a great experience!). The chef was great to work with and he even made an item that was not on the menu - tostones, which are a Cuban specialty, and this meant a lot since my husband is Cuban. While you will have to use their food and alcohol, it was all fantastic, and you can bring in the rest of the vendors - cake, music, etc. It was truly a WOW factor event, and we want to do it all over again!

nea Tangorra) who was AMAZING so we didn't even have to deal directly with the Liberty wedding coordinator very much.