The Palisadium

were so taken care of. Thank you for making this day so special! We couldn't have imagined a better event.

there were so many things wrong with this place. for starters they assigned me a person that they fired 3 months before my wedding and everything was a chaos. there was no handoff and I had to basically start all over 3 months before my wedding- which is not ideal for the bride. they were terrible at returning phone calls and emails. getting anything done was so stressful. on the wedding day the people who are supposed to be serving me and my bridesmaids were rude as hell and absent. save yourself the trouble and the stress. pay a little extra.

cony overlooking the NYC skyline was a hit too! The food was great, amenities were amazing and staff was so welcoming and helpful! Highly recommend!

t room for a reception that can fit hundreds of guests comfortably for dinner and dancing. It has a beautiful indoor room for the ceremony as well as an outdoor lawn. They allow you to decide the morning of your wedding whether to hold the ceremony indoors and outdoors, which is fantastic. They also give you someone on the day of to help make things go smoothly. They take care of all the catering and desserts. We had almost 300 people and the day went beautifully, almost without a hitch. They worked well with our vendors, including the band, photographer, videographer, and florists. They allow you to extend your wedding past the hours you paid for, but know that you need to pay for that on the spot with a check or cash. This made for a very stressful 15 minutes on our wedding day. We also had some challenges with planning our wedding, although we had a highly unusual set of requests that were difficult to accommodate. We wanted a Jewish Orthodox wedding that was both glatt kosher and vegan. As you can imagine, this wasn't easy! The facilities were very well suited for an Orthodox wedding, with great spaces for the tisch and bedeken. However, we struggled to get the food right. The Palisadium did not allow us to bring in our own caterer but committed to having their kosher caterer - whom we were not allowed to meet - work with us to put together good vegan food. We tried many different recipes over several tastings, but unfortunately weren't able to get a menu that our guests liked. Throughout this process, our contacts at the Palisadium were often nice, although often they would take a long time to respond to emails or follow up on requests.  Ultimately we're really happy with our experience and feel that for most weddings the Palisadium is a wonderful space.

re breathtaking. Monika, who was our planner, is such a pleasure to work with. She exceeded every expectation we had and really went above and beyond to help make our event as successful as it was. All other staff was prompt and helpful. We have received so much positive feedback from our guests and everyone had such an amazing time! We are looking forward to working with Palisadium in the future. Adelina and Henry Z.

The Palisadium staff was very committed to ensuring that we had the perfect day of celebration. Everyone was very attentive to each of our requests, including last minute requests. The rooms were gorgeous-- we chose the the Skyline Ballroom for our reception area and after seeing our vision of our decorations in full display, we were in awe of how beautiful they were. The views of the city were magnificent and provided us and our guests the perfect photography opportunities both day and night. The entire coordinating staff during the day of was wonderful and made sure from ceremony, to cocktail hour and to reception that everything ran smoothly. Thank you to the kitchen staff, who provided incredibly delicious meals and the bar staff who kept the guest's glasses full and for creating our signature drinks. We highly recommend the Palisadium to anyone who reads this review and we will continue to recommend in conversation. Thank you again for your committed service which was, without a doubt, above and beyond our expectations.

e wait staff was on point with my guest, i received many compliments on service the food and menu was beyond amazing. Sophia was assigned to care for me and my groom and she was very attentive all day and night. The staff are all dressed very nice and neat which is something that was important to me too. i had my ceremony and reception at the venue and wont think twice about doing another event at the location with the treatment that my guest and myself had at the palisadium with Erica. im still ecstatic that my guest are all amazed of how nice and professional everyone was at the venue. Thank you Erica your the best xoxoxo

e a bit more of training to learn how to deal with customers and not have any “surprises billed to you” but of course not all can be great. A very warm and special thank you to Sofia she was amazing and catered to all of my wife and my needs, she made everything so much easier and stress free for us. All in all I definitely recommend this venue for you event.

are still coming in. My brother became engaged last week and his future wife stated she wanted a wedding as beautiful as mine. They will be calling this week. The view was secondary to the decor, the Palisadium coordinators who guided us through many decisions, to the professionalism of the wait staff and bartenders, the way they made each and every guest feel special and important. I cannot say enough good things about this venue. Getting married? If you're looking for your childhood dreams to come true for your wedding, contact The Palisadium. They have it all! Thanks again.. The owners should be proud of the selection of employees, decor, chefs and the overall appearance of the Palisadium, it speaks volumes. Kudos!

eryone was taken care of. Everything was incredibly beautiful and perfect. I highly recommend the Palisadium and I am definitely booking my wedding here next year!

leak stains, and the coordinator was either in a rush to go home, or had no idea what she was doing. She didn't take us outside to see the ceremony site, she just showed us it through the window and pointed out the dry grass spots. The bridal suite had crumbs all on the floor and there was storage everywhere. She didn't even go over the menu with us. She said we have a lot of options and to look through it on our own. Definitely not booking and the pictures are definitely deceiving. Oh, and she wouldn't turn on the lights in the other banquet halls because she said they were trying to "conserve energy". So, we saw half the venue in semi-darkness.

is organized, kind, patient, and very responsive to emails. It is because of Midra and the Palisadium's amazing staff, including Erika, that my husband and I felt that we had the wedding of our dreams! I cannot write enough wonderful things about this venue and it's staff.

coordinator was not as accommodating and the overall experience working with staff has just been disappointing. The coordinator just didn't care about making sure the day went smoothly. Throughout the night, she was just MIA. Honestly, I don't even know her name. We had booked Palisadium in Nov 2015, a couple months before the wedding, we're told Jennifer is no longer working here so we were given Patrice to work with. Two weeks before the wedding, Patrice no longer works there and given this new person. Stuff happens and staff leaves, but this new person was just unaccommodating. She didn't show up for our rehearsal, and the morning of the wedding, this person wasn't there at 10am( the time that the banquet office is supposed to be open). I had dropped all the centerpieces and all the other stuff for the wedding and left instructions with the setup crew. He pretty much got the gist of everything and he had done more work with me than the wedding coordinator. As the ceremony was to begin at 5:30 sharp, I had to search for her and ask to start the ceremony. I had found her in the office sitting down and on her phone. I’ve been in enough weddings and been part of enough bridal parties to know that the coordinator should have been with us from the moment we stepped into the venue. Let me also add to the fact that the bridal suite was not setup, and the waitress (Sophia) and to scramble at the last minute to set us up in the Park Bistro (which is what was promised to us by Jennifer and Patrice). Not all the food from cocktail hour made it to our suite, but last minute scramble we were able to eat something. The wife and I went to cocktail hour and the bartender had denied me a drink since cocktail hour was “coming to an end”. Really? As the guy who paid the bills, I should have gotten a drink 5 mins before the end of cocktail HOUR! Also, the venue couldn’t supply the right liquor for the signature cocktail, and I had ask this coordinator to ensure they used Bullit Rye for the Old fashions and not use Crown Royal. They eventually got it right during the reception. The wedding coordinator did orchestrate the processional into the reception hall, and that was the last that I saw her. She was supposed to move the cigar box to the second bar, lay out the glow sticks for the guests, and make sure everything was going well. I had to ask my waitress to turn down the heat because the coordinator was no where to be found. At the end of the night, the coordinator finally came out to see if everything went smoothly. If she was there the whole night with my wife and attending to her needs, then she wouldn’t even have to ask. For the record, she didn’t even ask me, she went to my wife while she was exiting the bathroom with a basket in one hand and her dress in the other. This person couldn’t even help her carry things. Good thing we have great friends to help out. In the end, the wedding was great! But really, the coordinator should have ensured everything went accordance with our plans. We needed to stay on top of the plans while we’re greeting our guest and enjoying our time with them. And any decent coordinator would have made sure everything was to our specifications. It was really disappointing that we had to do this solo. Thanks to my MC for holding it down for us!

skyline. The staffs professionalism however, could be improved. At times it took over a week for someone to get back to me. We had poor explanations for how things worked or were done according to their standards. So be sure to ask questions and don't allow them to beat around the bush. Eventually they will answer you. We had to ASK for food to be give to us in the dressing room before the wedding. My bridesmaids were starving. My groomsmen waited another 40 minutes for food. Not ok. Besides that they were polite and respectful in every regard. My husband and I enjoyed our night.

lso wanted to make sure we liked the backup ceremony space. Palisadium was the only venue we visited that had us debating which space was better to use! Weather permitted us to have the ceremony outdoors, but both spaces are truly stunning. But, we chose this venue not only because we loved the aesthetic of every inch of the place, but also because of the staff. The staff are truly amazing people to work with and they made all the difference in our wedding planning experience. We got a lot of compliments from our guests on the venue as well. They really enjoyed the balcony (we had a cigar bar available to them out there) and the incredible views at sunset. Many of them used the word "magical" to describe the day, and I definitely attribute much of that to the setting. I would highly, highly recommend this venue.

o be turned away and sent to a different bar. We allowed for a manager who never came and we were sent to a bar that was closed. Then we went to another bar where we waited for 20 minutes before being turned away again. Food stations were just as bad. They could keep plates stocked. This venue is understaffed and management for the most part doesn't care. One manager tried to make us drinks after complaining but all the beverages were removed from the bar so she couldn't end up helping us.

d a beautiful view was just what we hoped for. (And the price was affordable). Upon our tasting, my party all agreed the food was too salty for our taste so we requested they use less salt for our wedding day. We were very pleased that the chefs honored our request and the food was delicious. All our guests raved about the food from cocktail hour through dessert. We did our own centerpieces rather than use a florist and the staff was willing to put each centerpiece together for us following our written instructions. On the wedding day, Patrice emailed me that some of the mirrors for our centerpieces were broken in the box and she was able to use mirrors they had in storage to replace them, which I greatly appreciated. At the reception, there was a waiter who seemed to be assigned to me and was very attentive in bringing me drinks and food, as I was too busy running around to get to the bar and sit down to eat for long. My husband and one of his groomsmen also had makeup on their white tux coats from hugging guests at the church and one of the workers took their coats and cleaned the makeup right off- they looked perfect. CONS: This incident made a big impact on our review. The Palisadium uses an outside valet company that you pay extra for. One of our guests came to us about a half hour before cocktail hour to tell us they parked their own car and there was no valet. The staff did not even realize and my parents had to bring it to their attention before anyone on staff even noticed. It turned out the valet company "forgot" about our wedding. We learned the only confirmation the Palisadium had done was an email reminder a week or so before the wedding. I was a pretty laid back bride and assumed that the staff had this covered without me intervening or hounding them. The staff at the Palisadium took no responsibility for this mishap and just said, "well, we confirmed with them. It is out of our hands." We were offered nothing to make up for this error except for our money back that we paid to have the valet (not even an apology). My husband had to call the valet company to address it, which he should not have had to worry about on his wedding day. I was lucky that my January wedding did not have bad weather and was not as cold as it could have been since my guests had to park in a dark, dingy garage and walk to the venue. When my dad followed up with Patrice after the wedding while I was on my honeymoon, he received excuse after excuse but still no apology or attempt to make the situation right. We were supposed to have a separate cocktail hour for our bridal party but when I walked into the room, nothing was set up. The waiter that was there was very helpful and willing to bring me what I asked for, but we were stuck in an empty room waiting on food rather than enjoying what should have been set up. The hotel that came most recommended by the Palisadium was one of the biggest headaches of the wedding planning. While the issues I had with the hotel were NOT the fault of the Palisadium, I would have thought their recommendations would be more professional.

est pictures. Our coordinator Patrice was fantastic. She was completely engaged with us, and really did anything she could to give us what we wanted. On the whole, the venue was very accomadating. The food was great, for both cocktail and reception, and had many choices to choose from. I felt very comfortable and secure in knowing our wedding would be amazing with Patrice there.They also let us park our Vintage 1930 car in front all evening for our pictures and exit. I would definitely use this venue again for future parties.

AGREED it was the place. Stephanie was fantastic. We book about 18 months in advance (bc I was adamant on having a winter wedding & the upcoming winter was too close) Stephanie kept in touch throughout the 18 months of planning. She provided quick responses and advice for any issues I had. The weekend of the wedding Stephanie was more than understanding when a few hiccups came. She was helpful, resourceful, basically she was Batman or Superman of the day. I couldn't have asked for a better event coordinator to work with. Her bubbly spirit, fabulous personality, she help calm me when I was freaking out due to a "makeup" boo-boo on my dress. We got it resolved and she did everything necessary to make sure to "hiccups" of the moment didn't make the day! I am so happy everything was successful and my guest are raving about the food, the venue and the gorgeous view!!! Thanks Stephanie and Palisdium for assisting with my wedding day!

alisadium as a potential venue location we knew that this would be our venue. Stephanie was so quick at responding to any e-mails or phone calls from day one! She gave us a list of preferred vendors and every one was amazing! The night of our wedding went perfect, from start to finish it was everything I had envisioned and everything I asked for happened. The food was phenomenal from cocktail hour until the very last bit of dessert. Our guests said our cocktail our was the best they had ever been to! What really sold us on this venue was the amazing view of the city skyline. Especially at night the view was amazing and made for some pretty great pictures. I would highly recommend the Palisadium to anyone who asks! Thank Stephanie again for promising a night nothing less than perfect and delivering!!

they had. Even friends who attend weddings all the time say that ours was one of the best. The view was spectacular both from inside and out on the terrace. The food is absolutely to die for! We made sure we had platters in our bridal suite during cocktail hour. We are hoping some of our friends will get married here just so we can have the food. The space itself was perfect. The lobby has a very elegant feel and the skyline ballroom was set up perfectly. We loved having the dance floor under the skylight. Last but not least, Patrice was amazing to work with. Even when I had ridiculous requests, her response was always "absolutely, we can do that". Earlier in the planning process when we were looking at venues, Patrice was the only person to not just show us the venue and give us the run down of what they offered and prices. She went above and beyond and have us advice about planning a wedding in general. All of the venues we looked at were generally the same price but after tasting the food at the Palisadium and seeing the view, the other places didn't seem worth it. In the final few days before the wedding, whenever I stopped by to either drop off centerpieces or to make payments, I felt so at ease just being there. Knowing that our special day was in such great hands took a huge weight off of our shoulders. I would strongly recommend the Palisadium. I can't say enough good things about them!

eous place with reasonable price with the view & location. Service & staff were all professional and helpful. Only cons I find is valet since you need to pay extra $600. But, I recommends to have valet rather than having chaos.

t only because of family logistics. Coming from a large, observant, Jewish families finding a venue that offered Kosher weddings at a price point that would allow for everyone we love to celebrate with us was at first daunting. Every venue I called quoted prices that were, to our ears and wallets, astronomical. Reason being the venue would have to close down their kitchen days in advance in order for the venue to be made Kosher and/or Kosher food would have to be brought in to the venue. Another reason for these high prices would be that no other wedding/celebrations could occur at the venue the days preceding the (because of the Koshering of the kitchen) and the day of our wedding. However, when I called the Palisadium that all changed. Finding the Palisadium was by sheer luck and of course a quick Google search of “Kosher wedding venues”. When I randomly called inquiring about Kosher catering, I was pleasantly surprised when we were quoted a very reasonable price. I immediately called my fiancé and told him that I found our venue. Now, food at Kosher weddings isn’t always the most flavorful therefore, once we were engaged I called and asked for a food tasting before we booked the venue. At that first meeting, we met our wonderful coordinator Carlos and were treated to one of the most fantastic meals we’ve ever had. To top it all off, we met the head chef Joe that night and he explained that the Palisaidum is owned by Modern Orthodox hence they could provide Kosher weddings at a realistic price. As bonus, the Palisadium is located on a cliff over looking the Northern Manhattan skyline. Planning our wedding with Carlos was the most effortless process a bride could ask for! Carlos answered all of our questions with sincerity and efficiency, and truly cared about what we wanted. When it came to choosing our menu, Carlos made wonderful suggestions (braised short ribs!) and ensured that the day of the wedding we had food waiting for us in the bridal suite after the ceremony. The day after our wedding, our friends and family could not stop raving about the food, and especially the view! To quote my brother in law “the food at the cocktail hour was one of the best meals I’ve ever eaten”. All of our guests sent us messages saying how much they loved the party and could not believe how great everything was! Jonathan and I went back to the Palisadium the following day and Carlos had packed up all of our remaining kippot, programs, centerpieces ect after the party was over. Carlos is truly a master wedding planner and our day could not have been as wonderful without him and the entire Palisadium staff. Ruth Dershowitz

tive. She made our whole wedding experience a breeze. From our first meeting, she listened to our needs and made sure to make everything happen. All the way to the end of our reception, Stephanie was there, not missing a beat to ensure that all was well. She even watched over our daughter.... she is so personable!!! Leading up to our wedding day, Stephanie was available at all times. She made sure to confirm any details as well as calm any of my nerves. Her suggestions for appetizer choices were on point. Our guests left with their bellies full and happy. She not only made our wedding day flow smoothly but also was a major asset during the rehearsal. We will forever be grateful to Stephanie and the entire staff at the Palisadium. Food, drinks, and view are amazing! My mother-in-law's friends were all abuzz about the location and venue. They said it would be perfect for possible future weddings. I am in total agreement. Thank you again!

experience than all the others. Patrice only knew the word "yes" when I was making quasi-ridiculous requests. We had a Venetian hour, an entire second supper, AND an Irish coffee attendant. She was beyond flexible and everything ran smoothly. This venue, with all the add ons was STILL considerable more cost effective than others in the area. We loved the little lounge area in the Skyline ballroom as we got married during college basketball and some guests were able to run and see scores of favorite teams. We felt like we were a team with Patrice and that we created a wedding experience that was unique to us and fitted our personality and style. Everyone RAVED about the food quantity AND quality (and lets be honest you rarely go to a wedding for the cuisine!!)If you are just beginning your venue search, definitely visit the Palisadium and if possible do it at sunset because the skyline room is breathtaking!!!

res here) We got extremely good feedback about the food specifically the lamb chops(they were a big hit!) There was food going around during the ceremony which was a cool twist. When I saw tons of flowers on my cake that I didn't want there, the staff did everything they could to fix the cake to my liking. Only negative was the desserts table. It was set in a separate room, which made me think my guests left, but they were really munching on desserts in the other room :-) Balcony was a big hit too. In short, very helpful, very reactive staff, great place with an amazing view. Highly recommend it.

best venue at the best price. They gave us a reasonable price per head, the food (especially at the cocktail hour) was delicious, we had plenty of options, and the service was great. Even when we hit little bumps along the way, they always did everything in their power to fix the problem. Plus: You should see the view! I definitely highly recommend The Palisadium!

he doesn't answer emails quickly nor does she call you back. You have to remind her several times if you have an outstanding question. It was easiest to just visit her and get things done. That being said, I personally didn't mind but if you are an "anal bride", I think you would have a hard time working with her. There were several things that went wrong during the night. First, an entire table did not have place cards. Second, the DJ said they did not communicate with him so he had a hard time with the timing of events. Third, they forgot to bring out the grooms cake when we went to cut the cake. Overall, I was happy with my night and everyone had a blast. They are one of the few venues that allow shots and my party family & friends loved that. We were able to negotiate everything to a price we were comfortable with and I'm happy we didn't overpay. **The head Chef (Michael) was AMAZING and everyone RAVED about the food. They took orders for the filet mignon so that each person had it cooked to their liking. I can't get over how happy everyone was with the food**

had about 50 guests and a delicious buffet of various Korean dishes. The wait staff was very accomodating. The space where we had our rehearsal dinner was newly renovated and had a great skyline view of Manhattan. The space where we had the paebek ceremony was very nice as well, in a partitioned room next door. My parents hosted the paebek event and since Palisadium has seen many of these, everything went very smoothly. I would recommend Palisadium as a venue for any Korean couple looking to have Korean food at their rehearsal dinner and to have a paebek ceremony.

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