The Reed Ballroom

Beautiful space but me and my fiancé had to find a new venue because she tacked on more expenses when she never disclosed them to us until we brought them to her attention. She was so unprofessional, terrible management and straight up rude. She never took her time on going over the contract with us because she over booked herself, made us wait an hour then only had 5 minutes with her. We were supposed to have a deal that she had going in April for the whole weekend for $3,500. She later told us 7 months out from our wedding that we didn’t have it and it would be an additional $500 on top of $150 per hour for per security that she never disclosed with us. Any time I had questioned she would only answer them halfa** and wasn’t very clear at all, sometimes she would takes days to respond or wouldn’t call you back when you were told she would call you. So we decided to look for a new venue and when I told her we would like to cancel because how she keep tacking more expenses on and her management/ communications wasn’t great. She got pissy and said that if we just found a different venue then just say so instead of saying she had bad communication or management because she didn’t feel like she did. I heard great things about this venue until I became a bride and started working with her. I would steer clear from this place if you’re a Salem OR Bride.

My husband and I had our wedding at the Reed opera House. There is a ballroom for about 230 people on the third floor, with shops downstairs. The room is beautiful, two of the walls have big windows and the walls are brick. We were very happy with our venue. The price was great, and out of all the places we looked at, the Reed Opera House was the best priced and we were not restricted to only 3-4 hours for our celebration. We had a small wedding of about 50 people and there was enough room we were able to have both the wedding and the reception in the same room. The only con about the place is there wasn’t really a place for me to get ready. I was in a hallway near the ballroom getting changed and my hair done.