Celebrated my wedding at the Roundhouse first weekend of October.
Pros:
* From the moment I stepped foot in the Waterfall Room of the Roundhouse, I knew this our venue for our big day. The modern, rustic and industrial grounds (consisting of ...a restaurant, event space, hotel) are absolutely stunning, grand, and beautiful.
* Great staff and service. I recommend our wedding coordinator Corinne: Friendly and professional, she responds quickly, is easy to work with, listens, and works hard to achieve our vision. From the beginning planning stages to during the big day, Corinne kept our emotions at ease and the schedules running smoothly. On the day of, her assistant was also so sweet and helpful. The night of our wedding, they sent us a bottle of champagne and slices of our cake to our complimentary room at the Roundhouse hotel, which was clean and elegant.
* The Roundhouse takes care of catering and cake, and we were initially worried because of mixed reviews for the Restaurant, but we were blown away with the awesome food and drinks. People raved about the lemonade at Arrival, food stations at Cocktail Hour (especially meatballs), and entrees at reception. Loved the fish with truffle butter. The rib eye steak was only a little overcooked/dry but everything else rocked. The cake and dessert were also very well received.
(We did end up having lunch at Roundhouse restaurant, and we were happy with ambiance, food and service).
Cons:
* We had fully paid for all taxes and service charges for the day of and didn't want any of our guests paying anything out of their own pocket. So we were surprised to see tip jars on the bar area during Cocktail Hour. Wish we did more research into tips vs. service charges and that we discussed having tip jars out beforehand.
* We wanted an hour of open bar with food after our wedding ended at 10pm. However, there was a miscommunication to the lounge which had prepared for 11pm-12am open bar. Our confused guests who ran over there for open bar ended up having to pay for some of their own drinks before we cleared things up.
Note:
* There is a minimum you have to meet (less on Friday versus Saturday). If you don't get enough headcount, you can include add-ons from food stations, dessert bars, or upgrade liquor package to meet it.
* The Roundhouse has a super useful and detailed wedding checklist, make sure you get a hold of it on the onset. We got ours nearly at the end and wish we had it earlier to get ahead on planning.
* The Roundhouse is a blank slate, where you basically have to rent anything from lighting, custom furniture, to chairs. Note that renting anything from fabric and cutlery upgrades, vintage lounge sofas to chiavari chairs are not cheap and will add up.
* Airbnb and Lyft are readily not available in Beacon area, and some guests who took the MTA train station had to wait more than half hour for a taxi! If you have the resources, recommend paying for shuttles or calling the taxi companies to send a lot of cabs for pickup.
Beyond ecstatic that we celebrated our marriage with family and friends at the Roundhouse!! My friends are still raving about it. Thank you so much!