About this vendor
Now with two locations! From elaborate receptions to intimate rehearsal dinners, The University Club of Milwaukee sets a new standard in elegance. Our City Club offers traditional sophistication with landscape views of Lake Michigan; while our Country Club offers a richly decorated Mid-Century Clubhouse with a picturesque view of the golf course. Both include outstanding cuisine & impeccable service. Our team will work closely with you to expertly coordinate every detail of your day.
Amenities + details
Dressing Room
Handicap Accessible
Indoor Event Space
On-Site Accommodations
Reception Area
Wireless Internet
Covered Outdoors Space
Liability Insurance
Outdoor Event Space
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Settings
- Ballroom
- Country Club
- Estate
- Historic Venue
- Hotel
- Library
Venue Service Offerings
- Bar & Drinks
- Food & Catering
- Planning
- Rentals & Equipment
- Service Staff
- Transportation
Reviews
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4.6
out of 5.010 reviews
I feel like the city club is the hidden gem of Milwaukee. To say this place is beautiful is an understatement! It’s an amazing mix of old Victorian meets modern touches in the best...
way and the views from the 6th floor lounge can’t be beat! Leah guided us through the planning process with such friendliness and helpfulness. Literally not a single bad thing to say about this place. PLEASE consider this for a potential venue!! I promise it will meet and exceed all expectations!
Planning a wedding during a pandemic is stress-inducing to say the least. The University Club was wonderful and accommodating throughout the whole process. Matt, the Executive Dire...
ctor, made the planning process flexible and easy, especially with all the changes induced by the COVID pandemic. We got so many compliments on how amazing the food was during our wedding and the venue is beautiful. Thank you so much!
We first toured the University City Club in September of 2018, 2 months after our engagement. From the start, Event Director Larry was welcoming, courteous, straightforward, and jo...
yful. We decided to sign the contract the next day, Larry meeting with us in his office on a Sunday to accommodate our out-of-town status. Over the next 2 years, Larry was ever responsive to our every request, question, or concern, available both via email and phone at all times.
The University Club requires use of their in-house catering. I was a little apprehensive of this when we signed our contract. All of my anxieties were quickly quelled at our tasting, at which us and four of our bridal party members enjoyed dishes as appetizing to the palate as they were to the eye.
When I was informed in April 2020 that Larry was no longer with the Club, I was nervous that all of the excellent customer service we had received would be gone with him. Instead, Matt, the Club's Executive Director, went above and beyond to make sure we felt comfortable with him orchestrating our event. He had everything in hand and was on-site and available all day both the day before and the day of our wedding.
The University Club was flexible and accommodating during the COVID-19 crisis, letting us put a soft hold on a second date, adjusting the catering minimum to account for our reduced number of guests, and reassuring us that should we wish to proceed with our original date, they would be there. Though we booked long before global pandemic was a threat, we couldn't have asked for a better venue to work with during all of the uncertainty. We would absolutely get married at the University Club again in a heartbeat - the beauty, the service, and the food were unbeatable!
Although the University Club did not work out for our wedding due to not being able to get our guest count down, but I wanted to take a moment to review our experience with touring...
the club and meeting with Lawrence as it was second to none. We felt that many venues were simply "wedding machines" and the whole experience touring venues in downtown Milwaukee was exhausting. Lawrence and the University Club were the opposite. They were incredibly welcoming, detailed, and made us feel special. It was clear that Lawrence had a vast experience with events of all types and that no detail would be left out or overlooked. We felt like their fees were incredibly fair for the service you would receive, which was high above any of the other venues we looked at in the downtown area. I would highly recommend to anyone in the search for a wedding venue to give the University Club of Milwaukee and Lawrence a chance to WOW you.
We had our wedding at The University Club of Milwaukee in May. We fell in love with the venue the moment we entered. The way the staff and club members have preserved the venue is ...
incredible. The food was delicious!! We had so many compliments on the food choices. There was a wide variety of options and the chef was more than accommodating to meet any special dietary needs. What made our wedding special was the staff. It is evident that they enjoy working at the University Club and it made us, and our guests, feel at home while we were there. Lawrence, the Events Coordinator and Director of Catering, was wonderful to work with! His attention to detail and years of experience is unmatched. Our wedding went off without a hitch and we owe a lot of it to Larry. We have continued to hear compliments about our wedding, even 2 months later. Thank you to everyone at the University Club of Milwaukee for making our day so special. We will never forget it and will 100% recommend it for any future couples.
Service was unbeatable, the staff were incredibly welcoming, flexible and accommodating. The facility is clean and well kept with incredible art work and historic charm.
We knew...
we wanted everything in one place, we wanted a lot of great food, we wanted space for our guests to spread out and get away from the music if desired, and we wanted a venue that wasn’t cookie cuter but fit the budget in downtown Milwaukee - and the University Club covered all of that and more.
We have gotten nothing but rave reviews over the venue, food, and the over all atmosphere of the wedding. Everyone said that the evening went so fast because they were having such a great time. Added bonus - being on the lake front fireworks are visible from the ballroom and even more spectacular from the 6th floor, (the cocktail reception area that we chose to keep open all night.) We were lucky enough that another wedding at a different venue on the lake front had chosen to do them, and our guest loved it - during festival season you’re almost guaranteed a show!
Totally loved this place and would absolutely recommend it.
This turned out to be the perfect venue for us. We loved the look, the food, and the quality of the service. We also loved having everything--our ceremony, cocktail hour, and recep...
tion, plus rooms for guests--all in the same building. Would highly recommend!
We loved the University Club and couldn't have picked a better venue for our wedding on June 10th ;
Everybody at the University Club is super nice and the entire experience from pi...
cking rooms, napkins / linens to food and wine was a wonderful experience. Special Shoutout to the chef and his team on accommodating our special dietary requests.
Everything was fabulous and we can't wait to be back there for future events! Thanks to our event coordinator at the University Club - she worked to exhaustion to make our wedding the special day every couple is dreaming of.
STAY AWAY from this vendor. We initially signed to have our wedding reception here a year and a half before our wedding date. All planning was going well until our contact, Greg, u...
nexpectedly left the Club. Then, the Club became EXTREMELY unprofessional and incredibly unorganized. DO NOT BOOK HERE! We scheduled a tasting two months in advance. When the tasting was 3 days away, I e-mailed asking how the tasting worked and received the reply that normally the Club doesn't taste on weekends and we choose from a menu. Great, send a menu over and we can choose. Well, the menu wasn't ready yet, but we didn't get that response until Friday afternoon, the day before our tasting. So we went to taste food we weren't going to feed our guests. Upon our arrival, we were greeted and told we needed to sign a new contract. The first one we signed was legally binding, but now the Club wanted more money (we needed to pay extra fees and find a Club sponsor). Moreover, THE SPACE we had booked was NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO US. We had signed our contract 11 MONTHS EARLIER stating this space was. We e-mailed Lori, our new contact, and said we wouldn't agree to the new terms and didn't hear back for over a week. When we called her, she said we could come meet with her. When we did, she sat us down and gave us the same new contract, and pretended to have never met us or received our e-mail just a week and a half earlier. And, things went downhill fast. We e-mailed a number of times to alter the contract and were told no changes could be made, and in some cases, received no response. We called Lori and other contacts at least 8 times and when we were finally called back, we were told someone on their board would contact us. It took this man 2 weeks to contact us and when he did, he had no authority to promise us anything and had no specifics of our contract or concrete ways to aid us. We ASKED FOR OUR MONEY BACK. It took 5 weeks, to get but we got it. Worse, we spoke with another couple that had the same issues. STAY AWAY!
We had our August wedding at the University Club. The staff was flexible, professional, and would bend over backwards to please us. The servers and bartenders were amazing and even...
went out to get a drink they did not have at the bar in order to please one of our guests. All of the food was amazing; the location was perfect; the entire venue is gorgeous. I cannot recommend The University Club enough!
Contact
924 E Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI
University Club of Milwaukee - City and Country Club