tturner
Wedding: 5/5/12
Everyone at the Hall of Springs is highly professional and on top of everything. Kevin, the event planner was excellent and very detail oriented. He never made me feel rushed throughout the planning process and he made me and my husband feel that we were his most important clients. Cathy was very helpful as well. I didn't have a great deal of contact with her, but when I did she was very responsive. Marianne, the event manager was such a big help the night of our wedding. She is super nice, kept everything flowing, and was on top of everything. Danny our attendant was great as well. She helped me bustle my dress and was very helpful throughout the night. The Hall of Springs is a beautiful, unique venue. We had so many compliments on our wedding and so many people commented on the look of the venue, as well as the professionalism of the staff. I would highly recommend the Hall of Springs for your wedding venue!
LoveMyBear
Wedding: 4/6/12
The Hall of Springs surpassed my expectations on my wedding day by far. The food was incredible and I'm a tough critic having lived in New York City for six years and gone to some of the best restaurants. In fact, I'm sometimes a difficult person when it comes to finding small things that aren't perfect in the things I buy. Usually I find wedding dinners to be low quality, mass-produced meals that you wouldn't order at a restaurant. The Hall of Springs was just the opposite. I wish they had a restaurant so I could go back there. The only thing I'm disappointed about was that I didn't ask my bridal attendant to pack up some cocktail hour food for me. Every single piece of food we tried was high-quality.
The staff was incredibly nice and accommodating. Donna, my bridal attendant, was like Wonder Woman. My mom's dress strap broke, but Donna whipped out a needle and the same color string as my mom's dress and sewed the strap back together. She treated me like I was royalty. Whatever I needed, whether it was for someone to hold my purse, more booze to keep me warm outside during pictures, or someone to help me bustle my dress (which seemed impossible), Donna did it.
The venue was just breathtaking. It was perfectly clean for my wedding and they organized everything well. We gave them pictures to spread out and they organized them in a thoughtful way. My decorations looked simple, clean, classic and elegant.
Now I'm not just saying all these things because it was my wedding! It's rare that I go to a wedding with such great quality. Usually, the food is blah, the venue is cheesy and the staff are so-so except to the bride and groom. I've also rarely liked the wedding cake at most weddings. The Hall of Springs really blew out of the water my expectations of having a quality and elegant wedding. I hope I can get invited to someone else's wedding there so I can go back and have the food!
rli35
Wedding: 10/22/11
Amazing venue and staff. I don't know if my wedding would have been as amazing as it was if it wasn't for Tony and Donna! The food and setting was more than I could have ever asked for! Thank you for the most amazing wedding day!
Lisa
Wedding: 10/21/11
Our wedding reception was at the hall of springs in October it was absolutely amazing. The food was delicious The staff were excellent they catered to our every need. It was the best night of our lives. I would recommend it to anyone.
J&K
Wedding: 10/9/11
The Hall of Springs was the most beautiful venue and the food and service was amazing. My husband and I shopped around at many of the Saratoga Springs area venues and this far surpassed any other place.
Betsy
Wedding: 10/7/11
This venue is amazing!!! Not only is the location beautiful, and the food awesome, but the staff is simply amazing. Professional, courteous, and most of all fun!!! Thank you:)
Lisa
Wedding: 6/19/11
Absolutely perfect. Our guests are still talking about what an amazing time they had! The food was never ending :)The staff took all of the stress off of us and we just completely enjoyed ourselves. They made everything run so smoothly and were incredibly attentive. The food was amazing and the venue is stunning. We wanted 5 star food and service in a gorgeous location where our guests would have a great time and that's exactly what we got!
Molly
Wedding: 6/17/11
I wish that I could say my wedding was perfect at the Hall of Springs, but sadly I can not. I had such high hopes for this truly beautiful venue, but I was very disappointed at a few things that occurred. First off, during our ceremony which was in the grand ballroom, an alarm went off while the officiant was giving his opening words. I came to understand that the alarm was from SPAC, but it was so loud we could barely speak to the person next to us. Then, the alarm continued to ring for 15 minutes, because they ‘could not figure out how to turn it off’…. So, my husband and I, and all of the bridal party was left standing at the alter, for 15 minutes just looking around, waiting for some sort of help. Eventually the alarm was turned off, and the ceremony went on as planned. Needless to say, I was a pretty laid back bride and I did not want that event to effect my night, so I kind of blocked it out of my mind, and continued having fun on my night. Next, during the cocktail hour, one of my groomsman requested from one of the wait staff if we could get some shrimp shooters that were being passed out to our guests in the cocktail hour while we were taking pictures. He was told “I’m sorry, those are just for the guests”….. he was so appalled, and began arguing with the wait staff, but I stepped in and told him to calm down, and let it go… though inside I couldn’t believe that the bride and groom were being turned down a request that should have been granted, but I didn’t want the situation to escalate. The third thing to go wrong was that like most bride and grooms, my husband and I did not have time to eat our meals. The wedding coordinator (Tony) told my husband that he would package up out meals for us to eat later, but he did not, and we were left starving at the end of the night, having to order in food in our hotel room. And lastly, something that we forgot about at the time, but remembered the next day, is that no one ever asked us if we wanted to save the top layer of our cake (we also did not get to eat any of our cake, except the one bite for the cake cutting ceremony). This is a common tradition, and we would have liked to keep our cake and eat it on our first anniversary, but we can not do that now. Many, many things went wrong at this venue, and I surely hope that they read this review and try to be better for the next bride. After all this, the venue decided to email my father and apologize for the alarm during the ceremony, yet no one reached out to my husband or I to apologize, this stunned me. On the plus side, the planning process was amazing, and Kevin Sykes was wonderful to work with, and I wish he was overseeing things on our wedding day because I know he would have found these things unacceptable. Also, the room for the reception looked amazing, and they did a great job with the decor. I just with the service was as good as the decor!!
Leigher
Wedding: 7/31/10
the Hall of Springs is an absolute DREAM COME TRUE. The food is out of this world, the staff are SO helpful and attentive, and they leave you with nothing to worry about. Not to mention it is completely stunning and gorgeous. You will not be disappointed
Bassett56
Wedding: 3/26/10
We could not have chosen a better venue for our wedding. Talk about drop dead gorgeous, "Cinderella" wedding. The venue has history and beautiful architecture to act as the perfect backdrop for both your ceremony and reception. We had our ceremony and reception in the main room but they sort of close off the room for the ceremony and then reveal the entire room for the reception. The bar is AWESOME and if you get married in the winter months [like we did] the fireplaces are perfect. The best part though? The staff and the service. Every single person we met throughout the planning process and at the wedding were more than helpful and just took away all our worries. The day of the wedding was so laid back for us because the HOS staff went the extra mile to make everything perfect and literally took care of every little detail. What more could you ask for? A beautiful venue inside and out plus the best staff ever? Who wouldn't want to get married here :)
jrb31210
Wedding: 3/12/10
Hall of Springs made a BEAUTIFUL ceremony & reception for Our Wedding. Food was delicious and waitstaff staff was very helpful and professional.
Allison and Eric
Wedding: 6/5/09
We couldn't be happier with the Hall of Springs. Being from the Saratoga area myself I had always dreamed of getting married and having my reception at the Hall of Springs. Never in a million years did I think that would happen because I chose to move to the West Coast and thought I would get married out here.
My husband and I were throwing around ideas, Montana, Santa Barbara, Denver, etc and then he researched my home town and sent me the link to the HOS. I was so excited! I called Kevin (the banquet manager) the week of Christmas and he got back to me right away. He and his staff have the whole process down. From Catering, cakes, the ceremony location they do it all. Donna (staff member) was assigned to my husband and I all night and she was a blast! The rehearsal was done on our schedule due to so many out of town guests traveling in, my wedding party and I were able to get ready on site so it made the process go very smoothly the day of the wedding. I have too many good things to say, if you want a fairly tale wedding then choose the Hall of Springs.
Did I mention they do it all? I couldn't imagine having to find a location, a caterer, a cake, decorations, linens and everything else. You are responsible for your DJ other entertainment and photographer but they have a complete list of vendors to choose from that they work well with.
Meghan
Wedding: 8/24/08
Five star all the way, a real dream wedding.
Cristina
Wedding: 6/1/08
After the ceremony, people weren't suppossed to be allowed into the reception and somehow they did resulting in everyone wanted to congragulate us. This took away from us taking pictures. They also let people in the area I was "hiding" in before the ceremony. I was not pleased!!!!!
saratogabride
Wedding: 5/31/08
The Hall of Springs is the place to have your wedding in Saratoga Springs. The hall itself is beautiful with tall ceilings, marble floors and columns and it's set in the middle of the state park. Your guests will be wowed with building itself. The team at the Hall of Springs is phenomenal; starting with booking my wedding with Kevin. Kevin was great to work with he guided us through the menu planning and the timeline for the day of the wedding with ease. He had great suggestions and you just felt at ease leaving his office that your big day was set.
The day of the wedding the staff was just as good. Ryan was our floor manager he made sure every detail was set. We had a server dedicated to us (Bride & Groom + close family) so we tried all the appetizers and had everything we wanted. The hall as decorated perfectly, the service was flawless and the food was tasty. Our guests raved about our wedding for months after.
At the end of the night the staff made sure we had everything we needed - they even gave us the left over desserts to take home and 2 entrees (for the bride & groom).