Old Mill Toronto Event Venue — Attraction in Toronto

My wife and I had our wedding reception at the Old Mill on Saturday, February 24th, 2024. Our initial visit and consultation was with Lotoya, who did a great job in taking us around to the different rooms and the venue. We initially booked the Victoria and Garret rooms, but as our guest list grew from 40 to over 50, we were shown larger rooms by Rebecca who took over our event. We ended up in the Westminster room, which was much more appropriate for our numbers.

We chose the Old Mill because of its reputation for events, and for the beautiful interior and exterior of the building. Also, the space is primarily an event space, away from other busy neighbourhoods. The location is also a big reason we choose the venue. I have friends who live in Mississauga and friends who live in Toronto, so it was in the middle. I also like that it’s right at Old Mill station on the TTC line, as many downtown guests could take advantage of this.

The planning and communication with Rebecca was very professional. She always responded to us in a timely fashion, and addressed all of our questions and concerns thoroughly.

The night of the event was close to perfect. I want to shout out to Dimitri, our banquet captain. He was very attentive, and always present. The bartender (we went with a host paid bar) Robert was also a superstar. He was very personable to us and all of our guests, extremely attentive, professional, and a great bartender overall. The wait staff was also extremely professional, personable, and the dinner service was flawless. The food was of high quality and very generous portions (we went with guests choosing their own entrees beforehand, so we chose their beef, chicken, veggie, or fish entrees). The OMT cake was very well made and beautiful. It was also very competitive in pricing to other bakeries nearby, so I don’t feel there is any need to go elsewhere since they make the cake on premises - one more thing to not worry about delivery-wise. The late night pizza we ordered was also very high quality, and our guests ate it all.

The only glitch I’ll point out is that the Westminster’s house lights flickered once they were set to below half of full brightness. This made it impossible to turn the lights down enough to be inviting. We had to keep them bright to avoid the flickering. Dimitri noted that usually they are turned down during the cocktail hour to be more inviting, and when the table candles are lit. This was not possible without a very annoying flickering of the lights. In the end, it was not a huge problem, but would have been nice to have them lowered. During the dancing part, they were turned all the way down, and our DJ’s excellent lighting took over.

All things considered, I’d say the event was very well priced for what we got. We splurged for the host-paid bar, served dinner, each guest chose their own entree, host-paid coat check, and host-paid parking passes. The host-paid bar is paid up front by averaging the number of drinks per guest (I think it was seven drinks), and then adjusted after the event for actual consumption. Since many of our guests don’t drink, we got a pleasant surprise after the event in the form of a refund.

I would absolutely recommend the Old Mill as a venue for a wedding or similar...

This is NOT the place to invest in and let me tell you why...

I'm an event planner in the film and TV industry and have led events on a global scale for many important conferences, panels, auctions and cocktail parties plus more. At first, I was thrilled to share this venue with my sister who decided to have her wedding here. It's a beautiful site but you should not rely on the service here for your big day. If you plan to have a wedding here, i suggest you don't. Let's start with our wedding coordinator, Tharsika, who decided to ignore us numerous times after the non refundable deposit was made on the space. She would leave us at our appointments. Eventually they let her go and she passed on old outdated information to the next person fulfilling her job, leaving our event a nightmare. She left the team with outdated information including our layout plan for the room, when asking the Old Mill about it they said this was not their responsibility. You're hosting our wedding? Of course it is. Next, the expensive runners for the tables could not be used because the staff decided to set up the dishes on the table very late, our schedule was delayed and our wedding planner had to re-do the table set up by herself with no help-all while the staff took pictures of her decor set up. Glad to know social media came before the wedding. The food was also not done in time so our guest had to go back to their seats to wait. But first, let's talk about cocktail hour. The bride and groom had selected items to be served, instead we were served pork and fish (which none of our guests nor the bride and groom eats for religious reasons, making this extremely offensive). We were also served one tray at a time with one server, so in the end we paid for food we never got. I was starving by then and had 1 cracker item for cocktail hour. Then once dinner was ready it was not enough for the guests, we even had people who couldn't make it, so how was there not enough food? Let's not forget the threat..if we didn't start in 30 mins Old Mill said we would not be having a ceremony at all. Excuse me? .... I guess maybe this isn't the place for people of colour since our dietary requests were not met either..that was extremely offensive. Luckily in my field of work this review won't be just available for Google. I'm going to have such a great story for my publicist friends. I've recommended this venue for many events in the film and tv industry and will make sure to revoke that recommendation. I use to think the Old Mill was just a historic landmark but unfortunately, their service and hospitality glorifies Eurocentrism...

We held my sister’s wedding for 80 people at the Old Mill in early Summer 2022 in the Guild Hall Room and Patio. We can honestly say the venue and staff at the Old Mill exceeded every one of our expectations in every way imaginable.

We scouted multiple venues in Toronto and conducted multiple tastings before deciding to hold the wedding at the Old Mill. It was the best decisions we made. The professional and courteous service provided by Rita and Demetri were second to none.

The Venue: The Old Mill was conveniently located in Toronto and offered numerous stunning settings for pictures and video shoots. The event room and the in-house chapel were elegantly designed and tastefully decorated. Staff took great care to pay attention to every detail in the room and on the dining tables. No detail was overlooked. Our vendors had no issue with completing their deliveries and accessing rooms/equipment/tools/etc. on time. The ambiance was warm and intimate and allowed for our guests enjoy their time with the wedding party and each other.

Staff From our very first interaction with Rita and the admin team who went above and beyond in helping us create the perfect event and itinerary, to the wonderful plates prepared by the chef and the kitchen team, to dining room team led by Demetri, we felt confident the wedding day would go perfectly as planned and our guests would feel welcomed and enjoy a memorable day. Rita made sure we had a peace of mind every step of the way and provide all required documents in a professional and timely manner. She took extreme care to make sure our incremental changes to the itinerary were accommodated and the special needs of the bride and groom were addressed at every turn.

The Chapel ceremony was conducted with the outmost class and Demetri took great care to support our guests throughout the ceremony and ensure everyone stayed on schedule.

Food We held our private tasting well in advance of the wedding day and had Demetri and head chef walk us through the dining options and ingredients. Both took the time to answer all of our questions at the tasting and follow-up questions leading up to wedding. The food was simply phenomenal, a sentiment echoed by our guests, and the plating with beautiful. Highly recommend the beef as it was perfectly prepared and complimented the house red very well.

Could not recommend the event hall, food and staff enough.

A big thank you to everyone at the Old Mill for a memorable wedding for our family and all of...