Metropolitan Ballroom & Clubroom — Attraction in Golden Valley

Hidden gem just outside the Twin Cities. We had our wedding here in February of 2023 and still get compliments on the venue (recently remodeled) and the food. We had roughly 200 people & a buffet dinner.

A few reasons I didn’t give 5 stars & things to know if you book with them:

I wouldn’t recommend working with Krista as your event planner. Many missed details and poor communication. I would recommend Bre.

Overall communication between the actual event planner you work with before hand & the day of coordinator/day of event staff is minimal & frustrating. There were only two planning meetings accounted for prior to our wedding which is crazy & I had to proactively reach out to set up additional calls.

Quite a few details were missed on the day of the wedding & as the bride it was frustrating when it’s a day you just want to go smoothly. A few missed details that stood out.. 1) There were multiple vanities & mirrors available when we toured the venue but they weren’t there the day of the venue. We had 1 mirror when getting ready & the staff had to scramble to find a second 2) we were originally told the wooded are could not seat 200 guests (they said max 180) so we spent $800 to outsource a temporary wall. When we first arrived at the venue, all of the chairs were set up & when I talked to the staff they said they had seating for 200 & we didn’t need the wall. 3) The head table was set up incorrectly & I had to have them fix it. 4) During dinner, the event manager asked me what tables parents were sitting at. I thought this was odd because I had already filled out a sheet saying which tables were VIP & who should eat first after us (which was more than just the parent tables). My brothers table should’ve eaten right away & ended up eating last.

All in all these little things aren’t the end of the world & it was still a wonderful day but when you have planned for them, communicated them, reminded the venue of them, it’s really frustrating when you show up day of and they were clearly not...

Have attended corporate events a few times a year here for a while, with a gap due to COVID. Our first event back was nothing like it used to be - the staff was clumsy, arrogant and disrespectful. Food/drinks were spilled on multiple people multiple times at our table (with no apology - just a joke from the server: "let's pretend it didn't happen"). Our waiter literally took non-empty drinks out of people's hands, and we had to find water to fill our glasses back up and bus some of our own plates. On top of it, he looked incredibly unprofessional with his shirt untucked and tie undone. While I wish I could chalk this up to just one bad waiter, I heard from a coworker that they had similar (albeit less severe) issues with their waitress that night.

The venue is nice otherwise, only other complaint would be a lack of parking (especially...

Speakeasy NYE party was disappointing. Had VIP tickets which got us a private lounge which was cold enough to hang meat. The music was a disappointment for many people who dressed the part and were seeking out more than the techno-pop and hip-hop they could have heard in any number of other clubs in the Cities. Many couples came to prepared to really dance. (Watched a couple do an amazing triple step despite the music.) Drinks were overly priced for mediocre cocktails they offered. The coat check was a nightmare. It took 45 minutes to get our coats back at the end of the evening. Unless there is some overly compelling reason, we will not be returning to the Metropolitan...