NOOR Events | Venue | Catering — Attraction in Pasadena

I am part of a nonprofit organization and we held our Mother's Day Luncheon in the Ella Ballroom. Everything from the venue tour to the actual event went flawlessly.

To begin the process, Robert and I e-mailed back a forth a few times, just so I can have an idea of what exactly we could have for the budget we had for the event. He sent me the proposal and I quickly realized that there's no other place where we could get as much as we were getting for the money we were paying...and I've done A LOT of research.

A few of the ladies in the committee and I went for a site tour and immediately fell in love with the elegance, ambiance, and class of the space. We liked that we were able to totally customize the space with our linen colors (napkins and table cloths) and even the LED ambient lighting color!

After booking the venue for our event, I bugged Robert several times with silly questions and he was always quick to get back to me. He was very accommodating to our requests and last minute changes.

Fastforward to the day of the event......

When we walked in to start setting up nearly an hour before our event, the venue already looked so beautiful with the linens and the lighting. The event managers were super helpful in assisting with our set up and answering all our questions.

FOOD: We chose two passed hors d'oeuvres to be served during our cocktail hour and we could not stop eating them. They were truly exceptional. We had chicken satay with a sesame peanut sauce (yum!) and wild mushroom roulades with oven-dried tomato aioli (DROOOOL!). Our plated lunch consisted of a refreshing mixed green salad with a raspberry vinaigrette. The dressing was sooooo yummy and I liked that they didn't dress the salad before they brought it out. Everything was crisp and fresh.

Our second course was a duet of chicken breast with a wild mushroom champagne cream sauce (THE SAUCE!!) and grilled salmon with a citrus beurre blanc. That salmon was some of the best salmon I've ever had. The proteins were accompanied by herb roasted red potatoes and baby summer squash. The dessert. I'm dreaming about their cheesecake. We opted to have several flavors of their cheesecake served family style. SO GOOOOOOD! The white chocolate salted caramel...oh my. I can eat a GIANT slice of that deliciousness. And the oreo....alksdjfl;aksdjf;laj.

Everyone raved about the food and several people said that this was our best event in our 11 years of hosting this Mother's Day Luncheon. The AV equipment worked beautifully. We had a singer, a DJ, a powerpoint presentation, and a speaker. Everything in the ballroom was set-up to handle our needs perfectly.

Every last detail was perfect. We had vendors attending our event so Noor set up tables with linens for them so everything would look uniform and beautiful. Our theme was Breakfast at Tiffany's so Robert set up the movie to play in the background of our event. Every lady that walked in was given a glass of champagne to start the event. Everything was just SO elegant and beautiful.

The staff was extremely friendly. The waiters, waitresses, and the bartenders helped make our event really awesome. I personally thanked as many as I could before I left.

I highly recommend having an event here. Everything was beautiful and the staff were amazing. I can't wait to host another...

From the first email to adding one last song to the end of the night, Robert, Maria, Kenji and the whole Noor team were amazing. We visited the Sofia Ballroom probably about 20+ times and each time the team was so patient to answer every question Alex, our parents and myself had. And there were A LOT.

We needed a large enough venue for 200+ guests: check. It needed to be mostly inside since February is unpredictable, but since it’s California we wanted some outdoor aspect: check.

A large greenery accent wall, champagne tower and the most amazing bar: check check and check.

The Noor staff had to deal with my 2020 wedding for over a year and a half. Kenji was my site coordinator and I could not have asked for a better person to help make all my wedding dreams come true. Every email and voicemail were answered in less than 24 hours and always ended with please let me know if you have any more questions. Countless parts of our wedding were changed all the way to just days before and he always found a solution to ease my panic. Thankful is an understatement for how I feel about Kenji. Every detail and even some surprises were were met with excitement. February 22,2020 was out favorite day.

Robert is a food and wine enthusiast. Everyone knows as long as your guests stomachs are satisfied and thirst is quenched, your wedding is off to an amazing start. To stay in “budget” we booked with one of Noor’s several promotions they offer throughout the year. Chicken has a bad rep in the wedding world. Both chicken options, herb roasted chicken with mash potatoes and vegetables and portobello mushroom chicken with fingerling potatoes and vegetables, were not only served hot but were flavorful and large. Our vegetarian option was the portobello mushroom ravioli with vegetables and even the meat eaters wanted a piece of it.

As a gift from Noor, Alex and I enjoyed filet mignon, prawns, mash potatoes and vegetables. YUM!

4 super bartenders held down an open bar for 200+ adults, we had an adult only wedding, for 6 hours. After the countless food complements, the our guests were amazed how their drink order were memorized and never had to wait for their drinks. I am not lying when I say there were always 60+ people hovering the bar the whole time.

Onto the party outside. Music was playing and cigars were enjoyed while guest enjoyed fresh air without getting soaked in the rain. Noor also allows outsource food venders for late night snacks, so our guests enjoyed made to order tacos and chilaquiles.

We had the best vendors and most of them Noor never worked with. Each one of the vendors complimented Kenji on his diligence and organization.

My only complaint of the night is that 6 hours was not enough. 12 hours wouldn’t have been. Noor hosted a night of family, friends, and the best fiesta this East Coast West Coast - Irish/ Mexican couple could have...

It’s been about a week since we had our wedding (ceremony, and reception) at Noor and we could not be happier with our entire experience. From the very beginning at our venue tour with Robert (owner), to the several days after our wedding with our amazing day of event coordinator/event manager, Amin. At the first visit with Robert, he was so easy going, upfront, and honest about the venue services and costs. We did not feel pressured to commit that day or add on every extra add-on or cost for our wedding. Later, for our first meeting with Noor we felt very impressed with Amin’s friendliness and professionalism. He answered all of questions at the meeting and responded to questions via email, phone, and text in a timely manner.

During the final meeting Amin was very cordial to our videographer, who joined us to get a lay of the land. This meeting, Amin guided us through our wedding timeline and answered our videographer’s questions; his attention to detail with certain needs was perfect. He even asked us a few things about our timeline that we had not even thought about.

This paragraph is a shout out to the main man with the plan behind the scenes. Amin absolutely slammed this thing out of the park, what more can you ask for out of this guy. Throughout the whole process he truly cared about our big day, and it was evident in all the detail. This would not have been possible without the support of an awesome, experienced, and caring day of coordinator. He even showed us the ballroom for approval of the setup before guests entered form the foyer after cocktail hour. That was unexpected to view our wedding reception prior and we were grateful for the considerate gesture. Also, poor Amin even gracefully handled answering demanding questions from one of our mothers before the wedding and dealt with a drunk headstrong godmother during the wedding.

We received so many compliments about the delicious duet plate; miso salmon and filet mignon. Relatives who never ate fish, ate the salmon and my mother who hardly eats red meat devoured her filet mignon. So, hats off to the chefs for the amazingly delicious meal, and thank you. After the wedding, there was precious cargo left at Noor, and they were happy to safe guard our belongings until we were able to come pick them up 4 days later. This was so helpful because we did not have enough room the day of the wedding to pack everything into our car. In conclusion, if you have not figured out from this novel-sized review, we would 10/10 recommend Noor to anyone looking for a brilliantly assembled, memorable, enjoyable wedding! PS FYI we had 200 guests at our wedding and never did it...