I went to my nieces quinceañera here & it was such an amazing experience! Everything was so beautiful! They truly brought out the magic & made it unforgettable. Only thing I would mention is the Photo Booth needs a bit more adjustment. Other than that it was such a magical experience. Beautiful banquet Hall & great atmosphere. read more

We had such a wonderful experience at Babylon Palace, thanks to the owner, Mike. From the very beginning, he did everything he possibly could to make sure my daughter's Sweet 16 was the most special and memorable night. He's honestly one of the kindest and most humble business owners I've ever me, and it showed in the way he took care of every detail. We loved that we got to sample his popular chipotle sauce...amazing! Also let us sample the chocolate he uses for the chocolate fountain, also amazing! We actually got to sample a slice of cake, which was very delicious. Even though we went with a different person for the cake, it was delicious! The hall itself was gorgeous and much bigger than what we actually needed, but that turned out to be a blessing. There was so much room between tables, so guests could move around comfortably without squeezing between chairs. My cousin, who was on a knee scooter due to a leg injury and an aunt with a walker, were able to get around with ease, including to and from the large restrooms. What really surprised me were all the extras that came with the hall-I didn't even have to bring in much of my own, though I still added one desert table for the candy apples we had. The snack table he had, was a big hit and everyone loved it. Mike made it the whole process so easy and stress-free, and I can honestly say the night couldn't have been better. I'm so grateful for the experience and would recommend Babylon Palace to anyone who wants their event to feel truly special. read more

DO NOT USE THIS PLACE!!!! My cousin rented this hall for my Nieces 15 añera and was ripped off. She brought her own Alcohol, wine , beer and tequila. And the end of the event they were told that everything was consumed. She robbed from this place. The event was rented from Six till midnight and when the guest were arriving the employees were still setting up the place. The place is a dump!! Carpet looks like from the 70s dirty and stained. Rest rooms dirty and smelly. STAY AWAY!!!!! read more

Wow. Just wow. Mike and his team did an amazing job for my engagement party. We were blown away with the quality of service and food provided. From the consultation meeting, to the end of the event, Mike's attention to our needs was exceptional. He's truly dedicated to service and goes well out of his way to ensure this engagement party was one to remember. read more

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One of the best customer service you'll ever receive. Mike was the main man to help. He made sure the event went well. He made us feel like the hall was our own and whatever we requested Mike provided. The entire process went smooth from booking to clean up. Mike was very responsive to calls and text. He was organized and had very good staffs who were friendly. His professionalism exceed our expectations and I would recommend him to friends and family. The event was my niece baby shower read more

Fantastic place. We had to worry about nothing. The venue handled everything. It was a picture perfect wedding Mike and rita were a fantastoc support team. 10 oit of 10 would reccomend read more

Babylon Palace Banquet Hall - Venues & Event Spaces Near Me - El Cajon, California

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My daughter had her 15 in this venue and the staff were always nice and helpful Mike and Rita were awesome as well our party was awesome and our daughter will never forget her special day read more

Clean, no messing around with prices. And you get what you pay for if you are looking for Afordable banquet this place is for you

My husband and I had our wedding reception at Babylon Palace and both Mike and Rita did an excellent job in making sure that our special day was perfect. All of our guests loved the food and the decor. We paid a reasonable price for food and decorations and they still went above and beyond what we initially paid for. Thank you Mike and Rita for such a job well done! read more

First review I've ever wrote! Just to warn anyone looking into getting this place to host an event. I have been to this hall a couple of times and the last time that I attended an event here the owner was very rude to the newlyweds, over charging them an insane amount of money at the end of the night and when asked why they had to pay extra money if the hall was paid for already the owner had no answer, stating falsely comments. I will never attend another event hosted here. Bad customer service and bad management. do yourself a favor and host your parties somewhere else where they are fair and don't overcharge! read more

This hall is so beautifully designed. The timing, the food, the service, the staff, and the owner Rita took our party to another level. Couldn't of been any happier. Thank you Rita. read more

Babylon Palace Banquet Hall - Venues & Event Spaces Near Me - El Cajon, California

We had a party here for roughly 260 people. Mike, the owner worked with us on every step of the process. In the end, we chose to have him provide the venue, decor and catering. Our decor was beautiful: wonderful centerpieces, great drapes, that enormous chandelier, and wonderful colored lighting. We were able to check the progress and use the facility for a but of a rehearsal several times in the days prior to the event as well. Our food was very good- a hummus appetizer with a mushroom salad and dolmas and a mixed green salad. Everything was fresh. Our next course was wild rice, carrots and string beans, beef schwarma and chicken tikka (grilled chicken). Everything was delicious in context considering it was mass produced catering service specializing Middle Eastern food. Mike's team of servers were attentive but never in the way. The full service cash bar was a hit. Parking was plentiful. In short, working with Mike was a pleasure and helped us trough every step and gave a very reasonable payment plan and pricing. The evening was a huge hit because of Mike and his team and I wouldn't hesitate to give them my business again. read more

Very accommodating, clean and always have good security. typically the djs play good hiphop, always have great crowds and make new friends by the end of the night. read more

We had my daughters quinceañera on 7/5/19 Mike and Rita.. Thank you both for your excellent service from the delicious food to the decorations throughout the hall!! You both made our event run very smoothly, thank you.. Mike was very attentive throughout the entire party, we did not have worry about one thing The decorations where beautiful! The bar service was great.. the drinks where delicious! The food was delicious along with the cake ! Very friendly staff and service! Very family oriented service.. too bad I don't have another daughter.. and if I did I would definitely book this hall for her quinceañera without hesitation! This place deserves way more than 5 stars read more

Thank you Mike and your team for creating the wedding reception of my dreams! Everything was absolutely perfect and we couldn't have done it without you. I really appreciate everything you done for my husband and I. You honestly took all the stress off my shoulders and gave me one less thing to worry about. The place was big to hold our 400+ guest, decorations where amazing and the chocolate fountain was a real treat to the kids! Your daughter Mary is a sweet heart and really knows how to bring the party! I wish I can relive this day again. Thank you Mike and your team again I couldn't have found a better place to throw a party. Until next time! Jeni & Paul Hunt read more

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Worst customer service and experience with the owner of Babylon hall. Would never recommend ever booking with her and if you already have then I would cancel before she screws you too!!! She booked 2 parties in 1 day and expected the party on the upper level to leave during their event. While appetizers are still on the table and lunch was being served she had her security come up and start picking up chairs. And yes that is her in the video taking down the floral arrangements!!! The family of the party had it booked until 7pm and she was cleaning up at 4:15 pm expecting them out by 5! Thanks for ruining the reception of a young boy who was excited about his fist Holy communion event!!!! read more

Worst experience ever! The owner or manager was very rude! He tried to overcharge! He slammed the front door when the last person left! He slammed the door because he tried to charge 2000 dollars for food that we didn't use so he had a tantrum and slammed the door! read more

Mike & Rita you guys are awesome, thank you so much for making my wedding so beautiful. Everything was great and you did more what I was expected. I really appreciate you guy. Food& decoration & the service was wonderful. Thank you so very much. I will recommend you guys to every one. .. . . read more

Amazing family owned business. Very sweet and kind family and such a beautiful venue! Highly recommend.

Amazing service for my event, beautiful decor and ambiance. Can't wait to see the pictures .

WORST experience ever. Please please please don't ever book with these people. Very disrespectful and not helpful at all. Decor was not the one we picked and they refused to help us in any way. They ruined the food and portions were very small for the price we paid. Staff were busy eating to care for what we needed. The hall had so many problems that needed to be fixed like the floor, Rita kept yelling and saying not my business I won't fix it. The lighting was so dimmed and we asked her to turn on more lights, she said this is the brightest it can get, we attended another wedding in the same hall and the lighting was way more bright. Bride was crying because none of her pictures were good because of the lighting. Every time we ask for anything, staff kept saying that its not their responsibility. Whose responsibility is it then? They turned off the AC and we almost fainted from the heat. made us cry on a very happy day. There is way more things they did that I will not say, but I'm just warning you, DON'T COME HERE. Rude, disrespectful and irresponsible. read more

This is my first review of two. This review is based solely on the amazing customer service that my fiancé and I are currently/and have always been receiving from Mike and Rita. We haven't had our big day yet but we are so excited to have it here. When looking for a place to have our reception it was very important to us that the venue was spacious and the food was delicious. We first toured Babylon with Mike and Rita and we were greeted warmly and more like we were family and less like we were a potential sale. We had them in the back of our minds as we toured a hall in the same area. We received subpar customer service and kept telling each other Mike and Rita were far more welcoming. We took our parents to tour Babylon, they loved it and the rest was history. Since then any question/comment/concern we have with anything..Mike has been on top of it. He's not perfect and sometimes you do have to double text or shoot him a call but it's never a bother to him and he always does his best to accommodate us despite being so busy. Words can't express how grateful I am to both him and Rita for hearing out what me and my fiancé really want and making sure anything that happens and is being decided on that we both are okay with it. It's hard finding someone who doesn't care just about the money but really cares about the client too. He always finds ways to cut cost even if it means him losing a little because he knows our happiness is important. We also got to taste the chicken cordon bleu with the mash potato and it was nothing short of amazing (especially the mashed potatoes) Pay no mind to the negative stuff being said because I promise you Mike will take care of you and make sure you are happy. Christian and I are so grateful to you both and we cannot wait until our big day! read more

We just had our event & It was amazing the staff was great fulfilled our needs and had the party running smoothly the whole night. Both Mike & Rita were amazing helping us prepare our quinceñera party. Our guests loved everything about the party even the bar definitely recommend. Thank you all! read more

Outstanding venue! Great for Quinceaneras and Weddings! I love the decor and the management made it very easy to book our event and handled everything very professionally! Thanks again! read more

We had a big party on 5/29/16 last night, the server was great and the food and appetizers are amazing I recommended to all families to go and check out their, Rita one of the people we met she is a great person to give you a lot of options we totally recommend this place. read more

Do not book this place, the owner mike will sweet talk you and will later at the day of the event "something will go wrong" and will try to over charge you! Do not trust these people and just a heads up if you do book make sure to always have someone you trust to keep an eye on everything!! Or he will try to poison your food and over charge you a ridiculous price for making more. I'm surprised he hasn't been sued yet. He has done this before but didn't I didn't believed it, he contaminated my food purposely just to try and get more money out of us. read more

Don't do your event here!. Worst place ever. They started cleaning up when the event is not even over yet. Good job on ruining the wedding!. Also we had missing bottles and rude manager. He tried fine for excessive amount of food being used up for $2000!! Slammed the door and tell a very rude commend. DONT DO YOUR EVENT HERE. read more

Was recently at Babylon Palace and the service was incredible....not to mention the venue was something to behold a lot of work went into this establishment, excellent business! read more

They tried to charge us more than what they used. He yelled at us to leave his property. Very disappointed in how things were handled. Multiple employees don't even trust him. They were even warning us about stuff he might do to rip us off. read more

Worst place in the world please do not go here! The manger mike promised me to give me a week on a date but went back on his word the day I was going to bring deposit! This guy is so wrong on so many levels that u hope is business goes down. By the way I saw rats and bugs in the hotel. This place is shady. Mike also told me he's not a man and won't keep his word because there is a bigger party on my July 22nd date. This man gross me out don't do business with him you will lose money and time! read more

We booked a military holiday party with Mike and his Babylon Palace. He really worked with us and non-so-elaborate budget. We chose him for decorations, catering, and bar services as well. He promised us a lot, we decided to trust him, and he came through with everything! We had about 270 people and the venue size was perfect for that amount of people very comfortably. All requests were made possible and the service was outstanding that night! It was a pleasure working with him and I wish him the best for his business! read more

Best Banquet Hall period. Best service hands down best food and amazing pricing! Not to mention the decor of the place makes it feel like your in a 5 start hotel! I highly recommend this place to anyone who is planning any event Quince, Wedding, Conference etc.. Bravo!! read more

When we first met mike and Rita we immediately felt at ease. Mike is a true professional and honest man. He explains and communicates everything very well . Him and Rita are very prepared to show you examples of all the items, decor to give you an idea of how prepared they are. True professionals with expertise, you'll be glad you chose them on the most important day of your life. read more

We looked at a lot of venues and did not fall at peace until we met Mike, he is the most flexible and accommodating of all the places we looked at it. He was very easy to communicate with and even though our wedding has yet to come we feel so at ease that he is the one we chose. Mike and Rita are the sweetest and will bend over backwards for you, they didn't have the napkins and table cloths to match our theme but sure enough Mike and Rita said they will find it for us and we will have it for our wedding . We are beyond excited to have our wedding at Babylon Palace. read more

Worst experience ever!!!! Mike the owner or manager is very rude, food was horrible, horrible service. If you are looking for a place to have a wedding or any party please go somewhere else. They will talk to you very sweet before the event but the day of the event they are rude and not professional at all, we paid for free at the security he never asked one person for the receptions...and see what happen???? we have too many people inside...people that we not even invited it. Rita is amazing read more

Thank you Mike for accepting my booking so last minute. You accommodated and customized the venue to every detail of how I envisioned my event. Thank you for such a great event, my guests enjoyed your lovely venue and more importantly were amazed at how great everything turned out. It it so convenient that you have everything in your venue and there is no need to rent from outside vendors! Thanks for everything! read more

This place since its opened up has been constantly improving, awesome hall, great owners. Food is great too, When I heard Mike was going to open up a hall I was stoked because I know his taste is awesome and he's just an all around boss read more

I had my college graduation party here and it was a great decision!! Mike the owner was great and very attentive to all my needs. All my guests told me how much they loved the party which made me really happy. Everything from the food, drinks, DJ, decor, service and atmosphere were perfect. read more

Wow! where do I start with everything that went wrong on my wedding day on October 25, 2019. I just read all the one star reviews and I feel so dumb for not doing that before I decided to book this place for my wedding. We came by to look at the place and as some stated we were sweet talked into booking it by Mike. Mainly because of all the parking provided for our guests. We made a contract where we paid extra money to have 5 servers, and also stay until 2 am. Stop the party at 1:30 am and start picking up everything to be out of the hall at 2 am. That did not happen. Don't be fooled, they don't give a crap about your event. Once you pay you are screwed if anything goes wrong the day of. First of all I had a band and a Dj for my event and mid my wedding ceremony my planner and the Dj called me to let me know that Mike wanted them to connect everything they had equipment wise and lighting onto one single extension cord and one outlet causing the breaker to keep blowing and the music to be cut off completely. They told him to fix it and he completely said no that they had to figure it out. Stating if we had used his Dj that would not have been happening. As a hall owner you should be equipped with enough power to withstand stuff like this. And then he had a major tantrum over a $5 dollar cable he claims someone stole. Then my event starts right... The service was horrible. We paid for 5 servers total so that guests would be served their food and that water and sodas were being passed out to the tables and that we had good services. And there was a total of 3 servers people were being skipped and not served. The bar had 1 person working it, the line was getting pretty long. As the bride I should have been enjoying the party but instead I was chasing Mike and Rita around telling them what needed to be done and that the bar needed back up due to the long lines. Also during the event the music was shut down like 4 times midst the music the Dj was playing and during our 1st dance with the live band. When we went to go talk to Mike he disregarded us and said it wasn't his fault that it was the bands fault. And that's all he kept saying, instead of finding a solution he brushed it off his shoulders. Around 12:30 midnight me and the groom where in line waiting for a drink from the bartender when Mike tells everyone the bar is being shut down and turns on the lights in the hall. Claiming that " everyone is drunk, and can't handle their liquor" Ok there was a minor fight that broke inside but the people involved were removed from the venue. I asked him who's drunk?? because obviously me and the groom aren't and other people waiting in the line aren't and he kept saying "everyone, and people won't leave the bar" well duh we bought $2,000 worth of liquor for our guests to have a good time. So after he got rude and very disrespectful with us he said to come talk in the kitchen. I was so upset at Mike and the way he handled everything at my event. I was crying and yelling at him because he charged us $9,000 for the venue. Which the price never mattered because it was for our wedding and the point is you only get married once! And we wanted everything to be perfect. His daughter was in the kitchen and she started getting disrespectful with me and arguing with me because I was telling Mike that it was not fair that he didn't care what so ever about my event and he charged us a high amount of money and did not follow through with what was stated in the contract. So as his daughter walks out of the kitchen she says in a high voice "Once you pay for your party, we don't give a f*%@ what happens the day of the event". Also a few days before I came by to pay him the whole amount that was due and I knew how much money I had with me because I was going ti meet right after with the photography person and Rita took the money out of my hands and I told her it's more than what I owe you. And Mike and Rita were both talking to me at once and mike was putting my money away and I told him that's $1,500 more than what I owe you. He counted the money but Rita kept grabbing my attention to discuss with me what the head table will look like, at the end mike gave me money and like a fool I didn't count it before I left because I felt like they were good hearted people. Well once at the photography place I count my money and i'm missing $500. I called Mike right away because that is the only place I stopped by and of course he said No that he didn't have my missing money. And even if he did he wouldn't tell me right, because he even asked me am I getting a tip? NO, after you self tipped yourself $500. Yea no thanks. The point is that this hall is no good, wish we would have known that before. I strongly feel like my wedding was ruined and Mike didn't even offer a solution or to return some type of money to us or even anything to compensate us for the bad experience HE gave us at his venue. read more

Such a beautiful venue. Mike and Rita made it such a wonderful experience. It really relieved all the stress with planning an event. They were so helpful from the very beginning. They even helped me out during the event to make sure it was a success!! read more