This is my second time renting Room 85 venue and it was a great experience again! I would highly…read morerecommend the venue space 10/10. She's understanding and very consistent. The owner has great communication and she went above and beyond to ensure I had a great turnout for my event.

The venue space is large enough to be accommodating and small enough to be intimate. The layout is…read moreuser-friendly and can be reconfigured without becoming labor intensive. Management is professional and affable. Pricing is flexible and fair. Situated in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, this venue is comparable to upscale locations throughout the city.

Attended a lovely wedding ceremony and reception at this venue. The staff were very professional…read moreand happy to serve the wedding family. The venue is really gorgeous inside. The high ceilings and all areas were tastefully decorated. The wedding room was very bright. The seating was comfortable. After the wedding, there was a cocktail reception outside while they prepared the rest of the event. I would say this took longer than expected but it could be that the wedding party was off taking photos. On this occasion it wasn't too hot but if more than 85 degrees than maybe an issue. Once allowed to enter dinner reception it was setup beautifully. The bar area accommodated a Photo Booth area as well. For food we had baked chicken, yams, Mac & Cheese, greens and cornbread. Dinner was delicious and I had no complaints on the food. Also like that they had hot sauce and salt/pepper easily accessible. The servers did a good job and bringing around sweet tea and lemonade. Overall a fantastic experience. Lots of detail was put into making this a special experience for the Oliver family. I would give it 4.5 stars. Only downside was small parking lot, only 2 bathrooms and timing of event felt slow. Not sure if DJ was apart of wedding venue but the music was horribly loud during the wedding and at times it was hard to hear.

This business is the worst venue . We had booked an event at this space and they would not allow…read moreguests inside and had us standing in the cold !!

The ambiance is always great!! Wanda is always an excellent server who is clean and very fast on…read moreher feet! The owner is polite and seeks to ensure that all visitors feel safe and wants them to enjoy the venue!! He never turns anyone away if requesting to greet him for a brief introduction when I'm there. I've produced events here and exposed inner city youth to this luxury experience that they may have never had if my team and I hadn't reached out. I expect my guests and business clients will continue to take interest in renting the Grand Ballroom Chicago as executed in the past few years. The list of satisfactory referrals is growing!! #1stladyrebasoul

We've been hosting monthly events here for the past two years for a large crowd. I'm not sure when…read morethe new owner/management took over, but he's always been accommodating. It's a large beautiful (I would like to say historic) venue that has a large dance floor, plenty of seating, huge bar, stage where Live Music or DJ can perform, private dressing room with a small bathroom, and a full-size commercial kitchen to rent if you want to provide food or bring in a caterer. There is a parking lot in the back, as well as across the street, and street parking. The owner has security patrolling the parking lots the entire night. Our guests have never had a problem. They only provide rental space, bartenders, and a few servers/waitresses, you have to provide/hire your own vendors (caterers, DJ, decorations, etc.). In being an Event Planner for the past 30+ years from Corporate to Community events, as with all Service-based businesses, you're going to always have a rotating door when it comes to customer service. It's part of the game. It's hard to find good help these days. My personal experience, as well as my experience in attending other events hosted there, has always been great. I know other event promoters who have also been hosting their events here for awhile, so if it was that bad, we wouldn't still be here. The owner does an excellent job in doing his best to stay on top of it. So when you read other poor reviews, create your own opinion based on your own experience like we did. Otherwise you just might miss out on a GREAT experience!

4.30.18 Yesterday, my little sister had her baby shower at…read moreThe Party Room and we absolutely loved it. The venue was absolutely beautiful. It's very spacious and very clean. The owners are the most hardworking and humble people I have met, I cannot thank them enough for making her day so very special. I am just in awe of this place and I will definitely refer people and come back for future events!

The chair really made the prom/graduation photo shoot drive by perfect. Gave them some good…read morememories for senior year, due to COVID 19.

We hired Best Price Rental for a family event and rented a tent, tables and chairs. They were…read moreprofessional, efficient, accommodating and reasonably priced. I highly recommend Best Price Rental and will use them again for future events!

We were so pleased with the setup and take-down of the tent, tables, and chairs we rented this past…read moreweekend. As always, the team from Best Price Tents Inc. was on time, fast, efficient, and an absolute pleasure to work with. They've helped us with multiple events now, and every experience has been seamless. Best Price Tents never disappoints--highly recommend them for any occasion! Joe LeSanche Carnival Grocery Lincoln Park/Chicago

The folks at elegance Assured Events are absolutely amazing. They worked so hard and really went…read moreabove and beyond to make sure our wedding day was perfect. If you need any kind of event planner I highly highly recommend them. Family owned and operated. Ultra easy to work with and very affordable. My wife and I can not say enough good things about Danielle and team and our guests have told us the same.

Zero Stars. I rarely write reviews but want to warn you guys. Stay away from Danielle Lewis and…read moreElegance Assured team. They promised to deliver but on the day of the event did a pathetic job. We went to the venue an hour before the event and were shocked to see the setup, school kids could have done a better job. Imagine all our efforts that went into planning our event and in the end this unprofessional team disappointed us. Our special day is never going to come back and this disappointment is going to stay with us forever. Absolutely horrendous job and unprofessional and unethical attitude. STAY AWAY !!!

I recently had a party here. The place is very nice inside but the owner is rude and the place is…read moreover priced for the service that was received. First I had to ask the staff to provide water to all of my guest. Some of my guest asked for extra bread and they were told that they ran out of it. The food was horrible. Half of my guest received raw chicken, the beef was tough, the mashed potatoes were very dry there was no gravy for them and when I asked the staff for a knife for the meat they said they didn't have any. When I mentioned to the owner that I hope my guest didn't get sick because of the raw chicken all he said was that he hoped that they didn't get sick either. I wouldn't recommend this anyone. This was an awful overall experience!

I had my wedding reception here on Nov 15, 2015. It was a great experience. All my guests said WOW…read moreI love this place! Mark was a very good person to work with to make my reception a success.

The communication from this company was stellar. However, the balloons did not hold up and the arch…read morewas for outdoors and the wire structure was NOT sturdy. The arch swayed back and forth. The Balloons all popped 95 degree temperatures and the site has this info hidden. Google refers to latex melting at 180degrees. NOT 95 degrees. It should be in the main page. I've ordered balloon arches before from other companies who have arches that were stationary & balloons made of thicker latex with water inside to absorb the heat and avoid them from popping. The arch was completed at 7am and completely bursted and emptied except 10-12 Balloons. The owners response? " well it's common sense they are going to pop when it's hot out..." RUDE, DISMISSIVE & POOR Customer Service- have completely moved this shabby establishment to a NEVER-USE AGAIN Company!

If I could rate a company negative stars, this would be the company I'd do it for. I normally never…read morecomplain or go to the extent of writing reviews but this company is extremely unprofessional. I had ordered 36" inch balloon characters from this company for my daughter's 1st birthday party. I bought 2 pack of 4 characters, which in total is 8 character balloons. The day of the event 5 out of the 8 balloons had holes in them. I attempted to see if the holes were fixable and they were not. I contacted the company the day of in hopes of some type of compensation whether it'd be sending a new pack of character balloons or half of a refund. I spent a total of $140 just to be able to use 3 balloons. The company was so rude and stated because I was the first ever customer to complain and that they didn't know how i handled the balloons they couldn't help me. They said they would email their supplier to see what they could do for me but nothing was guaranteed because they were just resellers. I had taken video evidence of the balloons not being able to hold the air. I called both banks of mine to dispute the transactions since the company wanted to be nasty and I do not regret it. This is the nice warming emails i received from Lucy's nasty self. Accusing one of stealing after being shown proof is diabolical. $140 for 3 balloons? God will handle the unjust and the evil.

Came here for my little cousin birthday/ graduation party two weeks ago. The entrance was a little…read morechaotic. Nobody was at the box office when we arrived so a line formed quickly because we had to pay in order to get in. The designated person eventually came back to their post so we could enter. If your name isn't on the booked party list for skating (I believe parties come with ~10 people on the list) It's $11 to enter and not skate, $15 to enter and skate. Once inside, we were scanned and searched by security, verified that we were here for a booked party, then allowed to enter the rest of the building. Once I arrived to the skating rental counter, every person had to fill out an online waiter before being given skates. I was able to do that within five minutes and get some skates in my size. The roller rink was of average size. The music was lit; a mixture for all ages, including adults. I kept my skates on the entire party. We even had the opportunity to play some arcade games and had a blast. Unfortunately I will be removing a star because they know its multiple groups of people in one building moving and rolling around on a hot summer day; the air conditioning should've been on at least 60-65 degrees the entire time. To be honest, I don't think it was on at all. As for the food, the chicken wings were decent but the pizza was pretty unpalatable in my opinion. It just tasted fake and cheap and artificial. I'm assuming the cotton candy and slushies were good because I heard no complaints from anybody. Sidenote: They are very strict on the timing. Our party was on a Saturday 3:30pm-6:30pm. At exactly 6:30pm, security made an announcement to the whole rink basically saying your time is up and you have to get out. I'm assuming they prepare for the next round of parties. Everybody pretty much followed the rules and exited in an orderly fashion. But overall it was a really nice time and everybody felt pretty safe. They just need to turn the a/c on!

Was not impressed with this establishment. It used to be well kept and was a fun place to visit…read more Skating rink was ok but the skates were really run down. The airing places were not well kept. I was really disappointed with the bowling side. We couldn't use many of the balls because the holes were too small, the pins kept getting stuck so they had to constantly go to the back to fix them. Moved to a different lane and it did the same thing not to mention the score boards didn't work and nobody knew how to fix them. Very run down and that's sad because that's one of the only the rink/bowling in the city.