I had a graduation party here recently in July 2025. Azeem was super nice and accommodating in helping me plan my party. The cost was also very reasonable. The food and service was amazing the day of my party. The hall itself is very pretty and the staff is very friendly. I would highly recommend having events at Monty's!! read more

This place is superb elegant & the staff here is very accommodating to your cater needs & all details . They have offered us to practice our dance recital prior to our events ti make sure everthing runs flawlessly. Truly, elegance place & friendly staff. Thank you for all your help ok accommodating our needs . read more

Was here as a vender, recently. Experience with staff was horrible from the moment we walked in until the breakdown at the end of the reception. Upon arrival we were told to enter through a door that we later got yelled at for doing by the manager after we told him a staff member directed us to that exact door. Moments later, a wait staff barked at me not to use the door we had already stopped using, Not even 3 mins prior. The wait staff in particular was an older man of middle eastern decent and was VERY rude. He was barking orders at me like I was a peasant and told me it "wasn't his obligation and to speak to a manger". Mind you, my only response to him was "ok, we have stopped using the door already". He continued to yell at me..... during the reception that we were servicing. In the middle of service, we were told by the manager that we needed to move our table to another part of the room so that they could close that side down for another party that they booked in that area. This was extremely unprofessional and a complete inconvenience to us and most importantly, our client. They literally made us break down, move THEIR table, and set back up again. But we were the only vender that had to move. The other's service wasn't interrupted at all. 0-5 stars. read more

We were invited to a baptism by some friends that had identical twin boys and afterwards we went to Monty's Eloquent Banquet Hall to partake in the celebration & to eat. What can I say it's a banquet hall. It's nice enough with decent quality banquet food. The servers were great. They were all very friendly and gave great service. They started with a cream of rice soup that was very good. The main dish was sliced beef with gravy that came with 2 red potatoes & some mixed vegetables of broccoli, carrots and cauliflower. Like I said it was a good solid meal but nothing really stood out. For dessert they served ice cream and ube cake. read more

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Went to a wedding reception here. Based on reviews and my experience as well, their focus seems to be on Middle Eastern weddings. Large hall that can easily accommodate 300 or so including buffet style layout for lunch or dinner. Most of the offerings were biryanis - overall pretty good for the scale of service. Naan was fair, but when offered in such a large quantity, I really wasn't expecting much. There was some awesome broccoli soup - a server volunteered to get me some more, which was quite kind of her. Overall a good experience, including the wedding itself! read more

We had a great experience in the party we have hosted at this banquet hall the past weekend. The food was excellent and all of our guests had a great time and loved the banquet hall interiors and the service was exceptional read more

Monty's Elegant Banquet Hall hall was the best choice I made for my son's reception. The hall is beautifully decorated First class service Delicious food with generous quantity Courteous staff and above all the manager Irfan and his support Anus are extremely helpful. Irfan took care of my party like his own. Definitely for worry free function just go talk to Irfan and yes they are very affordable. Thanks Monty's team. read more

the place is really beautiful... and elegant however the food wasn't too good we went to a tasting and it was good but i have a lot of comments from guests that it wasn't cooked all the way that was cold etc .. so not very happy with the food also they had another party next door so we had a lot of guests struggling for parking lot ... i mean overall it was good the open bar was excellent... but my main issue was the food just not very happy or satisfied and this is coming from most of our guests .. read more

wedding on 6-2-2023 Br. Irfan and Br. Aftab were outstanding with the arrangements. the hyderabadi food was one of the best I had in years. They did a very good job in ensuring the event was successful and accommodated our requirements whatever we asked. once.again thank you!!!!!! 10 star customer service!!!!! read more

My nephew Groom MUNAF MUSA and Bride AAKIFA PATEL Marriage Ceremony and Walima Ceremony was held on MONTY'S ELEGANT BANQUETS 703, S. YORK ROAD, BENSENVILLE very near Chicago, Illinois on September 15 and September 17, 2023. Conveniently situated for arriving guests and very near Irving Park Ave and S. York Road, Monty's Banquets is a full service hassle free Venue with safety measures in emergency offering, Catering, Decoration, Cake Cutting, Mehdi, Bridal Make-up, Horse Sitting for Groom, Dholak, ample parking space for guests, etc., Monty's Bqnquests is the best choice we made for our nephew Groom MUNAF MUSA and Bride Aakifa Patel to celebrate their Marriage and arrange for Walima Davat for large number of guests. Service provided to guests was first class, Food provided was deleciious with generous quantity. It wiil not be out of place to mention regarding mouth watering and finger liking hot 'JALEBI' and tasty 'ICE-CREAM' with light and tasty 'GULAM JAMUN', tasty 'CHAI' and various fruits and other sweets served to our guests who were seen very very happy and enjoying the occasions not ready to get up early from the chairs and go home. With team of courteous staff in attendance and available for serving, guests who attended enjoyed on these 2 days at MONTY'S BANQUETS and made the occasion memorable for long time to come. Our thanks to MONTY'S BANQUETS team members for serving our guets and making the occasion very memorable for life time to come. With Regards, MUBARAK ALI PATEL- UNCLE & SABERA MASI (OF NEPHEW MUNAF MUSA). IT IS RIGHTLY SAID THAT 'MARRIAGES ARE MADE IN HEAVAN'; BUT PEOPLE COME TO MONTY'S ELEGANT BANQUETS FOR CELEBRATING IT FOR CONVENIENCE, EASYNESS, JOY AND ENJOY. read more

Monty's Elegant Banquet Hall is a beautiful venue. We have been there several times to many weddings. The hall can easily hold over 300 people! The food is very delicious with a variety of items served. The hall is very clean and maintained very well. Aftab Uncle is very accommodating and easy to work with. I would recommend this hall to anyone wanting to host a big or even a small event! read more

Beautiful place with excellent service. Have been to Monty's for a few events and weddings. The Krystal ballroom is one of the best banquet room in Chicagoland, very elegantly done. Food is always great here. read more

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We hosted a party here this weekend.  Staff was very accommodating to all of our needs and service was excellent.  Food was great. The management is very cooperative and easy to work with.  Overall, I would recommend hosting parties here to anyone. Thank you read more

I had my wedding at Monty's. I'd have to say you definitely get A LOT for your money!- They have great food; their vodka sauce is amazing! They made the wedding/planning process easy and enjoyable. Monty's owner and the gentleman that took care of us a week before our wedding and during our wedding were AMAZING. It made my day perfect. I was taken care of good, I didnt have a care in the world but marrying my husband. It would be 5 stars; however, who we had taking care of us before our big day made us feel like she was bothered every time we called. I was a very easy going bride, that was excited, and nervous.... I was treated just like I was another bride calling (which I was, but a bride should be put at ease and enjoy this experience). Also, the bar was closed during dinner--- it was going on 9:45pm until I had to ask when it was going to reopen and I asked if we'd get that 15mins added back on our time; "They weren't sure." The Pro's really out weigh the Con's when it comes to Monty's. Not every detail of your wedding day is going to go perfect. I would trust Monty's before a lot of other places and I would reccomend Monty's to anyone. read more

Beware Monty's is not the place to party these people are unpredictable and deceptive. there has been a lot going on in Monty's,they are adroit in there letting and renting.Please be aware of Dr. he is very pompous when you first get there, but there isn't a happy ending there. please be aware of Monty's they even steal food and will blame you, Also sell you the old food from previous functions. We got insulted because of shortage of food. It was the most horrifying experience we ever had. they even charged us a lot money just because we couldn't hand over the hall at the right time. my sincere advice please consult your known ones before finalizing at Monty's read more

Had a wedding here it's a pretty venue, the management accommodated our request and servers where very attentive. I would reconsider this place! read more

I had my Nikah party on December 28th 2019. The place was fantastic and the food was amazing! According to the guests it was one of the best wedding foods they had.The service was prompt and there was always someone to help us out. Definitely planning my wedding there in July! Thank you Amit for making it a memorable experience. read more

Shady practices by unethical management. What you agree to pre-event and what happens at event is totally different. Monty's did not hold up their end of the bargain. Be aware of crooked practices! read more

Had a strange experience here. The food was good, but the service was untrained! Here is how my strange experience went: After I got to the banquet hall and got a drink I went to walk around and check out the main lobby area a bit. My wife and I had come in the back entrance and I didn't see this area of the facility. As soon as I walked into the main lobby a voice from behind the coat check window began yelling at me. She said, "I already told you once that drinks aren't allowed outside!" I was a bit confused because I had never talked nor seen this un-friendly woman before. I replied, "But, I'm not outside." Which I wasn't I was in the Main Lobby area. She barked back, "Didn't you read the signs!?" I replied, "What signs?" She walked out from behind the coat check area and demanded, "Follow ME!". She walked me back to the entry way for the area our wedding reception was in and requested that I read a paper sign taped to the doorway. This sign read: No drinks beyond this point by City Ordinance. Or, something to that effect. So, if you plan to have an event here, plan on someone having the same experience. As far as the servers go, they are not well trained. From what I know, when there are men and women at a table the women are served first and then the men. This common rule was not followed. And, our waiter was constantly reaching in front of peoples faces to remove and place plates rather than serving inbetween each person. And, when cups of ice cream were served, he placed the cups on the table by holding them from the top of the dish instead of the base. These are, in my eyes, basics in serving any where any time. The food was good and the bartender was friendly. I wouldn't hold an event of my own here ever. read more

I got married here and while it's a very pretty venue (on the inside) and we were very happy to be accommodated on a difficult date (we married on a holiday), we had fairly terrible experiences with the staff (they outright lied about our agreement and then demanded that we paid for chair covers that were not in our contract). I seriously question the integrity of the management. It felt like a hustle. read more

I am curious and question why Monty's has a one star rating based on two bad reviews. 20 other good reviews are not factored into this? Who monitiors YELP? Doesn't seem fair. Just sayin. read more

.We attended a wedding on the 17th August 2019 at Monty's banquet hall the function hall was good but the catering by them was the worst..it was very disappointing that the food served was very spicy and the biryani was very soggy.... though my cousin who was the host spent a lot for the wedding as they had guests from different countries ...the caterers didn't meet the expectations.... 100% waste of money... I would never recommend anybody to cater food from Monty's. read more

We had a party last week at montys banquet. The hall and servers were excellent. But the in charge person Amit was missing till very late into the party. The office was close when I checked. Nothing was done ,as it was requested on paper in writing for arrangements ,it was totally chaotic and I had to run around making arrangements. While my guest were waiting. Appetizers were served late after multiple request. Wires were left on the stage which I was told if I wanted that I should move it myself. Then the food omg was horrible. There was no meat in biryani and chicken korma was yellow without chicken in it. The deserts were served haphazardly too. I had a good experience 8 years ago at montys but after this one will never ever have a party there. read more

Excellent food, average service and poor accommodations. At our recent May 18th 2013 class reunion the music (?) from the adjoining hall was so loud it was sometimes difficult to hold a conversation. When management was told, the noise would lower for a moment then back to an obnoxious beat. I question as to whether the "Managers" on hand were experienced enough or had the authority to apply any pressure to the group in the adjoining hall. read more

We recently had a wedding event at Monty's Elegant banquet and i can't be more happy with the way the whole event was organised and the memories we took home back with us. This place is elegant, well decorated and well maintained, and the staff right from the Manager to the waitstaff are friendly, accommodating, ready to Listen and willing to help. We had limited time in hand for wedding and heard about Monty's and thought of checking it in and in the process met the manager(Amit), right from the first meeting Amit was happy to help and willing to work with our Budget and gave us a great deal. And since ours is traditional Hindu wedding, we wanted wedding platform to be facing a particular direction and he honored our sentiments and worked on getting us what we wanted, we went with food catering package and got good and tasty south Indian food we wanted which was well served on the day of wedding. On the day of wedding, Irfan was with us readily available till the end of the event to help us with what ever we wanted, overall we are very happy with the way the staff was supporting us with the whole event and made the whole wedding event stress free, even though we had limited time and budget in hand, i would highly recommend this place for any big events. read more

THIS PLACE SUCKS!!! My niece asked for my recommendations of banquet halls for an upcoming event for her organization; immeditaely I was reminded of July 2016, when I had a signed contract w/security deposit paid to reserve a room that had an expandable dividing wall. We did not need the whole room, so we reserved half the room; when I came to pay the remaining balance DAYS BEFORE MY EVENT, the Greek mngmnt. guy said they moved our event to a much smaller room despite us paying our security deposit to secure the bigger room; adding insult to injury, Greek guy said that thry would throw in free appetizers for our troubles -- FREE APPETIZERS?!!!!! Later on I discovered the reason why they did that is so they can book our WHOLE room for a larger party, instead of our divided room, therby getting more money for pricing by head count gor the larger party!! This is not what I expected since my first reservation with Monty's back in 2008, which was a decent experience.....oh wait!! Our party was much larger than, requiring the whole of the bigger room; like I said, THIS PLACE SUCKS!!! read more

This used to be an old Dominck's which got remodled into a banquet hall. I have to say they did a pretty good job on remodeling the exterior-- it's really pretty! However, the inside seems to still look like a grocery store. read more

After having my wedding at Monty's I would never go there again. Literally 5 days before the wedding they decided to increase the prices per person despite what the contract stated knowing full well we had no time to look elsewhere. For anyone who is planning to book here I would recommend you to stay AWAY or ask them to type up a contract word by word on what they tell you, have it signed and keep a copy of all the payments made. The venue overall, came out looking nice however there were many mistakes. We told George we wanted the napkins hanging from the table and when we got there the napkins were put in the glasses instead. I am glad I caught that on time before the guests started to arrive. My florist spoke to the owner the day before asking if it was okay to start decorating at 10am and he told him yes. However, he failed to tell him that the linens were not going to come in until 2PM!! Later in the day the florist came to finish up decorating the venue and told George to light up the floating candles from the centerpieces, since the florist did not want to turn them on too early so they wouldn't die. Well they FAILED to turn on the candles, I was so MAD!!! Also, during the cake cutting they FAILED to put a plate and 2 forks by the cake, it was embarrassing that my husband had to get a plate and a fork from the head table when everyone was looking. The stage was so uneven and since there were cracks in-between portions of the stage our chairs would get stuck and sink in the cracks. I the BRIDE almost felt down since the chair went between the cracks, which was embarrassing. It also happened to the bridal party!! To make matters worse George was trying to take my table numbers that I brought in. By the end of the night I gather all the numbers put them at the head table, I go upstairs to get my bags and when I return, I asked my husband if he grabbed the numbers and he said no. He asked George if he saw them and he lied saying no and then later he says they "might be" behind the bar and they were! Not to mention there was a brand-new Channel cologne by where the table numbers were which he tried to take as well. They also somehow lost my cake topper!! Overall, I would stay away from this venue! The owner is RUDE!! If I could I would go back and spend the extra money and go to a different venue I would have!! They were dishonest and very rude. My florist was very upset with how the manager and owner responded. Not to mention they also were questioning him whether the light he brought in were actually his. The venue was nice but the customer service is just very poor and the dishonesty and gouging us on pricing the week of the wedding was just poor business practice and unethical. read more

The owners of this place are terrible. My parents hosted a wedding reception here for my husband and I and while the staff were great and the place is beautiful, the owners are very rude and highly unprofessional. The owners lied to us about the availability of the halls and broke the terms of our agreement. Our family and friends have all been told about this and will never use Monty's again. read more

I was attending a Bridal Shower at Monty's Elegant Banquets and I have to tell you I was blown away. The place was spotless and the food was exceptional. The waitstaff was very attentive and very friendly. The manger I believe her name was Madlynn could not have been nicer. She made sure the party was a complete success. Thank you for a wonderful experience. read more

I got married here and it's a good venue. But we had bad experience with the staff. They didn't do what they offered. They offered two bars and we had to argue to get the second one open during the reception. Same thing happened with liquor. Luckily we got everything written down on the paper. we had this bad experience with them. read more

I recently had a party here and this place is beautiful, the food was very good and the servers were very nice and friendly. They were very accommodating and got us everything we needed. We will have more party's at Monty's and recommend it to others. read more

I've never written a review before, but due to my experience here tonight, I want other people to know what a disappointment this place was, at least for us. We were here for an event a few years ago, and it has really gone downhill. First of all, the food. The steak was overcooked and we could barely cut into it with a fork and knife. We mentioned it to our waiter, and he apologized and got the "manager" (monika?). She seemed like we were inconveniencing her, and rolled her eyes, then proceeded to bark at the waiter to go in the kitchen to tell the cooks. She did not apologize to us, just stormed away and looked like she was angry. We also noticed that she was wearing sandals, which is very inappropriate for a banquet hall that serves food. She never came back to our table, but noticed that she treated the employees with no respect, and that is not the way to run an "elegant" banquet hall. We felt sorry for our waiter and ended up going and getting fast food afterwards because we were still hungry. We will continue to tell our friends to avoid this place if they want any large parties. read more

nice place at a decent price point and the owner is fairly accomadating

Monty's is simply the best! I just had my son's wedding reception there on March 28th and they were absolutely wonderful from the time we went in to check out the place, to the time we checked out after the event! The venue is beautiful and well-maintained, prices are very reasonable, and they even offer special menus for catering. The menu we selected was catered by the best restaurant, Anmol BBQ Restaurant, which is just what my son had wished for. We even took the management's recommendation for the cake and they made sure the cake was delivered and ready on time. They took care of all the hassles. All we had to do was pay and show up on the day of the event, and it was a worry-free experience to the end. On the night of the reception, the young manager, Mario, was present throughout, personally supervising from behind the scenes, and accommodating any and all of our 'last moment' requests. From the coat lady to the servers to the manager, every one was friendly and eager to make sure we had a great experience! They even had arrangements for the Muslim prayers which was wonderful. All in all, this is a great place to consider for your next important event. I absolutely recommend it! read more

The most horrifying, worst experience with this hall! Stay away unless you want to be insulted and robbed of your money. This hall misled us for months, tried coerce us into overpaying tremendously, and then had the audacity to HIDE the food at the event so there would not be enough for the guests. One of the managers on the floor told the groom point blank that he would not bring out any more food for the guests. The waiters were instructed to not refill pans of food at the end, simply to spite the hosts. I can go into detail about the deception and trickery the management did in order to try to back us into a corner and overcharge us..suffice it to say that it took hours and hours to get a reasonable rate and that we still ended up paying thousands more than we expected. This is not a professional hall, the management is extremely rude and unprofessional, and the community is filled with horror stories from dealing with this hall. If you speak with local caterers and decorators, they all shudder and advise you not to go through this hall. The worst part of all is that this behavior is not an isolated incident...Monty's is building itself a solid reputation for being reliably rude, cunning, and unprofessional. If you do decide to go with this hall, get EVERYTHING in writing, every tiny little detail, because if it is not in writing, you can be guaranteed that this hall will try to screw you over right before your event. Please be careful, I dont want what happened to me to happen to everyone else! If you have any doubts at all about the terrible reputation of this hall, just check with the BBB, I know of several people who have all filed complaints! People leave this hall insulted, embarassed, and upset read more