Hey! I didn't even know this place existed until a friend had their wedding reception here! I loved…read moreit! Its tucked away behind Sperreng Middle School off Tesson Ferry. It's a small white old looking building with a partial gravel lot, part paved. If you are looking for a nostalgic place to hold a reception with a great sized dance floor, a stage, plenty of room to have tables around the perimeter of the dancer floor... Check this place out! I thought the way they did the buffet was brilliant! The bar is down 5-6 step on a lower level. So while you are on the main level the crowd works its way down the stairs, to the buffet to get their food and grab a drink and then head up the other staircase on the other side of the room. Seamless flow and unless you are behind someone who just can't decide on the roast beer or chicken... there are no hold ups in line! I think this venue would also be great for parties in general! Whether its for line dancing, a Zumba event, or just to have a fun party with a band! The basement bar is full of old Anheuser-Busch memorabilia and the bartender gave us quite the history of its location and how many famous people have visited there. My guess because of its "nostalgia" look... it might not be for all... but my guess is, its not expensive to rent out. And if you aren't needing a modern location, why not help preserve a great looking and very well functioning building and community! I'd go back here... in fact I hear they have open west coast or swing dance lessons / nights! hmmmmm!

Well, there I was in the beginner's group. I put my own self there, so there's no blame to go…read morearound. Unfortunately tonight, four of the men didn't know their feet from a hole in the wall. Couldn't get a beat even though there was no music on. But can you count one-and-two, three-and-four? This is not a stretch of the phrase rocket science in any sense of its meaning! I was so spent (and sweaty) after the one-hour lesson that I couldn't stay for the open dance. I was actually pissed (have to balance that with a pissy day) about the beginner dance lesson. We didn't rotate partners. YOU NEED TO DO THAT. If you get a slower partner for a while, you can persevere. If the teachers don't have you rotate, you're stuck for the entire hour. Nuff said.

[MARCH 2025] I came to the Boo Cat Club for a Neon Paint Night so I will keep my critique about the…read moreevent off the review for the venue. The venue is situated around the corner from the St. Louis Public Library - Cabanne Branch so parking is limited to the streets. The venue itself was like a church turned event space is the best way I could describe the interior. Not sure who worked for the venue vs. worked for the event at the venue but they had a bar with drinks for sale. The event itself was down in the bowels of the building which gave me galactic fellowship hall vibes. There black lights to showcase the neon paintings on display and those we were about to create. I think the venue was cool for the event.

Beautiful venue for a wedding. The Catacombs are atmospheric with great mood lighting. There are…read moretwo separate bars and a beautiful entrance. The wedding had a complimentary valet service- I don't know if this was provided by the Boo Cat Club but it made us feel very fancy. There is a stage for a DJ or live band and plenty of room for tables and a dance floor. Overall a very class Saint Louis venue.

I attended a fundraiser here a few months ago and it was a great event space. It has a ton of…read moreparking, a coat check, a bar area, and a lot of charm. The ballroom itself has space for a band, original hardwood floors, and one of the most fabulously over-the-top crystal chandeliers I've ever seen. I would estimate that it holds between 150 and 200 people, so it's be a great spot for a large-ish wedding.

When it comes to this place I don't know where to start. I had my engagement party here in August…read more31st, 2018. I had the MOST amazing experience from beginning till end of my planning and my event. Ken was the most amazing person to work with. He made this entire experience so easy for me. He was there to answer my calls and texts at anytime. He was present at day of my event for anything I needed. He is an angel to work with. I can't be thankful enough that I had my event here and was blessed to work with someone like Ken. The place is gorgeous and so vintage just exactly what I imagined and what I wanted as a venue for my big day. He worked so hard to make my vision come to life and made sure my day was exactly what I wanted. He went out of his way to help me. I appreciate it. And I DEFINITELY recommend this place. I absolutely LOVE it.

Staff was super friendly! Drinks were good. We had a great…read moretime watching the music videos from 314DJ and singing along to the hits!

We had our wedding here and it was an amazing experience! The venue was beautiful and Greg made…read morethe entire experience easy and stress-free. The food was great too! I would definitely recommend it to anyone.

Attended a wedding here over the weekend. You'd never guess from the outside of the building that…read morethere is a beautiful space perfect for weddings inside. There is a parking lot (shared with the antique mart) and lots of street parking available for guests. The inside has high, exposed ceilings with a loft kind of feel. Lots of brick and pretty details in the architecture. The decor was gorgeous with enough lighting to seem bright but dim enough for dancing and fun. The food was absolutely delicious - I had a vegetarian dish (a vegetable tart) and my partner had steak. We were both quite happy with the food and the wait staff was very attentive and friendly. The bartenders were also very nice and accommodating. It was such a nice night, I hope more of my friends get married here!

Overall the experience we had with hosting our wedding reception at the Upstairs was quite good…read more I had been to a fantastic Yelp event at the Cheshire, where we got to tour and taste our way through all of the fantastic spots on the Cheshire property. I already knew the Upstairs was a gorgeous space with warm textured wooded walls and beautiful imported lighting fixtures. When we began the process of planning for our wedding reception, we were already staying at the Cheshire (taking a Brit to the British hotel when he's in town visiting is the way to make him feel at home, right?), already, so we decided to see if we could see the space as a possibility for our celebration. We had a few other ideas of locations, but we loved the Cheshire. It felt so right to us. The room is split into two distinct spaces. I requested that all of the guest tables (we had 60 guests) remain on the side of the room with the wood paneling, light fixtures and windows. The dance floor and DJ were set-up on the other side. The space would absolutely accommodate more guests, but it didn't seem ridiculous to have so few. They let us use their mirrored chargers and votives for the tables, and we brought in vases of flowers with our own table numbers on them. Originally, we were set to have our happy hour in the fireplace room, which is still on the second floor, but outside of the ballroom. When Lucy abruptly left, she was replaced by Karina, who very kindle advised us that the Red Room downstairs was not being used on the night of our event, so we had our cocktail hour and hors dourves downstairs. It was perfect because this meant we could easily stand near the door to greet the guests as they arrived, and then when it was time to go upstairs, it was a whole new venue. This allowed us to have our evening bar, place card table, gift table and even a selfie photo booth in the fireplace room. It was perfect. We set-up our cake on a table on the dance floor, which if I had to do it again, would have in the fireplace room or closer to the entry somehow, as many of our guests reportedly never say the cake prior to us going to cut it... and it was a gorgeous cake and deserved to be seen. I didn't enjoy the experience of working with Lucy, as I felt like she wasn't very friendly and didn't make us feel important at all. Working with Karina was much nicer. Because we live in London, and were finalising details from home, she went out of her way to set-up a Skype call to introduce herself and go over things. I have very few complaints about our event, but I had been told that the tables would be set the morning of the event or the day prior. To me, "set" meant that there would be linens, plates, glasses, and silverware on the tables. Chris and I picked up our cake and delivered it to the ballroom ourselves at 1:30pm. Nothing was set at all. The tables were in the room, but there weren't linens or anything else. I have to admit that I started to panic a teensy bit. We were told that we could come in at 3:00pm to set the centerpieces and our other pieces. We all had planned to do this and then go get ready at the hotel. Apparently the wrong colour linens had been delivered and were moments from arrival. I was assured that by 3:00pm, this would be rectified. We arrived to set everything up, and still nothing had been done. They said that no one would be there until 4:00pm to set-up. They asked what I wanted to happen, and I said that I needed the tablecloths to be on the table so we could get the center pieces arranged. They did that, and we set-up the cake table, selfie booth and the place card table in the meantime. They offered to let us leave the flowers and things for them to arrange, but of course I wanted us to do it. The second thing that bothered me was regarding the cake. When it was taken away and cut, they brought out random slices and strew them over the tables. I had anticipated that they would put them out so people could take a piece if they wished. This meant a lot of cake was wasted with people not eating it, or not being able to choose what was given to them. We had been looking forward to the strawberry cake for months. We were so busy that we left our plates on the table to join our friends. We had every intention of coming back to them. Our plates were cleared after I'd had two bites and Chris hadn't had even a taste. They also took the Champagne he'd been saving. In my opinion, we should have been asked if it was okay to do this. We did get the leftover cake sent home with us, but there wasn't any strawberry. I'm still sad about this weeks later. My third and final complaint is that all of the place cards were taken and disposed of. I had every intention of keeping ours for a scrapbook. At the end of the day, I would highly recommend this venue. Our guests were pleased with the staff, everyone was blown away by the food, the venue was beautiful and unique and it was an overall good experience.

What a lovely setup here. This was our 1st outdoor event of the season and it was great night to…read moretry out this venue. A friend told us about the Tuesday night specials here which tonight's was build your own pizza. They serve very reasonably priced alcohol and have live music. Music was a tad loud but the guy probably turned it up bc he was outdoors. The pizza was so so but maybe my impression is influenced by my choice of toppings: bacon, tomato, pineapple and black olives. I should have added chicken too. Please note that this event was held on covered patio which is next door to the old church or "Abbey". They had the church/abbey open so I went in to see all updates. Really a very nice space. Haven't been to anything held there so I can't say more than it looks nice.

I left this review on the Knot, but they allow business to hide reviews... We were honestly so…read moredisappointed with the business practices at Main Street Abbey. We booked the venue for our ceremony in February, the pandemic obviously hit in March. Throughout all the changes in the pandemic guidelines, MSA didn't contact us. I had to call and check on our ceremony status every time. In August, the state really tightened the restrictions - all reception halls were closed, including MSA - a month before our wedding. Our reception hall canceled us and we ended up moving our entire wedding to Missouri. Every single business gave us our money back...EXCEPT MAIN STREET ABBEY. They wouldn't refund our deposit, they said we could re-book within a year, but we didn't have a need to. They said that's what was agreed to in the contract, but I signed many contracts and other businesses understood that we're in a pandemic and this was out of anyone's control. Businesses that did give us money back include: Turner Hall, Bountiful Blossoms, and Bloomin Diehls. I would HIGHLY recommend any of those businesses. I also know that Hecker Dome was refunding couples their deposit amid the pandemic. I suggest supporting businesses that are kind and understanding considering these circumstances, Main Street Abbey just isn't one of those. I just don't want other couples to lose their money also.

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We rented this venue for my brother's repast in February. The women's bathroom was utterly…read moredisgustingly (I can't speak about the men's bathroom). The floor was flooded and covered with wet toilet paper around the toilets. In order to use bathroom without slipping and falling we had to put more paper on the floor. Just appalling. The tables were falling apart. One table actually collapsed with people sitting at it. Also it was not set up for the correct number of people we requested and when asked for additional tables and chairs we were met with a hard NO. Eventually we were given one additional table with chairs. The place is nice but in serious need of repair, sturdy tables and chairs; and management. Shame on management for renting this venue in such horrible disrepair. I suggest until major repairs and restorations are made that they don't rent the venue.