I have been to Hoosier Grove Barn for banquets and parties, and it is a beautiful venue…read more Recently, I was at the annual Barn & Brew fest, and it was such a perfect place for an outdoor event. The fire pit was nice and inviting. The liive music was soothing, and the staff and volunteers worked hard to ensure a successful event. There were many brews, seltzers, and wines to try. My Cocina food truck was a highlight! The grounds here are well cared fore and it was convenient to have benches and tables to sit at.

I cannot gush enough about Hoosier Grove in Streamwood enough! We had our daughter's football…read morethemed bridal shower there a couple of weeks ago and they were beyond amazing! Not only were they accommodating, but went above and beyond to make the day go perfectly! Their hospitality exceeded any expectations and their staff was so friendly and attentive. Vicki was literally the best to work with. We will definitely be using their venue again!

Beautiful venue in the Northwest burbs…read more The staff and servers here are wonderful to work with. Bar tenders and servers are helpful, fast and friendly. When the room is set up for an event, especially in the evening, it is beautiful. The only challenge here is the parking. The small lot doesn't hold enough cars and parking along the dark side streets can be challenging and unsafe to walk, due to uneven sidewalk surfaces. I cannot imagine making this walk when it is icy or slippery out. Valet parking here can be an issue too with long lines to wait for service. I wish there was a better solution to parking. The food here is pretty tasty, as banquet places go. Prices are reasonable too.

We ate here at the banquet hall for a family luncheon for about 60+ guests after a funeral service…read more The place had ample parking spaces. The place was great with a wedding reception ambiance. The food was great, I believe we had the chicken Francese with potato and broccoli, a to-share big plate of beef brisket and another to-share plate of pasta. There was so much food, I couldn't even finish my personal plate. There was also bread at the beginning plus a plate of salad with a choice of Italian or ranch dressing. There was also a scoop of vanilla ice cream with a swirl of chocolate syrup on top for dessert. I would've given it five stars for all these. However, I chose 3 stars because of their sound system. Not only did the mic went on and off, the sound when it was on was screeching and was truly painful to the ears. If that can be fixed, then 2 thumbs up!

We held my son and daughter in law's Baby Shower at Magnolia's. Everything about the shower was…read moreabsolutely perfect! Kim was amazing to work with! Everyone commented on what a beautiful venue it was and how wonderful the service was. I highly recommend Magnolia's and look forward to planning another event there!

What an amazing place! The place was not only beautiful, but you couldn't get better owners. Kim…read moreand Deb were at my daughter Cali's baby shower the whole time and tended to our every need! I would definitely recommend this venue for any occasion! You wouldn't go wrong! 5-star venue!

I attended my first meeting/event here this month and I like the intimate setting, ease of parking…read moreand walking into the building. It is an older property, but has a nice, simple layout inside. And although it is a smaller venue, it has helpful amenities inside for hosting a small event. It was a little warm in the building, during a hot summer day, but cooled off after about an hour inside. The outside grounds here are well maintained and there's a helpful ramp for accessibility.

The Bartlett Log Cabin is a space available for meetings and events located in Bartlett Park near…read moredowntown Bartlett. Today's event was in the park. It was a Pet Event & Fall Festival. Many vendors including rescue organizations, pet sitters and many selling dog treats and accessories. The events include horse drawn wagon rides and disc dog demo. Until 3 pm today.

I really enjoy coming to this winery because there are nice places to sit and enjoy your wine along…read morewith snacks. This specific time it was nice to sit outdoors, but in a covered area while the rain came down. Their service was great as always.

Always enjoy a laidback tasting at Lynfred. The staff for the most part are fun and engaging…read more The winery itself is a neat setup with plenty of seating outside when it is nice out and bar seats throughout. Grab some meat and cheese and some wine and enjoy!

They Hosted an opened house but was locked, left us waiting outside even after I called and they…read moresaid they were going to open up. Never came.

This venue is beautiful and in a great location for events. I bought the all inclusive luxury mini…read morewedding package. I was very happy with the package. However, I was disappointed with the way the day went. With 8 hours of access we planned for an hour of clean up at the end with all guests out. The owner had my guests cleaning up the venue starting at 7:30 even though we didn't need to be out until 10:30. I understand asking guests to clean plates but my photos from the end of the night didn't have any of the decor because it was put away before my wedding was over. Truthfully it made me feel rushed to end my wedding which was very disappointing. The bartending service we hired also complained about being rushed and having their services disrupted by the owner. Again, a gorgeous venue but maybe not the place if you want a traditional wedding reception.

This venue is truly a hidden gem. Beth goes out of her way to make sure that everything is perfect…read morefor you. Everything was so smooth and the packages are a great deal. I had no worries and no complaints through this whole process!! There are also so many different options you can do to personalize to you. Loved every second.

This place is a hidden gem.... literally. Well, not literally a gem, but literally hidden. GPS told…read moreme to make a right, where all I saw was a Nissan dealership. Nope, and instead I ended up circling around. But sure, enough, make a right when the GPS tells you too. Ignore that the car dealership is there, and pay attention to the fact there's a giant sign letting you know Vogelei Park is there. We had a barbecue at one of the seating areas with a roof and it was OK. The engineers who designed and created the shelter's roof apparently didn't like the sunrise, as the way it was angled, the unusual early June 90-degree heat and sun shone right on us during the early evening. After it got dark, the shelter had lights that illuminated, which was a bummer. Overall though, it's a great place to consider for a BBQ. BATHROOM REVIEW: Located in the building, the bathrooms were good, for a public park bathroom. It had a couple of urinals and stalls. Sit or squat? Squat.

HIDDEN PARK ALERT!! HIDDEN GEM ALERT!…read more When the sun came out one afternoon after a cloudy, dreary week, I knew I had to find some outdoor spot to frolic about in. Since I was in Palatine at the time, and wanted to go home to Roselle without driving too far out of my way, I pulled up the Yelp app and typed in "park." Too many places popped up, none were what I was looking for. So I tried, "zoo." One of the first things to pop up was the Northern Illinois Raptor Center. What!? I did a quick search on what it was, expected there was some kind of magical owl zoo somewhere, and headed out this way. The drive to this park is very easy to miss. I did miss it, and had to do a long turn about through a neighborhood to get back to the entrance, which is located off of Higgins at the intersection of Golf, in between a couple car dealerships. The easiest way to find it is to look for the Hoffman Estates Park District sign and turn RIGHT THERE. Then you'll see a barn at the end of the drive and a park. Whew. I got out of my car, walked over to the barn and older building, found locked doors, wandered over to a map, scanned the map, saw absolutely no mention of any raptors or owls or birds, and decided, "Screw it, I'll just go walk around the park since I'm already here." Fortunately, my disappointment was quickly dissolved after one leisurely lap around the park. Here's what Vogelei has: - A pond that's part of the Bio Swale Water Quality Initiative. I'm still not quite clear on what it is, but it's a water system that cleans storm water runoff of man-made chemicals while providing a habitat for animals and helping the environment. Whatever it was, it sounded and looked awesome -- grassy, marshy areas, a walking path, a picturesque bride and gazebo. And white birds with long legs that fly away when I try to take pictures (darn bird). - A rose garden. Not a very big rose garden, but it's a nice little rose garden with blooms bigger than my hand. I kid you not. Crazy giant flowers. - Lots of grassy areas for picnicking, hooping, and running around like crazy. The park district also holds concerts (mainly for kids) here sometimes. - A playground jungle gym that's shaped like a barn. Sweet. - A splash pad!! It's basically a large, squishy pad with sprinklers. It's turned on during the day -- all you have to do is press down on one of the buttons on the padded surface to activate the water that shoots up. Yes, there is a chance you could get wet doing this. It's fun. Take it from this lady with the crazy hair (oh, what a sight that must have been)! - A conifer garden: an area with a bunch of tiny pine tree bushes. - Safety town. One of those little set-ups where kids can ride their tiny bikes around a little town and learn how to be safe when they cross the street and all that fun stuff. - The barn. Apparently the barn holds some kind of banquet room that you can rent for events. Cool. The park district's summer camp also uses the building for the kids -- I kind of felt like a creep walking in there. Not sure what that other, seemingly abandoned building was for. I probably spent a good forty-five minutes lurking around the park. Not bad. Still no awesome owl zoo, though. Disappointed, I left and wrote this review. As I was finishing up this review earlier this morning, I decided I really needed to go back and find that mysterious magical bird zoo before finishing this review! Back I went... and instead of an empty park, I was greeting with a full parking lot and tons of camp kids. Definitely not the kind of scene for aimless wandering with a camera. Fortunately, someone pointed me in the direction of the raptor center... YES! IT EXISTS! ... which was in a cluster of tiny house-like buildings, surrounded by a fence to keep people out. There were no birds. The birds will be on display later this year or something. Bummer, but so glad I figured out this mystery! SO. This definitely isn't your typical suburban neighborhood park. I won't go out of my way to come back here again (OK, maybe I will -- because I already did), but if I'm in the area and looking for a quiet park to hang out in, I'd re-visit. Nice job, Hoffman Estates.

Ski runs are very short but it's a good place to practice without a huge crowd. Turning wide is…read morehard because they're fairly narrow. There were lots of ruts so you have to watch out. Chair lift is good but the smaller runs with rope tows are annoying because they're difficult to get started on and you get held up if someone falls. Rental equipment is easy to get and seems to be in decent shape. Food options aren't great but it's edible. It's about what you'd expect out of a freezer bag. Price is decent but it's hard to say great because it's essentially underwhelming school cafeteria food.

(This is only for the golf course) Me and my friend were…read morejust playing golf and driving the cart then a service guy came up to us and was being very rude to me and my friend he was saying we can't drive on the fair way every golf course I went to we were able to drive on the fair way so we were finding our balls driving on the fair way and the rude guy said ( if I catch you two driving on the fair way again I will ban you from this place for good and I'll make sure you never come back ) me and my friend apologize to him at least 10 times and he didn't even say a thing back but there was this very nice guy were you get the tee time set up. The course was fun though

I had my son's birthday celebration here. Everything went well as far as communication. Fran was…read morevery helpful and got back to me quickly when I had questions. The reason I am giving this Hall two stars is because on the day of my son's birthday celebration I walked in and there were Christmas decorations set up around the room. My event was a couple weeks past Christmas, and I was not aware of this being set up. I was not happy when I saw these Christmas decorations because I had a big theme planned for the birthday party that had nothing to do with Christmas. I told the bartender that I wanted the decorations taken down because we had the hall rented for a birthday, not a Christmas party. The bartender told me that there is a Christmas Party being held next weekend in the room that the hosts set up for. I am not sure why they allowed someone to set up for a Christmas party, a week ahead of time, when they knew there was a birthday party being held at the hall. I asked him if we could take them down, and he said we could, but we needed to put it back up. I was busy as it was trying to set all the stuff up for my son's birthday, so having to take down Christmas wreaths and other decorations was not something I should have had to do, or have to put them back up. There were some decorations that were challenging to put away, like the decorated Christmas tree, so that had to be left out. These decorations should not have been allowed to be put up until after our event was over. I would not go back for that reason.