Chateau Ritz

We just had our wedding shower at Château Ritz last week, the staff is very accommodating, friendly with great service, beautiful décor and the food was fantastic. We received many compliments on the food we served, cream of chicken soup, fresh salad and main dish was chicken kabob and pilaf rice with sauce on top and it really was super delish! The owners went above and beyond to make sure everything was perfect. We are so excited to have our wedding here in a few short months, can’t wait!

What a surprise! We held our wedding at this location on Halloween. They were great to work with prior, during and post the reception. The location was clean and set up beautifully. The reception opened up on time and the service during the event was outstanding. We served the minestrone soup, salad, salmon, chicken and veg lasagna… and it was great. Everything was perfectly cooked and heard no complaints. We used two bartenders at the bar and it was sufficient to keep people moving through. I would recommend the location for any event.

We went here for a wedding July 2015. This venue is really spectacular, very cozy and warm with beautiful décor. The staff was very friendly and attentive. The food, from the minestrone soup, fresh salad, to the perfectly cooked steak and mouthwatering chicken was all fantastic. It was the first time that I was actually stuffed at a wedding. If you live in the Chicago area, check this place out for your special day or event. Highly recommend.

If I could give this place 20 stars I would. We just had our wedding reception here and it was simply GORGEOUS! Everything inside the ballroom was perfect and set up with such detail and care! The food was hands down amazing! All our guests RAVED about the hor dourves! Most of them filled up on the delicious hor dourves that when the actual meal came they were so full! The food in this hall is fantastic. Nothing was dry, over cooked or plain. The chicken was my absolute favorite as we did the family style option, but goodness it was absolutely delicious.
The best part of this business is the service (owners Nick, Mike and Claudia). My husband and I were BLOWN away by their flexibility and ability to be so accommodating. Every little question or concern they addressed with the utmost professionalism and kindness. Mike is the NICEST MAN EVER! Nick went over all the last minute wedding detail and I also loved that even though Mike handled most of our account — everyone was up to date on what was going on for the reception, so anytime I called or stopped in I was helped by everyone. They even gave us a break because we didn’t hit the minimum and only charged us for how many people actually came! My husband and I are not the best planners and are procrastinators, so they were so patient with us! They never pushed us, tried to sell us on anything and only wanted us to be happy with their service.
You will never meet a nicer staff or have better service than at the Château Ritz! Don’t look any further because the prices are super reasonable in comparison to surrounding venues… oh and I almost forgot the BRIDAL SUITE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL AND USEFUL! I also forgot that the CAKE Was phenomenal! So many things to rave about, so really best venue ever. For any big future events — I am definitely hosting them here!

If I could give 6 stars or more I would! Château Ritz has surpasses any expectation I had for a wedding reception venue. From the beginning they made me feel comfortable and like family. Any concern or worry I had, they were very reassuring. They are one of the most reasonably priced in the area. You get so much food and amenities for your money! Most venues try to nickel and dime you for any additional request, but not Château Ritz. The staff is genuine and truly cares about making your day special. They would quickly respond to my many questions I had throughout the process. The hall is absolutely beautiful! It felt spacious, but private enough for an intimate setting. The food is beyond amazing (the best «wedding food» I have ever had) and the open bar had many options! I would recommend Château Ritz to anyone looking to be taken care of and be put at ease.

This review is long overdue but if I could give this place 6 stars I would! We hosted our wedding reception here in fall of 2013 and Château Ritz was so great to work with. Planning an event of this size can be a nightmare but Château Ritz was extremely accommodating of our very particular wishes and budget. Prices were competitive and the staff was extremely flexible on some of their procedures. We visited a number of venues in the Chicago area and this one was the best by far. The food was amazing, the décor perfect, the bridal suite was impressive and the staff so kind. I highly recommend this space! The only negative is that one of their recommended cake vendors was pretty bad. The other one, Highland Baking Co. was lovely and delivered a beautiful and delicious cake.

Came here for a friend’s wedding. Had a great time and the place is laid out well, updated, and aesthetically sufficient for 2014.
Food-​wise… I wouldn’t come hungry if I were you.

THANK YOU SO MUCH to the staff at Château Ritz.
We had our wedding there with about 115 guests and everything was perfect.
The staff delivered on every promise and everything was done as we requested. Their prices seem very competitive for all the places we looked at and their packages include most everything you would want. The desert table was phenomenal. Hands down the BEST catering food I have even eaten.
Thank you again for making our wedding day a success which all our guests enjoyed.

For me, there’s no better place to have a wedding, wedding reception or both! I came here a year ago to attend a wedding reception for a dear friend of mine and realized that this is where I would love to have mine. I was so impressed by the service and food that I made my decision the day I attended the reception.
The staff are friendly, polite and very helpful, responding to all your questions promptly and I a very professional manner. Ever since they remodeled, it has become the rave of town and will have my reception in a few weeks time.
There’s an open bar with a wide selection of drinks. You can’t miss anything here and I found the food great. Space is more than sufficient and I think Ari, Joana and the rest of the people are wonderful people to work with. I am looking forward to my reception!

My wedding at the Château Ritz was AMAZING!!! We had a 400 person wedding there in November and I am still getting compliments in June. First, the planning was a breeze. The management team there was so helpful and knowledgable. They have it down to a science. As a Bride, the last thing you need is to be stressed and with them I was not.
Second, the food was so delicious. We had their signature appetizers and crafted a signature cocktail which made cocktail hour so fun for our guests. When I didn’t think it could get any better, we went on to dinner which was out of this world. The servers made sure my groom and I ate which doesn’t always happen when you have hundreds of guests to mingle with. And I am still dreaming about that food, the cream of asparagus soup and filet was sooooo good! Watch out Mastros and Chicago cut there is some competition in Niles!
Then the rest of the reception was just fabulous. People were having a blast on the beautiful black granite dance floor. And the whole ballroom looked like a fairy tale wedding. Wow and those chandeliers just SPARKLE!
The drinks were great! The bartenders were so fast that there was never a long wait for any of our guests. Our package included awesome spirits!
I cannot say enough good things about the place. If you are thinking about where to have your wedding, have it there! I look forward to going to other parties there. I’ve been there for a few different types of parties (weddings and a retirement party) and the room always looks unique and special. Well done, Château Ritz! Hope to have a big anniversary party there one day!
Truly world class service!

I went here for a graduation party last week, so here is my review of this place and staff, but let me be clear this was not my party nor did I have anything to do with booking it, so I can’t speak on that process.
The place is nice and clean looking– outside and inside. The room we were in was tall celling’s and very nicely lite.
The staff– AMAZING! I can not repeat my self enough, the bar tender and the waitress where AMAZING! My little nephew was there with us (1 year and a couple months old) so he loves to run run and run. The staff was never upset by him darting around and even would talk with him and so sweet to him. Which to me, is huge! They were very attentive with walking around with appetizers and bringing anything we needed.
The only reason I’m docking one star is the food. Now I’d say 85% of the food was delicious! The fried shrimp, the salmon with dill sauce, the chicken, and so a few others. But as far as the beef and the veggies. The beef was sliced thin as it should be but, for me it almost tasted slightly like a frozen meal. Now look I didn’t pick this menu so in NO WAY should this steer you away from this place, but this is my honest opinion and I want it to be a fair one. I also felt like the veggies needed something more, maybe to be grilled or something. I believe they where just blanched.
I can’t speak on prices, sorry. But I deffinitly would check them out for the next venue I’m looking to book.

I was there April 29 for a buffet-​style luncheon serving about 175 people. This is a very nice venue and the food was excellent. However, I subtracted a star rating for lack of efficiency in setting up the buffet line. It took a long time for everyone to move through the line because they set it up against a wall. By pulling the tables out from the wall, people could have used both sides and been done in half the time. Apparently they don’t have much experience serving buffet style.

Not impressed at all. Actually, the worst wedding venue visit I have ever been on. We were looking for a venue for a wedding reception for around 80 people. The guy in charge goes on to tell me they don’t do parties under 100 people. I challenged back stating I had been at a wedding in the past with less than 80 guests. He responded, they must have booked a week prior to the event. REALLY? I would have rather heard about their packages/​minimum $ not just writing us off since we didn’t have 100 guest. Rude experience and a waste of our time.

Château Ritz was the venue for my own Surprise 50^th Birthday! It was a beautiful evening. Thank you to the entire staff at the Château for making my special day magical. The room looked amazing and the dinner was impressive. My party was 8 months ago and my guest are still raving about the appetizers and the very well stocked bar. You name it they can make it for you. Thank you again! I will be back for daughters Sweet 16! Sorry it took so long to tell you how magnificent that night was.
Thanks Mike, Nick, Ari and Joanna!!!

I have hosted 2 wedding for my sisters and attended multiple wedding at this venue. A excellent place over all and very close to the city.

I’ve been to the Château Ritz numerous times for wedding receptions and events and it has been great every time. The food is outstanding and the décor is new, clean, and beautifully decorated. Not to mention, they KNOW how to make a proper Manhattan at the bar! (can’t tell you how many other reception halls I’ve been to where the bar tenders are complete amateur hour and don’t know how to make classic cocktails…)
A few of the times I’ve been there I’ve been best man at the wedding and had to work with the management on various requests the wedding party wanted, food items, etc. The managers were extremely accommodating every time we needed something and handled everything in a very professional manner. For the food it actually seemed more of like a fine dining restaurant, whatever the wedding party wanted, the Château Ritz made happen.
When I get hitched, Château Ritz made the question of what reception hall to use real easy!

My wife and I had our wedding reception here and could not have been happier with the results. Château Ritz was quite flexible about several different things (dietary restrictions for some guests; Jim Beam on the tables — yeah, it was that kind of wedding). The prices were well beyond competitive for banquet halls in the area, especially considering that an open bar comes with the package. The desert upgrade was ridiculous; my guests were commenting on that for months afterwards (they still do, in fact).
The space is beautiful, especially once you get on the inside. The one negative is the location, which is adjacent to a Pizza Hut and across the street from a strip mall, but there’s not really much they can do about that. The building is several yards off the street which helps greatly, and the building itself looks quite lovely from the outside.
For all the wedding planning horror stories you hear, it’s nice to know you can count on something as major as the reception venue. Would highly recommend.

We had our wedding here on 8÷19÷11.
When my husband and I were looking for venues in the area, Château Ritz wasn’t even on our radar as we had been there in the past and we remember it being outdated. A friend told us they had recently remodeled and we decided to check it out. It was awesome and exactly what we wanted! We were instantly impressed by the remodel and knew this was where we had to have our wedding. After discussing pricing options, we booked right away as it was one of the better packages we had seen. We were expecting 420+ guests and needed to find a good deal so we were excited to get so much for our money. Through all of the planning, everyone at Château Ritz was very helpful and answered our many questions promptly.
The day of our reception, we had the full hall to fit our large party and the room looked exactly as we had envisioned. The service was outstanding and the food was so good! Everyone is still raving about how good all the food was. Everything went so smoothly. Our night was perfect!
Having our reception at Château Ritz was the best decision we made for our wedding!

I went to Château Ritz a few years ago and it was ok.
I went back recently and it was very nice. They must have remodeled and stuff. It was fancy, the chndeliers were beautiful and the décor was nice. The bartenders were friendly and the food was good.

I had my wedding their in the last week of May 09. Booked three different halls for different events in Chicago but I am glad I booked Château Ritz for the main event. These guys are awesome. The place is beautiful inside. Dealth with Nick Theodos (spelling?) He really worked with me in planning & co ordinating the event as if it mattered to them as much as it mattered to me.
On my wedding day when I got to the hall. Ours was an evening event & I got ready in the hall so was their at 4:00 pm. The chair covers were not the ones I had chosen. (Earlier that week I had talked to another Nick while choosing the chair covers & call it miscommunication but I thought I had chosen something else & he wrote something else on the contract) Anyways These people are so nice that although they had already set up and everything the guy I had talked to before went himself to pick up the right chair covers & they replaced everything again. Might sound like nothing right now but at that time I really did panic & these guys just took that stress away from me in 10 minutes.
Any vendor who is willing to work with you to make sure everything goes accordingly is the best thing that can happen to a bride.
Their servers & waitstaff were nice & courteous to our guests. All smiles. Which meant a lot to me & my husband.
These people are flexible in term of timing & all too. They were prompt with everything but unlike another banquet hall I had booked they didn’t start pushing us out when the event time was about to end.
Can’t say anything about how their food as we had our own caterers due to the reason that we needed halal food. But I am sure with great service they would have great food too.
I highly reccomend Château Ritz for weddings or any gatherings. I think its a family owned place & any individual you talk to would be more than willing to help you out or guide you.