Overall, I'm so happy we had our wedding at the Liberty Hotel. I really wanted our venue to be something different, not just a nondescript nice hotel, and Liberty Hotel definitely ...provided that "wow" factor for guests.
We had our ceremony outside in the yard, which was beautiful on a nice day in October. Cocktail hour was on the top floor rotunda, and reception in the ballroom. The night before, and after the wedding, people gathered in the lobby bar, which was great (it definitely wasn't necessary to reserve space!). One thing I will note is that they say the ballroom can fit 180 for dinner and dancing...we had 146 and it was TIGHT. As in tables and guests pushed into corners and against the wall, with uplighting literally in some people’s faces the whole night! So it was okay, but I would advise that if you have any more people than that it will NOT be comfortable.
I felt the cost was very reasonable there, compared to many other venues charging so much more just for the space rental and having much higher minimums. One thing you need to be aware of is that they insist on having escort cards AND place cards on the table (aka assigning seats). It's possible to get away with not doing it, but very difficult. Our wedding block rate for rooms was pretty unreasonable as well (although it was a holiday weekend) but aside from a few things, I found them very accommodating to whatever we wanted. One of the highlights was that we were upgraded to the presidential suite, which took our wedding weekend to an entirely different level. It was amazing!
Bridget was lovely and so helpful and patient with all my questions over months of planning, and was really on top of things the day of. HOWEVER, I cannot even count how many errors were made throughout the planning process that I caught and had to get corrected (typos, incorrect totals and numbers on proposals and bills, etc.). It was pretty alarming and definitely added a lot of stress to an already stressful process. We were still dealing with errors the day before the wedding and even for weeks after! My advice is to ask a lot of questions and really be like a hawk going through proposals and contracts (making sure every # is right, all the totals add up, etc.). So while it’s a little bit of a mess, they did correct all the errors when brought to their attention and that room upgrade kind of made up for all of it!!
Overall, they really delivered on the night of. Our guests and we had a fantastic time, and as long as you are on top of things it’s a great choice if you want somewhere a little more unique and chic.