The Coronado

We had our wedding reception there. It’s a beautiful venue, the good and service was also wonderful.

I was just here for a wedding reception.
The venue: absolutely gorgeous!
The customer service: absolutely poor.
I don’t think its good practice to have wait staff that literally drops plates on the table in front of guests (practically throwing them), reach in front of their faces to grab plates without an «excuse me,» no response to a guest saying thank you (at any time throughout the night), have no smiles or eye contact whatsoever. They just looked miserable and I can’t describe anything they did as courteous.
Side note: the food was ok, but the steak served was incredibly inconsistent. Mine was hammered to well done and barely edible, while others I saw had a good pink/​red. I was jealous.
For a venue that I am sure charges a good deal of money I would expect much MUCH better service.

I came here with my family for Mother’s Day. They had a huge spread of various foods at their buffet. Anything from omelette’s, waffles, and bacon, to prime rib or carved turkey. They had various seafood as well, including shrimp. The desserts were just ok, as it did not appear that the desserts had been made there. It seemed like they were store bought and then diced up into smaller portions. I thought the ballroom where we were seated was nice, and overall the service was good. We were seated promptly, which was nice as the place was starting to fill up. Don’t get me wrong, I thought everything was fairly nice, but for $ 55 per person I expected more. It was worth about $ 20 in my opinion. I understand you’re paying a premium for Mother’s Day, but $ 55??? Come on now. This seems like a nice place to hold a wedding reception, but I doubt I’ll be coming back for Mother’s Day brunch. There are many other options which are considerably cheaper.

This was an amazing Easter Brunch!
Brunch, particularly buffet brunches, are one of my hands down favorite dining experiences.
When I was a young girl my father and I would brunch every Sunday. From William Tell in Joliet to Drury Lane and everything in between. We would wake up get dressed and go. Mostly, just he and I, other times meeting friends. In summer we would take the motorcycle and then maybe hit a flea market. These Sundays were obviously very influential to me, I am a self professed food expert and of course an Interior Designer.
Let me tell you about the most beautiful, wonderful, delicious, brunch I have had in years!
This brunch rivaled any of my recent memory.
Why?
The room was beautiful.
Everything I ate was of EXCELLENT quality.
The Seafood was literally the best I have had in years, the shrimp was succulent and fresh.
The beehive honey cake was so good that I ate two and that was after a pound of shrimp!
The caving station was phenomenal, the citrus turkey was to die for!
I really could have stayed all day.
I am still dreaming about those shrimp, could it be that we were far enough south to be eating actual gulf shrimp instead of that nasty Asian import shrimp with the horrible metallic taste that we get in Chicago?
I do not know but let me tell you that brunch was worth the trip!

I recently attended the Coronado for an event and I liked the look of the ballroom. It was very elegant, however I was not impressed with the meal. We were served chicken and risotto. The chicken was not the best and the risotto was prepared a bit strange, but other than that I would recommend this location for anyone who is looking for a nice venue to have a dinner or reception.

Assholes.
They blocked off the street at Spring randomly without notice which caused anyone living in the Front Door properties to have to make a detour through Grand and Olive to come back down to Westminster to get to the FD garage. Grand = fucking busy as hell at night, especially due to the shows at the Fox. I once waited TWENTY minutes in traffic there trying to get through when a show let out.
I mostly blame the management and contracted valet. Do these kids think they can just rope off a street without police permission? There were tons of confused drivers backed up on Spring, and right as I was about to turn onto Spring from Lindell on my way home from work they basically put a metal barricade up in front of my car, nearly scratching it. Are you begging for a lawsuit/​insurance claims, or what?
Needless to say the police were called.
Stupid.
Also the valets they hire have been rude to me on many occasions like when I try to stop by the leasing office to pick up a bunch of heavy things I need to put in my car, they won’t even let me park in the 10 min parking with my flashers on. Look, I know you have a bunch of people coming to your glorious ballroom, but can you please stand to be a little more polite to the tenants who LIVE here and pay exorbitant rent on a monthly basis?
I am counting down the seconds until I can move to St. Charles and be done with this whole ordeal!

Just went to Shecky’s Girls Night Out event on Tuesday (¹⁰⁄₁₁) there. It was a VERY nice place. I was in awe with the décor and look. What I didn’t like is the parking. I felt like I had to drive in a back alley, which I did.
The staff at the ballroom were very nice and accommodating for the event. I would love to have an event there if ever.

This is a beautiful facility with a grand ballroom. The valet was nice, especially with only street parking around this area, but it was a bit of a pain waiting around for our cars once our event waas over. It was a hot night and the valet guys were doing their best, but there was only two of them and about 50 people waiting for cars.
The food was well done. It is often difficult to get salmon and steak cooked well when it is being done for over 100 people, but this was cooked perfectly.
We have been here twice now, once for a wedding and once for more of a sit down event. The place is well built for both, the wedding had a good sized dance floor and the back area was opened up for additional seating. There is a nice foyer area for cocktails as well.
If you are planning a wedding I would definitely give this place a close look.