Meridian & Gatherings Banquet Centers

We used meridian catering through ezcater to host a work dinner party. The food was delicious and on time. We ordered the fettuccine, lemon herb chicken, tilapia, bacon wrapped shrimp, pasta primavera, kabobs, and the meatballs. My only wish was that it came with the little propane dishes to keep it warm. We will definitely use them again!

Great and attentive staff (especially the bartenders).
Prices are reasonable and they really work with you in making the event memorable.

We recently held our wedding reception at The Gatherings and were very happy with the quality and service we received.
The facility has two different ballrooms, one large and one small. They are decorated slightly differently and both are very pretty.
The food is quite good, especially considering how difficult it can be to prepare and serve food for large groups. We selected a glazed pork chop with mashed potatoes and a sundried tomato and feta stuffed chicken breast with fettuccine alfredo for our entrees. The facility also provided appetizers, bar service and wait staff as part of the package price.
The staff was very helpful. They allow you to bring in outside food, in addition to the catering. They are not militant about which vendors you work with. They also allow you to drop off all your favors, pictures, personal items etc ahead of time and they will set them out and place everything for you.
My only complaint was that they were sometimes difficult to reach by phone. But the event went off perfectly, without a hitch.
We felt like we got a very good value for our money, the atmosphere was pretty and romantic, the dance floor was big enough for everyone to enjoy and our guests all said how beautiful they thought the reception was.
I’d recommend this company to anyone planning a large event or celebration.

I booked the The Meridian Banquet Hall when it was under construction (I believe that I was the 2^nd person that booked it). Lee was a great communicator and helped us with our wedding reception. He was very FLEXIBLE about everything and always made us feel welcomed! BTW, their BBQ is pretty good!
Our wedding was on Friday 11÷11÷11 and we had about 200 guests. Our table covers were dark brown and our seat covers were ivory with dark brown sashes. We had a buffet styled wedding which included 2 fruit trees (AWESOME but they were presented late), chicken roulade (most guests loved them), steamed tilapia, mixed veggies and mashed potatoes (which I didn’t remember having this at all at our wedding). Luckily, we brought in our own caterers who provided several vietnamese dishes and desserts. We had the XBOX Kinect where we had all sorts of games played on the big screen projector.
Pros:
–VERY AFFORDABLE!!! The least expensive venue I’ve been (I researched 50 different ones!)
–Didn’t have to pay all at once; allowed up to pay when we were able to as long as we paid in full 3 weeks before our wedding day
–Flexible about adding and taking away things without charging us extra $
–Gave us a lot of time to set up and prep up for our own things
–Free valet parking, security, bartenders (I guess that was included in our package)
–Beautiful elegant venue with nice chandeliers
–Great friendly staff especially Lee
–Allows outside vendors with no additional charges
–Food was great
–Bridal suite was INCREDIBLE!
–Restrooms were clean and neat
Cons:
–Small entrance hallway (we had 2 guest sign in tables that kind of created a little traffic)
–Messed up on our food and drink selections
–Miscommunication about serving main entrees to certain tables
–Centerpieces wasn’t what I requested (I wanted 3 different glass vases with floating candles and brown marbles; instead, they put mini tea light candles with no marbles where the candles ran out of light within less than 2 hours; plus some tables didn’t have enough vases)
–Table covers and seat covers wasn’t what I requested (I had reserved certain table covers and seat covers months in advance and found out the day before the wedding that they didn’t have them; so we went with a different option which was «OK»; if I knew this, I would’ve asked my cousin to do the decorations for me instead of having the Meridian do it)
–Bartenders had a tip jar (I specifically told them to not have it out)
–Food table covers (They had no ivory table covers that looked nice; we had to use restaurant looking ones)
–Didn’t have a lot of material that we needed (we had to bring our own stuff; if we couldn’t find it, we would go to HEB next door to get it)
Overall, it was a beautiful wedding even though we didn’t have everything that we wanted. I learned that there is no such thing as a PERFECT wedding even if you’ve been planning your wedding for so long. If you’re on a tight budget like us, I would recommend you to rent the Meridian banquet HALL SPACE ONLY. But you would need to get your own vendors (decorations, food [if you’re picky], DJ, etc.). I can’t believe that we pulled off a wedding + reception all under $ 10 000! Most importantly, relax, breathe and stay calm! Have fun! Hope that helps for any bride!

I attended a work function at Gatherings tonight. It was a banquet and auction with a maximum of 200 guests. We arrived and found a ton of parking, which was a huge plus. In the past, we have had the banquet and auction downtown and that was a pain in the butt! There was plenty of room with round 8 top tables throughout. There was a bar with two bartenders. They were both quite friendly! The food was catered by the banquet hall; we had beef and chicken fajitas with all the fixings. The food was quite good and there was more than enough for the whole group. The event hall can be arranged for both informal and formal events. There are bathrooms right by the main (and only) entrance. There are several gauze and light covered pillars throughout the room. The lit gauze collects and runs to the middle of the ceiling.
Nice place, convenient, and lots of parking. I think everyone agreed that this was a good location for our future banquets.

The company annual Christmas party — how lovely. We get the food catered along with two bartenders. Our company is that large and the rental room is way more room then we need, but we have so much fun nonetheless.
The room is covered in large ribbons with christmas lights shining through which looks so pretty and elegant. The formal informal event is as fun as your companions.