Event Architects

Kendra covered our August 8^th wedding at the Sacramento Grand Ballroom. She was awesome and worked with us every step of the way. Everyone at Events Architects did an amazing job! We couldn’t have picked a more perfect venue place. Everyone complimented on how good the hors d’oeuvres and dinner tasted. The chef really did an amazing job to catch the taste buds with each dish. The venue itself was so beautiful and enhanced our wedding theme. The sparkler send off that they set up capped off the most amazing nights of our lives.

I’ve given this review a lot of thought and waited one year to write it. I had my wedding reception at SGB June 2014 and everything was perfect however one major incident is why I am giving it 1 Star. On the night of my wedding the owners granddaughter had a party on the top floor. Several of her guests kept coming down to drink the free alcohol. This wasn’t even the main issue, if they would have minded their own business I would not of cared however they were all intoxicated and I was under the impression that I had rented the entire building for those 6 hours. As I was exiting the building I asked one of the strangers to leave since he was not apart of the event. After 5 minutes of bickering he threw his drink on the floor in front of me and got alcohol on my dress!!! I tried complaining to the owners however they didn’t care, they received their measly $ 2000 to rent the facilities and didn’t care to even apologies for letting their family have a party the same night I held my wedding! All the planning and stress over an entire year was being executed perfectly and then this occurred which was completely out of my control. ADVISE TO ALL BRIDES: CHOOSE ANOTHER VENUE! The owners of the building do not care about your wedding BTW, Event Architects is the company that facilitates the planning, they don’t own the building. This would be perfect for all corporate events, something that isn’t as important as a wedding!

We held a corporate event here and everything was perfect. Kendra was our coordinator, and I could not recommend her more highly. She was so easy going, calm, and accommodating, which is exactly what an event planner should be!
The food was delicious, the room was BEAUTIFUL, and the av team that they work with (MetroMedia) was the best!
I highly recommend this venue and event team.

We put on a Halloween party in 2014 for 600 folks. Event Architects handled everything. The food was great, the staff were wonderful: fun and professional. Attention to detail was precise. The whole affair went off without a hitch.

Beautiful venue. Huge pretty, great location. Been here for lots of weddings and always fun and beautiful. great staff, servers, bartenders and management.

We got married at Courtyard d’Oro in October of 2014. Event Architects did an amazing job catering our wedding. Jeremy was so helpful via e-​mails and the tasting was fabulous. I was worried that the food we chose would not taste as good on a larger scale but it was perfect and all of our friends and family were raving about it. I was a bride who actually ate her food! So happy I did because it was great. The fabulous food really helped make it such a fabulous night.

I was married here just 2 months ago. It was everything we could have ever wanted! The décor is gorgeous, including the atrium. The employees are also super helpful throughout the night, making sure it goes smooth. Food is fantastic as well. The only flaw was the lack of communication for payments for the venue. This can be quite a hassle for a busy bride, but other then that it was great!

We got married at the Sac Grand Ballroom in March 2014 and our coordinator was Shannon at EA. From the moment we met Shannon she was a delight to work with and very welcoming. She was very in tune with our requests and taste. Anytime i asked for suggestions on certain elements to the wedding she was quick to assist. In our case we found all our own vendors and catering so getting them to coordinate with Shannon was pretty easy. The day of the wedding Shannon really busted her butt for us! She was all over the place and handled everything flawlessly. Even our family was impressed by her level of effort to ensure we had a an amazing day. And it truly was! According to my wife Shannon deserves 5 stars for making it all happen while running around in pumps!
All in all we had a great experience with EA and highly recommend picking Shannon for your next event. You wont be disappointed!

Classic, charming and totally metropolitan, The Sacramento Grand Ballroom was the perfect fit for our black-​tie wedding. Our guests were totally blown away! Shannon was so so awesome to work with. She has the answer to every question and options for every taste and budget. She’s professional and friendly and always made us feel like she was truly invested in making our wedding as perfect as possible!
Bonus: they allow you to BYO alcohol, which is a serious budget-​saver!
Tips:
1) I would suggest bringing in some uplighting to emphasize the ambiance at night.
2) Be sure to specifically request what kind of glassware you want on the tables. (champagne flutes, wine glasses, etc.)
3) For brides and grooms: take a few moments to be alone with each other upstairs. You can look down through the window and see the entire room from a bird’s eye view.

I’m not sure one word can accurately describe how AMAZING Emily & her team are!!! Suburb? She is soooo talented and is the most helpful planner! She really did make our dream wedding happen and was not only there from beginning to utter end the day of, but she was a rock, and sometimes the voice of reason, throughout the entire planning process. She was ALWAYS available and there is no too small a question and she will answer them ALL! I honestly don’t know where i would have been without her! Anyone that gets the privilege of working with her should count their blessings, she’s just pure awesomeness!
This venue is breathtaking too! From the ceiling, to the bar, to the patio roof top & it’s views, to the overall classic feel running through the building! Our wedding was magical and we are SO incredibly glad we chose the Ballroom! I can’t wait to plan another party there!

My husband and I booked this gorgeous ballroom for our wedding venue. I’m so glad we had our wedding here. Not only is it a gorgeous ballroom but the staff at Event Architects made our experience even more amazing! Till this day we still have guests talking about how beautiful our wedding was and how the venue was so gorgeous etc.
It was literally my dream venue, the high ceilings, the white granite floor, the columned windows and the whole history behind the venue all falls under somewhere we always wanted to get married.
I recommend this hall for any venue, expect for people to be WOW’d when they walk in. The ceiling is what made us truly fall in love with this venue and the location is great too! Thank you Event Architects for such a grand experience and letting us have the gorgeous ballroom for the night! If you ever need to book this venue, make sure you work with Shannon, she’s AMAZING and oh so helpful!

Event Architects (EA) is part of the Sacramento Grand Ballroom. My sister used EA to cater her wedding so this review is based on the staff and food that was served on my sister’s wedding.
The Sacramento Grand ballroom is a beautiful venue. Beautiful venue, great staff and awesome food and drinks makes one heck of a wedding! Read my review on the ballroom for a review of the venue.
EA did an amazing job at my sister’s wedding. Being the maid of honor, my sister invited my family and I to meet with EA a couple months prior to the wedding for a dinner tasting event. The staff presented numerous of yummy appetizers and main entrees for us to try. The staff even had a small review sheet on the table for us to take notes, which I thought was a nice touch. After sampling everything on the menu, my sister and her husband made their final choices. The staff that served us during this small event was very professional and polite. The food was also yum!
The day of the wedding arrived and again, the staff did an amazing job. First, hors d’oeuvres were served on silver platter by a few staff. There were over 300 guests so the plates emptied out fairly fast but the staff was professional and was constantly bringing out more hors d’oeuvres. The bridesmaids were working the front greeting guests with their name tags so we were busy however the nice staff didn’t forget about us and brought us hors d’oeuvres! The eggrolls and stuffed mushrooms were so good!
An hour or so after cocktail hour it was time for dinner. Being we sat at the head table, we were served first. It was buffet style so off we go to get our plate. The food was presented so nice and neat. Each server staff gave us a heaping amount of each dish. My plate was full to the max! I had only a few minutes to eat before I had to help the bride change so I was able to scarf down a few items. The rice pilaf was amazing! It was cooked perfectly and seasoned well. The salad was my favorite because it had lots of pecans and chunks of cheese. The prime rib with horseradish was delicious. It was tender and pink, just the way I like it. I didn’t get to try the salmon but I did during the tasting and it was yummy! A few bites here and there and I was done, not because I wanted to be done but because I had work to do! Food was delicious, I wished I ate more.
The bartenders were quick and served cocktails in such a professional yet fun manner. The alcohol to soda ratio was perfect! The drinks were presented neatly. The staff smiled and worked quickly in this fast pace wedding, I was truly amazed by how professional each and every one of them was. Great job everyone at EA, two thumbs up in my book!

I recently had a business event here for 200+ people that was wonderful. The staff was fantastic and the planning went very smoothly. While it seems that the majority of industry events are hosted at the same 3 hotels in the area, it was so great to have a place that our attendees hadn’t seen before. The space is beautiful with tons of natural light and super high ceilings, honestly gorgeous. The only tiny problem was that all that lovely natural light washed out the powerpoint presentations we were projecting on screens in the room but that could be easily remedied by switching the room layout.
Lastly, the food was delicious! We had tons of compliments on the food put out by the in-​house caterers. I would definitely recommend this space for Sacramento events.

Went to a wedding reception here and absolutely loved it. The fact that they kept a lot of the features from when this was a bank was a wonderful touch. I especially enjoyed having the bar behind the old teller windows. However, I do wish they had a more defined dance floor.
Acoustics also aren’t the best so if you have a loud party/​sound system, it will echo throughout the building.

I recently photographed here for Lite Sacramento for an open house that was being put on for engagement couples. I have been out of state for several years and had never been to this venue. I was very impressed. Not only is the building spectacular, but the staff was great and what they have to offer is exceptional. It is definitely someplace I would recommend checking out.

I went here for a conference and was surprised how nice the place was. I was thinking it was going to be an office place for architects, but it use to be an old bank and is nice. Its a good place to hold an event. Although I booked my venue for my wedding, I would have considered booking it here. It can hold a good amount and still have room. It was very old yet beautiful.

I wish I could write two reviews.
The day of our wedding we dealt exclusively with Natalie, event architects assistant (I think) and she was amazing. Every time I turned around she checking if I needed anything. The few times I interacted with her during my planning process she was responsive, knowledgable and helpful. I wish she had been our primary contact.
Other good things: the space is gorgeous, the food was delicious and got many compliments from our guests. Even though we had a buffet, they easily accommodated a couple of specialty items (vegan and allergy).
On to the bad. During our planning we dealt primarily with Jessica. She came across as completely disinterested in our wedding. We did not hire her as a coordinator and I had a very clear understanding of what was included in coordination services and did not expect any of those from her.
That being said, as the contact person for an event in which I had hired her company for venue and catering, she proved difficult to get a hold of, non responsive to email and information requests.
The first problem was scheduling a tasting, after signing a contract with Event Architects and being told I’d be contacted regarding tasting times, two months past with no word. Eventually I contacted Jessica and after a back and forth that lasted two weeks included a dozen emails and several phone calls, I finally was able to schedule an appointment.
She did not provide us with a catering menu in advance and I had to ask several times, at our tasting and afterwards before receiving one.
Every email communication regarding meetings, menu selection, room set-​up, etc required several attempts before Jessica would respond.
I’m so happy she was «out of town» the weekend of our wedding and Natalie was there to help us.
One example of the difference in service: during menu planning Jessica told us that it didn’t really matter if we liked the paced appetizers we selected, because we’d be taking photos during cocktail hour and there was no way we’d even get to eat any passed appetizers. So we were so pleased and surprised and happy when, during our portrait time, Natalie showed up with a tray of appetizers and ice water for us and our wedding party.
At the end of the day, the venue is beyond gorgeous, but I’d recommend hiring an outside planner or specifically requesting Natalie service your account in order to avoid any extra headache during your wedding planning.

This is a very lovely venue! We were here for a friend’s wedding a couple weekends ago. The ballroom is HUGE with an ornate, high ceiling in kind of an art-​deco sort of motif. The light streaming through the windows at sunset was absolutely gorgeous. There’s a separate area set up for use as a bar, and there’s more than enough space for seating as well as dancing. I really loved the look and feel of the place! Bathrooms downstairs are gigantic and clean, so you could host a 200+ person event here and still have the space and facilities to accomodate everyone. And for a huge place, the acoustics are actually pretty good — the DJ playing at the wedding didn’t seem to have too much echo or distortion to deal with.
The location is right downtown on J St. and very easy to find. The only pain in the ass is the stupid parking enforcement in this area… they will issue tickets even to cars that are 100% LEGALLY parked. So try to walk or cab it to get here… otherwise be ready with your cameraphone to take photos of the parking signs posted at your spot and contest the shit out of the inevitable ticket.

This is just to say that I recognize that I have a slight problemo with its v. it’s. It’s not that I don’t know the difference, it’s just that I love apostrophes, commas and exclamation points. No, really.

I got married here last New Year’s Eve and it was fantastic.
The venue is absolutely gorgeous, and the staff of Event Architects, who manage the space, are professional, kind and knowledgeable. They really helped me organize my thoughts and priorities about the event, while still allowing us plenty of creative freedom and respecting our decisions (our wedding wasn’t very traditional).
We also used them for catering, and our guests raved about the food. I exchanged a bunch of e-​mails with the chef and together we developed a menu that suited our tastes and our budget. All of the waitstaff they hired for the event were courteous and professional, as well.