The Aster was so lovely for our wedding! We couldn’t be happier with having our big day there. Serina was patient and helpful during all of the planning, and the Aster staff were great on the wedding day. The venue itself is so lovely, especially at night with the soft glowing lights, and skyline twinkling through the windows. The Hepburn Suite was such a beautiful place to for all the girls to gather and get ready, and the Redford room was fun for the groom and his guys. Lovely venue, and great experience!

I am the owner of Celisia Stanton Photography, and one of my clients had a brunch wedding at Aster Cafe last year. Aster Cafe is an amazing venue for an intimate wedding. The getting-ready rooms have huge windows with tons of natural light, which allowed us to capture indoor photos without struggling with awkward shadows or uneven lighting. For the ceremony, Aster set up a tent and chairs next to the building, which had the ideal intimate outdoor feel. For the brunch reception, the inside of Aster’s reception space has beautiful exposed brick and decor that allowed the client to have a reception space with a unique feel without having to add much as far as decoration. And as a bonus, Aster Cafe is located in the heart of St. Anthony Main, so there were tons of beautiful areas nearby for the couple to sneak off for couple’s photos. Highly recommend this venue to anyone looking for an intimate, Minneapolis wedding with a unique city feel.

We had our rehearsal dinner and welcome party at the River Room and it was absolutely incredible. Serina was so helpful throughout the planning process and the event went off without a hitch. The low lighting and hanging lights make this venue stunning in the evening and our guests were all very impressed. From the food to the bar to the atmosphere, everything was absolutely perfect! I would highly recommend hosting your event at this venue!

From start to finish, working with the Aster for our wedding venue was a great experience! We were mainly in contact with Serina, who was an incredible coordinator. We also worked with Jamie and Dawn, who were both very helpful. The venue made our wedding simple– it had everything included from food, to decor, to the bar. Our only vendor besides the Aster was our photographer, which made everything much easier to manage. The taco barre was a hit and desserts were tasty. Staff working the event were efficient and professional. We also booked the Hepburn Suite to get ready and have an extra space. Since it’s just upstairs and such a beautiful room, that was totally worth it. We loved getting married in the River Room and would recommend it to anyone!

The Aster Cafe made our wedding so memorable and enjoyable. They have an excellent team- we are STILL getting comments about how great the bar staff and wait staff were. Considering it was the middle of the largest blizzard of the year, staff could have been crabby and late, but everyone was smiling and quick to help when needed. The coordinators were so helpful and reassuring through the planning process, and so kind through the event, handling everything with such grace. The River Room was perfect for our group of about 80. The planning process was also a highlight of the experience with the venue. We toured the room a couple of times, and the coordinators were quick to answer questions and work with our ideas. While creating the menu we changed our minds multiple times but they helped us refine our ideas and it turned out amazing- all of the food was incredible. January 18th, 2020 was both the coldest and best day of our lives. Despite the storm, it was not at all stressful and that was largely in part to Aster.

Having our wedding at the Hall of Kings was THE best decision we could’ve made for our special day. I had always heard that planning a wedding is a part to full time job but that was not my experience at all. Jamie and team made it so easy to plan out the day and, most importantly, to have a stress-free experience day-of. The venue was intimate and beautiful, the food and drinks amazing, and staff were all friendly and accommodating!

Buckle up, this is going to be the five-est five-star review of all time. I can’t possibly say enough good things about my wedding at Hall of Kings. For the rental price, I think it’s pretty much impossible to find a better wedding experience in Minneapolis.

Let’s start with the basics. It’s a beautiful space that requires very little additional décor to make it feel incredibly special. We had 109 guests and it was just about the perfect size for that group (I wouldn’t recommend it for more than about 120). Sam, the venue coordinator we worked with was very responsive and helpful. Everyone we ever spoke to was very relaxed and flexible we never felt pressured to make certain decisions. Based on other reviews, we were very excited about the food and it didn’t disappoint. Hands down the best wedding meal I’ve ever had. Everyone loved the specialty drinks too!

The price is incredibly reasonable for what they offer. It’s a one-stop shop in terms of the bar and catering, so you don’t have to wrangle outside bartenders or catering services. You need to arrange your own décor setup if you bring in your own, but that’s standard across most wedding venues, and HOK provides votive candles as well as all tables, chairs, and tableware and they set up everything they own themselves. The Hepburn suite was also gorgeous!!

If you’re thinking about bringing your own music to your wedding and skipping the DJ, this is the spot for you. They have a great sound system with microphones all ready to go and a soundproofed stage for the dance floor. All we had to do was plug my phone into an aux cord and people literally danced all night. The dancefloor also has alternating colored lighting that makes it feel like a party!

Beyond that, the staff went out of their way to make everything easy and fun for us. The venue coordinator we’d been working with transferred to a different venue a month before our wedding, and I was very worried about being assigned someone new. But our day-of coordinator Shane was the MVP of the day!! He let us move our cocktail hour indoors into the empty venue next door when it looked like it would be too cold to host it outdoors. He made setup incredibly smooth for my vendors. He arranged to have sparkling wine and a cooler of water brought to the bridal suite as soon as my bridesmaids and I arrived. He was unobtrusive during the cocktail hour and reception while still helping me make announcements and set up the music. We hadn’t arranged table drink service, but servers made sure that we at the head table had everything we needed all night. Seriously just incredible, incredible service way beyond what I could have imagined!! These people genuinely care about making your day the best it can possibly be, and I know for a fact that that isn’t the case at every venue.

I can’t recommend Hall of Kings highly enough. Deserves 10 stars! Thank you for the best day of my life!

Our wedding at Hall of Kings was incredible! We made the decision to change our venue 4 months before our wedding date and we are SO glad we did! Jamie and Serina were amazing to work with, fun, easy-going, knowledgeable, and professional. From the day we met with Jamie and saw the space, I was in love. It was so intimate, cozy, warm and charming. It was exactly what we were looking for. On top of the amazing service from Jamie and Serina, the rest of the staff was fantastic. On the day, the staff were professional, personable, attentive and easy-going, the whole day went off without a hitch. Also, I can’t say enough about the food. The food was absolutely delicious, our guests couldn’t say enough! The quality was unmatched. We would definitely recommend HOK as a wedding or event venue! I’d do it all over again in a heartbeat. Thank you for an incredible day that we will never forget!

The Hall of Kings at Jefe is absolutely beautiful and was perfect for our winter wedding. We had a great experience working with everyone at Jefe and didn’t ever feel stressed working with them! All of our guests loved the venue as well and the FOOD and DRINKS! Perfection! If you’re a queer couple, they are great to work with as well. We asked if we could put All Gender Bathroom signs on the bathrooms in the venue and they were more than happy to accommodate. It meant a lot to us that all of our guests could be comfortable on our big day.

I had my wedding ceremony and reception at Hall of Kings on 9/24/22 and it was wonderful. The venue coordinator, Sam, was a pleasure to work with and was extremely responsive to my and my family’s questions (and trust me, there were a LOT of them.) He was also very helpful when we had to navigate a small hiccup in the day of due to the weather (we had planned to have the ceremony outside but it started raining shortly before the ceremony was set to begin.) With his assistance we were able to make a game time decision about the ceremony location and the day went off without a hitch. We had appetizers, the premium buffet and a mini dessert bar. The food was delicious and the bartenders were skilled and efficient. The venue itself is beautiful and has a lot of character. The space does not need a lot of additional decor to look wedding-ready which allowed us to save on time and costs related to decorating the space. The venue location right on the river is great for photos as well. Many of our guests commented on how much they enjoyed the venue and the food. Hall of Kings helped us make our wedding day better than we ever could have imagined.