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January 2024 by Susan Kozloff
My daughters wedding here on December 9, 2023 was perfection. The ambiance and sheer beauty of the mansion was the backdrop for her spectacular wedding. The on staff chef provided guests with top notch endless passed appetizers. Guests raved about the food throughout the evening. Service was impeccable.Thank you Armour House.
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December 2023 by The Gernands Photography
I am a wedding photographer based in Chicago and I have had the pleasure of photographing two weddings here at The Armour House so far. It is probably my favorite venue around! From the detail in the architecture to the gorgeous grounds, this is such a photogenic venue. The staff is also so kind and helpful and the food is amazing! I have added some photos from my last wedding there for reference. - Samuel | The Gernands Photography
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November 2023 by Natasha McCoy
Exquisite wedding venue with plenty of room for many guests. The grounds are spacious and very well kept.
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November 2023 by Stephen Hawkey
My wife and I just had our wedding here and it was a dream. The venue is absolutely stunning inside and out. The catering is also fantastic, and made for a great day all around. Unfortunately, the staff did not match the quality of the venue. Gail was a difficult coordinator to work with, both before and during the day. She was quite unprofessional at times, bad mouthing her colleagues (who we were also working with) and also just ignoring requests that we made abundantly clear. For the amount of money you pay to have a wedding here, you really want to feel at ease and that your opinion is being prioritized, but she was a stressful presence on the wedding day and seemed most concerned about how she thought things should be done. With some different staff, we would have had the 5 star experience to match this 5 star venue.
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October 2023 by Nicole Morisco
My favorite venue in the area to take photos at! The coordinators are so helpful throughout the day. The grounds are beautiful and it really looks like a little piece of Italy in lake county.
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August 2023 by Lorenzo Caballero
Great service and good. Beautiful landscape
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August 2023 by Glenda Nolla
This venue,the food and the staff were phenomenal!!!
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July 2023 by Maureen Dillon
The grounds are beautiful!
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July 2023 by Kristina P.
I had my wedding at the Armour House in June 2023. Here is my experience The primary contact at the Armour House who runs the entire wedding department is a women named Christine Gaither. Christine was incredibly difficult to work with and I am leaving this review because I wouldn't want another bride to experience what I did. Memorial table We had our wedding coordinator set up the memorial table how we planned and discussed as this was a really sentimental and important part considering one of my parents is displayed on this table. Well, Christine went over and rearranged the table and had the nerve to approach my mother-in-law and tell her that the way the table was originally set up was wrong and she fixed it. Who is anyone to tell us how we should be memorializing our family members? It was just so disrespectful and hurtful. Ceremony line-up Another frustrating experience was right before I walked down the aisle. When the wedding party was lining up right before the ceremony Christine was frustrated with people apparently not being in place fast enough. So, she yelled at everyone and even said we're proceeding "with or without you" and this was mostly directed at our parents. I just can't believe the level of disrespect to speak to my wedding party this way but especially my husband and our parents who obviously invested a lot of time and money making this day happen. After ceremonyAfter the ceremony, Christine had the nerve to approach my mother-in-law to state that how she left the recessional was incorrect. According to Christine, the parents are supposed to be the last people to exit, but this was not our plan. My mother-in-law wanted to be the first person to congratulate us, and so she did. But Christine made a point to rudely approach her right after the ceremony to address her on how that wasn't how it was supposed to go. It just baffles me that after the ceremony she would go out of her way to create yet another rude interaction especially since the ceremony is over and it quite literally doesn't impact her in any way. What's frustrating is that she took a really beautiful ceremony and soured it for my new mother-in-law. It's painful to know that that is a part of my mother in laws memory when we reminisce about my wedding day. Start of dayWhen I first arrived to the venue at the scheduled time to get ready Christine was nowhere to be found. In fact, she never even made herself present or available at any point during my getting ready, wedding set up, first look, etc. I expected during this 7-hour time frame before the ceremony that she would at least say hello, offer congratulations, or check in to see if we needed anything with regards to set up, etc. To be honest, my first interaction with her that day was her screaming at our parents during the ceremony line-up. It was appalling that she made no effort to be polite and kind. These negative interactions with Christine were not just limited to me and my bridal party and parents, I had several of my vendors share their challenges and disrespectful interactions Christine had with them, both during my day and some previous experiences working at the Armour House. Bridal suiteAnother unacceptable aspect of the day was the temperature of the bridal suite. It was so unbearably uncomfortable and hot. The air conditioning didn't work, and the outlets didn't even have enough power to power a fan. It was 80 degrees outside and had to of been well over 90 in the room. The guy's suite felt 30 degrees cooler. It was really challenging and difficult for our makeup artists and hair stylists. Not only was it an uncomfortable environment for them to work in, it also was hard for them to carry out mine and my bridesmaid's visions as we were actively melting. It wasn't until I sent a bridesmaid down the hall to check on the guys in the groom's suite that we realized it was undoubtedly 30 degrees cooler in their room. And of course, Christine was nowhere to be found to address this issue. Prior to the
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October 2022 by Jenny Alicea
Gorgeous location. Can't wait to come back for the next wedding.
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September 2022 by Jessica McClintock
I had my wedding at the Armour House recently! My guests have said such positive things about the grounds, food and the service! This is the best and most beautiful venue in Chicago, by far! Christine, the Manager, was great to work with! We couldn’t have been happier with our wedding day at the Armour House! Thank you!
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August 2022 by Viola Kolcan
Beautiful venue, but everything can be ruined by bad manager. We had appointment today with Christine General manager for final decisions on wedding at Armour House LF . When we arrived on time, the door were locked, temperature below freezing, after 20 min of waiting Christine arrived showing attitude.Overall conduct of GM was utmost unprofessional and arrogant. It helped us to make our decision instantly.dr. Violette Kolcan
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August 2022 by Andriy Sydorenko
Just an amazing venue, the wedding turned out great and actually exceeded our expectations. Christina was amazing to work with. Highly recommend this place.
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August 2022 by Roman Kondratyk (Gashyk123)
Gorgeous place. I like it
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August 2022 by Cheryl Jordan
Gorgeous wedding venue
