Christina C.
Yelp
While I ate here a lot and was never disappointed, this review is for their banquet services. I had my wedding here on October 1, and I can't imagine a more perfect day. My husband and I mostly worked with Sarah and Valerie, who were both super accommodating leading up to the big day. We reserved the space about 10 months in advance, after cancelling with the venue we had chosen in our current city of Chicago. Planning from out of state was a very frustrating process overall, but everything went very smoothly with Shark Club. Leading up to the wedding date, they worked with us maybe needing to also use the space as a backup ceremony location (which was not needed, thankfully). They always responded to our emails promptly.
The week of the wedding, we got to Michigan on Wednesday night. Our wedding was Saturday evening, and there was a reception Friday evening in the smaller part of the banquet space. We were able to set up the unoccupied half of the room on Friday, so our (moderately complicated) centerpieces were set nice and early, and our coordinator was able to come in Saturday morning to set the rest of them. Everything was clean and easily accessible.
On the day of the wedding, it was rainy and crappy outside, but we got a bit of sunshine for photos and the time around the ceremony. When we got to Shark Club, almost all of our guests were seated or mingling inside while the wedding party gathered outside. Jeff, the house DJ we had for the day, met us outside to go over wedding party entrance and announcements. When we got inside, everyone was having a great time! We mingled for a bit, then dinner was served. Both bars were fully staffed and fully stocked, and wait staff also took drink orders on the floor and made sure we and our guests wanted for nothing. The only fault I could possibly find was that the buffet lingered a little long and there was a significant lapse before the dancing started, but I think that was on me, and I was a bit distracted with our guests.
My uncle broke his ankle about halfway through the reception when he went outside to smoke and kept partying with us until 1:30am, so I think it was a pretty good party. The food was great, the cake table, guest tables, head table, and favor table were all gorgeous, the drinks kept flowing, and the staff cut and served our cake (three different flavors), checked with me when everyone had been served, and cut and served the remaining cake at my request. I was just so, so pleased with how the evening turned out. Thank you for making my wedding day perfect!