DC/Montgomery County/Prince George's County Venues

pmid2

A friend of mine just got engaged this past week.  Unfortunately, I got married last year in North Carolina and so don't know much about the potential vendors in this area.  I am trying to to help her as much as possible on a short timetable (about 7 months). 

Obviously the first step is finding a venue.  Any recommendations for venues for ceremony/reception would be greatly appreciated.  Needs to hold about 100 people and have a dance floor.  She strongly prefers a venue with an inhouse caterer or a prefered caterer that works with the venue on a regular basis. Right now she's leaning toward having the ceremony and all at a hotel for convenience.  She's looking at either Oct. 9 or Nov. 13 and the budget is probably going to be around $100/head. 

Thank you for any and all recommendations in advance!!!

esthersandy12

Try the Prince George Ballroom.  They have a outside area for the ceremony and the ballroom for the reception.  They don't have in-house catering however they have a preferred vendors list.  I however chose to go with a caterer not on the list.  Basikneads Catering in Alexandria.  Good luck to your friend and happy planning.

MegOrr

The following is a list of Montgomery Co. locations my fiance and I looked at for our wedding. All of them are approx. within the stated budget (our budget was less) and all hold over 100 people There's also a lot of hotels in the 270 corridor with ballrooms. I basically did a search at hotels.com and then went to the hotel websites to see what they offered Hope this helps!


Crowne Plaza Rockville Hotel
Positano Ristorante (Italian restaurant in Bethesda with event venue)
Golden Bull Grand Café
Manor Country Club
Norbeck Country Club
Lakewood Country Club
The Tradition Golf Club at Montgomery
Bretton Woods Recreation Center
Woodmont Country Club
The Oak Room (no in-house caterer but list of approved caterers provided)
Argyle Country Club
Willow Tree Inn

dawnmhayden

If she wants to go up 270 there are a few Marriot hotels at the Rio that do weddings.  There is also the doubletree in Rockville, the new Legacy hotel in Rockville, and the Hilton in Rockville-all really nice.
The sheraton in Columbia also gets great reviews and my coworker had her wedding there and had nothing but great things to say about it.
We also looked at Mrs. K's Tollhouse in Silver Spring-it was super cute and is geared towards a smaller wedding-but it's not a hotel.
I've also heard great things about both the Brookside Gardens in Wheaton in the Brookeville Manor in Brookville.
HTH

PressMe

 Martin's Caterers are great!  They are all-inclusive and have several locations across PG County and Baltimore.  Their prices were better than most I've seen.  

http://www.martinscaterers.com/

iggles09

I am using the Bethesda Hyatt. They have multiple large rooms for events as well as a beautiful ballroom. They are very affordable and willing to go outside of their wedding packages which are all inclusive - food, alcohol, cake, tax, gratuity - for about 130 pp.

ladylion00

I highly recommend Bretton Woods Recreation Center in Germantown MD.  I hosted my wedding there in June 2011 and we were delighted.  The value for the service and food was unbeatable in the DC area.  Plus, their event coordinator Kevin Kozak is a JOY to work with.