Reviews for G C Cuisine & Crystal Garden Banquet & Event Center in Edwardsville, IL

Had my wedding here yesterday and it was amazing their glass room is something out of a fairytale and the food was to die for... and the bartender did an amazing job!!! Bill was our officiant and he did wonderful!!! I can?t thank them enough!!!!! Read more

Karol and Bill have been amazing in helping me plan our event and working with us! My sorority had our informal and they went... above and beyond to make it amazing! I would highly recommend for good food and great hosts! Read more

Beautiful venue with a lot of opportunity, but unfortunately the management and owners were rude and extremely cheap. They... counted down the minutes remaining in the wedding over the mic and seemed to rush us all out right at 8pm. Read more

Poor experience when trying to have my wedding here. The owner was very short & did not provide me with a lot of information.... When I asked for a rough estimate of costs she replied by saying ?it?s on the paper? instead of doing a cost breakdown with uslike other venues had done. It was as if she didn?t want my business. I spoke to another couple that tried to plan their weddinghere also, and had the same negative experience. Sucks because its a beautiful venue, but I can?t imagine planning a day sospecial for me with a business owner like that. Read more

I just had my wedding reception here last weekend and I can't put into words how perfectly everything went! Our meetings with... Bill and Karol were very clear and efficient leading up to the wedding day so on the day of, I didn't have a worry in the world!They did everything we asked and more- they set up and clean up everything and cook whatever you could want for dinner! Thecrystal room is BEAUTIFUL- I highly recommend it for a wedding reception venue if you want amazing pictures. If I had onecomplaint, it would be that several people told me afterwards that the wait staff was very rude and it was evident that theydidn't want to be there. Luckily, this could be an easy fix for the future. Read more

My wife and I got married here almost a month ago. To say everything was perfect would be an understatement. Every single part... of our big day went better than we could have ever hoped for. The venue was set up exactly how we wanted it, the ceremony wentoff without a hitch and most of all the venue is absolutely beautiful. The food was phenomenal and the atmosphere was evenbetter. We received only great comments from all of our guests and would highly recommend Crystal Garden. Bill and Karolassisted us the entire way through the process and made sure that everything went as planned. Thank you to those two for helpingus create the most memorable night of our life! Read more

Crystal Garden's venue was absolutely perfect! Staff is very helpful in planning your wedding. My daughter was very organized... and gave Karol a detailed explanation of how she wanted the room set up. Karol and Bill had the room exactly the way mydaughter wanted it. The food was amazing and so was the cake. Several of our guests told us this was a "first-class" wedding. The staff checked on us several times during the reception to make sure all was good. Crystal Gardens is a hidden gem! Ihighly recommend Crystal Gardens..I promise..you won't be disappointed. Read more

NOT WORTH THE MONEY!!! The female owner was extremely rude. Their contract is not clear. For example, the contract says ... centerpieces are included in the package we picked. In their pictures they advertise different floral arrangements andcenterpieces but at our last meeting 15 business days before our wedding the owner (female) tells us that the flowers were notincluded with the centerpieces and we could only use the vases and mirrors. Another example, dishes were also supposed to beincluded but in our package but again 15 days before our wedding we are paying them extra to use their "cake plates." CrystalGarden was supposed to set up our chairs for our ceremony but because we didn't pay to rent their chairs, we had to come themorning of our wedding and set up, again our contract say "best of all we set up and take down for you." My wedding day startedthere bad because the female owner would not let the wedding party in to get dressed. The female owner originally told use we(the wedding party) could arrive 30 min before the start of the wedding but when we got there she just stood at the door andwould not let us in, meanwhile I hadn't put on my dress and the wedding was scheduled to start at 3 (it was 2:40pm). When weentered into the reception hall the venue didn't have enough chairs at the head table so we had to wait until they sat up fourmore spaces. We picked Crystal Garden because it was beautiful and we could stay in one place for everything. We didn't want therest of the headaches this place came with. For the amount of money we spent, our experience with Crystal Garden should havebeen a good one. Their servers were nice and so was her husband. 1 star because of how beautiful this place is. Read more