Esplanade Lakes by Doubletree

Great venue, attended a cousins wedding and had a great time. Food was delicious, servers were profession and courteous while maintaining professionalism. Very pretty setting and use of rooms was very cool. They made a special signature drink which was well received and the bartenders were also good with other drinks.

My hubby and I were at a wedding reception held here and it was GREAT!
It was a little erie initially. We were the first to arrive and no one was around — it seemed like a ghost event center — especially with doors opening automatically and the silence. But everything was so eerily beautiful even with the silence, (it had rained, so it was grey outside and a slight chill in the air…).
However, soon there was a guard that appeared, who gave a bit of history on the building, which actually is an office building that has this lovely venue for dining. The staff were very kind, personable and yet professional. The facility was very clean, open, and safe, (there were security guards). The food was unbelievable. The arrangement of the tables were rather noteworthy as well — you could see just about everyone from where you sat.
This was a spectacular event/​reception center. Every detail was taken care of — Beautiful! …And we were just guest!

SUCH a nice reception ball room. They had really pretty décor and lighting. Not to mention it’s on a small man-​made lake with swans. Very romantic. There’s also a wrap around balcony of the reception area that looks out onto the lake. The food was solid. The only reason why I’m not giving them 5 stars is because their staff was very rude to some wedding goers… including myself… when I showed them my ID WITH MY PICTURE believe it or not, they yelled at me saying it wasn’t me, what the hell? Overall great experience

It was raining when I arrived here but it looked really pretty anyway. It’s kinda a long walk from the entrance to the banquet rooms. The room is really pretty nice size room on a curve. I was impressed with the fact that my banquet meal arrived hot. I had chicken with this mushroom stuff stuffed inside of it. It was ok the chicken was moist and the mushrooms were good. The accompanying potatoes were excellent and the greens beans were good. We had unsweetened tea or water to drink. There was a bar but I didnt have a drink there. Short shuttle ride from the hotel nice space.

We had a wedding booked and put the required $ 2500 secutiry deposit down for our wedding. 8 months prior to our wedding I lost my job and unfortunaltey had to cancel our special day we were so looking forward to. To add insult to injury, THEY WOULD NOT REFUND OUR DEPOSIT again with 8 months notice!!! Ouch.

My experience here was as a guest of my friend’s wedding a year ago. The location is kind of weird — instead of being right near the actual hotel, it’s off a winding road that goes beyond the hotel past some fields and behind a Sara Lee building (what?!). Yet, it’s surrounded by trees and a cute pond with large stones in it for crossing over. The cocktail hour was held in a large hall within the building before we were ushered into the large banquet hall for the reception. The banquet hall was HUGE, with one curved wall of giant windows overlooking the lake. It was almost too big as it accommodated dozens of tables, two large bridal party tables, a large dance floor, two sweets tables, and a couple bars. Guests were also allowed to step outside on the patio that wrapped around the building, over the lake. Lovely! The place itself was not my style, but it’s a good unique spot for a large, traditional wedding reception in the Chicago ‘burbs.