Temptations Banquet Facility

I just recently had a birthday party at this facility and overall I as well as my guests enjoyed it.
The pros were: nice space and great music thanks to the DJ selected for the event.
The cons were: two of my guests who walked in behind me got to the table to pay the entrance fee were told to go to another door on the other side of the facility which was away from my table (this made absolutely no sense as they were literally right behind me and already inside the building; I missed this as I was carrying a cake to provide my guests so after I checked in I walked directly to my table). The wait some of my guests had to get into the venue was extremely long. Some waited upwards of an hour to get in while others turned around and left. The drink prices are ridiculously high especially for a facility that’s not located in Center City Philadelphia. I was happy that my guests enjoyed themselves but I can say that I will not be returning to this venue.
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It is amazing how a review can be like gossip! I tried Temptations for a night out and found the people to be friendly, staff concerned, and the owner’s awareness of his patron’s security on the money. The genre depending on the nite and event is more than oldies but goodies. Hell on Their comedy night you can even get a laugh. I recommend it highly, it beat growing old watching TV and waiting to die! Keep it moving!

Went to a wedding reception here last night. Completely horrible!!! Let me list the ways…
1. The room was not set up when guest arrived
2. They didn’t continue to provide items the bride & groom wanted on the tables (cameras, personalized napkins, juice/​water, decorations, etc.)
3. The sweetheart table and wedding party tables were in the back corner… away from everyone.
4 – 6. The cake table wasn’t set up all of the way. The table cloth was too short in the front so you could see the cake boxes underneath. The bartender rolled her eyes at me when I asked if she could rinse off the cake knife & server since they just came out of the package.
7. The drinks were $ 8 for cheap vodka & the bartender was a bitch!
8. The staff didn’t clear the dinner plates until the groom asked them to.
9. Although it was clearly announced that the bride & groom would be cutting the cake, staff needed to be asked to cut the remaining cake for the guests.
10. A male staff member hit on me & waited outside for me when he saw I was leaving… after doing the same thing to a girlfriend of mine 20 minutes earlier!
I’ll stop here but could go on.
Only positive… the dj was nice & friendly

Temptations… now Black Pearl has moved to 7200 Germantown Ave. on the corner of Mt. Airy and Germantown. The new location is just as nice and a little bit more spacious than the one on Chelten Ave but shaped differently. Still putting the finishing touches on a few things, but open for business. Check it out!

I love Temptations (literally and figuratively)! It’s at the corner of Wayne and Chelten, so it’s not the greatest place to be hanging around late night, but I’ve been going to the bar down the street for years and I’ve never had a problem. I’ve never gone to Temptations at night (save for early evening Comedy shows– 2 thumbs up, by the way), so ultimately my review and my recommendation are for the Temptations’ Jazz/​Gospel Sunday Brunches…
#1 reason to check out the Sunday Brunch– the food! To be honest, the all-​you-​can-​eat buffet spread looks good, but I am there for one reason and one reason only– the fried chicken breast, string beans and mac and cheese. I eat my fill of delicious fattening pleasure, and then I take the rest home for, yes, another meal later that day! Drinks are pricey (which tells you why I drink down the street, right?), but with food this good who needs ‘em? Friends have also loved the Salmon, the Crab cakes, the corn on the cob, and the creamed something or other (bleeeech– out of my mind as soon as the words registered– sorry, cream fans)…
#1A reason to check out the Sunday Brunch– the music! Gerald Young Jr. and the Temptations Jazz Gospel Band are really fantastic! Mr. Young’s voice channels Otis’s rasp to Ray’s depth to Stevie’s velvety smoothness. They are so good that once I even found myself loving and singing along to their adaptation of «It’s too late, baby, oh, it’s too late» as I wondered how I knew the lyrics to a song I’d never heard before (well, until they got to the chorus, anyway… and did i say loving? oh the shame…)! The band can at times be loud, but they are never short of fantastic. The repetoire consists mostly of really (and i mean very) old gospel songs and 60-s-70’s jazz/r&b/motown/staxx-type stuff.
Not sure what time the brunch starts but the band goes on around 3:00 pm on sundays (so it’s much more of a late lunch than brunch, i know). I have seen them advertised as going on at 2:00, but the few times I have been there before 3:00 they have been warming up and wandering around…
So to sum up, ignore the haters and enjoy yourself with great food and great music on a sunday afternoon… besides, what could be a better prep for the drunken-​joys of a philly night game then the solid foundation of scrumptious comfort-​food in your belly???
P. S. Service varies wildly, from the incognizant stare of the young and bored to the mind-​reading master. The food and the music MORE than make up for it, though…

This is a restaurant/​club. The club is so ghetto the cover prices at the door is not worth it depending on who’s having a party the place maybe crowded or half empty, and the drinks are watered down :-(def not the best hangout spot in the germantown area.

Ok Ive come here before and enjoyed myself. But it had been about 2yrs since I’d stopped in and boy have they made some bad choices. My waitress was more interested in having a conversation with her friend then working. I was with a group of 6 ppl and every time we needed her we had to call her over (including to order food.) Then she took 20 min to WRITE the receipt out rather then print it like most locations. And to top it all off some of us wanted to pay with card and some with cash, she said it would be fine just write how much to take off each card but then she split the bill evenly on the cards. I can go elsewhere for better service when the food was just OK. The portions are big but that does not compensate for the lack of service.