Ann Howard at the Bond

When my husband and I got engaged over a year ago we started to look at reception sites. We booked an appointment to look at the Bond Ballroom and were blown away. We actually were so happy with what we saw and heard about the Bond that we took our parents there later in the day and booked our date. We were really impressed. Not only did the Bond meet all our expectations on our wedding day of 11/27/10 they went above and beyond to make our day unforgettable. I wanted an classy, elegant, and reception site like no one else. The Bond truly delivers. The food is in a class of its own, our cake was a masterpiece and the room speaks for itself. Everyone that we dealt with at the Bond especially Joe and Elie were professional and very helpful in listening to what we wanted our day night to be like. The Bond is in a class of its own and we are so happy that our wedding day will be unforgettable not only to us but our guests.

I cannot speak highly enough of this reception venue. My husband and I were married on 8-8-08. The Bond is a hidden gem in my opinion. I wanted an elegant, classy wedding and there is no way to have anything else if you have it at the Bond. The victorian ballroom is breathtaking and my guests still talk about it. The view at sunset is amazing and Bushnell Park provided us with gorgeous pictures. The food was delicous. It is one of the few places that allow you to have a full tasting and give you doggy bags to bring home! Ann Howard catering is a highly reputable caterer. My cake was excatly like the picture I gave them for the design. The prices are extremely reasonable. Elli and Joe are very professional. They are on top of things and run a very good business. Another bonus is the Homewood Suites which are in the same building. All you have to do is hop on the elevator and go to your beautiful room afterwards. Our guests still rave about the reception and convenience of the hotel. The Bond was everything I was looking for and made my wedding absolutely perfect. Two of our guests just recently were engaged and she called me to tell me that they booked the Bond and if it wasn't for our wedding, would not have known about it. I am so happy to be returning there to experience the Bond again!

I love, love, love the Bond. I want to get married there every weekend. First and foremost, the food is a hundred, million percent delicious. At the tasting, I fell in love with the food, which was just as good, if not better, at the wedding. I wanted to customize my menu, so I was able to add a station and an extra hour of dancing to my package with no problems and a reasonable cost. The second best thing, beyond food, was the atmosphere. It's a beautiful location and the views of the capital cannot be matched. In addition, the hotel was very clean and guests enjoyed staying there. I had MANY special requests, and they met all of them. The staff are awesome and on the ball. In addition, the managers, Joe and Elli, are super. Don't be fooled--they aren't warm and fuzzy, but they are going to be the ones who get all of your things CORRECT on your big day. They don't mess around. My only complaint is that my crowd was big on the eating, and food ran a little short during cocktail hour. However, the food was so good and the drinks were flowing. If you are at all considering the Bond, I would 100% say yes.

We were so pleased with the Bond - beautiful, old fashioned ballroom with a view; excellent food and service; very professionally run. Everything went off without a hitch and our guests loved it!

I highly recommend the Bond Ballroom. The staff were outstanding and were always there when I needed them. The food was delicious and the price was comparable if not better than other places of the same quality.

We loved having our wedding at the Bond Ballroom! In my opinion, it doesn't get enough reviews. I had my reservations in the beginning - Its a pretty space during the day with character and amazing views on the 11th floor but at night and fully decorated for a wedding its breathtaking!!! The coordinator may not be the friendliest or responsive person prior to the wedding but on the day of, the entire place delivers! The food was delicious and the package pricing was very affordable for the services that you get. We had many out of town guests and they all loved that they only had to go down a few floors to get to their rooms. Thanks for everything!!

My wedding reception was all that I dreamed it would be. The Bond has a beautiful site, and the food was quite good.

HORRIBLE service. Elli and Joe fought me on every little detail of my wedding. By no means was I a difficult bride, I'm a wedding planner and caterer and I know what can be done. Apparently they were intimidated by this and I will say that if I didn't just let go and enjoy the day regardless of the mistakes they would have ruined my wedding. Halfway through the process I hired a coordinator to be our middle man so I could remove the unnecessary stress from my planning. Joe took over for Elli because she was so incredibly rude to us, he didn't make much of a difference. While he was polite he never followed through with anything we asked for. They served the wrong menu at the reception, didn't provide the bridal party with anything more than a cheese plate made for 5 people when there were 18 of us. Our wedding cake was not the design or flavors we ordered. Our coordinator got a call from Joe the day before saying the cake is impossible to make because they only make 3 tiers and I ordered 4, yet they had this order for 3 months!!! We easily told him how to fix his problem and solved that issue. While the entrees were delicous that didn't make up for the fact that it wasn't our wedding, not what we planned or dreamed of. To top it all off our photographer was getting a great shot of us in front of the windows where we were standing on the window seats. A server started screaming at my husband and I to get down..screaming!!! Come to find out she was incredibly rude to our guests as well. After all was said and done we went to Elli at the end of the night and thanked her, she turned and walked away from us without saying a word. We wrote a letter to Ann Howard about our experiences and have yet to hear back from her...2 years later. I would never ever recommend using this venue eventhough I see the other reviews have loved it.