Recommend me a wedding ceremony venue plz!

[LaymanX]

Requirements:

- Small and intimate (~75 guests)
- classy and traditional
- open to non-religious folk

I'm only looking to serve light refreshments, as I've already booked a banquet hall for dinner at night.

Any ideas? I'd rather pay for the room rental, than pay for a full sitdown meal.

[NDman]

We got married here (http://www.graydonhall.com/) last November. We had a fantastic experience for an afternoon wedding with Hors d'œuvre at the reception on site. Settings were intimate, chapel is good for about 100 people (we had 110).

The location might seem a little odd at first (We were skeptical initially too). But the way the banquet hall is landscaped, guests actually feel very secluded with some good outdoor settings for pictures.

[LaymanX]

Thanks for the reply!

I forgot a requirement.. my fiancee wants to get married in a church, but isn't religious. Yes, I realize that's a bit whacky... :/

[mladensk]

I used to work there and they have many options. There is a small chapel if you want to use it. But the building has that "churchy" feeling and there are large and small rooms. also, they are very flexible on the food etc.

Susan

[CSAgent]

Thanks for the reply!

I forgot a requirement.. my fiancee wants to get married in a church, but isn't religious. Yes, I realize that's a bit whacky... :/

... Sorry, but to me that sounds wrong. A church to its believers is a sacred and holy place, to get married underneath its roof is to have God preside over it. But yet, your fiance doesn't believe in God... so why even bother?

[nalababe]

Many churches will not let you get married there unless both are baptized. Some churches like RC will require that you are baptized RC (i.e. will not recognize Anglican). Churches like Anglican will require any baptism. Keep that in mind.

For a venue for reception:
http://www.heritagefdn.on.ca/userfiles/HTML/nts_1_7736_1.html

Perfect for 70 to 90.
Downtown (walkable to the King Eddy where we stayed)
Elegant (marble and gilded ceilings)
We also took the upstairs boardroom and birkbeck for pre dinner cocktails (separate street entrance).

The Sunnybrook estates are nice too....

[LaymanX]

I used to work there and they have many options. There is a small chapel if you want to use it. But the building has that "churchy" feeling and there are large and small rooms. also, they are very flexible on the food etc.

Susan

Wow, this is perfect. I'll definitely look into this!

Many thanks,

Peter

[LaymanX]

... Sorry, but to me that sounds wrong. A church to its believers is a sacred and holy place, to get married underneath its roof is to have God preside over it. But yet, your fiance doesn't believe in God... so why even bother?

Yep, I've gotten many puzzled looks over this as well. The only way I can explain it, she wants something 'churchy' and traditional. All I can do is try to accommodate her, as it IS her special day. :o

[Rocketo]

Pavilion royale...the courtyard room that's where i got married smaller room intimate and a unique shape check out the website trust me everyone that came to my wedding loved the fact it wasn't a box shape and that the mood was intimate...

the food was good too so i am told altho i barely ate

[sillysimms]

There is also The Old Mill Chapel:

http://www.oldmilltoronto.com/weddings-chapel.html

I was at a wedding there last summer. Although they say they can accommodate up to 110 people, it looks fairly small and intimate with candle lighting. There are nice grounds to take pictures at, although depending on the time of year, there may be several people there taking wedding pictures. As far as I know, it is a "chapel" but really non-denominational (not sure if this fits the "church" requirement).

[Ma_Jie]

There's also the chapel at Victoria College at U of T. I've not been to a wedding there -- rather, it was a piano recital -- but, as I recall, it was pretty intimate.

- MJ.

[help_questions]

... Sorry, but to me that sounds wrong. A church to its believers is a sacred and holy place, to get married underneath its roof is to have God preside over it. But yet, your fiance doesn't believe in God... so why even bother?

maybe the fiance want to do it to please her parents or other family members.
or maybe she is religious on major occasions, like Christmas, Easter, or Sacraments, like Marriage.

You never know, this might be the day she finds God. OP never said she didn't believe in God, but that she was just not religious.

[mlc2000]

There is also The Old Mill Chapel:

http://www.oldmilltoronto.com/weddings-chapel.html

I was at a wedding there last summer. Although they say they can accommodate up to 110 people, it looks fairly small and intimate with candle lighting. There are nice grounds to take pictures at, although depending on the time of year, there may be several people there taking wedding pictures. As far as I know, it is a "chapel" but really non-denominational (not sure if this fits the "church" requirement).

Hahaha....it has a 16th century chapel yet Toronto area was only settled in the mid 1700's. :confused:

The Old Mill is a wedding factory. I used to DJ and I can remember wedding parties lined up in the hall waiting to use the chapel or take pix in the gardens. Avoid it.

[superbooos]

http://www.oakviewterrace.com/facilities.htm

[rb]

Best place I reckon is

http://www.terraceonthegreen.ca/main/about.html


Just view the gardens - weather permitting most ceremonies and refreshments are served outdoors

[crisis1900]

estates of sunnybrook?

went to a wedding there, food was pretty good. small and intimate

[sillysimms]

There are a lot of choices. I also went to a wedding at the Estates of Sunnybrook, which was nice.

However, if your fiance does want to get married in a church and have light refreshments since you've already booked a place for the dinner, that sort of cuts down the options.

I do agree that in certain seasons The Old Mill is a wedding factory (I've heard a wedding every hour), but the only reason I mentioned it is because it does have a chapel and you could have refreshments/appetizers there before going to your dinner at the banquet hall.

Does she want a church wedding and then to go someplace else for the refreshments or does she want a place with a chapel on site where refreshments can be served at the same location?

[Rocketo]

Hahaha....it has a 16th century chapel yet Toronto area was only settled in the mid 1700's. :confused:

The Old Mill is a wedding factory. I used to DJ and I can remember wedding parties lined up in the hall waiting to use the chapel or take pix in the gardens. Avoid it.

the price of the old mill was quite expensive too...when we went hunting for our hall this was my first look ...i was deciding between them and casa loma...but both are hella expensive..

so i ended up with pavilion royale.


yes the pix look nice at those old places..but i went to the distillery district for my pix..which was equally nice