Saint Elias Banquet Centre - Wedding Venue Ottawa

We organized a celebration night for about 300 people in this venue. Everything went very smoothly from renting the venue to the last moment. The food and drinks were very good. The owner of the venue was very helpful in organizing the tables and the environment. Thank you and we hope to see you again in another organization.

Was there for a wedding and it was beautifully decorated and food was delicious. Service was great! Its not often at a big wedding to receive your food still hot from the kitchen

I think they did a full renovation and face uplift. It looks beautiful and very accommodating. Lighting is great and gives lots of beauty. The kitchen is fully functional for a big gathering. Serving staff are efficient and quick in service.
Outside the Entrance does not match with total impression. It must be uplifted because many people still think "first impression is the last impression"
Keep the service and cleanliness at least to the same level.

If you have an event and you're looking for the best place in Ottawa this is your place

If you’re looking for a venue, look no more. St Elias has everything. Customer service is more than amazing. Food is phenomenal, they were very organised and Brian took all the wedding stress off of us. We ended up having a dream wedding. Highly recommended.

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Got married here in Oct 2022. While the reception was beautiful, the food was great, and the service during dinner/drinks was awesome- There were some things that made my head turn the wrong way and therefore I would recommend you reconsider or give it some thought before booking your wedding here.

Firstly, the communication from Zare from St Elias was terrible after we gave our deposit. After we gave the deposit, we contacted him 3 times months later with questions we had pertaining to our big day and he would not respond. We would send follow up emails 10 days later and 1/3 times he got back to us. We would even have to call and leave a message with no call back. Once we even went in to St Elias to have a chat and get our questions answered but he wasn’t there. Some of the questions needed to be answered in order to be communicated with other vendors too, so this was a problem. It all ended up working out when we met with him a week before the wedding (since he had last minute planning questions for us) but boy did it ever create added stress and I had to stay on top of sending a/several follow up emails every time to try and get my questions answered. While I understand it’s my responsibility to follow up, it’s a lot to deal with chasing people several times in addition to planning the rest of your wedding. Questionable customer service.

Secondly, we had paid our flower vendor extra to do same day coordination on our wedding day (setting up centrepieces, putting up seating chart, placing party favours on each plate etc). We had purchased about 50 extra party favours and additional candles and candle holders just in case. As a part of the agreement with our flower vendor, I gave her all of the party favours and centrepiece items (candles and candle holders) to set up. Since there were extra party favours, candles and candle holders, after she finished setting up the reception room, the flower vendor decided to leave them in a box under the gift table but failed to mention this to us. We contacted St Elias a week after our wedding, via email, to ask if we could come grab our leftover belongings as that’s when we realized. We sent 2 follow up emails, and on top, I even texted Zare himself since I had his cell phone number asking what happened to these belongings that had our name and date of our wedding on the party favours and never heard back at all. While the flower vendor should have communicated where she was leaving the extras, I cannot believe our venue would not even respond at all. It is extremely unprofessional.

If you are planning your wedding here and you don’t have a wedding planner, I wouldn’t recommend booking here.

Very beautiful set up for a wedding. Nothing to speculate about the building but lots of free parking. Descent bathrooms. And the food was good. (Better then most big wedding events.) Seem fairly sound proofed. Wheelchair accessible.

Really nice banquet centre for small or large groups. This place can handle any type of event. Well laid out building, many free parking spots, friendly staff, and the catered meals are good.

I was recently here for Mark Sutcliffe's kickoff for his campaign. Running for mayor in the upcoming October 24,2022 election. It was a fabulous event. Definitely voting for him. I think that he will be a great mayor to run our city.

My family and I went to the Lebanese festival this year and it was a blast. Music, dancing, rides for the little one, food, food and more food. It was a great time, and will be the source of great memories for years to come. We will be going back next year when it comes back to town. Also, big shout-out to all the volunteers that make it possible.

We had our traditional wedding at this gorgeous venue. The service was exceptional. Very friendly staff. Thank you so much! I would highly recommend to have your events here.

I would like to thank Zare and the St. Elias staff for providing us with a wonderful reception venue and for accommodating all our requests! Zare was extremely helpful in rebooking dates during the COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns and I greatly appreciated the professionalism! Our guests loved the venue, they loved the food and really appreciated the cleanliness and service! I highly recommend 100% that you book with St. Elias for your wedding and events!

It was an excellent experience we had at this banquet hall there service and food was amazing and Brian was so great to deal with.

This banquet is one of the most famous venue in Ottawa. Recently renovated, it is a great place for all kind of events with plenty of parking places