Chateau Bellevue

Unlike most reviewers, I explored this beautiful stone mansion as a tourist on Austin Museum Day when the Austin Women's Club opened it to visitors, which was quite a treat. While it's popular as a wedding venue, it's also fascinating to see many of the rooms with Victorian furniture and decoration, not to mention the beautiful architectural details.From the back of the building at the privately fenced parking lot the property is quite imposing with massive buttressed limestone walls that stretch upwards many stories giving it the feel of a castle almost. After a ride in a small elevator you can see the level with a large ballroom, dining room, large outdoor patio that's sunken from the street and private but quite nice in good weather.The next level is street level from the front of the house and has beautifully furnished living room with gorgeously carved pocket doors, stained glass entryway, intricately carved wood decorated staircase leading upwards to the bedrooms. Each has antique furnishings, fireplaces with painted tiles, and more room for entertaining on the spacious wraparound balconies that give views of how much Austin has changed.While I'm not clear on how much of the property is open to the public at weddings or other events, it's well worth the chance to see inside if you ever get the opportunity.

I have enjoyed attending two luncheons here. It is a lovely setting and the catering is quite good and accommodating to vegetarians. I like the historic building and ambiance.

Great location - came here for a string quartet concert. Very open, beautiful decor and good acoustics for a strong concert. Bonus? Free parking! Who finds free parking downtown?This was a Fever event with Castle Hill String Quartet doing an hour of Disney songs. Enjoyable Monday evening!

I am a fan of this venue. I recently hosted a wedding at the Chateau Bellevue and I would say that things ran relatively smoothly. Don't get my wrong there were a few moments where I thought they could have done a better job but overall I would say that I was pleased with the results.Let's start with the appeal of the venue. This historic building has a lot of charm and that is why we picked it. It is location in downtown Austin which I consider to be a huge plus. This venue has a courtyard with trees, bushes and flowers and this allows for ceremony and reception to be held at the same location. The upstairs at this venue is really beautiful and is the perfect place for photos. This venue photographs well so take advantage of it. This is venue that is perfect for under 150 people.From what I gather the General Manager and the Chef are the same person and the food that is served her is really good. We got many complements on the food. There is something about the food being made in house that just seems to make the most basic meals even better. Our menu consisted of the following:The Bellevue station: ( assorted cheeses, assorted dips, crackers, chips, bread slices ect)The Goat cheese tomatoes tartlet The mini chicken salad sandwichesPrime rib carving stationPecan chickenMushroom polentaGratin potatoesGreen BeansTomato and Mozzarella saladThe venue will allow you to have the meal served buffet style and or plated. They supply all the staff needed to serve your guests. The venue offers table and chairs. If you decide to book a date with Chateau Bellevue they require that you have a coordinator, security and they like to supply your bartender. The venue supplying the bartender allows you to buy your own beer, wine, ect which can be an added bonus. We got the majority of our stuff from Specs and they allow you to return unused beer and wine that has not been chilled. The only real issue we had is that they normally book menu tastings and viewings of the venue during hours that were a little difficult for me. I am not always able to take off at 3 or 4 to ensure I can accommodate an early evening tasting. They do not normally do these sorts of things on the weekends. Mandy helped us thru the process of setting up an event and she is pretty good about returning emails and calls. Anytime I was unable to reach her I reached out to the staff and I found them very responsive. I do have an a suggestion for any bride looking to book this venue, take your coordinator with you to the showing of the venue so that any and all decorating and logistics questions or concerns can be quickly addressed.During the time we booked our venue there was doing some updates on the elevator area of the venue. We opted to have our décor team pipe and drape this area for better aesthetics.

Oh my goodness. I was there the other day, and gnocchi was served. It was terrific! The gnocchi was cooked perfectly and the sauce oh my gosh. It was amazing. It was Limelight Catering that provided the food, and I can recommend the beautiful space and the food.

I had a wonderful lunch on Saturday catered by Limelight Catering. I was at the Chateau for a private club event, and the lunch was outstanding. I highly recommend the event space and the inhouse caterer.

Our 110 person luncheon was held at Chateau Bellevue last Saturday catered by Limelight and it was excellent. Chicken and pork were served with a delicious bell pepper vegetarian option. Everyone had a great time. The service was excellent with all the staff was very friendly. The venue is incredible and tons of free parking behind the building, which was included in the price.

Chateau Bellevue is the most beautiful venue for weddings, rehearsal dinners, and special events. It's nested in the middle of Austin and easy to get to. I love the staff! They are so eager to make all the arrangements seamless.

Live! at Chateau Bellevue with Darin Layne was wonderful. The music was fabulous and the sangria was pretty amazing.

A beautiful, historic venue with excellent in-house catering and a top-notch events director! We are so glad that we booked our wedding at Chateau Bellevue--many of our guests commented on how visually stunning and comfortable the spaces were, and we were impressed by how much of the setup and serving pieces were included as part of our booking package. There was also plenty of parking for guests in the private lot, and they were very courteous in setting up a schedule for deliveries ahead of the wedding day.The events coordinator Amber was incredibly friendly, organized, and responsive, and we felt like our day was in great hands. If we had another major event to host we would choose this venue in a heartbeat!