The Cortez Ballrooms

Recently had our wedding here and it was amazing. A little confusion with the dj with some parts of the night but overall kept the party going. I would definitely recommend this venue to anyone. They do everything in house the food was delicious all my guest really enjoyed it(chicken plablano) and the cake was perfect as well. They include unlimited beer which was a good selling point. Over we were so happy with the venue and everyone had so much fun. Also the location is amazing right in front of the San Jacinto park downtown. 10/10 would recommend

The venue itself is gorgeous for smaller parties.The point of contact is Maribel she is very helpful. With that being said she is not a planner or coordinator. If you want your party to be flawless I highly highly recommend you hire a planner. Someone that will be on top of everything so nothing gets overlooked.During my ceremony the microphone did not work. Maribel informed me she had asked the groom and officiant to check that the mic was working. I don't believe these duties should be assigned to them specially the groom as he is busy with so many other things the day of the wedding.During the reception we ran out of food. We are still trying to figure out how this happened as additional plates were ordered. I did tell Maribel I would've appreciated if someone notified me so I could've apologized to the guests that didn't receive plates.During the dance I had brought in special lights to be passed out. I did tell a couple of workers at least twice that those lights needed to be passed out during the dance. And they were not.Other nuances happened that I tried to communicate and Maribel's response was that as a bride I should've known and that it was poor planning from my behave. Which maybe it was but also this was my first time getting married so there is no way I could've know and I trusted them since they claim to have events every weekend. And also as a client that is not what I expect to hear.Overall, I think the team tries their best but i do feel communication could've been better. Also, please save yourself the trouble and hire a planner to overlook everything because things will be missed.I forgot to mention I came in Thursday to set up the venue, I offered to put the place cards in their place for dinner and I was told by the young girl with the glasses that the table clothes were not ready and that she could do that. We came back the next day (Friday) and half of our place cards were missing. I am not saying they lost them but I did offer to put them up myself when none of them were missing. I trusted them since they said they handle 30-40 booking at a time. Maribel said a couple of things were missing and but never reached out to me to clarify.