Fairmont Waterfront Hotel Vancouver
About
Located on the city’s dynamic harbourfront, Fairmont Waterfront is a world class hotel in downtown Vancouver. They offer effortlessly elegant personalized service, unparalleled West Coast views and easy access to everything that makes Vancouver weddings spectacular! Their 4-diamond luxury hotel offers an exceptional culinary and catering team dedicated to excellence– from intimate gatherings in our third floor Terrace Room to gala weddings in the grand Waterfront Ballroom.
Facilities and capacity
The facilities found at this 4-star hotel include event spaces that can be divided or combined depending on the expected size of your wedding. These include:
- Waterfront Ballroom (A, B & C) - capacity 125-400 seated guests
- Waterfront Foyer - capacity for 300 standing guests for pre-dinner cocktail hour
- Mackenzie Ballroom - capacity for 80-150 seated guests
- Mackenzie Room I & II - capacity for 70 seated guests each
- Malaspina Room - capacity for 100 seated guests
Services offered
The Fairmont Waterfront Hotel offers couples the following services for their wedding:
- Accommodation
- Catering / Bar
- Set up
- Clean up and more
Cuisine
This venue offers couples the opportunity to customize their wedding menus to their liking. You can have oyster bars or rotisserie stations as well as other delicious options from their chef attended stations. Buffet, plated and a la carte options are also available.
Accommodation
This hotel venue offers its guests fine accommodation which includes 489 guestrooms, which are 100% smoke-free. Rooms with special access or larger beds and suites are also available. All have great amenities including high-speed internet.
Other facilities
Among the other facilities it offers, you can find:
- Business centre
- Health club
- Outdoor swimming pool
- Lounge
- Restaurant
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Haylee R. Married on 15/05/2022Wedding Accommodations
My husband and I as well as our out of town guests stayed at the Fairmont Waterfront during our wedding weekend. The hospitality was great, beds comfortable, and the views were amazing. Would recommend staying here to anyone! -
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Diana X. Married on 07/05/2022Awesome food and service
Had buffet for my wedding here, food is awesome! Everyone at wedding loved it. Nicole is a great help as well. I highly recommend this place.Fairmont Waterfront Hotel Vancouver's reply:
Thank you, Diana! You were so wonderful to work with as well and I’m thrilled you and Scott were finally able to celebrate! All my best to the both of you - XO Nicole -
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Michele Married on 12/06/2021Covid wedding
They did the best under the circumstance dumb Covid ! I felt for such a high end location they were rushing around I feel had they cleaned the area outside the day before, we could have had our dream wedding walking along the pool flowers lanterns music but last minute day of ohh the crows are angery! I had the shortest isle to walk down with my growen son it could have been so specialFairmont Waterfront Hotel Vancouver's reply:
Thank you for you taking the time to share your feedback, Michele. I recall your wedding day very well, along with all of the planning and preparation time that went into trying to create a special day for you despite the on again-off again circumstances surrounding the pandemic and BC health orders. We had an incredible package in place at the time which included ceremony space, flowers and decor, gold chiavari chairs, professional day-of coordinators, photo/video and marriage commissioner at a very reasonable rate. The original plan was to host your ceremony near our 3rd floor Herb Garden, however there were a few crows who took it upon themselves to nest in the area which lead to coming up with a "Plan B" on the day-of. We re-set your ceremony on the north-facing patio outside of the Terrace Room with the water and mountains in the background; the patio was cleaned and prepped prior to the ceremony and we gave the option of two different set-ups for this space, allowing one to have a slightly longer aisle. Our outdoor pool deck is not available for event rental as it there for the enjoyment of all hotel guests, so unfortunately was not an option for you on the day of your wedding. Covid certainly made wedding planning a little more challenging and believe that the team at Fairmont Waterfront rose to the occasion to help create a memorable experience for all of our weddings during this time. -
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Holly T. Married on 15/06/2019Wonderful venue with an amazing coordinator and team!
Choosing a venue is probably the most stressful thing on the checklist for a wedding but Nicole made the experience a breeze. Although I was unable to meet her in person during our initial walk-through of seeing the ballroom, she made sure that we were taken care of from the very start. Shoutout to Tobias as he provided us with a very thorough walk-through which ultimately helped with our decision to choose this venue. Throughout our planning, Nicole was quick, responsive and provided us with answers to questions I think weren't even part of her job! The vendors I used, all seemed to know Nicole well and highly recommended her. The coordination between her and the Fairmont team were seamless.
The venue itself is quite beautiful and doesn’t require too much decorations either (another selling point). The ballrooms and foyer were spacious enough for all our guests and we were able to fully utilize the space.
I do really want to thank the entire Fairmont team at Waterfront as they made our wedding day quite magical from the beginning to the very end. There is definitely no regrets on our end for choosing this beautiful venue.Fairmont Waterfront Hotel Vancouver's reply:
Holly, you were a delight to work with and created a lovely wedding for yourselves! I am so glad to hear I was able to support you through the planning stages, along with the rest of the dream team who helped to carry out your wedding day vision. It truly was our honour to play a role in your special day! - All my best, xx N -
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Gerard Married on 11/08/2018Amazing venue and even more amazing staff!
Honestly, when we first started touring venues, Fairmont Waterfront was at the bottom of our list - BUT that was only because we had been there for an event years ago PRE-RENOVATIONS. The ballroom was spectacular - it was an absolutely perfect venue.
The icing on the cake was truly, Nicole Folino - the coordinator for Fairmont Waterfront. I can't think of an email which she did not reply to the same day. This was particularly helpful because we were planning our wedding in Vancouver from Los Angeles. With Nicole, you are guaranteed to plan your perfect wedding! We certainly did!Fairmont Waterfront Hotel Vancouver's reply:
G+L I will never forget the look of pleasant surprise on your faces when you set eyes on the Waterfront Ballroom. It was my honour to be a part of your special day and I am so glad you trusted me to help with your destination wedding. You were amazing to work with and so much fun, too!
With love from your forever home away from home,
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Martin Married on 07/10/2017If you are looking for a small, intimate, venue for your Vancouver Wedding the Terrace Room at the Fairmont Waterfront is a perfect location. Great view of the harbour and city, warm cosy room that doesn't feel like a meeting/conference room and access to amazing patio's spanning 3 sides of the building for fantastic pictures.
We went with a buffet option, they allowed us to customise our own from their options, and everyone mentioned how great the food was. A number even rated it the best wedding food they had ever eaten. Combined with a super responsive banqueting team we had a magically evening.
We were lucky enough to work with Nicole who not only ensured all our arrangements were dealt with at the Fairmont, but also recommended some fantastic vendors for organising, flowers, photo's. decorations, etc. She was superb and we owe her so much for our amazing day.Fairmont Waterfront Hotel Vancouver's reply:
Truly, the pleasure was ours! There is nothing more fulfilling than knowing we were able to assist with your special day and ensure everyone was well taken care of. Wishing you both our very best and look forward to meeting again.
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Meet the team
I began my journey in hospitality 20 years ago as a junior server at the Fairmont Waterfront and in my tenure, I rounded out my skill set by working in various food and beverage management positions, leading me to my current role of a wedding and event specialist.
I have also had the opportunity to broaden my horizons by working at other venues within the city of Vancouver before returning ‘home’ to Fairmont Waterfront.
Over the years, I have been fortunate to form strong relationships with some of the city’s premier vendors; from planners to decorators, florists and photographers and now look forward to being able to share my experiences and connections with you.
I believe that your special day is just that – your day and it’s our mission to make it special. I believe that in today’s times there are no longer rules about what is right for a wedding; it’s about what is right for you!
I look forward to meeting you!
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