Information about Walper Hotel
The Walper Hotel is a Kitchener-based venue that specializes in hosting luxurious weddings that are elegant but boasting with the modern comforts of a contemporary, sophisticated hotel. Imagine exchanging vows at a venue with Victorian architecture and a dozen sparkling chandeliers. As the renovations are completing, The Walper Hotel is quickly becoming the most sought after place to seek stylish yet comfortable accommodations and host the wedding of your dreams.
Facilities and capacity
Choose from one of their many enchanting ceremony locations: the spacious Crystal Ballroom, the classic Oak Room, the beautiful Oak Lobby, or the eclectic Eleanor Roosevelt Courtyard. Whether it's larger celebrations for up to 300 guests or smaller, more intimate gatherings, The Walper Hotel is the perfect venue for your special day.
Services offered
Their complete wedding packages offer the following services:
Cuisine
Its on-site catering services, led by renowned Chef Jeff Ward, offer a number of options for your wedding menu. These include:
Other services
Some other services it offers include:
From 15 to 325
275
Ballroom, banquet hall, historic, hotel, inn/B&B, restaurant
City, classic, eclectic, glamorous, modern, vintage
Accommodations, bridal suite, catering / bar, clean up, event planning, event rentals, lighting / sound,…View more
C$ 15,000.00
C$ 62.00
More information about Walper Hotel
Elizabeth Salisbury, Married on 22/04/2017
The Walper Hotel and their staff were so wonderful to work with from the very beginning!! They made sure no detail was missed and were very flexible to ensure our dreams became a reality. Leading up to wedding they were always very responsive, helpful, professional and flexible. Their team worked together like a well oiled machine making sure that no detail was missed and the entire day went smoothly. We also enjoyed our rehearsal dinner and post wedding Brunch at the Walper Hotel with our guests. People are still talking about the food! Everything was truly perfect! Thank you to The Walper Hotel and all of their staff for all of your hard work and for ensuring we had the most perfect Wedding experience!
Nicole Raines, Married on 16/09/2017
We had our wedding there on September 16th and it was phenomenal. Leah, Mick, Joel and staff did a great job of making sure that our wedding day went smoothly, right down to helping us by fixing our seating chart when all the cards fell off. Joel and the kitchen staff did a fantastic job on the meal, our guests are still talking about how great the food was.
Matt and I could not have asked for a more fantastic day!
Brittany Shaw, Married on 15/07/2018
Walper wedding July 2018
We had our wedding at The Walper in July 2018 for 201 guests and we highly recommend that you choose this venue! I would describe the atmosphere as fun and classy, and modern with a vintage flare. You have to go visit to see what I mean. We had many guests tell us that this was the most well-suited venue for a wedding that they've ever attended. The ballroom fits 224 seated guests, and the bar is just outside the ballroom. There is plenty of seating on couches and chairs in the same room where the bar is, and this created a friendly intimate space where people could chat without having to yell overtop of the music.
The food was delicious and well presented. The chef and staff were easy to work with for our guests with allergies (they take them seriously), and vegan and diary free guests. My only regret is not ordering more of the late-night snack! It was gone in a flash, my guests tell me it was also delicious. I don't think you could go wrong with any of the food choices here.
Responsiveness to my emails was only poor once, when I had to re-send an email 1 month after first sending it - but I think this had to do with a change over of staff (we booked the venue 15 months in advance and people change jobs sometimes, I don't blame them).
Overall, the staff were extremely helpful in creating a fun, relaxing (yes!), classy and beautiful wedding day for us and our guests. They worked with us leading up to the day and on the day itself to make sure everything was going according to plan, and they followed through perfectly. It was helpful that they coordinated directly with my vendors on the day-of, so that I didn't have anything to worry about. They even cleaned up all of our centrepeices (we brought and set up our own personalized ones), which were waiting for us in boxes the next morning. They really did take care of us on every level.
If you choose The Walper, you won't be disappointed. Happy planning!
A.B., Married on 04/11/2017
Sales Manager leaves something to be desired ...
Before I begin, I'd just like to say that the wedding coordinator at The Walper was great. She was very helpful and worked really hard to try and make this work for us.
We were going to have our wedding reception at The Walper Hotel, and got to the point of contract signing. We noticed several inconsistencies between the contract and what we have been told. In hindsight, we can say that this was likely due to the staff we were interacting with being relatively new (I think they had only been there for a month or two). However, we wanted the contract to line up with what we had been promised, but we were met with a lot of resistance for what we thought were fair changes.
This process left us a bit uneasy about booking with them, as due to the contract, if signing with less than a year in advance, you must pay the full amount for cancelling (which would have been about $24k). We tried to give them opportunities to show that they weren't rigid and would be willing to work with us, and this is where things went south.
The wedding coordinator wanted to work with us, but required approval from her boss, the Sales Manager. When he came in to talk to us, he was abrasive and talked over us the entire time. It wasn't even a real conversation. Safe to say, we didn't book with them.
Also, regarding the contract issues, after pointing out the inconsistencies, the entire wedding contract was revised. This means that we were likely one of the first couples to really read the contract and realize that some of the clauses were unfair to the signing couples.
This ordeal ruined the wedding planning experience for us. The Sales Manager and Wedding Coordinator had both only been there for a few months each, so maybe these were just growing pains. We just wanted a fair business exchange, and they weren't willing to work with us for that.
Erin Weiler, Married on 28/10/2017
The Walper Hotel is Perfection
My experience with The Walper was an interesting one. I started working with Jennifer who was unresponsive and very difficult to work with. She quoted me incorrect prices and I had to call her endlessly in order to get any sort of reply. Jennifer is no longer with The Walper and a few months before my wedding I was passed of to two new coordinators. I began working with Chyna and Kirsten, who were both AMAZING! I can't express how much time, effort and love they put into rectifying what started as an unpleasant experience. They brought me in to go over final details and made my anxiety melt away.
Knowing that Jennifer is no longer with The Walper and Chyna has taken over I would highly recommend it!
The Walper has such character and is so intimate. It was a perfect location to have my ceremony and reception!
I was worried about taking pictures outside on the street, but the old brick of The Walper provided such amazing pictures. I am so glad I decided not to go to a park.
The Walper is more than willing to accommodate everything and anything you want, check out The Walper. Coming from a recent bride - you won't regret it!
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