The Westin Colonnade, Coral Gables

This hotel is great!!! We held our reception in the Rotunda and everything was amazing! The quality of service from the staff is beyond great. Patricia was amazing! Couldn't be happier!

Our Planner, Patricia was amazing. So courteous and helpful every step of the way.

I had been in love with the Westin Colonnade for years and knew I wanted my reception there. Everything was perfect, a dream come true. The reception was around the rotunda. The staff was wonderful and the food was great!

This venue offers excellent service, beautiful setting and delicious food at a very competitive price. Working with Jeffrey Chirinos the catering manager was smooth sailing. Our ceremony also took place at the venue and it also looked beautiful.Jose the reception Captain is very accomodating and professional. Thanks to all their staff we had an amazing time!

We had our reception in the Rotunda and it was everything we could have hoped for. Ivette was amazing throughout the whole process. She was always quick to reply to my emails and call back. The day of our captain was Jose and he was fantastic. The hotel staff was also great. Our guest kept raving about how helpful everyone was. The Westin Colonnade and the staff is absolutely the best.

This hotel was fantastic!! The rotunda made for a dram wedding! The band was hard to hear from he back of the room but I was worth it!

The Colonnade made my fairytale come true!!!! I felt like a princess. I had ceremony and reception there. The service was wonderful, not one complaint!!!!! I wouldn't change a thing and don't regret spending not a single cent!!!! LOVED every minute of it!!!!

Working with Ivette from the WC was the best thing while I was planning my wedding. She only knows all the struggles I had and ONLY she was able to make my wedding day as special as it was. Thanks to her and her team for such an amazing NIGHT! Most of all thanks Ivette for listening.

My reception far exceeded any of my expectations! The venue was stunning and the food was amazing! Ivette is amazing to work with and she made everything so enjoyable! She was so attentive and accommodating and definitely worked with us a lot to make sure that I got the wedding of my dreams!

Our wedding was so beautiful. The hotel was still decorated for the holidays and I can only say that the service and the food at the Colonnade were exceptional. It was my dream wedding and I would recommend The Westin Colonnade to any bride looking for herdream wedding venue. All our guests were impressed with The Westin, they were also within walking distance to fine dining and shopping. The staff was very accomodating and helpful. I did not have to worry about a thing.

Laura and Ivette really helped me step by step through out the event and the process of planning the wedding. I couldnt imagined having my reception anywere alse. The food was very tasty and they use the most proffesional vendors.

We had our ceremony in the Merrick Ballroom and the reception in the Rotunda! It was beautiful! The rotunda is one of a kind and if you're one of those "I don't want a traditional ballroom" kind of person (like me) this is perfect! The staff is extremely helpful and pleasant to work with. Ivette was wonderful! The food is delicious! You have to get the lobster bisque...by far the best.

Food was phenomenal!! Laura Burgess, Director of Catering, was the best. Everything was done with quality, professionalism, and always very accommodating. The only thing I didn't like was the Bridal Suite. This room needs an overhaul! Otherwise, everyone was very nice. The Rotunda area was incredible and the hotel lighting (additional cost) was beautiful!

Great service, great food, overall great experience!!!!!!!

My reception was at the Rotunda. The place speaks for itself. Everyone was very professional. Food was great. Excellent service. Jose was our captain and he was very professional and courteous.

We had our ceremony and reception at the Westin Colonnade. The ceremony and cocktail hour were in the pool terrace at sunset. The reception was in the Merrick ballroom. The service and professionalism from the staff and Ivette, the coordinator, was excellent. They were very accommodating and the food was great! Our guests were extremely happy and so were we!

Working with the Colonnade was an absolute dream! I didn't have to worry about a thing on the day of the event. The food was delicious and the service was great. They were very prompt and ran completely on schedule. I am very happy with the service!

I absolutely loved the Westin Colonnade. We had our reception in the Merrick Ballroom, and it was perfect for about 150 guests. The room was intimate and beautiful. The food was spectacular and the service was great! We were really happy with this location.

The service was exceptional. I did feel like since I changed my wedding from 2007 to 2008, they could have been more flexible with the price increase. It went from a $25,000 minimum to $30,000. But it was still an exceptional reception. Several people told me that it was the BEST wedding they had ever attended. They really are very good with detail. LOVED IT!!

Décor:You all know that the Westin is a beautiful hotel. Their Rotunda area is gorgeous and awe-inspiring. It is VERY difficult to make this place look ugly.Tips for Décor:Try to incorporate warm colors if you’re having your wedding at the rotunda. It really blends well together. I’ve seen weddings here with whites and bright blues, etc and I feel like it detracts from the natural beauty of this room. I was even torn between silver and gold. I ended up going to gold route against my gut because silver just made things look too cold for this room. Browns, yellows, golds, reds, purples, deep blues, and oranges can go really well here.Service:Ivette is awesome. Very personable, friendly, down to earth, take-care-of-business type of girl. She’ll be very real and not salesy as you’re planning your wedding. She knows what works and what doesn’t.From the servers to the waiters to everyone working here the day of, they were all friendly and helpful. I’m genuinely very happy with how smooth everything went here.A few of my guests did complain that one of the servers was rudely grabbing the drinks of my 25+ guests thinking they were underage. They did not even ask for ID. Understandably, this particular guest looks young, but to snatch a drink away without asking is just rude. Some others mentioned that they were rudely asked for ID. It would be nice if they did with a non-condescending tone, it is a wedding, not a club or a bar. In addition, this occured during dinner, not even after the dancing got started.Protips:· For cocktail hour music at the Westin: Choose a guitarist, not a piano player if your cocktail hour is upstairs. The piano player can only be heard by guests on their way TO the cocktail hour since they are downstairs.· Paying for your guests parking: if you have the extra money to spend, do it. It’s a nice thing to do. Just to give you an idea as to how many cars we had, out of my 118 or so guests, 39 cars parked in valet.· If you can, rent out an extra suite (aside from the complimentary bridal suite) for the day before your wedding. In our case, our wedding was on a Sunday. My parents rented a room for Saturday night so we could have that room to get ready in first thing in the morning. The reason why is – if there is a wedding the night before, your bridal suite won’t be ready until the afternoon the day of your wedding since there is likely a couple in there sleeping in.OR, you can just get ready at home. I just prefer making a mess of a hotel room :P It’s more fun!