Located in Carleton Place, Ontario, The Grand Hotel offers an elegant banquet hall for your dream wedding. Built in 1872, this boutique hotel provides happy couples with a historic location, one-of-a-kind ambiance, and modern amenities. Their friendly staff is on-hand to assist you with everything you need to create a high-end event that celebrates your love alongside family members and friends.

Facilities and Capacity

The facilities at this hotel wedding venue in Carleton Place offer 15 guest rooms, owners suite and 1,200 square foot bridal suite. For Intimate weddings, we also offer the newly renovated Smith & Barrel (20 to 40 guests). All are ideal for dinner, dancing, and a celebration of a lifetime. Whether you are looking to host a sit-down dinner or a cocktail-style wedding reception, this space can easily accommodate up to 160 guests. With sparkling chandeliers, opulent curtains, and sleek furnishings, this space offers partners a refined space to say “I do.”

Services Offered

This location is available for engagement parties, wedding showers, rehearsal dinners, ceremonies, and receptions. The Grand Hotel provides soon-to-be spouses and their wedding parties with:

• An open-concept, 1,200 -square-foot Bridal Prep Room
• Stylish chairs, linens, cutlery, and stemware for special occasions
• Banquet tables and decor
• Access to beautiful onsite hotel rooms for you and your guests
• Day-of coordination service with expert staff and servers
• Link to Aisle Planner program
• Open or cash bars with knowledgeable bartenders that serve a wide range of beverages, including:
  
  • House beer, liquor, and wine
  • Premium liquor
  • Specialty beer and wine
  • Signature drinks
  • Champagne toasts

Cuisine

With our professional 5-star chef, your dining experience can be fully customized to make your special day unique. The Grand Hotel Wedding Package includes a three-course meal and late-night poutine.

Sample dishes include smoked tomato bisque, house-smoked arctic char, duck a l’orange, and seven-layer three-cheese lasagna. For dessert, the couple of honour and their guests may enjoy dishes such as triple chocolate mousse cake and white chocolate tiramisu. The canapé menu includes refreshing options such as fresh tomato bruschetta, Vietnamese pork wonton, poke spoons, giant prawn wrapped in prosciutto, and house-cured salmon.

For an interactive cocktail party, guests can delight in a seafood station, cheese and charcuterie, hot pasta station, cotton candy station, doughnut station, or chocolate fountain station.