My husband and I had our wedding (both the ceremony and reception) at the Capitol Event Theatre this past January (2012). And we are extremely happy that we did. I am a corporate event planner for a living and as such I have very high expectations for venues. Thankfully, all of my expectations were met and some were actually surpassed.
They were able to work within our budget (being off-season helped too), and the value was absolutely fantastic for such a beautiful venue in uptown Toronto. It was large enough to comfortably accommodate our party of 130 but still felt intimate. It was very convenient to have the ceremony and the reception in the same place. We kicked things off with the ceremony at 5pm followed by cocktail hour/passed h'or deouvres (on the balcony level) and then a seated dinner and late night snacks around 11pm and open bar all night long.
I cannot rave enough about how good the service was. Caterina, our event coordinator made us feel at ease leading up to the big day and answered all our questions. Mark made sure that we stayed on track during the big day and cued the DJ and the person operating the lights. All the servers, including the head server Dalton were extremely on the ball. The bartenders Chris and Gary were a delight and their repertoire of shots/shooters rivals most bars I've been to. They also named the signature cocktail after me which was very cute.
Oh, and the food - the most important thing! As a foodie, I normally wouldn't order chicken in restaurants let alone for my wedding reception. But the chicken was out of this world. Super juicy in a balsamic reduction. The guests absolutely loved it. We also had the salmon. I thought it was done nicely but fish is a tricky thing because people tend to be pickier about how its cooked. The h'or deouvres were all solid but the lamb chop loliipops were absolutely AMAZING.
We had many out of town guests and booked a room block around the corner at the Best Western Roehampton Suites. It was clean, convenient and had much better rates than we could find anywhere downtown.
All that to say that we (and our guests) simply adored this venue. Sincere thanks to the gang there!
I would not hesitate to recommend The Capitol Event Theatre to anyone looking for an original venue, with lots of charm, fantastic service and delicious food.