Pritzlaff Events

333 N Plankinton Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53203, USA

Address:	333 N Plankinton Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53203, USA
Phone:	+1 414-433-6088
Site:	pritzlaffevents.com
Rating:	4.4

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Reviews 17

Geneviève Hartmann

Beautiful space, but be prepared for a massive headache when working with the Pritzlaff. Its easy to sum up: most vendors are in the wedding business, the Pritzlaff is a real estate company (Sunset Investors). In fact, the space was purchased by a commercial developer who converted it into a wedding venue only to ride out the real estate crisis that crippled his original plan to use the space for luxury condos and boutiques. Their main concern is turning a dime, not your wedding. And you will feel that severely throughout the entire process. Responses (only after you sign the contract) are abrupt, boarder line rude, mark ups are CRAZY expensive (200 do simple go to the roof and take a photo? 500 for a string of lights?), added gratuity way above 20% that you must pay regardless, horrible wine and "champagne" (its Cava) selection that is ridiculously expensive... the list truly does go on. Unfortunately, there were multiple times throughout the wedding planning process that we said to ourselves "lets just get through this, we know we are simply money makers for them" and when youre spending that much on a single day, its a really tough reality to swallow. Staff only respond to mails Tuesday-Friday as they are too busy with weddings to answer over the weekends and need Monday to recover. Always review all of your itemized bills as there are extra charges that are unjustified. They will remove them if you put up a stink, but again, its a horrible feeling when you have to go through line by line because you know you are being taken for a ride. Very sadly, if we were to do it all over again, we would not work with the Prtizlaff. If you are in a situation where you have an unlimited budget and someone else coordinating for you, it will be a great option. If you are doing it yourself, just know going into it that it will be difficult. Its really a shame because if their customer service was up to par with other vendors in the same area, and up to speed with the beauty of the space, they would really have a phenomenal product on their hands and would, long term, turn a substantial profit. The potential is simply astronomical. Sadly, we signed before reading their reviews, and we painfully understood that too late in the game. Beware.

Samantha Miletti

We attended an open house at the Pritzlaff and from that moment forward no other venue stood a chance. There is something about this building that has so much character but yet it cozy and romantic — all these weird combinations of greatness. We really wanted to have our ceremony and reception in one location to make it nice and smooth on our guests and this was the perfect place to execute that. Our ceremony was held in the Galleria space and our reception in 325 with the courtyard. The venue was everything we imagined. For us picking a venue was the very first piece of the puzzle — with that being said we had NO IDEA what we were doing with planning. This venue is perfect and totally worth it but keep in mind that the rate is for the space — it doesn’t include anything else — everything else is an add on. This isn’t a problem and the good news it they will route tables, chairs, any fabric, draping, etc through them so you don’t need to work with additional vendors, they manage the bar and give you a list of caterers that you can work with just make sure you realize that up-front. Know what you want and ask the right questions but let them get creative and offer recommendations as well — after all they do this for a living! Everything about our day was perfect and the staff were easy to work with — our day truly wouldn’t have been the same in another location. Thank you for helping us along the way and being apart of our big day!

Stephanie Perry

We held our wedding reception in the 325 space of the Pritzlaff building last week. Pritzlaff has an incredible product. The space itself is impressive, unique, and truly breath-taking. Our guests were taken away by the beauty and ambiance of the space. Pritzlaff also has a handful of unique furniture pieces, which were great to elevate the decor of our reception. Day-of, the bar- and security- staff were incredibly helpful. The bar staff were quick, friendly, and helpful to all our guests. Bear, the security guard, went above and beyond to help throughout the reception. He even helped pack up our center pieces and decor at the end of the night! Kara, the on-site coordinator, was also responsive. The day went off without a hitch. However, we were not impressed with the customer service from the office staff leading up to the event. Response times were slow, and the office staff was cold towards us. We did not feel like valued customers, and were occasionally nervous that they were not on track with our event. But, at the end of the day, the space was beautiful, the details came together, and the day-of staff were incredible, which made for a fabulous reception.

Ashley Morris

We absolutely loved our wedding at The Pritzlaff!! It was a gorgeous venue and we felt very taken care of. Know that if you are looking for a venue with staff that will e-mail and check in on you weekly, this isnt your place. During the wedding planning process, I was a little surprised by the lack of communication and response time - but these guys are dealing with 3+ weddings every weekend. What matters most, was that on the day of the wedding everything went perfectly!! Our only complaint would be the bar. When we got the bill, we were surprised to see a 21% gratuity had been added. We were even more shocked that on the day of the wedding the bar staff had set out jars for tips! Also, the bartender made the groom pay for his drink - there is no reason that the bride and groom should be paying for drinks on the night of their wedding. All in all, we had a beautiful wedding and couldnt have imagined it anywhere else!

Aaron Bartelt

Cori was beyond helpful and went over the top to make sure our wedding was all we had imagined and more. Her vision made our day run smoothly and we got a ton of compliments from our guests on how beautiful everything was. She answered our questions and brought up solutions to potential problems we hadn’t even thought of. On top of that, we loved the Milwaukee-feel of the Pritzlaff - it was everything we had hoped for.

Lyzzi Brooks

Did not attend for a wedding, but the coworking space is phenomenal. Great facilities, private and collaborative spaces available.

Zouyan Lu

A really nice open space for events, the vault in the middle of the room is interesting. There is limited street parking though.

Drew Mares

Great place to work and host events at. Great bartenders and beautiful halls to rent

Michael Phillips

Perfect place for an event / wedding. Historical charm with all the amenities.

Jordon Meyer

Beautiful and historic space in Milwaukees third ward.

trinitta Smith

It was a wonderful place with a wonderful staff