Whatever the (special) occasion, The Drake Hotel, Chicago, is committed to ensuring your complete satisfaction. From fundraisers and political events to tea parties, showers, proms, and more, The Drake catering team manages special events to perfection. Our broad experience includes Wild West buffets, Bavarian feasts, major events for foreign dignitaries, and both casual and formal dinners of every sort. If you can imagine it, there’s a very good chance we can make it happen!
Banqueting rooms at The Drake include the Grand Ballroom, the French Room, the Walton Room, and The Drake Room. Each setting is unique, dazzling, and highly desirable. Not to be overlooked, our famous Gold Coast Room has hosted many famous weddings, balls, and bar/bat mitzvahs. For intimate and formal groups, the hotel's east and west mezzanines afford the ultimate in atmosphere. And for rooms with a view, the always popular Parkside and Venetian Rooms overlook one of Chicago's most enduring images, Lake Michigan, and can accommodate from 75 to 125 guests. Our ballrooms, which were built in the opulent splendor of the 1920s, require little or no additional decor, leaving gala chairs and committees open to focus on guest attendance and maximizing profitability.
Famous for Chicago "opening night" receptions and dinners, The Drake Hotel's catering personnel boast of "imaginative concepts," individually designed for any event held in the hotel. A rose garden of hors d'oeuvres, fashioned especially for Queen Elizabeth II, a Season's Party with glistening trees and icicles, fall-colored trees and leaves, spring and summer bouquets, and the finest cuisine are specialties of the talented catering team at The Drake Hotel, Chicago. With the ingenuity of our renowned chefs, the perfect room for the occasion, and the expertise of our catering department, there is no place like The Drake Hotel to host a party or banquet.
