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Chez Wedding Venue

4.5 ★★★★★ 129 Google reviews · Lakefront wedding venue in Chicago, Illinois · 0.1 mi to the lakeshore

Bright modern space, featuring a private bridal suite, for hosting weddings and private events, plus friendly staff.

Plan your tour

  • Setting lakefront venue, 0.1 mi to the lakeshore — verified by its distance to a real shoreline
  • Capacity couples mention 150–150-guest weddings in reviews — ask the venue for their stated maximum
  • Phone (312) 971-7922
  • Website chezweddingvenue.com — most venues book tours right on their site

At a glance

247 E Ontario St 2nd floor, Chicago, IL 60611

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On the property

What couples name in their reviews of Chez Wedding Venue and what the venue states on its own site — the fastest way to tell what's actually here before you drive out.

What couples highlight

The things reviewers bring up again and again across 129 Google reviews — in their own words, and only about the wedding and the setting.

🏝️ breathtaking beach setting 12 mentions

“Chez is a beautiful, modern, blank canvas that served as the perfect backdrop to our modern wedding this past summer.”

🤝 staff who go above & beyond 2 mentions

“The staff took amazing care of our team leading up to the event and made sure our students had an experience they will never forget!”

From the reviews

Wedding Event 9/24/22 – The wedding venue is a great for someone with a vision. It's like working with a blank art canvas ready to piece together a masterpiece. A lot of hotel options are conveniently around the venue for your guests and in a great location in the city as well.

★★★★★ — Jorge, Oct 2022

We had our wedding reception at Chez and it was absolutely perfect! The space is beautiful, with really cool stairs which were lots of fun for pictures! Chez is such a great space for creating your vision; it can really morph into whatever you want it to be with some decorations and the appropriate lighting.

★★★★★ — Elizabeth, Jul 2018

Chez is a beautiful, modern, blank canvas that served as the perfect backdrop to our modern wedding this past summer. Christine put me in touch with every vendor I worked with and helped me in more ways than I can count.

★★★★★ — Georgia, Feb 2015

As a professional editorial, wedding and event photographer in the Los Angeles and Chicago area, I have had the opportunity to work in a ton of different venues over the years, but photographing anything at Chez is always something I look forward to.

★★★★★ — Genevieve, Jan 2018

Excerpts from public Google reviews, filtered to comments about the wedding and the setting. Read all 129 reviews →

Getting married at Chez Wedding Venue

Two things make the tour worth the drive. First, see the ceremony spot at the exact time of day you'd say your vows — a west-facing beach glows at sunset but bakes at noon, and you'll want to feel the wind, watch where the sun sits, and walk the path your guests take across the sand. Second, bring your real questions: the weather backup (where does the ceremony move if it rains or the wind kicks up?), who pulls the beach permit, the sound-ordinance curfew, the catering and bar policy, and exactly what's included — chairs, setup, and teardown on sand are where quotes quietly diverge. Peak beach dates book 12–18 months out, so if the tour feels right, ask what's open in your season before you leave.

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Listing verified July 2026 from public business records and couples' reviews. Something out of date? Report a correction. Own this venue? Claim your listing — it's free.