Cefalo’s Banquet & Event Center

The Staff at Cefalo,
I would like to thank you all for doing such an amazing job!!! Len did an amazing job coordinating everything down to the little details. I live in Chicago and he made everything so accommodating. The day was PERFECT and was without a doubt the best day of our lives thanks to you. I would like to thank Dean for the food because it was excellent. I have received several comments from the my guests on how great the food tasted. The steaks were cooked to perfection and the crab cakes were just delicious. One guest commented that it was her best crab cake she had ever tasted and even better than the ones she has had on the coast!!! The lobster bisque was to die for!!! Also I would like to thank your servers and bartenders who did a fantastic job. The service was great and no one was kept waiting. I would also like to thank Amy for everything as well. The whole day was perfect because of all of you!!! :o)
Thanks,
Heather

I had my 40^th class reunion here on Saturday night. What a great venue! It was perfect for our group (which was about 100 people). It’s an old church with beautiful stained glass windows and lots of different seating areas. They had a great sound system too. We had a cash bar and lighter food since we didn’t have the resources to have a sit down dinner. By the way, Len Cefalo, the owner of this wonderful space, worked with us and was so accommodating since we didn’t actually know how many were actually going to attend. It couldn’t have turned out better. The food and service were terrific. I would recommend Cefalo’s if you want a greta space for your next event.

The food is OK. The service is awful. The staff is rude & condescending. Not what you would expect if you are at a nice event. All I can say is: Do not think of throwing an event here — your guests will be disappointed.

NIce looking venue but what a disappointment. Awful food. My «new york strip» was the approximate shape of the state of Virginia and full of gristle and fat, in no way a strip steak at all. I don’t know who they thought they were fooling. Ordered medium rare and it came out well done as well as mushy. And no I didn’t send it back sicne they couldn’t even get the cut right. Garlic potatoes were food service or at least tasted that bad. My husband ordered the pork loin with Thai sauce, which was ridiculously dry and tough. The lobster bisque is good but not worth coming to such a bad place. The staff could use some manners too, and something better to wear than black t-​shirts and pants. Yelling across the room for more menus etc, is a shame as such a nice looking place. It certainly isn’t the classy «rat pack» dinner club that the website claims.

The food here was amazing — I got salmon with cranberry sauce, and I asked for it as raw as they’d let me have it. It was gorgeous.
There’s a nice, quieter seating area for large groups in the back (we were a group of ~20) and smaller tables in the main room that surround a stage/​set. Live music apparently is a staple of this restaurant, but I couldn’t hear it from our room in the back.
The restaurant is in a converted church, which makes the outside fairly impressive. Valet parking (flat fee $ 5), or wherever you can find.