How about an awe-inspiring outdoor wedding with the scenic Fox River as your picture-perfect backdrop? Yes, you guessed it right! We are talking about Illinois’ one of the most mesmerizing wedding venue-Hotel Baker. Imagine exchanging your vows on the waterfront patio or in a lovely rose garden at the world's finest hotel! Isn’t it the place that you have always dreamed of? To turn your dream wedding into a beautiful reality, Hotel Baker is an ideal, classic and romantic venue. 

Built-in 1928 and now listed in the National Register of Historic Places, Hotel Baker is the living landmark in downtown St. Charles, Illinois. The venue offers a perfect blend of old-world charm and modern amenities which will help you in creating an elegant wedding with the memories that you would love to treasure for the lifetime. Hotel Baker provides incredible outdoor and indoor spaces to host your dream wedding. 

 Let’s start with the hotel’s most exciting place-the traditional English Rose Garden overlooking the water. If you are a green thumb kind, you would certainly love to tie the knot here. The passage through the hedges, the greenery, the fishing pond and the old stone walls adding to the charm of the moment, while giving endless opportunities to your Chicago wedding photographer to capture all your cherishable moments forever. Allow your wedding photographer to encapsulate some tender moments while you pose romantically with the magnificent sinking sun acting as a charismatic background. A lovely pollinator garden decked up with lovely chairs and tables, sparkling water, Gatsby-era architecture, the colorful sky and the pretty you and your sweetheart! What else one needs for a wonderful evening of celebration.  Once you are there with your love, we bet you would not be able to resist yourself from posing for your most romantic pictures ever.

Hang on! Don’t just book the venue without taking the tour of the spectacular, two-tiered Rainbow Room and newly renovated Waterfront Ballroom. 

Rainbow Room

The oval space room with the capacity to welcome up to 200 guests, is adorned with 1920’s architecture with a stunning lighted dance floor from the era. The 2-story windows allow abundant natural light to flood in lending a golden glow to the surroundings while adding a tint of glitter to your magical Chicago wedding photography. The marble flooring, ritzy chandeliers, rich mahogany columns, a circular balcony, and an old romantic air offer a grandiose ambiance to your wedding. Your guests will go ‘wow’ whenever they will look around! This scenic room will have you and your guests feel like they have taken a trip to another era. No wonder! Why this event space is known as the most famous feature of this venue. With the breathtaking views of the gorgeous rose garden and the majestic boathouse, the Rainbow Room is an ideal frame for your wedding photographs. 

Waterfront Ballroom

If you have a guest list of 100 people then the Waterfront Ballroom is the excellent space to host your cocktail hour or intimate wedding receptions. With charismatic European marble flooring, decorous chandeliers, and large windows looking out onto the Fox River and a patio, this space offers an amazing backdrop for all your unforgettable wedding photographs. Time to call the bridesmaids and groomsmen to have a fun photoshoot! This inviting ambiance will bring the element of nature into your wedding making it look like you have just stepped into a fairytale book!

No matter the season, the professional wedding specialists at the Hotel Baker will ensure that everything, from setting to decor, is absolutely perfect for you to host a unique wedding that reflects your personality! We love to see how brides transform this already perfect space into the wedding venue of their dreams.