The Engineers Club Reviews

When your wedding guests approach you during the reception to comment on the tastiness of the appetizers, the perfection of their steak & salmon meal, the excellent service delivered by each server and bartender, well, what more be said! But the compliments don't stop there!
The decor throughout the club was stately and proved to be a highlight for our wedding guests to pose with their family for keepsake photos. The rooms available to the wedding party for their preparation was highly accommodating and the convenience to the neighboring hotel was unbelievably convenient and so appreciated by our out-of-town guests!

The attention to detail by Asha and Danielle was top notch; the cuisine by Chef Kelvin was superb and the serving staff where nothing less than excellent. Every request, every whim was addressed and delivered with service excellence. You will not be disappointed in your experience with The Engineers Club at the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion for your wedding venue.

We had our December 2022 wedding reception at the Engineers Club. The evening was everything we had dreamed of and more! The venue itself is absolutely stunning, unique, elegant and is just something truly special. Several of our guests commented it's the most beautiful wedding venue they've ever seen. The food was delicious - from freshly shucked oysters, to some of the best crab cakes we've ever had - the Club has an incredibly expansive menu to choose from for your big day. The staff were also extremely pleasant and wonderful to our guests - so respectful and willing to help in any way they could with anything that came up during the reception. Asha was also an absolute pleasure to work with - she was incredibly professional, responsive, and instrumental in the planning of everything leading up to the big day. The Engineers Cub team is wonderful and we cannot say enough good things.

From the time we saw the Engineers Club, we knew it was the perfect place for us to get married. It embodied our ideal wedding of “We just want to show up and do the thing. And then mega dance party” Being able to get ready on-site, hang out, relax, and then party was exactly what we wanted. Everything in one place, no one rushing from one place to another.

The space itself is gorgeous — from Tiffany windows to gorgeous wooden staircases, an ornate ballroom and a light and airy drawing room — we had so many options to choose from when it came to the flow of our wedding and pictures. Who needs to dress up a space when you already have so much to look at!?

The food? Delicious. Our guests didn’t know what to talk about more, the space or the food! (Speaking of, our food tasting was a private affair, just the two of us, which made it feel all the more intimate and special. And fun!)

There were little touches that meant the world to me. They moved the chuppah under which we got married into the ballroom for my husband and I to feast under. They worked with our family members to coordinate surprises for us. They made sure we had food and drink during the event so we couldn’t go hungry. They added little details and touches from their private stock so we didn’t have to think about additional decor purchases (table numbers, candles, etc.)

And they made sure everything was where it needed to be so we could show up and do the thing. And then mega dance party. And the morning after, there was an email from Cyndi with a personal note that made us both feel honored.

Speaking of Cyndi, she was our wedding guru, responsive to all our emails and phone calls and questions (of which there were many!) When COVID struck and we had to postpone our wedding a year, Cyndi and Asha worked with us so we could make it happen on what would become our one-year anniversary. Talk about an anniversary party!

It was magical, special, creative, thoughtful, and amazing in basically every way. These ladies know what they’re doing and to say you get your money’s worth is putting it mildly. What an incredible experience from beginning to end. I can’t say enough about how special the Engineers Club is.

Our wedding was September 18, 2021 and there is no exaggeration when I say that the Engineer's Club was.... PERFECT. From food to staff; from booking/planning to execution, it was professional and fun as hell.

I've been to so many stuffy Greek weddings where things look good but the food is meh, attitudes are shit, and it is essentially an empty shell of itself. Samantha and I knew we wanted to make sure everyone was happy - not just our guests but the staff. Asha, the coordinator, is a powerhouse, like the perfect mom figure that's going to keep things on track. The food. THE FOOD. Chef's food was incredible, consistent, people were complimenting. Staff was energetic, courteous, fun.

Honestly, if you're considering, do it. You are in GREAT hands.

We can't recommend the Engineers Club enough - we postponed our wedding due to covid and they were extremely accommodating and flexible. When our wedding day finally came, Asha and her team made sure everything was perfect for every moment of the day, from champagne while we were getting ready in the gorgeous bridal suite to the late night pizza. Truly a beautiful venue and exceptional, professional service - they think through every detail so you don't need to, but are also happy to accommodate special requests. You will not be disappointed.

The Engineer's Club was our dream venue! This venue is gorgeous, plus there are so many other perks involved...the onsite catering is top notch, the bridal and groomsmen suites were huge, the service is fantastic, and the best of all is the amazing venue/catering/wedding coordinator extraordinaire, Asha.

We booked the venue far before the pandemic, but by the time our wedding happened we needed to drastically change our plans. Asha worked with us every step of the way to offer us several different options and went above and beyond to make our day perfect & special! She coordinated flower deliveries, set up decor, and made sure the food/bar was perfectly in place. She is also helping us plan our anniversary reception since we reduced our ceremony due to Baltimore COVID procedures.

The Engineer's Club offered us a truly magical experience and made planning exceptionally easy. Our guests couldn't believe how beautiful this hidden gem was and are looking forward to attending the reception there this fall!

Cyndi and the entire Engineer's Club team is truly the best in Baltimore. Every meeting, tasting, call, etc. was met with detailed answers and they made each of my requests come to life. My wedding day was perfect thanks to them and their staff. I got so many compliments on the beauty of this venue and how it was unlike anything anyone else had seen before. - Jackie

The Engineers Club was the perfect venue for us. Asha was a pleasure to work with, she was so flexible and helped guide us through the entire planning process. Some small but nice things about the venue are that we were able to drop items off the night before and we got ready at the venue the morning of the wedding both of which made logistics easier for everyone. The food at the Enginers Club was delicious, you definitely need to have the crabcakes on your menu. It is an amazing venue with countless beautiful spaces to use. All the employees we interacted with were so nice and caring and made our event even more memorable. If we were to start the process all over again, we wouldn't even look anywhere else.

The Engineer's Club at the Garrett Jacobs Mansion is quite simply the best of the best. The venue is absolutely breathtakingly beautiful. But a lovely venue does not make a great wedding. A great wedding is completely dependent on the dedication and hard work of an entire team of people, many of whom you never see. The Engineer's Club has it all. From the bartenders, to the servers, the porters, the chef, the kitchen staff, and the truly amazing Asha, every single person brings their 'A' game. All of the food was amazing – truly beyond our expectations. We also loved that they have an awesome bridal suite with hair and makeup stations and a groom’s suite with a TV and pool table so we could all get ready onsite. It really made everything so much easier and stress-free. We so appreciated that Asha and her team were flexible and accommodating with every request we made. We wanted specific wines, she said yes. We had specific requests for lunch, she said yes and made sure everything was beautifully presented. We wanted to extend the reception until late, they said yes, and then stayed until the early hours of the morning making sure everything we had brought was organized and cleaned up for us to pick up on Sunday morning. We simply can’t say enough good things about our experience at the Engineers Club. We would do it again in a heartbeat.

In retrospect, I can’t imagine a more amazingly perfect wedding day experience!! EVERYTHING flowed seamlessly and appeared effortless. This is due entirely to Asha and her fantastic staff who treated us like their extended family. Because of them, I was able to truly relax and enjoy the entire day and evening as the MOB. The venue itself is exquisite and it was wonderful to have the entire mansion to ourselves from early morning til the very end of the evening Definitely not a wedding factory where you are herded in and out with only 1 1/2 hrs before your ceremony. I would HIGHLY recommend The Engineers Club to anyone desiring a truly elegant romantic venue

If you are looking to have the perfect, most stress-free wedding experience, then you cannot go anywhere else except the Engineer’s Club of Baltimore! My husband and I could not have asked for a better place to start our journey together as a married couple back in March. From the moment we first walked into this stunning venue, Asha and her whole team made us feel so special and so at ease. Both of us being from Baltimore, it meant so much to have such a classic Baltimore venue with such great history! My husband and I are very family oriented and come from huge families. From start to finish they were so accommodating, making sure we could have everyone be a part of our special day at each step of the way. Asha somehow managed to remember me, my husband, and all our parents’ names for the whole year and was always the kindest most welcoming host whenever we came by (which we did often since the membership allows you to go to their awesome brunches!). They took care of everything we needed before, during and after the wedding – even all the small details we would never have known to think about – and were always available when we had any questions or needed help. This was one of the only venues that allows you to take the whole day for set-up, and gives you membership for a full year, so you know the venue and are able to see it whenever you need to, making it so easy and stress-free to plan things. The chefs and catering team are out of this world great and you can rest easy knowing they will work with you to make your wedding day meal perfect for all your guests. Our guests cannot stop talking about how great the day was, from the beautiful venue, to great food and generally just how well organized the whole day ended up being. But I cannot say enough that for as beautiful as the place itself is, it’s the amazing team that makes this venue the BEST IN BALTIMORE!! Thank you Asha, Ms. Tee, Stephanie, Chris, Johnathan, Koveni, and all the others who made our day so special!!

What. A. Venue. One of our guests commented that it looked like they went to a wedding at Versailles. The Engineers Club was absolutely beautiful and the location was perfect for our out-of-town guests who were able to walk less than a block to their hotels. It was great having access to the venue the whole day to get ready. Asha and the rest of the staff were easy to work with and accommodating of our requests as well.

The venue is so stunning on first glance it is hard not to fall in love. So much space, so gorgeous with an old world glamours feel. A million different options for photos and arrangements of events. So you think cannot get much better... then it does. At the tasting I wasn't expecting much since the venue is so beautiful you do not need great food. Was blown away because every hors d'oeuvres was phenomenal. Then the mains. Heavenly. Oh and by choosing the venue you become members in the club, so can attending great events (orchestra, teas, dance classes) and incredible brunch. Really get a great feel of the space prior to the big event so it feels more comfortable day of. Then there is the wonderful advantage that you get the whole building for the day. No set times to be in or out. Showed up at 9 am, got hair and makeup there, had lunch, really felt at ease and got to enjoy the whole day. To top it all off the staff was so wonderful. Had to thank each of them individually because they worked their butts off, but also were fun, sweet people. Those bartenders were fabulous and the event coordinator, Asha, was so amazing I think I am actually going to miss her. Could not be happier myself, but had countless compliments from guests. Not a single regret.

The engineers club was such a beautiful venue for our wedding.
The space is just gorgeous, and it offers so many possibilities for a wedding! You get the entire space for yourself, with all of its history and beauty!
But the Engineers club is more than just a beautiful venue. The food served for the wedding was amazing, they have the best crab cakes and I still dream about the lamb!
Last but not least, the staff was super helpful, always available, and going the extra mile to satisfy our guests!
I also wanted to say thank you to Asha, who was always available to answer our (numerous) questions, and who basically planned our wedding for us! She was a great resource for vendors and ideas, and was also present all day and evening to coordinate the event. We would not have been able to have such a wonderful day without Asha!

Its been about a week since my wedding and the one piece of feedback I keep hearing from guests is how much they ADORED the venue and the venue staff. Not only is Asha the queen of event planning, but Ms. T and all of the Club staff members assisted in giving me and my guests the best possible experience we could have possibly hoped for. They were responsive, accommodating, kind, helpful and always 2 steps ahead of me!! Every single staff member that worked at my wedding deserves an employee of the month award - I've seriously never seen anything like how hard they all worked for us. Our entire wedding went off so smoothly without anything going wrong - that's seriously unheard of, and I credit that entirely to the expertise of the staff at this venue. I can't thank them enough for the beautiful day they gave us!

The Engineer’s Club at the Garret-Jacobs Mansion is the most elegant of wedding venues with a phenomenal staff. Asha Hislop is the wedding coordinator for the venue, and she is a superstar. Asha and her staff took care of every little detail the day of the wedding, including bustling my dress after the ceremony ☺ We had the entire mansion to ourselves the day of the wedding, with the bridal party getting ready in a suite upstairs and the grooms’ party getting ready in a downstairs suite. Our family and friends are still raving about the food and drinks (we served the Chicken Oscar and the New York Strip Teryaki), and how friendly and helpful the staff were. The Club was so gorgeously decorated for our December wedding, that my Facebook feed is filled with guests taking family photos all over the venue. We all felt like we stepped write into an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel- thank you for a glamorous and absolutely magical wedding day!

From an e-mail I sent to the executive director of the Engineers Club:
My daughter got married at The Engineers Club two nights ago, on November 13th. I feel compelled to write to you, to let you know what a pleasure it was to work with Asha Hislop. From the moment we met her when we were exploring our venue options, to the night of the wedding, Asha was instrumental in the success of the entire process. Asha was there, by e-mail and phone, every step of the way, patiently answering questions and offering advice and suggestions. Her knowledge and experience touched every aspect of our event, and we were all the better for it.
I cannot thank her enough. You are very fortunate to have someone like Asha on your staff.
Gratefully and sincerely,
Dr. Susan Albert (mother of the bride)
To this website, let me add that the mansion is a gorgeous venue. We had 140 guests, and we used all the rooms for different parts of our wedding. If you want a very special place, take the time to look at this venue.

The most spectacular venue! The Engineers Club was the perfect venue to host our wedding reception (180 guests). The beauty and charm of the mansion is one of a kind. Every single room is so unique and breathtaking. Not to mention the staff is truly extraordinary! Working with the staff at The Engineers Club (especially Asha) was a joy! They went above and beyond to make our wedding reception the most joyous and beautiful event! Working with a staff that is as kind, friendly, accommodating and welcoming as the staff at The Engineers Club made our wedding that much more special. Also, the food is out of this world! Every hors d'oeuvre and dinner dish that was served at the wedding got rave reviews from every single one of our guests!! Also, my husband and I added on a brunch the next morning for all of our guests at The Engineers Club. The brunch was just as amazing as our reception the night before! My husband and I cannot express how fantastic The Engineers Club is!

This venue is seriously gorgeous - all of my guests were in awe as soon as they walked in the door, as were we! Everything about this place is fantastic - the food, decor, service, you name it. Asha was super helpful throughout the whole process and knew what needed to be done before I did.

Absolutely beautiful venue; warm, friendly, and professional staff; just a dream of a place to get married! Asha was a pleasure to work with. The food was amazing – from appetizers to dinner. We could not have imagined a more special place to get married than the Engineers Club.

The name is unassuming, but the venue is extraordinary! The Garrett-Jacobs Mansion of the Engineers Club is a perfectly preserved 19th century elegant and romantic setting for a wedding. The mansion even has a fully enclosed "garden" with a skylight ceiling if you want an outdoor wedding, but don't want to take a chance on the weather. The event coordinator (Asha) is amazing and she organized many, many details to make our daughter's dream wedding come true! The food was outstanding. This is the best wedding venue in Baltimore.

I cannot say enough amazing things about Asha and my wedding at the Engineers Club. Sososo many people told me it was the nicest wedding they had ever been to. Asha made my day extremely smooth and amazing. I did not need a wedding planner because I had her - and she just made everything beyond what I could have hoped for. There were surprises everywhere and it turned out gorgeous. I wouldn't hesitate to book this venue!!!

We could not have been happier with our experience at the Engineers Club. The event coordinator, Asha, was helpful throughout the planning process, working with us on a budget that felt comfortable to us, suggesting options but never imposing her own tastes. It helped that she already knew all of our vendors from past weddings and could coordinate directly with them when necessary. When we had guests with specific needs that popped up the weeks before and the night of the wedding, she and her staff were really attentive. On the day of the wedding, everything moved seamlessly. Asha was professional and responsive while maintaining that cheery, upbeat demeanor that won us over on our initial visit to the space. (So long as you have her, there is no need to hire a separate wedding planner.)

Speaking of the space, it's beautiful and gives you a lot of options, especially for a winter wedding (ours was in January). We used the atrium for an afternoon ceremony and the after-dinner dancing. We used the ballroom for dinner. Many of the rooms look like they could be scenes from Dowton Abbey, and the setting (ex: a fire place, a spiral stair case, a study) adds a classical look to the photos without the need for extra decoration. We also liked that the wedding party could arrive early in the day and get ready on site. Lastly, I'll mention the food. Our guests raved about the crab cakes, the lamb chops and the carving stations, though I have say, what was most remarkable was the consistency in quality. Everything was delicious.

We really can't say enough good things about Asha or the Engineers Club and feel confident giving our stamp of approval for anyone else considering this venue.

Our wedding was more than we could have ever dreamed of thanks to Asha & her team! I had seen MANY venues before stumbling across the Engineer's Club- it is truly a hidden gem. Pictures don't do justice to how elegant and beautiful it is- there is not one detail left untouched!

My husband and I got married during winter (not our 1st choice, but the only time our crazy grad school schedules worked out), so we had a brunch wedding to create a more airy, light feel. We had brunch in the atrium and it was gorgeous! We felt like we were eating in an elegant European garden with the high glass ceilings, beautiful plants, and natural light. The food was truly that of a 5-star restaurant. The service was exceptional and my husband (& all our guests) felt like we were royalty. The staff was so friendly, and really went out of their way to make sure we did not lift a finger the entire weekend. They also had so many thoughtful touches such as champagne, juices, etc. ready for us when we were getting ready in the beautiful bridal suite that morning!

Asha, the wedding coordinator, was phenomenal to work with. She was dedicated to tailoring everything to our wishes- and accommodated all of our requests as far as fine-tuning the menu, adding our own touches to the reception, letting us bring in any decorations we wanted, etc. I could go on forever about Asha but she had so many great recommendations and tips, knew the flow of events very well and kept us on schedule, & worked diligently behind the scenes to make sure everything went smoothly (ex: moving the bridesmaid bouquets around for decoration depending on where we were in the reception, or making sure I had my shawl when we did our final exit into the limo). We didn't even have a wedding planner or day-of-coordinator, and while at first we were alittle nervous about this, Asha truly did it all. All of our friends are still, months later, raving about how high-class and beautiful the wedding was. Thank you, Asha!!

This was the perfect venue for my wedding! The space is gorgeous, the food was delicious, and all the guests raved about everything. The evening was magical, and Asha, the coordinator, was amazing! She not only gave great ideas and advice, but also helped with the rehearsal and was fully prepared with a steamer, pins for my dress, etc to get ready. Her expertise was invaluable! The bride and groom suites were also fantastic and a perfect place to get ready. I would highly recommend the Engineers Club to anyone!