Top Novelty Venues

• Spaces for 120-150 Guests
• 1 Restaurant
• 1 Event Space

Winking Lizard Tavern Party Center is a private banquet and event space in Bedford Heights, Ohio, located in the building directly south of the Bedford Heights Winking Lizard Tavern restaurant. The room accommodates up to 120 seated guests, or up to 150 with limited seating, arranged around custom finished-wood 60-inch round tables that seat eight guests each. The space features a large bar, a coat room, a projection screen, and four flat-screen TVs, with hardwood floors throughout that allow a dance floor to be set up anywhere in the room. A covered patio with a gas fire pit is included with every room rental and available for seasonal use. Complimentary audio-visual equipment includes a cordless microphone, satellite radio, wireless internet, a DVD player, and a tripod easel, and a photo booth with unlimited photos is available to add on. Events are booked with the help of a dedicated event coordinator and can run up to four hours Sunday through Thursday or five hours Friday and Saturday, with food served buffet style from Winking Lizard's kitchen. The facility has disabled access and welcomes outside DJs, bands, and other entertainment vendors.

• Spaces for 350 Guests

Shaker Heights Country Club is a full-service, family-oriented private club situated just east of Shaker Square in the heart of historic Shaker Heights, Ohio. The club's various private function spaces accommodate events ranging from intimate off-site business meetings to large-scale wedding receptions, with the clubhouse and private dining spaces hosting up to 400 guests in total. The ballroom serves as the centerpiece event venue, featuring elegant lighting and crystal chandeliers, a neutral-toned palette that adapts to any event aesthetic, and an open floor plan that can be configured to the size of the gathering. The Donald Ross-designed 18-hole golf course makes the club a sought-after setting for golf outings as well. A year-round calendar of programming — from family-fun events to wine dinners — reflects the club's standing as a full-service private club in Northeast Ohio.

• Spaces for 250-550 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 2 Country Clubs
• 1 Historic Space

Kirtland Country Club occupies the former Leo Doro Farms, the estate of Mrs. Henry A. Everett, whose 1910 stone mansion serves today as the Club's Tudor-style Clubhouse. Stockholders purchased the property in 1920, and the Club formally opened on July 9, 1921. A fire destroyed the original Clubhouse in 1975; it was rebuilt and reopened the following year, then renovated again in 2008 to add the Club Room and restore the West Porch's fireplace and French doors. A private, member-owned club in Willoughby, Ohio, Kirtland hosts wedding ceremonies and receptions either inside the Clubhouse or on the lawn overlooking its formal gardens. The Clubhouse accommodates up to 250 guests, and the lawn up to 500. The Club's Catering & Events Manager oversees menu selection, vendor coordination, and reception timelines, and the Club also welcomes couples' own independent wedding planners. Events require membership or a member sponsor, and the Club provides all food and beverage service for every celebration held there.

• Spaces for 200 Guests

Mooreland Mansion is a historic event center on the campus of Lakeland Community College in Kirtland, Ohio. Originally built as a summer estate for Cleveland financier Edward William Moore, the neo-classical mansion was designed by architect Arthur N. Oviatt and later expanded in 1906 by Milton Dyer. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the mansion underwent a $3 million renovation before reopening in 1998 as a venue for meetings, conferences, banquets, and special events. The mansion's first-floor rooms retain many original details, from the wood-paneled Foyer and its original grandfather clock to the President's Living Room, which still holds an original Steinway grand piano and brick fireplace. The Oviatt Room can be arranged as a banquet space, dance floor, classroom, or auditorium, while the Restoration Room features a bar salvaged from Moore's private railroad car. The South Verandah, a covered outdoor porch, accommodates seating, a dance floor, and cocktail-hour high-top tables overlooking the grounds. Upstairs, several rooms furnished with original Moore family pieces serve meetings and conferences. The estate's grounds include three distinct gardens - a Rose Garden with roughly 1,000 roses, a Green Garden built on a former tennis court, and a Formal Garden blending Victorian geometry with English cottage style - maintained by the Mooreland Restoration Garden Club and used as a backdrop for events and photography.

• Spaces for 275 Guests

• Spaces for 80-570 Guests
• 5 Hotels
• 1 Ballroom
• 5 Total Spaces

Four Points by Sheraton Cleveland-Eastlake brings together 12 event rooms and more than 13,700 square feet of function space at a full-service hotel in Eastlake, Ohio. The Grand Ballroom is the hotel's centerpiece event venue, accommodating up to 400 guests in banquet configuration or up to 570 for cocktail receptions. Alongside it, Summit A and Summit B offer flexible mid-size spaces for corporate seminars, rehearsal dinners, and social gatherings, while the Garden Room and smaller rooms extend options for breakouts and intimate events. All spaces feature complimentary high-speed Wi-Fi and access to the hotel's AV equipment, including a portable stage. On-site catering is handled through Firelake Bar + Grill, the property's lobby restaurant. Guest room blocks are available for events requiring accommodations for out-of-town attendees.

• Spaces for 400 Guests

The Hilton Garden Inn Cleveland/Twinsburg brings together an exceptional combination of grand event space, outdoor beauty, and on-site hotel convenience at one destination in Twinsburg, Ohio. At the heart of the property is the Wilcox Ballroom & Event Center — an expansive space spanning over 6,000 square feet with soaring 14-foot ceilings, flexible enough to divide into three distinct configurations for events of any scale. Steps away, the Wilcox Foyer offers more than 2,000 square feet of pre-function space framed by a dramatic wall of windows overlooking the garden and pergola — a stunning backdrop for cocktail hours and guest arrivals alike. Outside, the Wilcox Garden's stone patio and pergola sit nestled in a serene wooded setting, creating a naturally beautiful outdoor ceremony space. Together, the spaces deliver over 16,000 square feet of versatile event space, welcoming weddings of up to 450 guests. With 142 well-appointed guest rooms on-site, out-of-town guests can celebrate fully and stay right where the party is — no shuttle required.

• Spaces for 300 Guests

• Spaces for 100 Guests

Set within Jordan Creek Park in Concord Township, the Environmental Learning Center occupies a renovated former summer camp hall on nearly 200 acres of ecologically diverse open space, where the Big Creek and Jordan Creek tributaries wind through mature forest and deep ravines. The building was once home to Camp Klein, a United Methodist Church residence camp that operated from 1955 to 1997, before Lake Metroparks took over the property and renovated it into classrooms, lab space, meeting rooms, offices, and an observatory. The Environmental Learning Center is available to rent for weddings and receptions, graduation parties, birthday celebrations, and corporate or civic functions. Renters have access to several indoor spaces along with the surrounding grounds, including large patios, an outdoor fireplace, and pergolas, making it suited to both indoor gatherings and events that spill outside into the wooded setting. The facility is normally open to the public Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and closes to visitors whenever it has been reserved for a private event.