One room, and what is in it
A hall you can actually work in
No pillars, no low ceiling, no in-house caterer guarding the kitchen door. Here is the whole specification, so you can plan against it rather than ring us about it.
The spec
Numbers, not adjectives
- Capacity
- 200 in the room; 180 seated for a plated supper
- Shape
- One open rectangle, vaulted ceiling, no pillars in the middle
- Hours
- 7 AM – 12 AM, the whole building, or 1 AM with the late-night extension
- Gazebo
- 12 × 28 ft, roofed and lit, on a cedar deck — included
- Tables & chairs
- Included, for the full room
- Dishes & cutlery
- Included, for the full room
- Kitchen
- Two fridges, stove, microwave, coffee maker, and one commercial dishwasher
- Bar & stage
- Both available, $80 a day each
- Setup & decor
- Not ours. You decorate it; we will tell you who does it for a living
- Parking
- On site, free, overnight included, and not tight
- Address
- 31085 Rd 32 East, near Steinbach, MB
- Grounds
- Sixty acres; the hall sits back off the road
How it gets set
Three layouts that work in this room
The room is one open rectangle, so almost anything fits. These are the three that get set here most often — you or your decorator will be the one setting them, and there is fuller table maths in the seating guide.
Rounds with a centre floor
120 – 150 guests
Head table on the short wall, rounds in two blocks, dance floor straight down the middle. Buffet along the back by the kitchen doors — the shortest run there is. Nobody carrying a plate crosses the floor.
Long tables, family-style
up to 100 guests
Four or five eight-footers end to end in two or three rows. It seats fewer people in the same floor and it is the best-looking this room gets. Most fowl suppers and family gatherings take this.
Rounds pushed wide
150 – 200 guests
Head table moves to the long wall so the furthest guest is closer, dance floor to one end, and the buffet runs both sides of the kitchen doors or supper takes too long.
Outside
The 12 × 28 foot gazebo
A roofed, lattice-sided gazebo on a cedar deck, strung with warm bulbs. It means an outdoor ceremony that does not get called off at noon because of the forecast — at minimum the wedding party stays dry.
336 square feet of it, and it is included with the hall — there is no ceremony fee and no separate outdoor charge. Chairs for the guests and a sound system are not ours: bring them, or hold the ceremony inside and use the gazebo for the photographs.
The kitchen
Handed over, not guarded
There is no in-house caterer here, so there is nobody to keep you out of it. Bring a caterer, bring the family, or bring both.
- Two fridges — enough cold storage for 150 covers plus the dessert table
- One commercial dishwasher — a two-minute wash and rinse, a rack at a time, which is what makes 180 place settings finishable the same night
- Stove and microwave
- Coffee maker and our serving thermos
- Dishes and cutlery for the full room, included
Nobody here washes up for you and there is no place-setting service to buy. What there is, is a machine that clears a rack every two minutes, which is the difference between an hour after supper and a night of it. The full self-catering guide is here.
The bar and the stage
The bar is on wheels and backs onto the kitchen pass-through, so whoever is pouring is still in the room and still within reach of the ice. The stage is a raised platform for the band, the DJ or the speeches. Each is $80 a day. You bring the drinks and your own liquor permit.
The room
Questions about the building
Is 200 the real number, or the standing-room number?
Both, honestly. Two hundred is what the room holds for a buffet or standing. One hundred and eighty is what sits comfortably for a plated supper once the head table and a dance floor are in, and that is the number we quote for weddings because it is the one that produces a good evening.
Are there pillars or a low ceiling to work around?
No. It is one open rectangle with a vaulted ceiling, which is why a decorator can run drape corner to corner and why you can put the dance floor anywhere you like. It also means a supplier can set a room from a drawing without coming out first.
Can we hang things from the ceiling?
Your decorator can. We do not — we do not set up or decorate, and there is nothing of ours to hang. Nothing goes up with tape, staples or pins, and it is a vaulted ceiling, so whoever is doing it needs a proper ladder and most of a morning. Book the Friday of a whole-weekend rental and they have the whole day for it.
Is there air conditioning and heat?
Yes, and the building runs through Manitoba winters. A January event here is not a cold event.
What is the kitchen actually rated for?
It is a working kitchen, not a display one: two fridges, a stove, a microwave, a coffee maker, a serving thermos, and a commercial dishwasher that runs a two-minute wash and rinse. That machine is the part that matters — 180 place settings on a domestic dishwasher is a twelve-hour job, and here it is a rack every two minutes.
Is there anywhere for a ceremony outside?
Yes — the gazebo, twelve feet by twenty-eight, roofed, lattice-sided, on a cedar deck and strung with warm bulbs. It comes with the hall at no extra charge and there is no separate ceremony fee. The roof is the point: an outdoor ceremony here does not get called off at noon because of the forecast, because at minimum the wedding party stays dry. Guest seating and an outdoor sound system are not ours; bring them, or hold the ceremony inside where the projector and PA already are.
Is there a bar?
A rolling bar, $80 a day. It wheels to wherever you want it and it backs onto the kitchen pass-through so whoever is pouring is not cut off from the room. You bring the drinks and your own liquor permit. There is a stage for the same price if the band or the speeches need one.
Do you set the room up or decorate it?
We do not set rooms, decorate, or rent decor. You get the building, the tables and chairs, and the kitchen; you decorate it however you like, and we will point you at the people who do it for a living.
Tell us the date. We will price it while you are still on the page.
Two minutes of questions, then an itemised quote with real numbers — not a form that lands in an inbox.