Celebrate the newest arrival without rearranging anyone's living room. A warm, fully accessible shower venue 8–10 minutes from Rolling Meadows for 20 to 80 guests — games, gifts, brunch, and a mom-to-be who never lifts a folding chair. International Banquet, family-owned since 2008.
A good baby shower is planned around one person's comfort: seating she can actually get out of, a room that's never too hot, no stairs between the car and the cake, and a bathroom that isn't up a flight. Hosts from the Salt Creek neighborhoods to downtown Rolling Meadows book our Rolling Meadows banquet hall for precisely those unglamorous, essential things.
Morning brunch or evening co-ed party, the room reshapes around the format — the same way it does for the bridal showers many of our hosts plan the year before.
Late morning, mimosa-optional, games between courses. The classic format — and the mom-to-be is home for her nap by three.
Both families, all the friends, evening timing, and a bar package. Less pastel, more party — the fastest-growing format we host.
Cake, balloons, confetti, or your own idea — we stage the moment, protect the secret, and clean up whatever color wins.
Baby's already here — a gentle afternoon where guests meet the newest arrival in a calm, climate-controlled room instead of a crowded house.
Distinct zones make the shower flow: a dining area, a gift-opening station with sightlines for every guest, a games corner, and a photo backdrop wall — all steps apart on one level. International Banquet's family-owned venue is climate-controlled year-round (a pregnant guest's quiet hero), and free parking sits directly beside the entrance for grandmothers, strollers, and gift-laden aunts alike.
Usually planned by a host juggling her own life — so we keep it to two conversations.
Showers usually land 4–8 weeks before the due date — work backward and hold the date early, especially for spring weekends.
Brunch or dinner menu, theme colors, games plan, gift station, reveal logistics if there is one. Send us the Pinterest board; we've seen them all.
No borrowing chairs, no cooking for thirty, no cleanup. You and the mom-to-be arrive to a finished room and leave with the gifts.
Per-person catering with no room fee. Daytime showers carry a $1,500 lunch minimum (until 4 PM); evening co-ed showers, $2,000 Sunday–Thursday or $3,000 Friday–Saturday, before tax and gratuity.
The brunch-shower standard — an individually served midday meal timed around games and gift opening, wrapped by late afternoon.
Shared platters for showers where both families are meeting in one room — warm, generous, conversation-forcing in the best way.
The couples'-shower pick — a fuller spread, looser pacing, and bar packages for the guests not eating for two.
Bringing a themed cake or dessert table? Most hosts do — we handle service, display, and the candle-lighting moment at no drama and no corkage-style games.
View Full MenuI hosted my sister's shower for 55 — her third trimester, July heat, and not one worry about it because the room was perfectly cool and she never climbed a stair. She stayed comfortable for four hours. That was the whole goal.
Co-ed shower, 70 people, evening buffet with a bar. The guys actually had fun, the gift opening didn't take a hostage-situation hour because the staff kept everything moving, and my house stayed clean. Revolutionary.
Gender reveal inside the shower — the staff guarded that envelope like state secrets and staged the balloon drop perfectly. It's a girl, and the video of that moment gets rewatched weekly.
What hosts ask while the group chat argues about themes.
Most run 30 to 70 guests, and the room comfortably hosts 20 to 80. Smaller showers get a layout that feels intimate; bigger co-ed ones get room to mingle.
Deliberately so — climate-controlled year-round, single-level with no stairs, parking beside the entrance, and comfortable seating at the gift station.
Yes — cake cutting, balloon drops, confetti moments. We help stage it, keep the secret sealed, and handle the cleanup regardless of the color.
Bring all of it — backdrop, balloon arch, dessert table, favors. We'll help place everything during setup and serve your cake alongside the meal.
Luncheons $25, family style $29, buffet $34 per person. Daytime showers carry the $1,500 lunch minimum; evening showers $2,000 Sun–Thu or $3,000 Fri–Sat, before tax and gratuity.
About 3.5 miles — an 8–10 minute drive, close enough that a shower fits neatly into everyone's Saturday.
