The Permanent Library Limited

Name: The Permanent Library Limited
Address: 330 W Pender St, Vancouver, BC V6B 3K2, Canada, B, Canada

4.5/5 ★ based on 8 reviews

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Address :	330 W Pender St, Vancouver, BC V6B 3K2, Canada
Website :	http://thepermanent.ca/
Categories :	Event venue , Wine bar , Technology museum ,
City :	B

330 W Pender St, Vancouver, BC V6B 3K2, Canada

Best Event venue in Canada

S	Stephanie McNeney on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ We attended a wedding here this summer and it was absolutely gorgeous. The venue (a heritage building that used to be a bank) was intimate without feeling small, and had so many unique and charming features such as beautiful stained glass windows, mosaic tiled floors, and of course the bank vault. The staff were all lovely and attentive.
M	Mickael Maddison on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Permanent is a great location for business and social events and the uniqueness is great for filming too.
S	Shaun Rowsell on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This wedding venue literally cancelled my friend’s wedding within ELEVEN days. Fifty people have been invited; meaning travel plans, accommodation, etc and now have to be informed that there will be no wedding to attend. This is the least professional and compassionate thing I have ever witnessed from a business. What was supposed to be the most special day of two people’s lives is now a stressful mess. Their reasoning? Renovations. Eleven days notice for random renovations. They should be ashamed of the way this has been handled and I would strongly advise anyone looking to book a wedding to steer clear of a venue who can cancel within eleven days. And keep in mind this is just their wedding - all others (including sooner and later weddings) have been spontaneously cancelled as well.
A	Alexandra Lowe on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I wish I could give 0 stars. This venue cancelled my sisters wedding with ten days notice. She has had the wedding booked for over a YEAR. Not only did the venue reach out to her to increase the hourly rate a month ago - after having the wedding booked for over a year. They then decided to do renovations to the building earlier than they had planned due to getting a building permit sooner than they'd hoped. So rather than do the renovations when they were planned, they cancelled all of the weddings planned up till their planned renovation date. DONT BOOK WITH THIS VENUE. Firstly, you should feel confident your venue will honor the agreed upon price, which this venue does not. Secondly, you should feel confident your venue will not cancel on you, where The Permanent will. Think about the challenges scrambling to book a wedding venue with ten days notice, then think about how you should choose a venue that is NOT The Permanent.
B	Brittany Andrejcin on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ We were due to fly in for a wedding booked at The Permanent Library from out of Province. Given this, we have flights and accommodation booked. Our friends had won a wedding package that included the Permanent as the venue, but they paid for extra time for dinner and the reception. They were contacted a month prior from the venue telling them they were raising the agreed upon rates, then CANCELLED their wedding venue 11 days before the event. After the unfortunate need to rebook due to the pandemic, what a shame to finally have a date to look forward to only to have it cancelled so last minute and have to scramble to find a new venue when everywhere is so booked up given the long hiatus the wedding industry had to take in 2020/2021. The fallout of this affects everyone, including guests that are now at risk of losing deposits and amounts paid on flights and accommodation if a new venue is unable to be secured in time. I really hope all money paid by our friends for the venue is fully returned. I noticed another guest of the wedding also left a review where the owner said nothing was paid. This is inaccurate and doesn't take into account the amount paid for the extra dinner time and reception. Beyond this, to have to scramble for venue with so little time before their date is a result of a terrible decision made by the Permanent.
D	Danielle Lowe on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Permanent participated in an instagram contest where they were offering a specified amount of time at the venue for a wedding. They received a great deal of exposure from participating in this contest. My sister won the wedding package, and paid for extra time at the venue for dinner and reception which was not part of the package. Then The Permanent cancelled my sister’s wedding with eleven days notice because they decided to begin renovations early. They received advertisement from this contest without honouring their commitment. They have put my sister and the other businesses who participated in the contest in a horrible situation. As you can imagine it is very difficult to find a new venue on such short notice, especially with the recent boom in weddings. All creative aspects of the wedding (dresses, decorations, etc.) were centred around the expectation that The Permanent would be the venue. Rather than looking forward to their wedding, the couple is scrambling at the last minute to find a new location. It is shameful the owners felt it was acceptable to cancel the venue on such short notice. Guests have booked reservations and flights according the the year+ plan of this event being held at the permanent. Caterers, florists, and other services have already been organized for this wedding. This selfish decision impacts many more people than just the couple. I would not recommend booking your wedding at a venue that is willing to leave you high and dry so close to your big moment. They didn’t even offer an alternative.
C	Christine Richardson & Mack Keay on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ We recently got married at The Permanent. When going back and forth on a where to get married; Regina or Vancouver, we came across this venue. It is absolutely stunning; from the show stopping stain glass ceiling, tile work on the floor, to the features around the entire space. We got married during covid times and had to change our wedding plans a lot. We were fortunate to sneak it in while the guidelines were still 50. I was worried that the space would be too small downsizing from a 130 person to 45 but it wasn't! The space was filled beautifully and never once did I feel like the space felt empty. A lot of our guests commented on how amazing the space was and I couldn't agree more!
J	Jay Cree on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Really cool venue. I'm glad my relative chose it for his wedding. It always great to see that there are people in our city still interested in preserving Vancouver's history. So many fascinating details throughout the venue.