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Last update: November 2024

Whether you’re planning a small, intimate occasion or a large, lavish celebration, the Holiday Inn Reading - West, located in Reading, Berkshire, is the perfect setting for your wedding day.

We understand that every wedding is a unique occasion, so our dedicated wedding coordinator is on hand to help you plan your perfect day. We can offer advice and support through all of your big decisions, helping you to make the most of all that the stylish hotel has to offer.

The hotel is licensed to hold civil ceremonies with up to 120 guests in two fantastic function suites. Our largest banqueting suite, the Bourne Suite, is beautifully finished and full of natural daylight. The room can cater for up to 120 guests to dine and 200 for the evening festivities. Alternatively, the Brightwell Suite, with its own private patio, is ideal for slightly smaller occasions, seating up to 70 guests for a formal meal and 110 for your reception. Both spaces have their own private bar and dance floor.

The charming courtyard area provides a fantastic setting for a few relaxed drinks with your guests. The courtyard also offers attractive backdrops for your all-important wedding photos.

With a fantastic selection of packages and menus available, you can put together your perfect day. Our excellent chef is happy to discuss any ideas or requirements you have for your wedding breakfast in order to create the most delicious dishes for you. Any special dietary requirements can be catered for with prior notice.

When the day comes to an end, we have 50 elegant, air-conditioned bedrooms and suites available to accommodate any of your overnight guests.

  • We only hold one wedding per day. Your wedding is our priority.
  • Both The Bourne Suite and Brightwell Suite are licensed to hold civil ceremonies
  • The charming courtyard is perfect for a relaxed drinks reception and backdrops for your photos
  • 50 bedrooms on-site to accommodate your friends and family
  • A fantastic selection of packages and menus are available
  • Dedicated wedding coordinator

Frequently asked questions

Venue type:

In the country
Small hotel

Ceremony options:

Civil ceremony licence

Dining options:

Seated meal facilities
Corkage option
Alcohol licence
Buffet meal facilities
In-house catering

Evening entertainment:

Dance floor
Entertainment licence
Live band facilities
Evening reception facilities
DJ facilities

Overnight accommodation:

Overnight accommodation for wedding couple
Overnight accommodation for guests

Venue staff assistance:

Master of ceremonies/toastmaster
Wedding coordinator

Venue leisure facilities:

Fitness centre

Other features:

Accessible facilities
Car parking
Confetti permitted
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Reviews for Holiday Inn Reading - West

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Jana Sent on 30/04/2018
5 out of 5 rating

Wedding Sit down Meal

Good morning Milcah,

We would like to thank you very much for amazing job you did. The room looked amazing and all service was wonderful as well.

Everyone enjoyed the day and stay at your hotel and we will keep the memories forever.

Thank you for making our day beautiful.

Wishing you all the best.
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Anonymous Sent on 05/09/2017
5 out of 5 rating

An absolute fantastic wedding venue! Perfect!

Had such a wonderful wedding day and this was largely down to having our wedding reception at the Holiday Inn Reading West.
Their service through-out the day was immaculate. We were married at a church but had our wedding breakfast and evening reception at the hotel and it was absolutely faultless.
The arrival at the hotel after the church service was perfect - we were greeted warmly and our guests entertained.
The wedding breakfast was perfect - the food absolutely lovely and served within minutes to around 60 guests.
The evening reception was equally perfect, lovely food, brilliant service from superb staff. The hotel also has some wonderful settings for photos, particularly the courtyard.
I can genuinely say the whole experience at this venue was perfect. A particular thanks to Dylan, who organised everything and kept things ticking along smoothly - he was fantastic for us.
Would highly recommend this venue to anyone looking for a stress free, well organised wedding reception!!
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Anonymous Sent on 13/04/2017
5 out of 5 rating

It was a Beautiful Day

Thank you and your team it was a beautiful day, couldn't fault anything. Your staff were fantastic everyone complemented on the food and manners of your team members.

We would love to stay next year for our anniversary please.

Thank you

Mr and Mrs Hawkins
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Sue Sent on 10/03/2017
5 out of 5 rating

Big Thanks

We are in sunny Jamaica having a lovely honeymoon.

We had an amazing day on Saturday.

A big thank you to Milcah, phillipe and all the staff for an amazing day

Kind regards,

Sue and Darren
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Lucy Sent on 25/09/2016
5 out of 5 rating

Cannot praise high enough

We recently had our wedding receptions here, and it was amazing!! The staff said no to nothing! They went above and beyond for us to make our day run smoothly and the price was unbelievable!!! Can't praise highly enough!!!
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Carol, Sent on 10/08/2016
5 out of 5 rating

Absolutely Amazing

Dear Milcah,
Thank you for everything, you've done for us. We really enjoyed it. The Food was Amazing and tasted delicious.
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Callum Sent on 18/04/2016
5 out of 5 rating

Thankyou!

Hi milcah, just want to say a big thanks to you and all you're staff. Saturday went perfect for us and Me and Amy are so greatfull for all you done. Both mohamed and philippe done brilliantly throughout the day and everything we needed they sorted out with no trouble at all. We were really impressed and the food was lovely too. We will definitely be recommending you guys. Thanks again
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William Sent on 08/03/2016
5 out of 5 rating

Fabulous Venue

Great Job, we cannot Thank much any of your staff and Wedding Co-ordinator. Superb Job!!
We had our Sit-down Meal+Evening Buffet in Holiday Inn Reading-west from £999.00 package.
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Anonymous Sent on 31/07/2015
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing day Thank you!!

We had an amazing day thank you and the experience was helped by how things went at the hotel.

We were all very pleased and it suited to what we wanted.

There were only a couple of things I felt could be improved on and I must stress this is being over critical and didn't affect our experience in anyway.

The bar/waiting staff were amazing and couldn't do enough for us there were just times during the meal where the bar was left unmanned and people weren't able to get drinks.

The only other Criticism I could make is the soup was a bit bland and the croutons were just soggy bits of bread, however his was made up by the exceptional main.

The beef was cooked to perfection and the whole meal was full of flavour.

Can't fault a single thing about the kids meals.

They were superb.

Like I said this points are me being extremely picky and didn't bother me at all and certainly wouldn't have mentioned if you hadn't asked for a review.

Would certainly recommend people to get married there and even stay for the night as the rooms were pleasant and the hotel staff were great.

Thanks again.

Mr and Mrs Marshall
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Lisa Sent on 31/07/2015
5 out of 5 rating

Absolutely Perfect

The wedding was absolutely perfect and we couldn't have been more happy with the experience. The venue was lovely and the staff were great, very helpful and I especially felt very well looked after. We would definitely recommend to anyone looking for a wedding venue.

Thank you to you and all the staff involved in making our special day one to remember
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Christie Sent on 23/04/2014
5 out of 5 rating

A massive thank you

I would just like to say a massive thank you for all your hard work and all the staff that helped make our day just perfect.
All of our guest were very impressed with the food and how it ran so smoothly on the day.
It really was a magical day and that's all down to you and everyone that helped.
Thanks again
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Chris Sent on 12/12/2013
5 out of 5 rating

Everything was perfect!

A big thank you to you and all the staff at the Holiday Inn Reading West for making our big day so great.

Everything was as perfect as we could have wished for.

Once again thanks to all from the new Mr & Mrs Nash.
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Fiona Sent on 11/11/2013
5 out of 5 rating

We had a wonderful day!

Thank you very much for all you did to make our wedding reception go so well. We really enjoyed our stay - from the quality and cleanliness of the rooms, the meals we enjoyed and the very high level of service.
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Jennifer Sent on 10/09/2013
5 out of 5 rating

We couldn't have asked for a better day!

The staff on the day were amazing we were very impressed and would like to say a big thank you to all the staff that helped and made the day go without a hitch, the food was amazing and everyone had a great time. A special thank you to Mark who did a fab job with everything and was so helpful.
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P Sent on 08/07/2013
5 out of 5 rating

We all had an amazing day.

Just wanted to say a huge thank you to you and all your staff for all the hard work that went into making Phil and Gemma's wedding day run so smoothly. The food was faultless, as was the service not only in the run up to the wedding but throughout the entire weekend. We all had an amazing day and even the sun managed to shine. We will certainly have no hesitation in recommending your hotel.
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