I called Belvedere, and their rates were really good! Thanks rza36 for mentioning them! Do you know if they have an outside garden area for picture taking?? Belvedere caters from Gaylord and Usmania, and has packages with them...I don't know which place to choose, but the packages are pretty decent! And I called up Meridian Banquets again and mentioned Belvedere's package, now Meridian is making something similar for me :-) Before they said $40 without the food on Sunday, now they are saying $50 with the food and cake etc. :-) So now I guess it comes down to which hall is nicer!
Meridian does not have a garden area. Does Belvedere have one??
Oh wow, didn't see your post, if you don't mind me asking how much did they quote you? I think I have a really good deal considering we know them real well and are having 700 or so people. Let me know how many people you have and what price they are giving you and I can tell you if you can go lower with some tough negotiating.