After we got engaged on 2024.05.20, Ler's and I started searching for the right wedding venue. Over about two months we toured at least 10 wedding halls and hotels in Kaohsiung, and in the end we weighed everything together — location, condition of the venue, price tier, packages and add-on services, the attitude and feeling we got from consulting with each venue, and whether we could live with each venue's drawbacks — to make our decision. We ultimately chose MLD Jubilee Hall's Gold Hall (台鋁晶綺盛宴黃金廳) in Kaohsiung, and from start to finish we were very happy with the whole process. So we wanted to write down our experience and thoughts on holding our wedding at MLD Jubilee Hall, to share with other couples planning their own wedding.
From Choosing the Venue to Our Full Wedding Record
Finding a wedding venue is probably the very first task for every couple, and the choice of venue affects both the planning process and the wedding day itself more than almost anything else. After touring more than 10 wedding halls in Kaohsiung, here are roughly the reasons we ended up choosing MLD Jubilee Hall (台鋁晶綺盛宴) — hopefully useful for others too. The following is based on 2024-2025 information; for anything that may have changed since, please go by what MLD Jubilee Hall tells you directly.
What We Considered When Choosing a Wedding Venue
Location
MLD Jubilee Hall is located next to IKEA in Qianzhen District, Kaohsiung (前鎮區) (Google Maps link), which is pretty much the city center. It happened to be right in the middle between our two families, so on the wedding morning everyone had at most a 20-minute drive to the venue — very convenient. It's also close to our home, which made repeated site visits much easier when coordinating all the planning.
For guests coming by public transit, it's an easy trip too — take the light rail to Software Technology Park Station (軟體園區站) or the MRT to Shijia Station (獅甲站), then just a 5-10 minute walk to the venue.
Venue Condition
MLD Jubilee Hall has three main halls for weddings: Pearl Hall, Coral Hall, and Gold Hall (of course there are also several smaller rooms if you're just doing a family banquet). The three main halls each have a completely different look and feel — Pearl Hall goes for a luxurious Tiffany-blue atmosphere, Gold Hall focuses on an overall grand and opulent feeling, and Coral Hall's Chinese-red decor gives guests that classic festive wedding vibe. Between the three, there's really something for every couple's taste and needs.
Compared to most hotels, which tend to offer one unified style with little room to choose, the halls here also feel more modern and stylish than other venues at the same price point. The double-height ceiling on the ground floor makes the whole wedding feel grander and gives guests a much more spacious, comfortable feeling — and to me, that mattered a lot.
Price Tier
MLD's pricing starts at NT$16,500 per table (14,999 + 10%), then NT$18,700 (16,999 + 10%), NT$22,000 (19,999 + 10%), and up from there. This range gives couples a lot of flexibility to mix and match, and it's the range we felt offered the best combination of service and venue among comparable hotels we looked at. Factoring in the red envelope gifts you'll receive, something around NT$20,000 per table is a fairly reasonable price point for most weddings — though of course you can go higher if your budget allows.
Don't stress too much over the menu — every wedding venue's dishes tend to look similar on paper, all with fancy-sounding names, but you really can't know if something's good until you've tasted it, so I wouldn't obsess over it too much. That said, if you want some particularly luxurious ingredients, be sure to ask clearly during your consultation whether they're included. In the end, MLD's food turned out to be quite good, so this isn't something to worry about.
We didn't even bother consulting with the Marriott, Silks Place, InterContinental, or Grand Hi-Lai due to price — when planning a wedding you still want to be mindful of not overspending relative to the red envelope income you'll receive.
While we're at it, here are a few of the more budget-friendly hotels we found when asking around: Han-Hsien Hotel, Sizihwan Bay Resort (indoor hall), and Dialiao Xiang Wenxin — worth checking out if you need to keep costs down.
Packages and Add-on Services
The more important parts of MLD Jubilee Hall's package include a dedicated wedding planner who also acts as your emcee, a day-of wedding assistant, a welcome table (including guestbook, red envelope box, etc.), a champagne tower, a bridal suite, a boxed meal for the bride, two reserved parking spots for the couple, and 4 hours of free parking for guests, among other things.
Having a wedding planner who also serves as the emcee was, in my opinion, the best part of the service — since they're the venue's own staff, they know the equipment, manpower, and space inside and out. Our wedding had a lot of complicated elements, and our planner did a great job understanding our schedule in advance and kept everything running on time on the day. I'd highly recommend it. If you hire an outside emcee instead, they may not be able to run through everything as smoothly — though you would save on the emcee's fee.
Our Actual Impression During Consultation
From our first consultation all the way through to the wedding itself, both the front-desk staff and our wedding planner had a great attitude, and they did their best to accommodate our needs and arrangements throughout. The whole process felt smooth and we were satisfied with it.
Downsides and Shortcomings
- No backdrop is provided, so you'll need to find your own backdrop vendor — an extra expense that can run into the tens of thousands of NT dollars.
- Since it's a wedding hall rather than a hotel, there's no overnight accommodation the night before, so you'll need to find somewhere else for your hair and makeup artist to get you ready in the morning, or do it at home — a bit inconvenient.
- For a midday wedding, guest entry doesn't open until 10am, which has a huge impact on things like the bride entering the bridal suite, vendors setting up decorations, arranging small wedding favors, and rehearsing any performances. Between setting up our own backdrop, our customized wedding elements, sound checks for performances, and photographers pulling us away for couple photos, our morning was extremely rushed — it's worth considering whether to pay extra for early access.
- If you're having a live performance, you'll need to bring your own sound equipment — band amps or instruments can't be plugged into the venue's sound system. Usually you work around this by picking up the sound through the venue's microphones instead, and the audio quality is still decent enough.
Consulting with the Wedding Venue
To consult with MLD Jubilee Hall, you'll need to call ahead to book an appointment ( 07-5362666 ). Once you arrive at your scheduled time, a business manager will walk you through all the venue spaces and pricing — the whole introduction is thorough and courteous. Honestly, how a venue treats you during this initial consultation is a good indicator of how smoothly the rest of your wedding planning will go. If they can't even get the consultation right, you shouldn't expect the far more complicated back-and-forth of planning a wedding to go smoothly either.
MLD Jubilee Hall's Three Main Halls
MLD Jubilee Hall has three main wedding halls, each with its own character — couples can pick whichever suits their taste.
Gold Hall
Gold Hall has a soaring ceiling, built around a base of gold and black — including the main chandelier, carpet, tablecloths, and chair sashes — creating a grand, opulent atmosphere. (Minimum spend: 25 tables or NT$460,000)
Pearl Hall
Pearl Hall is probably MLD Jubilee Hall's most popular room — most of the photos you'll find online are of this hall. It has a soaring ceiling and an overall look that feels luxurious and refined, the kind of decor younger couples tend to love. (Minimum spend: 25 tables or NT$460,000)
Coral Hall
Coral Hall is done in a Chinese style, with the deep red that older generations tend to love, making the whole wedding feel very festive. Its small downside is that it doesn't have a soaring ceiling, and the couple's entrance path isn't a straight line — plus the bridal suite is located outside the banquet hall itself. (Minimum spend: 15 tables or NT$250,000)
Booking a Tasting Two Months Ahead
Two months before the wedding, you'll need to reach out to the venue yourself to request a tasting session. The tasting is essentially a family-style banquet — really a proper sit-down meal. The staff will plate and serve everything just like they would on the day, so try to round up 10 relatives or elders to join you, otherwise you'll end up with way too many leftovers to pack up. The tasting price is roughly 80% of whatever tier you've booked at.
Flavor-wise, there usually aren't major issues — it's mostly about swapping ingredients, so use this chance to finalize things. At the end of the day, the couple barely gets more than a few bites on the actual wedding day, so as long as it tastes good, that's what matters — the bigger question is whether the elders in your family want anything adjusted.
Preparations During the Wedding Planning Process
Once you've confirmed the venue and paid the deposit (20% of the minimum spend), you can start lining up all your other vendors! Here's a checklist you can go through item by item — some are optional, so use your own judgment. There are also lots of small details in a wedding, like the bouquet or floral name cards, that many vendors will actually provide as a bundle, so I'd suggest listing out everything you need and confirming it one by one:
- (Required) Wedding photoshoot
- (Required) Wedding dress fitting for the day
- (Required) Hair and makeup artist
- (Recommended) Wedding photography
- (Recommended) Wedding videography
- (Recommended) Wedding favors => highly recommend YourGift (你的禮物) for table favors and second-round gifts — beautifully packaged, the dried fruit is delicious, and it added a lot to our wedding!
- Mother-of-the-bride and mother-of-the-groom outfits
- Suits for the groom and both fathers
- Wedding decor
- Wedding activities (like Kahoot, live singers, etc.)
- Other vendors (like instant photo printing)
We were happy with every single vendor we worked with for our wedding — feel free to check out our Recommended Wedding Vendors post to see if any of them suit you.
If you're interested in doing your own destination pre-wedding photos abroad, check out our High-CP-Value Guide to Overseas Wedding Photography (Chinese).
Two Months Before the Wedding
About a month before the wedding date, your wedding planner will start reaching out to you (or you should reach out proactively if they haven't) to begin confirming every detail of the wedding: what activities you're having, how the schedule is structured, how many staff you'll need (photographer/videographer/band/hair-makeup/assistant), how many boxed meals to prepare, how to help set up the welcome table and wedding favors, what equipment you'll need confirmed (bring your own laptop if you're doing Kahoot), confirming the wedding music and videos, and going over the payment process. My own advice: if you have a lot going on, it's best to have your own rough plan ready and hand it to your wedding planner ahead of time, based on whatever standard template they give you — rather than confirming everything piece by piece at this stage, which involves a lot of back-and-forth and just adds to the stress.
A week before the wedding, you'll need to confirm your table count and provide table names so your planner can print the seating chart. At that point, that's basically the last step before the big day — after that, it's wedding day itself.
Our Wedding Day Schedule
The wedding day itself is incredibly busy. We only held a lunch banquet, with no morning bridal-fetching ceremony, and there were still a huge number of activities and details packed into the day. Luckily, because we'd already planned the whole schedule in advance, nothing fell apart. Here's what our schedule looked like on the day — sharing it for anyone reading this who's currently planning their own timeline, in case it's useful as a reference.
MLD Jubilee Hall Venue Info
- Address: Section A, No. 8, Zhongqin Rd., Qianzhen District, Kaohsiung City (高雄市前鎮區忠勤路8號Ａ區) (Google Maps link)
- Hours: Monday–Sunday 9:00 – 22:00
- Phone: 07-5362666
- Official website: MLD Jubilee Hall
- Facebook page: MLD Jubilee Hall
- Instagram: MLD Jubilee Hall
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