An Indian or Pakistani wedding is rarely one afternoon. There is a mehndi, a sangeet, a ceremony, and a reception, and the guest count shifts with every one of them. We host these weeks often at Dallas Palms Venue in Carrollton, and the families who stay calm on the wedding day are usually the ones who sorted the practical things early. Here is how we walk couples through it.
Planning an Indian or Pakistani wedding at a multi-event venue involves matching each function to an appropriately sized ballroom and garden based on guest count, arranging catering through outside or in-house options, coordinating parking and hotel accommodations for traveling guests, and organizing decor, lighting, and live streaming. Touring the spaces in person helps couples make confident decisions early.
Planning Indian and Pakistani Wedding Ceremonies and Celebrations at Dallas Palms Venue
We sit on 6.5 acres of landscaped grounds in Carrollton with three ballrooms and three gardens. Each ballroom can be booked with its matching garden or on its own, which matters when your mehndi is family only, and your reception is not. Our team has worked with American, Nigerian, Middle Eastern, Vietnamese, South Asian, Nepalese, and Hispanic families, so Desi family gatherings and social events are familiar ground for us.
Match each function to the right ballroom and garden
Malibu seats up to 120, with two staircases and a chandelier at the center. Its garden runs about 4,000 square feet, holds around 100 for a ceremony, and comes with an arch, a water feature, and a ceiling of string lights. Melrose seats up to 170, has a central staircase, and opens to a covered patio and a 5,000 square foot garden that holds up to 160 under two pergolas. Bel Air is the largest, seating 250 to 500 inside with mezzanines on both sides. Its garden covers roughly 10,000 square feet and holds a ceremony for 250 to 300, with an arbor and a water feature on the upper level and turf, a waterfall, and a fire pit lounge below. So if your mehndi is intimate and your reception is not, start in Malibu Garden and finish in Bel Air.
Bring your own caterer if you want to
Most families already have a caterer they trust, and we do not get in the way of that. Our vendor policy is open, and outside catering is allowed. When you bring your own food, we can provide cutlery and waitstaff for a charge, so nobody in your family is running plates during the toasts. If you would rather use our kitchen, we cook across cuisines with vegetarian, vegan, and other dietary options, served buffet style, with plated service available. Alcohol works much the same way. You can furnish your own, and we provide the bartender and the security. There are no food and beverage minimums, and interest-free payment plans are available.
Entrances, dancing, and the flip
Melrose and Malibu both have staircases, and Bel Air has mezzanines on both sides, so a grand entrance has somewhere to happen and every guest can see it. There is a built-in dance floor for the sangeet, and late-night hours are allowed, which matters when the dancing does not wind down at ten. If you want the ceremony and the reception in the same room, we can flip the space between them. Setup, teardown, and cleaning during and after the event are ours to handle, not yours.
Parking, hotels, and the guests who travel
Long guest lists arrive in a lot of cars. We have roughly 300 free parking spots on site with valet on request, so nobody is circling for a space while the ceremony starts. For relatives flying in, we work with hotel partners nearby, including Courtyard Marriott Addison and Hilton Garden Inn Addison at about three miles, Addison Marriott Quorum at about five, and DoubleTree Dallas Farmers Branch at about twelve. They offer discounted rooms, breakfast depending on the hotel, and shuttle service on request. For receptions, we also give you a complimentary guest reservation system for hotel rooms, plus rooming list reports so you can see who has booked and when they land.
Decor, lighting, and the family watching from home
Our decor is done in-house, designed from your mood board out of an extensive inventory, so a red and gold palette holds together from the ceremony setup to the head table. Uplighting and ambience lighting come with the room rental, and the uplighting can be colored to match. We also have a screen and projector, microphones, a sound system, and live streaming, which is how relatives in Lahore or Delhi watch the ceremony as it happens.
The honest way to make these calls is to stand in the rooms. Walk Bel Air Garden near golden hour, look at the waterfall on the lower level, then turn and picture the ballroom full behind you. Bring your parents. They will ask better questions than you will.
Contact us at (972) 416-1416 or email dallaspalms@gmail.com to book a tour, or fill out your information to gain access to our pricing guide. We are at 2424 Marsh Ln, Carrollton, TX 75006, open Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
FAQs
Can we bring our own caterer?
Yes. Our vendor policy is open, and outside catering is allowed. When you bring your own food, we can supply cutlery and waitstaff for a charge.
Can we bring our own alcohol?
Yes. You can furnish your own alcohol, and Dallas Palms provides the bartender and the security.
Which space fits our guest count?
Malibu seats up to 120, Melrose up to 170, and Bel Air seats 250 to 500. The gardens add room, with Malibu Garden at about 100 for a ceremony, Melrose Garden up to 160, and Bel Air Garden at 250 to 300.
Do you have hotel partners for out-of-town guests?
Yes. Courtyard Marriott Addison and Hilton Garden Inn Addison are about three miles away, Addison Marriott Quorum about five, and DoubleTree Dallas Farmers Branch about twelve. Partner benefits include discounted rooms, breakfast depending on the hotel, and shuttle service on request.
