The tassel took years; the party shouldn't take your whole June. An exclusive-use graduation venue minutes from Schaumburg's District 211 ceremonies — up to 150 guests, budget-honest menus, and parents who attend instead of cater. International Banquet, family-owned since 2008.
When Schaumburg High School and the rest of District 211 release their ceremony schedules, every family in town is suddenly planning the same six weekends — and every backyard, restaurant, and park pavilion books solid. A party here means the date is protected, the food is someone else's job, and the graduate gets a celebration that isn't fighting for a picnic shelter. The rest of what we host is on our venue serving Schaumburg families page.
Open house or seated dinner changes everything about the day. Families with a milestone birthday landing the same season sometimes merge the two into one bigger party.
Come-and-go flow without sacrificing your kitchen. The buffet stays stocked for hours, the grad holds court, and the last guests leave a room you never clean.
The grandparents flew in for this one. A real meal, real toasts, the diploma making the rounds — the formal version of the milestone at family prices.
Two or three families, one overlapping guest list, one split bill. Grad season's smartest math — and the room's big enough to give each grad their own corner.
August college send-offs and post-degree celebrations that pull a scattered friend group back to one table for a night.
No guest list spans wider than a grad party's — teammates, teachers, cousins, the carpool hero of 2019. One level seats them all, one buffet feeds seventeen and eighty-seven alike, and International Banquet in Arlington Heights is an easy drive from the Schaumburg ceremonies with free parking for the entire caravan.
The season books itself out — the planning is the short part.
May and June weekends go to whoever calls first — usually by early spring, the moment ceremony dates post. Lock yours immediately.
Menu style, photo table, slideshow, school colors. One conversation — bring the grad to pick the menu.
Setup, service, cleanup: ours. You arrive with the honoree, leave with leftovers instead of garbage bags.
Graduation season drains wallets enough. Per-person pricing, no room fee. Minimums: $1,500 lunch (until 4 PM), $2,000 Sunday–Thursday evenings, $3,000 Friday & Saturday evenings, before tax and gratuity.
The budget-smartest route: a daytime party at the season's friendliest price and lowest minimum, done by four.
The open-house engine — a stocked spread feeding teenagers, toddlers, and grandparents on their own clocks for hours.
The seated version, grandparents in from out of town — shared platters, real toasts, diploma on display.
Joint grad parties split the date, the minimum, and the bill — two or three families together routinely beat the cost of separate backyard parties, with none of the tent rentals.
View Full MenuSchaumburg High graduation at 10 AM, party here by noon — 85 guests, buffet running all afternoon, and I experienced my own daughter's celebration as a guest. First time in eighteen years of hosting this family.
Three families from the soccer team, one joint party. Split three ways it beat what any of us would've spent on a backyard — and the boys got one real event instead of three obligation stops.
Nursing pinning celebration for my wife — her cohort, both families, a slideshow of four brutal years. The staff treated it like the big deal it was.
What grad families ask when the district calendar posts.
May and June weekends fill by early spring — dates start going the week ceremony schedules post. Joint parties should coordinate even earlier.
Yes — the buffet is built for it. Guests flow through the afternoon, the spread stays stocked, and the grad sees everyone without a receiving line.
Grad season's best move: shared date, shared minimum, overlapping guest list — and each grad still gets their own tables, cake, and photo corner.
All of it — we stage the memory table during setup and run projection and sound for the slideshow and toasts.
Luncheons $25, family style $29, buffet $34 per person, plus minimums of $1,500 lunch / $2,000 Sun–Thu / $3,000 Fri–Sat, before tax and gratuity.
We're at 1863 W Central Rd in Arlington Heights, typically a 12–18 minute drive depending on where in Schaumburg you start — quickest from the northeast side near Golf Road and Route 53, a bit longer from Town Square or the far west side. Free parking waits at the door.
