Sassafraz

Dennette , her team and the staff were super professional and friendly! My guests and my husband and I really had an amazing time! My wedding was on September 19th, during a pandemic and everything went according to the plan!

Throughout the planning process,Dennette responded super quickly and was on top of everything! She helped to make our wedding planning super smooth! Every single one of my guests said that the food was divine and the service was superb! We couldn’t be happier with how everything went.

I highly recommend Sassafraz as the venue for the wedding ceremony and reception!

The staff at Sassafraz were amazing!! They were extremely friendly and made sure everyone had fresh drinks at all times. The food was absolutely delicious! I can't recommend this venue enough!!

Dennette was exceptional in making me and Janice feel at ease, explain how the wedding is expected to proceed. She was very punctual in sending out contracts.

This is such a hidden gem!

1. It comes with table cloths, menus etc.
2. There is no room rental (for a goregous room) as long as you meet a reasonable room rental fee.
3. The food and drink is incredible. Guests complimented the food constantly.
4. There was a beautiful bridal suite. It let in lots of natural light and there was a wall of greenery. It made for goregous pictures.
5. Bridal suite plus two private rooms. There was a traditional ceremony set up . There was a separate space for cocktail hour/mingling. During the cocktail hour the staff efficently set up our wedding meal time.
6. Flexible bar choices (we chose to have wine and beer and soft drinks). Multiple menu choices for every course of the meal.
7. A lift for guests with mobility concerns.

Everything about Sassafraz was perfect. They were flexible as we planned our wedding from South Korea. They days leading up to the wedding were perfect. We had easy access to the rooms to set up the day before. The day of, Jeff was the most amazing host for us. Everything I could think of, he had already done. They plated our Cinnabons with extra personalized decor on the plates. Everything was perfect and the food was amazing!

I would like to start off by saying that we had THE most perfect wedding at Sassafraz. The level of service we received on our day was exceptional. The staff was kind, attentive, quick, patient and felt like they wanted to be there rather than having to be there. The food was the talk of our wedding, the quality of the meals was very high. The venue is beautiful on its own, and we felt it was spacious yet intimate.

I was never worried about anything and the Dennette was an absolute pleasure to work with. Very organized and answered all my questions and concerns, no detail was too small for her. The fact that I never was aware of small hiccups that happened and everything was taken care so seamlessly. I highly recommend this venue for a wedding!

Our back-and-forth dealings with Sassafraz, specifically Dennette, lasted well over a year, thanks to constantly changing COVID restrictions. Finally, we held our wedding reception in September 2021. There really are not enough complimentary words to describe how amazing we found the experience.

Event Planning: Without having hired a separate wedding planner, Dennette efficiently took us through all the considerations and decisions needed to make our event a success at Sassafraz. She was prompt to answer all emails, available for phone calls/meets, and thorough in covering all bases. In short, she is super experienced and organized, and will handily guide you through the entire process. She also stayed to help make sure the event ran smoothly, before handing over to the dining manager.

Service: The waitstaff and bartenders at Sassafraz are friendly and well-trained. We were asked by multiple happy guests to pass along their compliments to the dining/floor managers. The event setup, transitions (as required), and food service were all timely and organized. Sassafraz was accommodating in letting us pre-store a few decor items prior to the event, and proactively asked their door greeters to help us move any same-day deliveries to the 2nd floor upon arrival.

Food: The food was delicious! Guests were more than thrilled with the selection, delivery, and flavour. The Sassafraz chef and kitchen also allowed us to customize our menus from standard options, and the quality and presentation remained superb.

Overall, we just had a great feeling when we first sat down with Dennette to consider using Sassafraz as our wedding venue choice, and time proved us right. They exceeded most all our expectations in every way, and we would sincerely recommend them in a heartbeat to anyone else. Thanks Sassafraz, for an amazing experience!

From the beginning of our planning process, we knew we wanted an intimate venue with incredible food. We found exactly that at Sassafraz. Dennette was great to work with, and alongside our planner executed a phenomenal day for us. Could not say enough about the delicious food and the timely and gracious service. We also loved how we had the use of both floors so that people could choose to opt out of the dancing and chat down in the dining room if that's what they wanted to do.

It's a day we will forever look back on with wonderful memories, and we can't thank the Sassafraz team enough for helping us create those memories. Looking forward to coming back for our anniversary!

The team at Sassafraz was incredible from the first email through the planning meetings, food tastings, additional vendor recommendations, actual day of service, and inevitable follow up day when we had to return to retrieve what we had left behind after all that excitement. It was as close as you could get to a one stop shop in terms of event planning and we couldn't have been happier or more grateful. All of our guests loved the food and the service, and it was amazing all around!

We had AN AMAZING wedding at Sassafraz!
We had a wedding of about 110 guests and Sassafraz was the perfect venue for a cozy and intimate wedding. Everyone loved the beautiful space and raved about the food. It was so stunning that I literally gasped when I first walked into the dining room!

The setup worked really well, we used the upstairs space/Bellair and Cumberland rooms for cocktails, then we had dinner downstairs in the main dining room and went back upstairs for dancing afterwards. Our favourite feature was the live green wall in the dining room, there was even a sitting area/balcony on the second floor that overlooked the space. It was a gorgeous location for a photo backdrop, especially with the natural light coming from the skylight!

Dennette, the wedding coordinator at Sassafraz was a pleasure to work with since the beginning. She was friendly and professional, we worked closely to figure out all the wedding details and logistics. She was patient with my never ending questions and always responded quickly. We were able to drop off items at the venue the day before, where the staff set everything up on our wedding day and everything was packed up and ready by the door when we came to pick it up the day after. Sassafraz was flexible and it was a breeze to plan our wedding here because they made everything so easy!

Thank you for all the staff at Sassafraz for being a part in our special day. Thank you for your excellent service and your friendly attitude. It was a great night and we had so much fun with you all!