Holy cow I don’t even know where to begin! Overall - amazing experience, can’t recommend these guys highly enough for your wedding. I just got married last weekend and had multiple guests comment on how smoothly everything went, and how great the food was (especially the teriyaki chicken - rave reviews! I wouldn’t know, because I had the roast beef, which I also thought was really good! And I loved the mashed potatoes. The salads were all super fresh and delicious - no gross floppy lettuce, and no iceberg lettuce, either! It was all little spring greens in the Italian Table Salad!) They were also able to put together a “Midnight Brunch” for the midnight snack, which was amazing lol. Who doesn’t want bacon at 10:30 pm?
Besides the food itself we NEED to talk about the staff. In planning, I dealt with Lauren for the most part, and a little bit with Sage. Both of them were so helpful and accommodating and responsive. I was pretty high-strung, and they always were just like yup, sure, okay that’s fine.
No one had rented the space the day/night before, so they let us do setup that afternoon - which was a LIFESAVER because we hauled in so many little things, and I really wanted to be able to arrange a lot of the decor myself. They had the tables where I wanted them (they use an online software so you can create your floorplan, assign guests to tables, and even do seat assignments if you want to do that, so they know where to find the ones who have dietary restrictions), had the napkins folded how I wanted, and had all the place settings done. All we had to do was add the decorations. There was always somebody checking in to see if we needed anything (we decided we needed the cordless mic), and the bar manager (I’m sorry I forgot his name!) was really on it, making sure the signature drink recipes were good to go and the full-corkage alcohol was all set. They even cut up little orange rings to add an extra garnish for my Blue Hawaiians, AND brought in milk for the Groom’s Paralyzers so we didn’t have to go pick that up the day before.
The day-of, they had a list of which vendors were showing up (approximately) when, and everything seemed to go off without a hitch! Lights went up, flowers came in, cake got set up… by the time I rolled in at 4:30 to take a look at it before cocktail hour began at 5:00, everything was done and perfect.
We had the classic buffet (which was awesome) and there were immediately multiple servers out and about ready to collect empty glasses and plates, but I had a few people mention that they were like “ninjas,” you didn’t even notice them until they were there ready to take away your mess. Amber and the bar manager were there again throughout the night checking in and making sure everything was going according to plan. I also wanted to mention that they served cocktails in real glassware for the entire night - which I wasn’t expecting, and it just made things look so much classier than the ol’ solo cups lol.
We had a couple extra “visitors” try to show up (we were in Essie’s, and they were apparently hoping it was still a bar) and the staff was on top of that right away, as well.
The room itself was perfect for what I wanted - I was after an 80’s lounge feel, and the lack of windows was exactly what I needed to achieve that in mid-July. The white walls, mirrors, gold accents, and nice, plain flooring were a great backdrop, and the bathrooms being right there was so convenient. I also liked the black curtains behind the head table, and they found us a few black tablecloths to hide our stacks of bins and extra chairs that were delivered.
The sound system worked perfectly for all the announcements and speeches, and my brother and sister surprised me with a YouTube playlist (no audio, just video) of 80’s music videos playing on the TV’s during the dance hahaha.
There must have been a lot of power outlets, too, because I had extra uplights, table-spots, a cake that needed to be plugged in, and a dj. No issues!
The staff was also amazingly helpful with cleanup, gathering up all of their things, clustering most of our stuff that had been on the tables, and even gathering up all the extra, rented napkins and table runners and putting them back in a bin for LER. When we walked in the next morning it honestly felt like most of the work was already done!
So again, can’t recommend this place enough. Having the venue coordination and catering in-house was easy and convenient, and everyone involved was greatly helpful! Plus, being right in the hotel was super convenient for ourselves and our guests, most of whom came from out of town. 10/10 (Will try to add photos when I get them)
P.S. Total cost included food (classic buffet, custom meals for dietary restrictions, 3 cold appies for cocktail hour, midnight brunch, full corkage, bartenders, room rental, microphone, table setup, and vendor access coordination for day-of)