Haiku Gardens Weddings — Attraction in Oʻahu

Exceptional Experience at Haiku Gardens You don't have to look any further for a wedding venue, pick up the phone and call Tamara to save your date. The overwhelming feedback from our friends and family was how beautifully smooth our wedding day looked and felt. This is largely attributed to Tamara's talent, organizational skills, transparency, and of course the venue. Not to deter from how much work it takes to plan a wedding, Tamara and Haiku helped to make it look effortless. The end result was our dream wedding. The venue itself is breathtaking! Set back in Kaneohe, you would never know this oasis existed and that is part of the charm. As you embark down the paved path from the parking lot to the gardens, you pass the restaurant with a thatched roof, which reminds you of an earlier era in Hawaii. Should you opt for a more traditional setting, a chapel can also be found in the gardens In addition to a ceremony site, Haiku Gardens offers use of their restaurant, Haleiwa Joe's (the thatched roof restaurant you walked past on your way down to the gardens) for your reception. This is where the magic of Tamara and her team continued to make our dream wedding come true. With a plethora of options for pupu's, our guests devoured the Tempura Crab Rolls, Bruschetta, and Fruit which paired nicely with the bar. And the bar and bar staff did not disappoint! Nearly every guest made it a point to let us know how impressed they were with the service they received from the staff. The staff came around to replenish empty drinks as quickly as they could. This is the kind of attention to detail that does not go unnoticed, so big Mahalo to the staff.  Insider tip, the Li Hing Margarita was a show stopper! Thank you for keeping the drinks flowing! Of course the buffet was on par with everything else at Haiku/Haleiwa Joe's. The coconut mac nut chicken, grilled fresh fish, and kalua pig were so delicious. Honestly, there are so many options it will be hard to narrow down your selection to offer to your guests. You can't go wrong with any of the menu options. Looking around, it seemed like all of our guests loved the food. With countless photo booth companies to choose from, it can be hard to pick one to go with. However, our photo booth from Party Pix Hawaii was absolutely beautiful, the backdrop was perfect, the props were so funny, and best of all the custom layout helped photos look awesome! The candy buffet from Victoria's Sweets was a massive success. She had so many options with the best containers and scoops to make the candy buffet look awesome. She did a great job setting up the table, it was just what we wanted. The photographer Eric from L'amour was incredible! Eric made the day great with his personality and energy. He was flexible and accommodating with the photos we wanted. He ran a smooth operation and made us laugh at the right times. The pictures turned out beautifully, we are so happy with the results. I cannot recommend Eric enough! The florals from Passion Roots was everything and more. Words cannot express how beautiful and breathtaking the floral arrangements were. From the ceremony alter and isle pieces to the reception center pieces and arrangements around the venue were truly breath taking. If we already weren't in a garden, the flowers from Passion Roots made it feel like we were submerged in a tropical garden. Not to mention the cascade floral arrangement were to die for. Thank you! Ultimately, we were beyond thrilled with our wedding at Haiku Gardens. A massive Mahalo to Tamara and all the hands that helped prepare this day for us. I could not recommend Haiku Gardens and Tamara more. Truly an exceptional...

When attending wedding, you get to see the beautiful bride and the gorgeous groom surrounded by stunning views, lovely music, and delicious food. What people don’t see is how it all comes together and stays together as the bride and groom are too preoccupied to attend to every little thing. To that, I would like to tip a hat to the amazing team at Haiku Gardens. A little background: My husband and I had just been stationed at Pearl Harbor in September 2016 and were anxious to plan our wedding for 2017. When we arrived, we had tried Haleiwa Joe’s on a whim (not knowing it was Haiku Gardens at the time) and fell in love with the food and the breathtaking views. It became the first restaurant we loved in Hawaii. Little did we know that exactly a year from that day we would be having our unforgettable wedding there. We knew we wanted a unique location that was not a hotel, had inclusive package options, and was reasonably affordable. We scoured the internet and reviews of dozens of locations and many of the wedding sites suggested Haiku Gardens. We looked up the website and the moment we found out it was the same as our favorite restaurant, we believed it was fate! We would’ve been remised, though, if we didn’t at least have a walk through and a sit down with the planner, so we utilized The Knot and their venue concierge. Their team got us in contact with Tamara, who got back to us immediately. At the walk through, Tamara was punctual and thorough going over the different locations where the vows could take place, a general idea of how the day of would go, and even what the indoor option looked like. After the walk through, we went into the office and talked about the options. She broke down the basic prices that were mandatory and then all the different packages that we could add on. I knew that I was not going to have time to go through vendors by myself, so selecting one of the packages where Tamara would be the one who did all the leg work was such a blessing. Throughout the process of getting everything ready for the wedding, Tamara always kept us informed with her progress and the financial portion of each decision we made. She was unbelievably patient as I would take days (sometimes weeks!) to get back to her and never once called me out on taking too long. She was even kind enough to send several reminders that our final deposit was due when I was almost a week late with it. She has such an eye for detail and gives everything her utmost attention. When I didn’t know what I wanted, she would present ideas or ask questions until we got to the best option. The invoice she gave us wasn’t just to keep us informed of our financial responsibilities, but also a tracker for us to see what was done and what else needed to be accomplished. It included almost everything that goes into a wedding, so even if we had elected to select a vendor ourselves, it stayed on the list so we were reminded that we needed to take care of it. On the day of the wedding we were both pretty frazzled since it was pouring in the morning, but Tamara took it in stride and jumped right into setting up the indoor backup. We got lucky though and the sky cleared to a beautifully perfect day and she made sure that the garden was back on track to be the location we said our vows. Our perfect day would never had been as unforgettable as it was without the team at Haiku Gardens and most of all Tamara! I just can’t compliment her enough! Thank you for our...

We got married on a Saturday afternoon at Haiku Gardens/Haleiwa Joe’s in June of this year. Haiku Garden’s is such a beautiful place! I found Haiku gardens on “The knot” and read all the wonderful reviews on social media (The knot, yelp, weddingwire, facebook, and Instagram) and I knew I would be in good hands. I was a bit nervous about doing a destination wedding, knowing that I would not be able to see the venue, try the food, and get to do the whole wedding experience. But that wasn’t the case. I was lucky enough to go on a trip to Hawaii (October 2015) to meet Tamara, check out the venue and do a cake tasting! Tamara the wedding planner and coordinator is AMAZING!! She is a DREAM to work with. She is very patient, organized and took care of everything! I had a lot questions and Tamara always responded in a timely manner. She never made me feel like I was bothering her with my constant emails and questions. The best thing is you don’t get stressed out or turn into Bridezilla. All the vendors that we worked with for our wedding were equally amazing. Everyone did an amazing job! I can’t want to see the photos! We had our ceremony outdoors in front of the hut and it was perfect! I was so happy we were able to have the ceremony outside and it didn’t rain! (It was raining during rehearsal the day before, and I was hoping it would be sunny on the big day!). We had pupus for our quest at Haleiwa Joe’s while my Husband and I were taking photos. Everyone raved about the shrimp! Those were the first ones to go. The buffet brunch reception followed after and our guests said the food was delicious. I like most brides didn’t get to eat much, which I was bummed about! (That just means I need to come back to HAWAII). We had a party of about 60 guests and it was perfect and exactly what I wanted for our big day. I really enjoyed the experience of a “Destination Wedding” with the help of Tamara and we couldn’t have done it without her. The venue was perfect and the food was delicious. All of our guest said this was the most beautiful wedding they have been too! The rehearsal day one the first time my husband saw the venue and he was so happy with it! This day was so special to us and we are happy with how everything turned out. Thank you so much to Tamara, Haiku Gardens, Haleiwa Joes, and all the vendors for all the hard work that went into making our wedding day so unforgettable. I hope to visit Haiku gardens and...