German American Society — Attraction in Omaha

Just married this past weekend. Never been behind the scenes of a wedding before so I didn't know what to expect. I always hear of glitches and things not being perfect. I thought I'd be prepared. I was working with Chelle and at first she seemed great until it got closer to the wedding. She started forgetting things, important things like we decided to go with plated instead of buffet and we constantly kept having to remind her that it was a plated dinner.. if I would have saw those red flags! We had the ceremony on the patio. Once we were ready to go in for the reception is when things go horribly wrong. When we had our tasting we had planned our meal and had a kiddo plate and planned what we were going to have for the kids. They were totally forgotten! 30 kids with no food. I also have family with gluten allergy and had requested an alternate for them, they were made but never given out. They made same meals for adults and kids. The waitresses then went to every table and asked "do you think your kid will eat this?" And if the parent said "no" the waitress response was "good cause we don't have enough food!" This was just 1 problem with wait staff. They also started taking food off the tables in record time.. my bridesmaid had gotten her food and went to the bathroom to wash her hands, she got back and there was no food. As people were eating and they were picking up full plates including mine. We ate at 730, so next was dancing. We cut the cake at around 8, then announced for our first dance. As we were dancing they started cutting the cakes and having them come through the dance floor while we were out there. By 9, the security guard took it upon himself to predict fights and regulate how people were dancing. My friend who was also our officiate was kicked out for lude dancing along with our other friend. Once they were causing a scene in the parking lot, that's when my husband and I found out and we went outside. Manager or staff did not notify us of any of the actions of the hot headed security guard decided to find out what was going on. As we were outside, at 930 the dj came out to ask why the lights had been turned on. We had the hall until 12. I asked my bridesmaid to go have them turn them back off. Staff started picking up my centerpieces while people were sitting at the tables. With the lights on and staff picking up tables, my guests thought it was over. I walked back in at 945 and my whole side of family was gone. My reception was ruined. We hung around until about 1130 and tried to round up as many people to meet at a bar. Chelle or staff never came to me throughout the whole night. No call the next day. My mom and husbands mom on Monday came to pick up our decorations and conveniently Chelle was absent. The assistant Amy was there. They expressed all of the problems that went on during the reception.. she had an excuse for every issue and said it was our faults on every problem. We decided to call Chelle Tuesday. She had no response for us. I can't get my time back from my reception! They are not willing to compensate us for all the trouble we had. I know this is a long review but there was a LOT that went on and no resolution, no apologies, nothing! Least I can do is warn everyone and express my sadness of how this...

Was here for Oktoberfest this past weekend and this has been the first year I have been able to fully experience this amazing tradition. The place was packed, the music was bumping and people were dancing along with their Steins full to the brim and simply having an amazing time. I had the Radler grapefruit beer and it was fantastic, I would definitely recommend it to the beer drinker who does not like a full-bodied, heavier beer. Overall I had an experience of a lifetime and ran into many people I knew while making some new friends along the way. The only thing I would recommend is to get cash beforehand as I had to pay an ATM fee of $5.50 which seems outrageous to...

I got married a few weekends ago and had my reception at the German American Society. All I can say is AMAZING! Everything was just amazing! Darcy was so kind and checked in throughout the night to see if we needed anything. His daughter was also so kind to us. All of the staff was wonderful. Everyone kept raving about how wonderful everything was. The food was DELICIOUS and some of the best I’ve ever had at a reception! The night went smoothly and I can’t thank them enough for making my day that much more special! If you don’t know about this place, go check it out! Thank you to everyone who helped make it the best night ever for my...