The most beautiful venue, everything we were looking for. Minimal decorations needed as it has so much character and natural lighting on its own.
The food was wonderful, guests were raving day later about how wonderful it was. The only complaint I heard was that there was a darker looking dressing located near the mashed potatoes and people thought it was gravy and poured it all over their food 🙈🙈🙈
Communication leading up to the big day was great, especially considering we started talks in July of 2020 and the big day wasn't until May 2022.
I will say, things were a bit lacking on the day of.
We weren't sure about the weather, and Yvonne and I had discussed making a decision on the day of as far as indoor or outdoor ceremony. I didn't receive a single phone call asking what I thought or what the decision was.
When my friends arrived at the venue, the door was locked and they had to find someone to help them get in to decorate.
By the time my friends were getting ready to leave, no one had set up chairs or anything for the ceremony so they did it. They aren't professionals by any means and honestly had no idea what they were doing but did their best.
No one from the venue checked to make sure the chairs were placed correctly. When I showed up early to the venue for photos, I couldn't even fit down the isle with my dress on. My photographers and videographers had to fix the chairs because again, there was not a single person around (also, not their job)
I think one of my biggest issues was a miscommunication about wine. I didn't want to purchase wine for the tables, but my friends said I had to. So I requested 8 bottles. 3 for each long table and 2 for the head table. When I received my invoice, it was for 16 bottles of wine. I said absolutely not, but I guess give me 10 instead, 3 for each long table and 4 for the head table. When we arrived at the venue for the reception, all 10 bottles were put out on the guest tables and there was NOTHING for the bridal party or even myself (does that make sense) one of my bridesmaids went to the bar and requested wine, they brought a bottle over poured a few glasses and left with it.
When I received the bar bill at the end of the night, I was charged for an entire bottle of wine. I questioned why? This was not my issues, we didn't even get to keep the bottle, I specifically said where I would like the bottles to be and that was not followed. The bartender ended up refunding the bottle but with the backhanded comment of "we would hate for someone to be unhappy over $30"
We purchased late night snack for 40 people, but there was less than 30 people by the time it was served. I think it's really important to feel the room, see what is going on. We had planned to have it for 10pm, but people were leaving. I feel like it would have been nice for someone from the venue to notice this and push the late night snack up as we had paid over $400 for 5-6 pizzas. Also, in advance it would be nice to discuss pizza toppings as I don't eat beef or pork and had to go into the kitchen to ask for a cheese pizza?
The golf cart driver said he had never driven the cart before and was splashing through all of the puddles, mud all over my dress and spent atleast 20 min in the bathroom trying to clean it off.
A few other comments from guests - drinks were being removed from the tables while guests were dancing and they had to purchase new drinks even though they weren't done.
A pregnant bridesmaid of mine asked for her plate to not be removed from the table while she went to the washroom, they removed it anyways while she was gone.
In the grand scheme of things, all of this didn't really affect my day. I had a wonderful time regardless of the things happening around me.
Sitting back, thinking about all of the money we paid it bothers me a bit. I also think we were supposed to receive a voucher for a complimentary 18hole? Didn't hear...
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