This is a LONG REVIEW, but to summarize:

Do yourself a favor, take your money, $85 a person in my case $91 SINCE I PAID EXTRA FOR A CARVING STATION THEY DIDNT EVEN HAVE, and find yourself a WAYYY better venue and CATERSSS for sure. Food was so below par. And if you have a smaller party be ready to be treated as 2nd class citizens. Very disorganized! No proper management.

If you want details continue reading:

6/20/23: I had a party of 45 and had the “Venetian room” (at the venue itself it’s labeled like the bridal room). I paid $5506 total for this medical school graduation party.

Here were all the things wrong at my event:

• there was no pigs in a blanket or salmon sandwiches for the hors d’oeuvres. Items we PAID FOR AND PICKED. Email proof at hand.
• there was no roast beef at the carving station. PAID EXTRA.
• all the food was cold from the beginning. -the bread was cold, hard and stale.
• the chicken adobo we tried at the food tasting was completely different than what was served. We tried this creamy white sauce based chicken. But at the venue it was a tomato based sauce. FYI: they don’t let you taste all menu items. They bring you in on a random Saturday or Sunday that they already have a party going on and let you taste whatever THEY have for the night. -the eggplant Rollatini was completely different from the food tasting. There was no cheese on it. -none of the food was labeled so none of us knew what is what. My friend was gluten intolerant and when they asked the servers, people were even more confused. They only ended up eating salad.
• they allow you to leave stuff in the office the week of the event. some of our items locked in the offices including the macaroons in the fridge wasn’t accessible till about an hour into the party. None of the staff knew where it was or what to do or have a key to the office. They just said none of the mangers are in.
• the room wasn’t set up the way we laid out on the floor plan. Each table was missing table set up for the 9th person. And if that was not possible we should’ve been informed earlier because around 5 of my guests didn’t have a place to sit to eat. I was running around trying to make tables with the decorative tree stumps.

Overall it was pretty disorganized and the staff also seemed confused at most points. There was no managers on the day of. The captain was confused and communication was off.

I planned this event 3 months in advance I worked hard penny to penny and on the day of it turned out rushed disorganized and ultimately disappointing. I felt since I had a smaller party we were overlooked and just given leftovers. And when I expressed my concerns the very morning the party ended, the event manager replied oh captain of the wait staff said everything seemed fine. What did he want me to do fight in front of my guests? I voiced the things that were wrong and she kept insisting that this is all she knows and all she was instructed to do.

UPDATE: 6/25 I was asked to take down this review but I will post an update instead. After speaking to the general manager this is what I was offered from a requested refund of $2047.50.

I reviewed your feedback and contract thoroughly, and I want to offer you refund of $985.89 for the missing/wrong items.

This is how I came up with the proposed number.

• 1 Carving: $135 ($3 per guest per item) + $38.98 (administrative fee and taxes)
• 2 Hors D'oeuvres: $180 ($2 per guest per item) + $51.98 (administrative fee and taxes)
• 2 Main dishes: $450 ($5 per guest per item) + $129.94 (administrative fee and taxes)

Even though the general manager offered less than half of the refund I requested I feel forced to accept this. But it doesn’t take away from my overall negative experience.