The Foundry | Table & Tap

I recently had our wedding celebration at The Foundry. Let me start by saying that the food prepared by the chef was delicious and the bartenders and wait staff who worked our wedding night were wonderful.

However, working with The Foundry and its events manager for the months leading up to the event to plan details of the event was nothing less than a true nightmare. I would not recommend hosting an event at The Foundry due to the lies, lack of communication and extreme unprofessionalism (from the events manager and one time speaking to the GM). On multiple occasions, the events manager went back on her word. I was told one thing and a few days later (sometimes, only a few hours) it changed. The communication was extremely unprofessional, and I cannot believe someone in event planning would speak to a client that is hosting a large event at their restaurant.

On top of the unprofessionalism, lack of (or flaky) communication, The Foundry did not follow specific bar guidelines we agreed upon and confirmed MULTIPLE times during the planning process. For our event, we chose to limit the bar options for guests (for a few reasons). However, we learned the morning after our event that the bar menu we chose was NOT followed, allowing guests to order drinks that were well beyond the drink prices that were agreed upon and not on our bar menu. When we brought this up to the events manager, we were promised a refund for the difference. Hours later, of course, that refund was refused because she failed to ask the GM before promising this refund.

Also, only half of our $500 deposit was taken off our check. Had I not caught this myself on the receipt, we would be out an additional $250, on top of the $300 difference we should have been refunded in drink price differences because they chose not to follow what was agreed upon.

After the events manager being unprofessional and unreliable, I requested to speak to the GM. I was told that "they have no interest in dealing with this." I was totally surprised and shocked at that response. When I questioned it, the events manager admitted "Well, I lied." Because she did not want me speaking to her boss. At least this lie was admitted to.

I do not recommend hosting a private event at The Foundry. The food was delicious, and the servers/bartenders were nothing short of amazing, but it does not make up for unprofessionalism, dishonesty and charging us way more than what was agreed upon.