Coral House — Restaurant in Town of Hempstead

My husband(DH)&i were married in the Hempstead courthouse on Oct 30th 2015.We were engaged in 2014&had started been planning our wedding at the coal House shortly after.In Feb of 2016 I get a call from my emotional DH confessing2me that his aunt had gotten him drunk the night B4&the next day took him2the coral house where apparently his aunt told whoever was in charge of the details of our wedding,that I had left my DH(meaning in the process of divorce)&was currently admitted2a VA psych ward in Seattle.I was indeed in Seattle at the time4my our nieces 3rd bday&therefore visiting my side of the fam which I did very sparingly2say the least bc it’s all we could afford as2disabled Veterans. My DH said that he was so hung over from the night before&basically still drunk that he had no idea what was really going on&basically thought it was all a dream until he realized it was a total reality that his aunt had used his current state2not only cancel our wedding,but took advantage of his basic state of stupor2make him look like a grieving man who was dealing with his wife leaving him,when he was simply just drunk/hungover&basicallyhad no idea what was really going on. Basically Im making this bad review bc as far as I know&can remember no1from this establishment called me as the bride2even confirm such an event had taken place or consulted me on the matter as2whether or not this cancellation was4a valid reason or not. I was told by my DH that a refund was expected but I didnt hold my breath.As time has gone on its disturbingly come out that the reason4this cancellation was bc apparently my DH had “cried”drunkenly2his aunt that night that we couldnt afford our wedding.I had no idea of this financial burden as I was always reassured that we were right on track financially w/paying.Ive since informed my husband that we most certainly could have simply rescheduled our wedding4a later date instead of his aunt being so crass as2literally cancel our wedding w/o my knowledge as the bride.This is most likely due2her own selfish reasons possibly having2do w/her oldest daughter not being proposed2yet by her long time boyfriend&she wanted her daughter2have the 1st wedding of the family, where as ours would have been the1st…bc I honestly cant think of any other reason as2why some1 would have made up such an elaborate&untrue lie just2cancel our wedding when it could have just been rescheduled. The venue can say if they want,that these personal reasons of myDHs Aunt have nothing2do w/them,but the fact that they didnt even attempt2make contact w/me as the bride about such an expensive cancellation is just an atrocity2say the least. Is this honestly how y’all in the “GREAT STATE OF NEW YORK”conduct business as usual?If so y’all are severely contributing2the scam that obviously is the”New York”wedding. Im writing this2make sure that this venue&other venues don’t do this2another bride or even groom4that matter. We are currently planning our10th anniversary celebration at another venue&I brought this situation up2the person who is initially helping us plan&he told us that he once had a MOH call posing as the bride2erroneously cancel the brides wedding.they notified their bride immediately.beware of your bridal party,URsignificant other’s family members(especially ifUfind yourself away fromUR significant other4a time like I was)&especially beware of UR venue possibly being (I’ll give y’all at the coral house the benefit of the doubt as a means of thanking y’all4my service2our country…you’re welcome) “naive”2what is happening when a cancellation is being”asked for”&a bride&or groom is not present4the cancellation. IfUas a bride or groom are considering canceling w/this venue,DON’T.They won’t giveUa refund regardless of your reason. Therefore puttingUin more of a possible financial restraint thanUwere in B4.Simply ask2reschedule.If in the situationUR relationship doesn’t work out,Ucan always have a huge“breakup party”or something. BC then at least you won’t just be handing this venue money4nothin while still getting their...

Warning to any future bride and groom looking to get married, stay clear of the Coral House!! Just recently had my wedding here and it was absolutely just straight out disappointing. My family has used this venue in the past for weddings and it used to be good, but recently it has been absolutely horrible. As a bride you never want to think about your wedding day being anything but perfect, although unfortunately the coral house ruined my wedding day, so if you do not want yours ruined as well do not ever book with any of their locations!! To start off we arrived to the bridal suite and had to FIND the maitre d. He was no where to be found all night. I met him literally once and never saw him again the whole night. The bridal suite had no hot hors d'oeuvres like we payed for and the bathroom did not even have any paper towels or hand dryer. After asking the front desk and many other staff members multiple times for something (anything) to dry our hands with they finally brought down paper towels after cocktail hour already began. During cocktail hour myself and my husband asked several times if the AC could be raised because every guest was complaining and literally dripping in sweat. Needless to say the Ac was never raised throughout the night, even though we were told it was. Throughout the reception we were also told our bridal suite with all of our personal belongings was "closed" and that we were not allowed down stairs and could not access the suite. This was infuriating as all of our envelopes with cash were located in the bridal suite. When I asked why myself and my bridal party couldnt access the room we were simply told "it was closed off"... I was then told to use one of the main bathrooms that all the other guests were using. Try squeezing into a regular sized stalls with a ball room wedding gown on. During the reception once again we never saw the maître d' or bridal attendant all night. Our guests and photographer were actually serving myself and my husband drinks from the bar because they felt so bad that we never even got offered a drink. Towards the end of the night at one point I went up to the bar to get myself a drink and the bar tender had her head down buried in her phone and I actually had to say "hello" to get her attention. After asking for a drink I was very rudely served with an attitude. Lastly one of the things that truly upset me was at the end of the night when my husband and family were cleaning up the maître d' and every staff member stood in a corner and watched us clean everything up and haul everything out to our cars ourselves. Not once did they offer any assistance. I was lifting heavy rubbermaid boxes in a 3000 dollar wedding gown in the rain and not one staff member thought to offer any assistance. I will never be using this venue again, and if you don't want your wedding day ruined do not use them either !!!! After the wedding I contacted my banquet manager Laurie (who constantly purposely ignores calls) and was pretty much told "well your not getting any type of compensation". Although I was never looking for compensation anyway, I just wanted to express my sadness and disappointment in the locations service and the management was just as horrible as the staff. Management and the owners do not care about anything besides making money. It is truly devastating to spend thousands of dollars on your one special day and be treated...

While it may have been over a decade since I've been to this place I'm sure it hasn't gotten any better since the last time I was there. I don't know where to begin with this dump but I'll say that if you're expecting the Coral House to be the best place to have your wedding reception think again. There's no valet parking you have to cross the street to park your car, and the intersection that you're trying to get across is very busy tons of cars fly by all day so proceed with caution with that. The waiters that work there have some attitude, and they won't help you if you need assistance locating where certain rooms are in the Coral House. I remember the day of my sister's wedding I was seperated from my family for a while, so I went upstairs to find where my family was thinking they were in one of the rooms. Turns out some other family was occupying the room and my family had one of the rooms in the back of the place not the front, the waiter who worked there just stood there gawking at me but didn't tell me that was where I needed to be. You'd think the people who work there would've passed that information onto me but no! No one helped me at all! After I was reunited with my sister, I found out from her the rest of my family was in one of the rooms in the back.

That was the biggest inconvenience I had to deal with from this place but it certainly wasn't the last! I had to sample their food after all of that, I ordered a chicken platter because it was one of the few things on the menu that I would enjoy, well I couldn't enjoy that either. What happened was they put some melted cheese inside my chicken, which was absolutely disgusting to look at. It looked like what would happen when you have an overwhelming amount of ear wax coming out of your ear it was that vomit inducing to look at. My brother in law traded my chicken for his steak but that was no good because he ordered his steak medium and I prefer my meat to be well done. The only good thing about the Coral House was the champagne and the wedding cake, but then again they probably didn't make the wedding cake themselves they more than likely ordered it from some bakery in town. In closing to all you fellow Yelpers out there if you are reading this, stay as far away from the Coral House as possible! I don't want your big day ruined by the inadequate, substandard service and food this place has. Believe me you can have your wedding at better places than this. The Coral House to me looked like nothing more than some seedy, low class, ghetto nightclub that's located down by the airport! I'd recommend Russo's on the Bay or Leonard's for people's weddings before...