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| - I was here for a wedding on a Sunday afternoon as a guest. I'm carefully trying to be objective here and selecting points that are reflective of the service at the venue, but not of planning from the party.
The place is nice. Lots of greenery and an photo opportunities. It's basically a park with a house for the reception off to the side.
The outdoor ceremony took place near the Gazebo and pictures all around there and the rock fountain waterfall.
It was August and it was hot. There is no shade, and no trees to provide it. Just be weary of that.
There is also a small rock garden area, and this field (don' t know who it belongs to) of strawberries (?) that extend from the parking lot until forever. Don't know who it belongs to but it was mighty cool.
The cocktail reception is small, but seemed to fit the 150 people cozily. I would suggest, if you're planning to have your wedding here, to open up the reception room so that people can also use that space to sit, mingle and chat.
The bar today was cash and carry. I think I frowned a little at the sign they made for the drinks. Hand written, in marker on a scrap paper. The least they could do was print it out. I found it unprofessional.
The food here was almost perfect. The Split Pea soup was creamy but not heavy. Two choices of salad, and the mixed greens with sunflower was really food. We were disappointed with the rack of lamb (which btw the was a huge portion!) that was very medium rare (almost bloody inside) when lamb should be well done. Also some folks had it well done, some didn't. Really inconsistent.
The Chocolate Mousse Cake that they chose for dessert was amazing. I couldn't stop eating it. The light fluffy mousse on top of a moist (but thin) cake part with fresh cream. It didn't take artificial or store bought at all. Thumbs up.
I was not impressed with the servers. We only saw 3 the whole time, and they did clean/serve things in a timely manner, however, they had this disheveled look and absolutely no expression.
Everyone had either steak or lamb, and no steak knives were given, and the knives they had there was dull. When we asked them for it, we had to call at them multiple times because they would look at me and ignore me. Eventually they did come around with the knives, but this type of thing should be ready at the table, or given out before the meal shows up. I had to ask my dad to cut my food for me, hah!
I also did not like that when the bride and groom was giving their speech, they had to come to the FRONT of the head table and serve them the food. Either figure out how to do it before, or come from the back. Regardless, they should know better and not be up there when someone is speaking. It's just wrong.
4 stars for food
2.5 for service
4 for the venue.
Definitely a nice place to consider for your wedding.
Oh yah, the bathrooms were nice and polished.
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