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| - After looking at 15 places in the GTA for our perfect wedding venue, when we finally visited Fantasy Farm, I knew this was it. Nestled in the heart of downtown, off the Don Valley Parkway, it's hidden away in almost a forest, in a myriad of greenery with flowers and weeping willow trees everywhere. For someone that loves nature and the want a beautiful outdoor ceremony, look no further.
We had our ceremony in the Back Garden, on top of a rock landing, with a bubbling stream in the background. This is not your cookie cutter wedding venue, and it was perfect for us.
Under new ownership, they renovated their medieval themed ballroom (which was liked too!) into a modern and elegant design. The Main Ballroom doesn't need a lot of decoration if you want something simple (we didn't have) but you can also add lots to it as well.
Our favourite part of the venue, is that there are so many picturesque points that you do not need to go to another place for your wedding photos. I'm sad that we didn't have more time here for photos!
On the wedding day and leading up to it, we dealt with the owner Jeremy - which I highly suggest you do. During the entire process, from the sell to the week before, we would get inconsistent messages from the other employees, and responiveness was not always there. As a person who needs to know exactly what needs to happen and when, who wants to plan out the details asap - he was not helpful in this respect. I was never at ease before and after meeting with him as I was unsure what will happen next, and if he understood our requests. I understand that he deals with lots of wedding couples, but I would think that there would an effort (or pretend) that we were remembered.
We told him 3 times about our schedule and details, and when It got transferred to Jeremy we had to over it again a 3rd time. When we asked (the week before) about cake cutting and we were told that it would be $1.50 per slice or guests would need to cut the cake themselves. Appalled, we asked Jeremy again, who, without hesitation, says that it would be done - and on the day did it himself.
Food was very good. We got the charcoal bbq option which our guests loved. Unfortunately during our tasting, I wasn't sure. My family and I got wilted and brown tipped leaves in our salad, the appetizers were dry and over cooked, the tomatoes were not fresh. When confronted about it, the coordinator was taken aback and insisted everything was fresh - but my dad would take none of this nonesense. This is just one of many instances during the planning.
As for the price, it's really good for somewhere in the city. The Open Bar option per person was one of the cheapest we saw. This place is built for weddings, not the other way around.
On the day, and during the rehearsal, he was on site at all times. It was because of Jeremy on the day, the event went smoothly and any hiccups was easily recovered. I couldn't have asked for more, and I thank you.
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