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| - My daughter got married two weeks ago, and we began looking at venues back in December. From the moment we walked into Emerald at Queensridge we knew this would be the place!
We liked being able to have the ceremony and reception all in one place. Very convenient. The ceremony area (outside) and the reception room were both beautiful.
My daughter got a good "package deal" for 100 guests. It included the food and DJ. It also included wine and beer.... and we had a cash bar for other alcoholic beverages.
The thing to watch out for is all the extra charges! Ivory linens on the tables were included in the price, but if my daughter wanted to add red napkins it would have cost her $2.00 per napkin....... for a total of $200.00. Yikes! She paid an extra $400.00 for red uplighting! A nice buffet was included, but I looked into adding a few extra menu items. My jaw dropped when I saw the outrageous prices! To add a pasta bar would have been an additional $15.00 per person! Tomato bisque was an extra $8.00 per person! All these charges add up!
We were not allowed to bring in our own photobooth. We had to use their's....which was $700.00.
If we used their bakery (which we did) they would not charge cake cutting fee.... but if we bought our cake from a different bakery Emerald would have charged a cake cutting fee. Ridiculous. Luckily, we loved their bakery which was "Rolling in Dough"..... not far from the venue.
They offered a few different types of centerpieces for free, but some cost money to use. We used their free vases and made our own centerpieces.
Our guests loved the room, enjoyed the food, and had a lot of fun with the DJ.
Several guests complained that they couldn't hear the minister very well. We don't know if that was caused by a sound-system problem, or if it was just the minister himself. He performed a nice ceremony, but was a little "dry" and monotone. He reminded me of Jerry Stiller.
Our coordinator MiMi was wonderful. She was right on the ball, friendly, and patient with us.
The wait-staff were a little too quick to remove food and drinks off the tables. While I understand that we were on a time limit and had other things to do (cake cutting, bouqet toss, etc....), they should have asked the guests, "Are you done with your plate?" (or drink) before snatching it away. Especially the drinks that the guests had paid for!
The bridal suite was lovely, but we were not allowed to use it until 3 hours before the wedding.... which did not give us gals enough time to have our hair and makeup done. We wound up getting a room down the street at the Suncoast so that we could have extra time to get ready. The photographer wanted us "photo ready" by 4pm! Also.... we were not allowed to bring our own food into the bridal suite. Emerald offers several food trays that you can order, but they are way overpriced.
All in all we were very happy with Emerald.... as were our guests. I would definitly recommend them, but you've got to watch out for all of the extra charges or you will go bankrupt!
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