ET124's reviews

The cake was excellent; we went non-traditional with a Yellow cake with Chocolate Fudge frosting and chocolate fudge inside. Maurice’s was one of the few people who would do that. It tasted great. Beware, they are not good about calling back and called 2 days before the wedding and asked me to remind them what type of cake we were getting and what the décor was (after we meet with them and discussed in depth months beforehand). Bottom line: They make great cakes and will do a lot of custom stuff that other bakeries won’t, but be prepared to be on the phone with them within 72 hours of your wedding, if not the day before, to confirm everything.

Rick Gardache was great!! We gave him a list of songs that we definitely wanted to hear; mostly fast songs but a few slow songs. Rick did a great job reading the crowd and mixing in our requests, the songs the he knew would work well, and the requests of some of our guests. People were dancing all night. The music was so fun. Also, he did a great job with the announcements that we asked him to do, but other than that was not obtrusive on the microphone like some other wedding DJs we’ve seen.

The food was excellent and everything went very smoothly the day of. A month before the wedding we had issues with the amount of the bill, the estimate we had was for 50 more people than were attending but when we got the updated bill, it had only gone down slightly. We initially worked with Gina (who my parents LOVE) but for some reason a month before we were being referred to Leah, I think this added some level on confusion/miscommunication. Ultimately it all worked out and the food and the service were outstanding. They packed us a basket of food and delivered it to our room and made us plates at our table so we really got to eat and enjoy the food.

Videography was a last minute decision for us. SVC was great, answered all my questions when I was shopping around. Very patient and helpful--the best part was we didn’t even notice they were there during the wedding.

Beebe was perfect for us. Very down-to-earth and great sense of humor; he made us feel totally relaxed and kept the pictures moving. He and his assistant were totally unobtrusive at the wedding; I didn’t even know they were there most of the time. And his style is exactly what we wanted, very photojournalistic and candid. We just got the photos back and they are amazing!! We emailed them to friends and many recent brides have commented that they wish their pictures were as good

Let me start with saying that I am not a flower person, at all. I was not looking forward to that aspect of planning but Eric and Carolyn at Bee’s ended up being my favorite vendor. Eric listened to what I said about not being a flower person and created the most beautiful and festive reception using feathers, masks and colored lights. It was breathtaking. People kept telling me that it was beautiful and elegant but fun at the same time, which is just what I wanted. Eric was incredibly patient & easily accessible; and Carolyn was so proficient and on-the-stop with everything--my husband was so impressed with her! Bee’s made my wedding absolutely perfect and I cannot say enough good things about them.

Beautiful venue, it was perfect for our ceremony and reception and I absolutely loved it. It rained during the day but the back-up plan actually made the ceremony more romantic and intimate. Alvin at the BOT is awesome, very helpful. Our only frustration was the rehearsal time: we got married on a Sunday and we were told when we booked it that we could do our rehearsal Saturday evening. Apparently that changed in the months leading up to our wedding day and nobody told us--it came up in conversation during one of our meetings with Pigeon. We had a crawfish boil planned that day so we had to rush back for the rehearsal so that we were out of the way when they needed to set up for the wedding that evening (but apparently still got in the way of the set up)

Jamie was great, she helped me figure out what would look best and made me look beautiful on my wedding day. My Bridesmaids and the Moms also looked amazing. She and Melissa did a great job. I highly recommend them.

My brother suggested that we go to Men's Wearhouse for our tux as that's where he got his suit for his wedding. He went with my then-fiance and they all got fitted and selected their suit and ensemble. They all looked great!

Our invitations from Scriptura were beautiful! They had what we wanted to go with my southern theme, and we were even able to have it somewhat customized to our needs. Very affordable, great quality and wonderful service!