MRG838's reviews

We had a spur of the moment idea to go to the restaurant after the spending all day working on setting up the venue for the reception and they made room for our large party with no advance notice. There were 20 people in our group and they gave us great service and the food was impeccable as always. We had a wonderful time and it was a great value for the price.

They helped us pick out a bridal set that perfectly matched my husband's ring that I had purchased 8 years earlier in another state. They look so great together you would think we bought them both at the same time and place. I love my rings and they were well worth the price. The staff was very helpful and attentive.

This vendor was the one dark spot on the perfect canvas of our day. Imagine my horror as I mingled with my guests at the beginning of dinner and having half of them ask me if there was anything to drink and the other half telling me how sorry they were to hear that my beverage vendor has not shown up yet. Guests at my wedding had to run to the party store to buy beer and soda to tide us over until we could find out what happened to the beverage vendor. It turns out the man who took our order for the reception had the date wrong in his book. When we contacted him during our honeymoon to see how he intended to compensate us for his failure to perfom in accordance with our contract he actually tried to blame us! At first he said that WE should have contacted HIM to verify that he had the correct date and time of the event. When we informed him that the other six vendors we hired actually contacted US to verify the date and time and managed to show up when they promised. Then he tried to say that the date that we wrote on the contract looked like August 7, 2008 instead of August 3, 2008. My handwriting may be bad, but I know that you can tell the difference between a 7 and a 3. I had a bad feeling from the start with this vendor because when we arrived at the retail shop for our scheduled appointment the guy stood at the point of sale to talk to us while supervising the cashiers as they rang up sales. He gave us an order form to fill out and when we completed it and I asked for a copy he dismissed me with a comment about how it is just for informational purposes only. I wanted a copy because it had the date, time and location of our event with the price he had quoted for the service including the two bartenders he insisted on when we felt one would suffice. He said that when he caters an event his reputation is on the line and he would not tolerate inferior service of not enough staff to tend to all the guests. I found this very ironic when the one bartender showed up four hours late. He wanted me to leave my credit card information as a deposit and thank God I wasn't naive enough to do that. Instead I left a check for $500, which was a little more than half the original quote. Including all the beer and wine we ordered and two bartenders for 8 hours, he original quote was around 800, but when we asked him again what he was going to do to compensate for his mistake he offered us a generous discount of 50% and said that the $500.00 would cover it. When we asked him how 500 was half of 800, he said that the total bill was over $1,000.00. We asked him how the bill could be $200.00 more than the original estimate when we had one bartender for 10 hours instead of 2 for 8 hours. He had no real answer for that. It was a disaster!

Marice is a friend of the family and provided the cakes in part as a wedding gift so we got a price that is unheard of and they were absolutely beautiful. We had a pirate themed wedding so one was a pirate ship, my husband has an affinity for bluegills, so the grooms cake was shaped like a bluegill and there was a sheet cake to ensure we had enough for everyone. All three of them were very lovely.

Reverend Cheryl Hooten was the perfect person to perform our ceremony. From our first meeting with her she was so enthusiastic and supportive of our unique theme of a pirate wedding. She wrote a beautifully appropriate ceremony customized just for us that combined the spirit of fun and adventure with the seriousness of the commitment we were making to one another. She is also a wedding planner and had lots of ideas to help make our event as memorable as it was. Our special day would not have been as flawless as it was without her wisdom and support.

We were able to get the Gun River Conservation Club rented for two days so that we could set up the day before the wedding and really enjoy the day. The facility has a river running alongside the courtyard with a gorgeous gazebo, huge open pit outside and a large full service kitchen and dining area on the lower level. The upper level has a stage and fireplace and hard wood floor and is perfect for dancing.

Rob's guy was on time, very personalbe and flexible in meeting our needs. He managed to succeed in keeping the youngest children through the adults entertained with dance music, Karaoke and interaction with the crowd. They provided sound equipment for our outdoor ceremony and the entertainment for our reception and they were great.

Brandon's team was on time and had the food set up and ready to go exactly when we were ready for our guests to begin eating, the staff was friendly and professional and served our guests perfectly, the food was very fresh and tasted great. Everyone who attended commented about how tasty the food was. It was well worth the price to have such a fabulous team take care of everything so we could relax and enjoy our party.

Scott's crew was on time, set up and ready to serve exactly when we were ready for our guests to start eating. The pork was incredible and even now, two months later, whenever we see people who were at the wedding they still talk about how wonderful the pork was. It was a great value for the price and we are looking for an excuse to have another party so we can hire him again!

Eric and his wife Lynda were awesome to work with and well worth the reasonable price for their service. Having two photographers at the event for the price of one allowed us to get an amazing variety of shots from two unique perspectives that blended together in a seamless pictorial story of the day. We couldn't have been happier.