Ossira84's reviews

Flowers by Renee: B+
I dealt with Hala since the beginning. Not only I showed her exactly how I wanted my bouquet, but I also offered to leave her pics. She said it was all in her head and she didn't need any pics. Ok, well, even though my bouquet was gorgeous, I was a little dissapointed with the color of the calla lillies. The were supposed to be "dusty pink," not purple. I was also not too impressed with the bouquet wrapping. The rest of the flowers (centerpieces, b-maids bouquets, bouts and corsages) were very pretty, but again the pink used wasn't exactly what I'd envisioned. Overall, however, the delivery was on time and I had no issues getting a hold on them or anything like that.

President Tuxedo: B+
Prices for nice tuxes are by no means affordable ($170), but the worst thing is that my husband's shirt had a black spot on it so a friend of mine had to help him with the stain the day of the wedding! Who rents out a dirty tux? Father of Groom's pants were 3 sizes bigger, but they said the pants were "adjustable." The poor man was swimming in it! I must say, however, that they were very flexible with my out-of-town guest and had no problems with them providing measurements a few days before the wedding

I had my bridal shower here and had a blast. The place looks amazing and the service is great.

Yes, he went to Jared. I am in love with my e-ring and can't believe the amazing customer service we receive when we go back for an inspection, or cleaning. I bought more items from Jared and never had any issues.

Annette's Hair Studio and Spa (Rita): A
I loved my hair and it held up all night. I was stressed out about the tiara because we had to trim the ends and place it on the back of my head per Rita's advice. The problem was that it became very difficult to attach so I had to compromise some of the "look." Overall, Rita is great to work with and she did an amazing job with my entire bridal party!

Maui
Royal Lahaina Resort

This resort gets an A+: We got upgraded to ocean view for being honeymooners and received bottle of champagne upon check-in.
Customer service was outstanding at all times and prices at their restaurant were reasonable. Highly recommended. In Maui, we visited the Ocean Center, which was kind of lame, but other cool activities we did include: Snorkeling with the Pacific Whale Foundation and the Lahaina Luau.

David's Bridal (Novi): A+
Our sales consultant was one of the few vendors to remember me when I went back to place an order. Her name is Emily and she tried very hard to be helpful. Shipping was faster than expected, too.

OMG, this place is absolutely amazing!! Our cake came with the Laurel Manor package and it was supper yummy! Everyone loved the design as well as the quality.

My bridal gown arrived ten days before the wedding!!! Could you believe this? I placed the order in Feb-08 and they told me it should be in by the first week of August. The overpriced, designer gown was being held up in Chinese customs for an extra ten days and they never bothered calling me. I called in a couple of times by the time my dress was due and they blew me off saying that so and so was not available and that they would call back. Thankfully, they agreed to pay for alteration costs since I was running out of time. By the way, they contract alterations out so BE CAREFUL. My seamstress was nice though. The alterations with rush fee were an astonishing $470, but again Demetrios covered it. Also, most of the brides consultants are very snotty, so you don't get the service you deserve after dropping a fortune on your gown.

Overall the service was fantastic. We received so many compliments regarding the food and service. The food was both high quality and very yummy!!! I had a minor issue a few days before the wedding when our sales rep. called to tell us that they had to change our dinner time to 30' later. We went back and forth, but they immediately compromised and made only a 5' adjustment to the time and added free hors d’oeuvres for our guests.