sasscnee's reviews

Leading up to the day they answered ALL my questions via email and they were quick with it too. They packed up everything for us to take home except our leftover menu cards that we designed, according to my mother she feels that they are going to use them as templates for future brides . But if I had to do it all again I would still have chosen WM...special shot out to Felicia, my BM and Maitr-D…I wish I could remember their names but they were both Hispanic and fabulous. Everything that was said about the place is true. And also they were on their A+ game, in the words of some of my Bridesmaids, "They were like the CIA in finding us." They were on top of their game and treated us like a King and Queen for the day. My bridal attendant helped with the bustle, cleaned off my hubbies collar in a matter of seconds that had someones’ lipstick on it, pinned my bra to my dress that was lifesaver so I didn’t have to constantly do the pull-up routine! At one point where I kicked off my heels during a dance routine and totally forgot about my shoes, like in a movie my bridal attendant was there with my shoes in hand. Again they were sick (in a good way of course)! In a nutshell we were catered to.

There was soooo much food and it was good too. They were also very accommodating too..I wanted some Indian cocktail hour station, so I just gave them them the recipe of the samosas and chicken tikka and although I didn’t get to try the chicken tikka, I got to try the samosas and those were really good.

We only visited one place in person and we (well my hubbie) liked what he saw and they seemed reasonable with the rates and getting the job done. However, on the day of we were suppose to have a 12 seater limo and they came with a 10 seater which caused problems for my mom and her friends...we had to do some switch with our Bridal Party limo. Because we got married in Brooklyn with the reception in LI and it was a weekday we had traffic and we went over the 3 hour limit. This I thought was in very poor taste but the owner Luis stood there while we were taking our formal pictures saying we need to pay him the extra amount. Also we were suppose to get a pickup at the night that came 40 minutes later than scheduled. Yeah where is our money for the fact that you were now late???!!! But this comment took the cake for me when I asked why didn't you tell us that you thought we would go over the 3 hour limit, he said, "Well you didn't ask." Please be very careful with this company or stay clear. This was one of the vendors that I would not allow to ruin my day but please please please DO NOT BOOK THEM if you were thinking about it.

As a Westbury Manor Bride, the cake was included in our package but it felt like we upgraded because our cake was exactly what I asked for and was beautiful. We also went there for the tasting to choose the filling (apparently they don’t do tasting anymore..mmm). I don’t know what all the fuss is about but the cake was very, very moist and delicious. We had the yellow cake with fresh strawberries and vanilla pudding.
We gave Lily a copy of the cake we wanted her to duplicate and a swatch of the bridesmaids dress and although she said she couldn’t guarantee the burnt orange color it was perrrrrfect on the wedding day!!!

It is true what they say, people might not necessarily remember the menu cards, the centerpieces, or the other details that you agonized over for monnths but they will definitely remember how much FUN they had! Raphael was the ONLY DJ we met and the only vendor we booked immediately without even seeing him perform so you know he must be good at what he does! I'm still getting comments on how good of a time it was, he even got my Maid of Honor's fiance on the dance floor who NEVER dances! And yes the dance floor was packed all night and did I mention it was a WEDS night! And his voice is really nice too...not that annoying DJ crap that you may have experienced at other events. Very, very professional and he even helped us with the flow of the reception program. We had a Jamaican and mostly Christian crowd but Raphael listened and balanced it well so that I could hear all my Old school reggae songs that I love.He was our best vendor!! You don't need to see anyone else...run to him!!!