shafner's reviews

The RAA was a beautiful reception site. Rustic, coastal, charming.

Pre planning - staff was very nice to deal with, accomodating visits, etc. We sent RAA our police detail check and they handled the details with the police. Walk through ahead of time was a great to visualize how the rooms will be set up.

Decorating - we were told originally that we could decorate between 2 pm - 5 pm the day before our reception. We went to the RAA to hang our lanterns and were told we were unable to do so until after 5 pm or the next day due to a high profile exhibit. Luckily, I had family members who were able to hang the lanterns the next morning. We should have been notified about this ahead of time to plan accordingly. But, it wasn't really a big deal since it was just a few lanterns.

Day of - the signs on the doors of the RAA welcoming our guests had a misspelling of my husband's name. Kind of a bummer, because ALL the guests saw it. We even had email correspondance regarding the spelling of the name.

I wish we had an option to hold a longer reception, you are limited to 5 hours.

Chairs are provided, which is nice so you do not need to rent them.

At least some of our wedding budget went to supporting a non profit agency - :)

We had a 150 person station style wedding, I think it would be tight with more than that # of people at the site.

I would HIGHLY recommend the RAA for any affair. It is unique, not your average wedding site.