Croatian American Cultural Center

I went to a wedding there this past weekend. It was pretty good.

I cannot say enough about this place and their staff! The event co-oridinator, Mike Zupan, was kind of intimidating at first but he really knows his stuff and will bend over backward to accommodate you. The hall was all ready to go at 10 on the morning of and everything ran like clockwork until the end of the night. Mike worked with all of our vendors to make sure they were on the same page and everything ran smoothly. The food was AMAZING! All night I got a million comments about how wonderful the food was and how beautiful everything looked. The best part was that Mike had his staff pack up all the leftovers and send it home with us! The day after the wedding we got to eat our wedding meal all over again!

Caterer:

Food is always great there, been to 5 weddings there. Service is awesome. Lots of food and choices, NO crazy cake fees and all that mess. :0)

Ceremony:

very accommodating, options to have it indoors or outdoors, provided chairs, beautiful outdoor area, plenty of parking, great overall facility

We heard great things about CACC and had attended a wedding there. The grounds and building are perfect for a wedding. It was beautiful and fun. However, over all our opinion of the Croatian has been tainted. Considering we were so excited to be using that location we felt that through the whole process they were a bit “aloof”. It seemed that our several meetings with them did not result in any hard facts or plans and were often pointless. We never saw them write down any of the things we wanted and SEVERAL of the things we specifically covered more than once did not happen. The food was delicious but a bit sparse, the beer was in bottles not the promised kegs and though they were supposed to back our liquor they ran out of Vodka! The desert provided to supplement the cake never got served...The bar issues in particular were covered at EVERY meeting with them. The overall impression they left on us was very “take it or leave it”. They were not concerned at all with our event specifically and throughout made us feel like one in an assembly line. If we had fallen off the line they would not have cared or noticed. (Anita was an exception to all of the above and truly saved the day).

We loved this place. You would never know this place was there if you drove by it. But tucked behind some unassuming buildings just off Auburn Blvd you can find a lovely wedding and reception venue. They have a perfect set up for an outdoor wedding. And a beautiful hall for an indoor wedding, with a bar off to one side. Mr. Zuppan and the rest of the staff were all hard working and kept things going like clock work. We didn't have to think about anything except enjoying our own wedding. I'm not sure if anything has changed, but when we got married they didn't add a cake cutting or corkage fee like a lot of other venues do.