Doral Arrowwood

My husband and I searched for what seemed like forever to find the perfect venue. Unfortunately, our choices were limited as we needed to be near a hotel because his family was visiting from out of town. THat was when I immediately thought of The Arrowwood because it WAS a hotel. When Brian walked in for the first time and saw the huge entry area and how it completely opened up to overlook a golf course, he was sold! We booked right away and began planning. The Arrowwod assigns you an event planner that helps you make the planning less torturous. The first few months were a little rocky because our planner was not exactly what you would call a professional. He never called us with updates and things he was promising us were never followed through with. My future father in law was furious and said this is not how you treat a event of our size and he nipped it in the bud. We were assigned a new planner and the rest of the engagement couldn't have been better. She called me twice a week about updates & asked if I wanted to come see her to talk about anything else. When we had the chef tasting to pick our menu, they were so accomadating. I explained to them that my MOH was a vegetarian and couldn't eat any of the choices... so the chef made a SPECIAL menu just for her! When I told him how big of a sushi fam I was (even though we didn't get the sushi bar) when I walked in from photos, he has a full sushi plate waiting for me to snack on! THe waiters were expenential and the officiant was perfect. He was right by my side most of the night making sure everything went perfect. I wouldn't have asked for it any other way and they did an A+ job in my book!

The only thing I would suggest is having your cocktail hour indoors instead of outside and here's the reason.... if you are getting married in the fall time like we did.... even though it's beautiful outside, you really don't get the full effect of the fall folliage outside unless you're inside overlooking the entore view. When you're outside you're ground level and you're looking up at the trees....not as beautiful! You are still allowed outdoors, so it's not like they lock you inside! And if your wedding is a little later in the year, they put on that huuuuge fireplace in the middle of the lobby and it makes the room that much more beautiful with the fireplace smell lurking around!

We spent the whole weekend at Arrowwood. We were able to have family and friends stay on the premises for the whole weekend. They have a bar/ lounge, tennis, golf, ping pong, etc.... great brunch for the next day as well.
Had lots of fun there! Enormous room as well and outdoor tent on the golf course where we had the rehersal dinner.