Irvine Marriott

I held my second reception here and couldn't be happier with our choice. The service was top-notch and impeccable; and the venue was unique and intimate, esp for a hotel! And I agree with the other review, the Marriott's coordinator Lou Lou Vo is THE best - she is so detail-oriented, professional and attentive. She checked on us several times to see if we needed anything, let us know when we were running behind schedule, was cool as a cucumber when we made any changes and dealing with my demanding Mom. Where was she when I was getting married the week before?!

Lou Lou Vo was a breath of fresh air, it was a relief to work with a real professional after the disappointing experience with my other coordinator. Even my husband remarked how attentive and awesome she is - "yes honey, this is what a coordinator is supposed to do."

I looked at over 25 different venues before showing my husband my “top choices”, one of which was the Irvine Marriott. When I showed him the venue, we both knew it was the right place for us. Lisa, our sales manager, was absolutely delightful and was so fast in answering all our questions! When I started to ask her for adding this in the contract, changing that, she did each one without hesitation and with a big smile. Each time I said thank you, she genuinely said, “it is my pleasure!”.

Lisa introduced me to Lou-Lou Vo, a wedding coordinator at the Irvine Marriott. Instantly I knew I had found my match in detail oriented neuroticness! Lou-Lou became more than the Marriott wedding coordinator, she became a dear friend to me and my wedding coordinator/planner. Day and night, I would email Lou-Lou about changes in hotel rooms for the suites, little lighting details, random questions about billing, food, and everything under the sun. Lou-Lou not only responded happily, she was so quick in responding! Lou-Lou was so detailed oriented, she never let one question I had slip through the cracks or one detail that I wanted go unaddressed. Many times, she reminded me of things I had brought up but then forgot.

On the day of the wedding, my bridal party was downstairs enjoying the cocktail hour and they came up to let me know how beautiful the Tuscany ballroom and patio looked. In daylight, we loved the Tuscany ballroom because it is detached from the hotel and has its own little fireplace and water fountain. But at night, it became absolutely gorgeous!! Lou-Lou had food sent up to the bridal suite for us to enjoy all the yummy appetizers and had all the lighting and the details set exactly the way I wanted. Furthermore, so many guests came up and commented how delicious the food was!! We couldn't stop eating the lamb chops. Lou-Lou checked on me many times during the night, and even had special drinks sent to us when we were ready. At the end of the night at midnight, Lou-Lou was still working hard on finishing my wedding, and answering emails to other weddings and events.

Thank you so much Lou-Lou and the Irvine Marriott for everything you did to make our special day absolutely perfect!!!!! And I can't express how happy I am to have made such a dear friend, who really knew and understood my wedding reception down to the smallest detail.

The hotel was great, the room they provided for us to get ready in was enormous. I was very happy we chose this hotel for the ceremony. It was expensive but all venues are. The Marriott provided a day of coordinator and the ceremony went perfectly. I'm very happy with the experience.