Waterfront

5 star (food)
5 star (food service)
5 star (venue décor)

1 star (privacy, venue security) – My event had several crashers. The bar was placed in a public thoroughfare which made it very difficult to tell the difference between my guests and crashers. The bar had both cash items and wine/champagne provided by me, with corkage paid by me. Since there was no way to distinguish between guests and non-guests, several non-guests partook, and my father was stuck with a bill twice the size of that we were expecting. Furthermore, doors were also left open by the gift table – doors that opened to a public pier. I and several of my guests had to repeatedly ask crashers to leave, and as a result of crashers at least one gift and an unknown number of envelops walked out door.

D (customer service) – I have very mixed feelings about the service. First off, our co-ordindator was a dear. However, at least 4 times we were presented with a new contract with an increased price. We had to deal with this even up to the very day before the wedding, when we were still receiving phone calls about further payment. Then during the reception, I was interrupted on the dance floor to point out my father, so that he could be given the corkage bill later in the night. I felt that was very rude and unnecessary. Lastly, when I told the manager about the missing gifts, he expressed no regret whatsoever, shrugged his shoulders and said our guests were going in and out so they chose to leave the doors open.