Bonnie Mayo
January 16, 2020 17:40
This review is for my Wedding. We chose this venue for our ceremony and reception namely because it was more affordable than the rest, and they said YES to just about everything I requested, which is a big deal for a bride. They are dog friendly, so my fur-baby could carry the rings, and hang out near the reception. They converted part of the bridal suite to a kids room, which was great for the parents. Anna is a sweetheart and a dream to work with. They imported Australian beer for my ozzie groom and his family. Our biggest complaint was with the food. They went above and beyond in creating a special menu to include lamb, at my husbands request. The tasting was fantastic, I mean incredibly delicious. Unfortunately when it came to preparing the same dishes for the wedding (about 67 people), the food was subpar. I'd hate to think what it would be like with a larger wedding of 100+ people. The lamb was undercooked for most people, including my husband, and the salmon was mostly overcooked. When my husband sent his lamb back to be cooked more, they didn't give him fresh sides so the rest of the food on the plate came back ice cold. Since he was the reason we requested lamb in the first place, he was extremely disappointed in his food. You'd think that for the groom, they'd take a little extra care to insure that at least his food was good. Since the food is one of the things that people remember about weddings, it is sad that the only thing people liked was the soup. The staff also broke one of our custom champagne glasses that my mother bought us while cleaning up and a few things belonging to my bridesmaids that were left at the venue overnight were not at there the next day. That being said, the wedding went off without a hitch, the bartenders were awesome (as I heard from several guests later), and the only other problems we had were with some of my vendors and not associated with the venue itself. If I could do it over, I would still choose Anna and Shadowridge, just maybe pick the simplest food possible!