Our reception at A Villa Louisa was simply perfect. We loved working with Cory from day one. We knew that we didn’t want one of their set “packages” so we started from one, but added and removed options to get exactly what we wanted – at the pr...ice we wanted to pay. We are incredibly picky about our food and beverage choices, and Cory was happy to oblige every request.
The food was amazing. Our guests are still raving about the food - from hors d’ouevres to dessert to everything in between.
The ballroom is simply beautiful, there are two bars, a fountain in the lobby, fireplaces at each end, and uplighting. The grounds are beautiful too, even for our winter wedding, without the blooming flowers it was a gorgeous backdrop to our outdoors pictures.
The service was great too. We had one waitress assigned just to us, and we told her that we didn’t want to eat… well, at one point, Cory made us sit and eat dinner, and I’m so grateful she did! We would have passed out by the end of the night, not to mention we would have missed out of the food.
AVL works with Modern Pastry, so all we had to do was choose the cake (cupcakes in our case) and they coordinated delivery and set up with AVL flawlessly.
With the benefit of hindsight, there’s not a single thing I would have changed (other than maybe neglecting my guests in order to eat more of the food!)
We used the entire ballroom, which was very roomy with 175 guests. Capacity is 350, but with the dance floor and tables, I don't know that I'd go over 250 in the ballroom. Also, it can be sectioned off for smaller groups (we saw this during one of our appointments, and it's still quite lovely.)