Bear Creek Country Club

to other venues on the East Side. * We put the dance floor on the deck outside the reception area. It was great dancing the night away with those excellent views. The okay: * The reception area is pretty boring, its just a basic large conference room, but after we did some heavy decorating, it was acceptable. * Ceremony location- We chose a spot of land down by the 18th hole. It was either that location or up in the reception area which was nothing special at all. The scenery around the ceremony site was awesome. What wasn't awesome was they didn't close the driving range right next to it like they had promised during the ceremony. More on broken promises in a minute. The terrible: * After we signed our contract and paid the substantial down payment, we would often go MONTHS without being able to get in touch with the venue event coordinator despite many calls and emails. It turned out each time they want dark for months that our coordinator had either quit or been fired and no one told us or checked their email inbox or voicemails. The level of stress this caused us was incredible as we couldn't even get basic questions answered. Additionally, many, many of the things we were told or promised by the previous coordinator we either had to fight endlessly to get with new coordinators or simply weren't allowed to do. * The general manager. We ended up having to deal with this peach after our event coordinators kept quitting or getting fired. To say that she was one of the most rude and unprofessional individuals we've ever dealt with in a customer service capacity is an understatement. As an added bonus, despite the contract requiring them to give us a bill after the ceremony and prior to payment, she decided to not provide a bill and simply to charge the entire bill on the card we used for the down payment 18 months prior. This included significant overcharges which we were never able to resolve. * The staff. They didn't have the promised number of staff for the event (we were told they had tremendous turnover and constant issues staffing events) and that meant that we had 45-60 minute lines for the bar (we paid for a full bar) and we had to BUS OUR OWN TABLES after dinner. * The building. The rails around the deck of the reception area/ dance floor were completely rotten. It wasn't like this when we booked but apparently the rotted out over the previous winter and they refused to fix it or eve paint them. We ended up spending a couple thousand extra bucks to cover them in ivy so you couldn't see the rot. * The food. We went with buffet style (you have to use their chef and kitchen). The food was on the bland side but not terrible. The problem was WE RAN OUT OF FOOD. They didn't make enough even though our confirmed headcount was accurate. * The grounds. We had a huge tree branch (25+ feet long) fall onto some of our guests who were setting up the arbor prior to the ceremony. An act of God to be sure except we noticed it was sagging that morning and had cracks in it. When we pointed this out, they refused to do anything about it telling us we were mistaken. We cannot stress enough to any couples considering getting married here: STAY AWAY. You will be stressed out for months prior to your wedding and the venue will let you down in every way possible.

her was great too). The entire staff worked to make sure everything went flawlessly. I was a little concerned at first seeing the ballroom thinking maybe it wasn't very fancy, and at night you wouldn't be able to see the golf course, but with lighting and the beautiful table set up, it looked great. The food was also wonderful. Everyone is still raving about the salmon. They aren't exhausted from a huge number of weddings there, so I think they are more flexible and not burned out. They also treated our other vendors very well.

eir open house events to see the various ways they would recommend setting up the room. You have to be sure you ask all the right questions, or the cost can throw you for a loop. One of the perks of BCCC, is they only host one event a day, so you are not crammed into a 5 hour time window as most other venues. We were given use of their lockers rooms to get ready and ordered "pre-wedding" food and beverage service - a definite must to help relax everyone. The girls got mimosas, a fruit platter and salad, and the guys got beer and sliders. These little extras helped everyone relax and slip into the day. We were given use of a couple golf carts, and you're pretty much given free reign on the course for pictures - and what a beautiful setting! We chose to have our "First Look" by the water fountain ponds, and several pictures by the bear claw sand trap. They look gorgeous!

price. The food is amazing and you can't beat the view from the tented terrace over the golf course and fountains. We had so many compliments from our guests on how beautiful our wedding turned out. We would highly recommend this venue.