In the past six months, my parents have utilized Brookside Country Club for two weddings- mine and my sister’s. My family is very thorough and did extensive research on many differ...ent venues prior to deciding on Brookside. Additionally, my brother and I have worked for several different catering companies and have first-hand experience working with wedding planners, event staff, and venues. My entire family can say with absolute certainty and complete joy that there is no venue and no staff in the tri-state area that compares to Brookside. Brookside provides incredible services for the most reasonable price. Included in the wedding package is Noni Snyder, expert wedding planner. Noni schedules meetings with the bride and groom and their parents, conducts a tasting, decorates the venue, and ensures that the months leading up to the wedding and the day itself are stress-free. Throughout my planning process, my mom, mother-in-law, and I sent many emails and made many phone calls. Noni responded within hours, assuaging our doubts and guaranteeing that that the day would be flawless. In working with vendors, Noni showed the utmost professionalism. In fact, when we selected our vendors and told them we would be getting married at Brookside, they were thrilled to hear that they would be coordinating with Noni. For our rehearsal and reception, Noni provided staff that was friendly, professional, and enthusiastic. Again, in my past wedding work experience, there are often staff members who seem disengaged and uninterested in the wedding. This is not true of Brookside. Every single staff member attended to our every need, accommodated the unique needs of our guests who needed special attention, and wished us their congratulations. In a recent conversation with my dad, he said that given a chance to host another wedding, he would look nowhere but Brookside. He’s thrilled to have the round of golf for four provided by Brookside’s outstanding manager, Mike Sloane, and he was blown away by the 5 star food created by Brookside’s chef. Our rehearsal dinner (crab cakes and London broil), our appetizers (tempura shrimp, bacon-wrapped scallops, sesame chicken, etc), and our reception dinner (salmon, chicken, and filet) were out of this world. Those planning weddings would be foolish to use any venue but Brookside. They guarantee the start of a new life is memorable.