Cedar Lake Cellars

ooking this venue, please be aware. 1. Conflicting music and party. At the exact same time as our outdoor wedding, the venue had 2 outdoor bands booked over at their winery. They didn’t disclose this to us but instead we found out on the day of when we arrived. You could hear the conflicting music over at our space and the venue acted like they had no idea this would be a problem. They acted as if it were such a surprise when we were upset, as if they’ve never encountered this before. There was no chance to remedy the situation because we didn’t find out until 3 hours before the wedding. 2. Parking. There was no parking reserved for us or our guests and with the massive crowd over at the winery, there wasn’t even a space for me, the bride, or the groom in the parking lot. Our guests had to park in the grass far away and walk over to the venue. This again was not what we were told when we were sold this venue. We were assured guests would have ample parking in the main lot. 3. Incorrect details. The groom’s name was wrong on signage (John instead of Josh). Tables weren’t set up on the barn roof like we’d discussed. The number of easels requested not provided. Champagne glasses that were supposed to have been filled with sprite for my step kids were empty. 4. Poor preparation by the venue. When we arrived at 1:00, just 3 hours before the ceremony, we were shocked to see so many things still in disarray. The arbor for the ceremony wasn’t set up and still wasn’t set up by the time the florist arrived. The wedding staff was nowhere to be found. Our day of coordinator wasn’t there yet. I’m not sure what her role was but she didn’t do a whole lot. There was so little communication between us and the venue during the night in general. They also changed the time for one of our vendors to arrive without telling us. 5. The groom and groomsmen were just left without any soda/water even though we paid for the catering. My now husband had no idea how to get some water and there wasn’t anyone around for him to ask. No one from the venue ever came to check on them or give them any instructions for getting ready for the ceremony. 6. Despite that fact that we paid for catering in our bridal suite and for the groom and an arm and a leg for the wedding food, we were offered almost no leftovers. They gave us 2 takeaway boxes. I’m a vegetarian and my takeaway box wasn’t even a vegetarian meal. In fact, the vegetarian guests at my wedding, including my sister in my bridal party said they had no idea where the vegetarian food was. 7. The pork wasn’t like what we tasted. I heard from several guests after the fact that the pork that was served was not pulled pork like what we ordered. It was like boiled pork that was cut in cubes. 8. I was served red sparkling juice. I was newly pregnant at our wedding and asked for sparkling juice instead of champagne. The venue put red sparkling juice in my glass which gave away the fact that I was pregnant to the guests. We hadn’t told people yet about the pregnancy which made it really awkward. 9. No security. Non-wedding guests wandered around our space and even asked us if they could have some of our s’mores. We felt very uncomfortable having our wedding gifts out in the open knowing this.