I was best man at a wedding here this summer and I just have nothing but absolutely AMAZING things to say about Feast & Fareway. From the start, my friend (the groom), was concerne...d about having the wedding on Coronado, because there is a stigma that everything is overpriced there. He wanted it nonetheless, and reached out. He got in contact with Katie, who was a treat from the start. They were surprised to see that the prices were not insane like other areas you may find on Coronado Island.
The other thing we were concerned about was the traffic on the bridge that it possible, and each time that we went to the venue, we found no traffic of any sort. After they had their first in-person meeting with Katie (Sales Manager) and Lauren (Venue Coordinator), they booked right away and knew it was the place without a doubt in their mind.
On the day of, we were pleased with the large parking lot that fit all of us and more. As we entered, we were greeted by the hostess, who directed us to the Bridal Ready Suite where we dropped our things and prepared for the ladies to get ready. Us gentlemen went right to the bar. We were hours early for the wedding, so we hit the regular service bar and were greeted with smiles and friendly employees even though they did not know that it was the groomsmen for the wedding. We got a table and were greeted quickly and when they heard that it was the groom's big day here at the property, the manager came over to chat with us and offered the groom a drink right away. We got some snacks and drinks but had a lot of time to kill while Kathleen and the bridesmaids got ready. The manager said that we were able to go hit some balls on the driving range or to go putt in the putting area. We said that we didn't have any clubs and he loaned a few to us so we could go enjoy ourselves for a while while we waited to get dressed.
We ran into not a single issue the entire evening. I was very nervous for my speech before the ceremony, and the staff were joking with me, saying that there was nothing to be nervous for, made jokes about imagining the guests all in their underwear, and that he is going to feel so much better once I took a deep breath. The ceremony was flawless, dinner service went over without a ditch. We had a buffet-style dinner service. Many wedding I have been to with this style of dinner tend to take a long time to get everyone fed, and we often find ourselves waiting forever to eat, but they had set up 2 different buffets in the room so that things went twice as fast for us all. I don't recall any other venue having that foresight to split it up to move things along.
The dancing was also amazing here, with a large space for all the fun. We had 3 bartenders behind the bar, and they all knew me as the best man and treated me as such. Even later in the evening when the bar was being hit like crazy, they seemed to always have my drink ready and waiting for me when I got up to them.
Even though it was a large wedding with a lot of guests, it really did have the small-wedding feel with how kind and memorable the staff was.
Amazing night!
I will certainly be back to Feast & Fareway sometime soon to visit the staff and