Glen Ivy Golf Club

Everything was really great and detailed. They helped me a lot with planning since I did everything myself. The venue was beautiful and I loved all the pictures we got under the water fall and different areas of the venue. There was no bad picture place. One issue I had was I was switched between a bunch of people for communication so it was sometimes confusing who I was speaking with. Another issue was on the day of I had people who were playing on the course coming through the area of the ceremony so in a couple of my pictures I saw golf carts and people sitting in them in the background. Overall though it was amazing and the food was really good as well!

Glen Ivy Golf Club was the perfect wedding venue for us! They had two options for ceremony location, an indoor reception hall, & many options for photo opps. This is what sold us the most! One thing that we loved about this venue, is the flexibility to bring in your own decor (& some food as long as it’s not homemade). This made it easier for us to have DIY decor & bring in our own late night snack for our guests. Another thing that our guests are still talking about & that we enjoyed is the food! The appetizers were soo good. We had the bruschetta, meatballs, Mac & cheese bites, & crab cakes. Everyone was raving about the Mac & cheese bites & the crab cakes! For our entrees, we had the stuffed chicken & the tri-tip with chimichurri- no complaints! And we also had assorted desserts with them: cheesecakes, cupcakes, brownies, cookies, & churros. I guess you can say the churros, brownies & cookies were a big hit because they flew off the trays like crazy. I didn’t get to try the churros or brownies but I did try everything else and they were good! We booked with Glen Ivy about 18 months before our wedding date. When we booked, we booked with the event director, Alyssa. It was a seamless process, we communicated back & forth with our contract before signing. Once we started getting into the wedding planning about 4-6 months before our wedding, we worked with the coordinator, Amanda. During this process, we did get a little nervous because some things that were promised to us when signing with Alyssa were different once we started working with Amanda. Additionally, there were times where some things were miscommunicated, which became frustrating. Luckily for us, we also had a coordinator who was helping facilitate the planning between what we were working on and with Amanda. Biggest tip: if you don’t hear from them, you should definitely reach out. When we were able to communicate with Amanda, it was mostly by phone or text. She was attentive for the most part, but as a bride, if there is something you want, you’ll have to make it clear. Just for peace of mind, we made sure to have everything in writing just in case there was any confusion in the future (this ended up not being an issue at all.). During the last two weeks leading up to our wedding and on our wedding day, Amanda & the venue team (Karent, banquet captain) was great to work with. Side note: when signing a contract with any venue, it would be better to sign for less guests than you are expecting. This was an issue for us because we had more guests declined than expected & we went back & forth with Amanda many times on how we can allocate our money. But nonetheless, Amanda made sure that we were using every dollar we paid as part of our contract. We made sure to provide Amanda with all the information she needed in order for our day to be seamless. The day of the wedding, her, Karen & team worked effortlessly with our coordinator and her team. My wife & I did not have to lift any fingers and they were always available to bring us what we needed (drinks, food, appetizers). There were plenty of venue staff around to attend to whatever needed to be attended to. They were all so patient & did everything with a smile. Bartenders were amazing & all the staff were very attentive! By the end of the night, we wished we had more time to party. The venue team worked with our coordinating team to make sure that all of the decor we brought was packed up.

Our night was magical and Amanda and her team were flawless. Anything I think was needed she handled it. She brought me appitizers so I wouldn't be hungry before the wedding. Got my now Husband food so he wasn't hungry. Went along on all our pictures to make sure we were comfy. She made sure we were able to actually eat during the reception and got on anyone's case that might have interrupted us. She was super helpful and seemed very excited for our day. We are nerds and did a lot of DIY and she handled it all. Anything that might have gone wrong was totally water under the bridge and didn't matter in the slightest. She was perfect from start to finish and so was our night.

We met Ayssa who was very welcoming. The venue provides a day of coordinator so for this reason I decided to not hire a wedding coordinator, Alyssa told us that their coordinators are great and can execute what we needed done on the day of the wedding. I did not speak to my wedding coordinator Amanda until 3 days before my wedding via telephone in which I had to ask to speak to her. During our conversation I felt rushed and dismissed as she told me we would go over everything at the rehearsal. At my walk through she was also not there to discuss all of my wishes and Alyssa was the one discussing timeline with me. On the day of the rehearsal Amanda never once took notes on paper on where I wanted everything, just stated: "we'll make it all work to my wishes". I discussed with both Alyssa and Amanda where I wanted everything place during cocktail hour, that we would want a bar outside and one inside. On the day of the wedding both bars were placed outside and when I followed up with Alyssa after the wedding she stated that she discussed with my husband that if the bar was placed inside it would leave less room for dancing and so they decided if thats the case both bars will be outside. This never was discussed and my husband and I both stated that we wanted one bar inside and one bar outside. My day of wedding coordinator Amanda was unorganized on the day of my wedding. My wedding party had to help setting up the reception tables, this I found out later. I also found out Amanda stated during the time of help "I guess its all hands on deck". I discussed with Alyssa about creating seating cards that had a picture of the food item each guest wished to receive so that servers knew what guest was getting during the main course. My seating cards were placed in an area not discussed and placed in an area where if you did not walk by there you would not know where you are sitting so I had to hand these out during cocktail hour. Another upsetting thing I found out after the wedding was that if you were not seated at your table you would not be served your food, I found out a lot of my guests did not get served their dinner because they were outside at the bar. What was the point of creating seating cards with food item displayed if guests wouldn't even get served their main course if they were not seated??? I don't even think Amanda printed out my timeline. My timeline that I discussed with Alyssa was not followed at all and Amanda basically stated that everything was just going to go based off of my time, what is the point of this coordinator if she isn't going to coordinate for things to happen in a timely manner as discussed?! Cake cutting, bouquet/garter toss was never done. Honestly I wish I had my wedding at another venue. This venue makes promises and on the day of they don't deliver. I also tried to reach out after my wedding to see if anything can be done but instead of offering sympathy they tried to turn everything around and not take any responsibility for the wrongs that happened. Weddings are not cheap and its a once in a lifetime thing you look forward to with lots of time and effort spent into planning. It's unfortunate that things turned out the way it did for my wedding. At the end of the day I of course made the most of my wedding and enjoyed it with all of the people I care about. If you are considering this venue I would think twice or hire your own wedding coordinator that will get the job done.