Moniker Warehouse

(This review and the star rating mostly focus on the coordination provided by Moniker Events. The venue itself was 5-stars!) My husband and I got married at Moniker Warehouse at the end of June. We loved the layout of the venue (with the cocktail space and separate ceremony/reception space). We also liked the built-in pieces (the bar, DJ spot, and crate "chandeliers") and the ability to customize everything else. The space feels intimate and still spacious, which was perfect for our small wedding. We also chose the Moniker Events month-of coordination package. We hoped that the coordination would make the final month less stressful, but it caused more stress. We worked with Cassandra and Melanie as our co-coordinators and had another assistant on our wedding day. We were planning the wedding from the East Coast, so we had weekly calls with the two coordinators. We were appreciative of the weekly calls, but email communication between calls was spotty, and it often seemed like they only skimmed our emails in preparation for the call (e.g., they would ask for items from us during the calls that we had previously provided by email). Action items following the calls didn't always get taken care of, either. It seemed to us that most of the work they were doing for our wedding occurred only during our weekly phone calls. We had to remind them repeatedly about things that they had said they would take care of. For example, about a month before the wedding they said they would email our photographer to get an estimate of how long photos would take, but this email wasn't sent until less than a week before the wedding (despite several reminders). They also missed a deadline with one of our vendors, despite indicating repeatedly that they would take care of it in time. Even when they did respond to our emails or vendor emails, the emails would frequently lack the details we had discussed, and in some cases we had to follow up with the vendors to fill in the gaps. The day of the wedding they did a wonderful job decorating the space based on our vision. They also agreed to arrange the floral centerpieces (which was a nice surprise and a big help to us). The space looked even better than we could have imagined! However, there were multiple things that were overlooked in the day-of coordination. Despite working with us to create a very detailed timeline, the wrong songs were initially played for our ceremony, they forgot to grab us for a golden hour photo shoot, there was a mix-up with our transportation at the end of the evening, etc. We suspect that some of these issues occurred because one of our coordinators (Cassandra) left part way through the event. If you want to avoid additional stress leading up to your wedding, we would recommend you look elsewhere for coordinators.

WOW. I am so thankful that we chose the Moniker for our wedding venue. We went and toured in July 2016 and on the spot picked a day for July 2017 and from day one my expectations were exceeded. We worked with Aly until the month before the wedding, she went above and beyond to answer all my (probably annoying) emails with questions ranging from floral decoration ideas to where we should look into the lunch for the rehearsal. We decided to splurge and have a month of coordinator, who we booked through Moniker, her name was Cassandra. WOW. I strongly encourage any bride that doesn't want to deal with last minute vendor communication, decorating, and making sure the day goes as smooth as possible to book her!!!!!!!!! I cannot express how much she made my day PERFECT. Being able to bring in any vendors we wanted was a huge savings for us and such an amazing characteristic that the Moniker has. This venue is amazing for any bride. I am not super DIY/crafty, which was a concern of mine when booking because it really has so much room to do whatever you want. But it ended up looking beautiful with all my pintrest ideas I found, and all of Cassandra/Aly's reccomendations along the way. If I could rate this venue 100 stars, I would.

We're so glad our wedding coordinators (White Lace Events & Design) steered us towards Moniker Warehouse. We hadn't heard of them before, and we were stuck trying to find a venue that fit our vision (industrial organic), our budget, and could accommodate the number of guests we were anticipating (almost 200). Most places within our budget required a lot of dressing up, but Moniker Warehouse perfectly matched the vibe we were going for. They also allowed you to bring your own vendors and alcohol which was a plus - no need to select from a preferred vendor list (although they do provide some recommended vendors if you'd like). Aly and Leslyn were always super quick to respond to any questions or concerns we had - most of the time within a few hours. Venue rental includes access to some of their inventory (i.e. plastic rounds and some rectangular tables, black folded chairs, wine barrels, belly bars) but they have some nicer wooden rectangular tables for rent if you want. There's a built in bar, DJ booth, and market lighting so that was one less thing to worry about. We ended up with about 140 guests and we found that to be a comfortable number (200 would have been pushing it space wise if you used only rounds). There's a built in stage that you can use, although we didn't. Parking didn't seem to be an issue for our guests, but we did encourage people to use Uber or Lyft. There is an attached parking garage with a limited number of spaces and then street parking available as well. If you plan an event on a weekday (like we did) just keep in mind that there are offices in the space during the day, so your event can't start until after 5pm (that includes access to the parking garage). Overall, our guests loved the venue and thought it had a lot of character.

My fiance and I were so close to booking this venue for our wedding in May 2017. The event coordinator, Aly, was so helpful in the process. I was personally comforted by how accessible she was, her willingness to answer all of our questions, and her transparency. At our request, Aly set up a FaceTime tour for us, since we're planning remotely from Boston. She was so accommodating to our needs! We highly recommend this venue--even though we didn't go as far as booking the venue, the customer service was impeccable! Beautiful space, great value, great staff--not much to complain about if you ask us!