Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort

ere was food. The staff had it tucked away in another room. Allowing guests to come into the reception area and set up camp before the ceremony even started. Acting like they didn't know why that was happening. Literally told me "I don't know" 20 min before we walked down the aisle. This enraged me. The photographers hadn't arrived yet and the table setting were getting messed up. I could go on and on. I have a years worth of disappointment and stress. Oh! The fact that I had to replan the whole thing in 30 days because we had to switch venues. Tons of cake left over, the thinest slices we had ever seen all of our guests said something to us. They didn't cut anymore then the first round. Nothing left on the cake table for guests to come up and grab a second slice. This is NOT a wedding venue. Maybe they're better with smaller events. I don't know. But I will NEVER book there again and I will tell anyone not to have their wedding at the Dunes. The office staff is terrible and it seems no real supervision from the higher ups. I gave the GM of the sales department a rough draft before posting this on every platform possible. She blew me off. Keep searching friends! I wish I had.

flowers! The reception was at the Back Bay Bistro and I loved it! All glass wall, overlooking the water, nice flooring (no ugly hotel carpet here!) so you don't even need a "dance floor", and amazing food! Also, the staff was very helpful about making sure that my husband and I got food and drinks the whole night. The only reason I give them a 4/5 is because the coordinators didn't seem super organized. They were not very good about returning phone calls and emails, so you kind of have to be on top of them. But honestly, everything worked out so perfectly that it didn't really matter much. I would definitely recommend the Newport Dunes for a wedding!

and left.. My groom and I were in line with one another! We told him that we wanted the groom to see me at the alter and yet we were standing in the group lined up to the ceremony (which is also bad luck!) Then he did not put out our seating chart so no one knew where to sit. The rest of the evening he was gone! He placed my tossing bouquet on the GIFT TABLE and didn't tell any one so we couldn't find it until I got up and looked there, our evening dinner was outside and yet no one lit our table candles, lastly when it came time for cake cutting I had to cut my cake with a BUTTER KNIFE!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! The coordinator did not give the wait staff our cake cutting knife THEN the wait staff told me that I am supposed to cut and serve my OWN CAKE to everyone because the coordinator did not inform them that they had to do it. Oh I let them have an ear right there and the lady apologized and did the cake. I'm Thankful for our entertainment (which was not affiliated with the dunes) because he took control once he noticed there was no coordinator and had our wedding run very smoothly. The 2 stars I put on here is for the gorgeous scenery and the food. Food was to die for! As for the mechanics, the Dunes is not a place for a wedding, and you need a well organize planner to help you through the evening. A bride can't enjoy and time schedule her own wedding.

fairytale wedding. The set up was just as we'd asked, the food was absolutely fabulous and the chocolate fountains were a huge hit! Rob Decanter and the staff at Newport Dunes were so helpful and acommodating, they made it all possible and were so easy to work with.