Oceanfront Weddings of N.C.

right choice. Ocean Isle is absolutely beautiful! Finding The Isle's Restaurant, The Islander Inn and Oceanfront Weddings NC was a blessing to come across. The summer before our wedding my husband and I took a vacation to Myrtle Beach and drove the 40 minutes north to see The Isle's Restaurant and met with (at that time) the wedding coordinator. She was extremely knowledgeable and friendly. The venue spoke for itself, she just sealed the deal. We booked our wedding after returning home to Ohio a couple days later knowing that we made the best choice. We slowly started to contact the venders that The Isle's Restaurant had used before (totally helpful since not from the area). After making it through the holidays I began trying to get in touch with the wedding coordinator. No emails or returned phone calls for weeks. Feeling very uneasy I stayed on top of things and finally reached the owner who informed me that there had been a change to staffing and that the coordinator I had been working with was no longer there. I felt like they should have called me to let know of the change instead of learning about it months later. I was reassured that the new gentleman that took over had plenty of experience and not to have any worries. My mom and I planned a trip down to the shore in April with the wedding planned for July 2, 2011. We met the new wedding coordinator who blew our socks off. What a relief! I left Ocean Isle in April with all the confidence in the world. As the end of May quickly approach I began to have trouble again getting in touch with the wedding coordinator. Again after weeks of no return emails or calls I received a call from YET AGAIN a new wedding planner. She did not seem very knowledgeable in fact she did not seem to have any knowledge of what had been discussed with the past wedding planner. I tried to stay calm and walked her through it. With less than a week to go my husband and I again ran into another communication problem. We were trying again to get in touch with someone regarding the amount due since a certified check needed to be used. Not a phone call, email, nothing. After several threatening bridezilla moments (calls and emails) I received a call from the owner as we were leaving Ohio 4 days before our wedding. I told her that I would be down the following day to talk about final arrangements since I was too angry to talk. Everything ended up working out once we made the 11 hour trip down and met with the owner since now there was NO wedding planner. We were reimbursed with a check since our check was for too much. The staff really came together to make our wedding our Dream Come True. The food was AMAZING! The venue looked great. Overall everything was wonderful minus lack of communication and staff turnover. We would definitely recommend The Isle's Restaurant, The Islander Inn and Ocean Front Weddings NC for your big day. Shout out to the vendors we used: Music on the Stand, Piner Photography, Calabash Florist, Crumb de la Crumb, and Reverend Dale Curtis. These people made our wedding MAGICAL! They were the best group of people I have ever met and am so glad that each of them were a part of our special day. Highly recommend A

ment weather ! UPDATE *** - I have been trying to get in contact (via email & countless phone calls) with the owner in regards to booking a room/villa for a few nights for our 1 year anniversary, and have not heard back at ALL. Communication seems to be lacking on their end. Also, I tried contacting the wedding planner that we used, and apparently he is no longer employed there. :-(

edding - $700 •Arbor usage & setup •$100 gift certificate to Isles Restaurant •Chilled bottle of champagne & fine chocolates for newlyweds in suite on wedding night •Semi Private ocean view reception area at The Isles Restaurant for up to 60 guests with a personalized menu (food & beverages not included in price) •Gift certificate for 1 year anniversary 20% off your stay at The Islander Inn •Complimentary 2 night stay for newlyweds in oceanfront room •Up to 60 white chairs set up on beach Both Places are VERY accomidating and the Staff are VERY attentive and try their best to keep you happy. A couple months into our planning... their Wedding Planner left the business and it made things a little scary but the Owner/Manager Marnie called me personally and reassured and answered all my questions and concerns and kept in contact with me by email and phone regularly. Since they werent( at that time ) offering a wedding Planner.. I decided to find one myself that Lived close and I did Her Name is Linda Roth(www.beachblissweddings.com) and she was amazing ..Yes it was stressful losing our wedding planner but luckily it was about 6 months before our wedding .. Things happen..and luckily everything went smoothly for the most part. The Ceremony was Beautiful.. They began setting up the Regular arbor that came with the package and My planner Linda quickly reminded them we paid extra for the Chuppah .. Our Chuppah was pretty..but Be sure to go over how you are expecting it to look..because it looked pretty but not exactly like how we expected from pictures of it and from a bridal show they had previously displayed it. They set the chairs up perfectly and they were really nice white fold out chairs.They set up everything about an hour before our service..our room was right in front of the ceremony spot so I got to watch them set up from our balcony and keep cool while me and my bridesmaids were getting ready. Our Reception :The Isles Restaurant is such a BEAUTIFUL venue. We used their Private Banquet Room..we decorated the tables ourselves to save on costs.The food was AWESOME..They have an AWEOSME Chef! We had Crab Cakes(YUMMM!!) and Chicken Cordon Bleu with Mashed potato and Mixed veggies and a salad it was set up buffet style since we had a large amount of guests.They set it up in a room outside of Our room... I kind of wished I would of told them to put it inside our room and then moved it after guest served themselves.. but that was my fault.. There are only 2 things that would of made it perfect ... The champagne toast that was served for our 65 guest was warm (maybe they pored it too soon) and after about an hour into the night it got really warm in the room..I think it may need a larger system to accomidate it better..but we were all dancing and yes it was in the upper 80's outside and people were coming in and out to go to the Tiki bar that was right outside the room which were all contributing factors... No biggies though.. OVERALL everything was great we were very happy and ended up continuing our stay for a week at the Islander Inn. The Prices are very reasonable and the Beds are SOOOO comfortable!

very tense conersation with the owner on the phone. The owner was very rude and yelled at me as if the issues with her former cordinator were my fault. I was unable to find a new venue because of the time constraint, so I moved on from the horrible conversation with the unprofessional owner and met with the new manager. She was very nice and accomodating, but when it came down to the big day, she was unable to follow through. Things seemed to go wrong all night, but three things really stand out to me: First, they forgot to put my vases for our unity sand ceremony out and we did not realize it until half way through the service. It was completly akward and embarrasing in front of our guests to have to tell the minister to skip that part of the service, Second, when my husband and I made our entrance at the reception, we headed to the side of the room where our couples table was supposed to be, to find that they had not set it up. We stood in the center of the room while they rushed to bring in a table. The worst part of the entire experience, however, was that they LOST my parents cake serving set from their wedding in 1968! Somehow, the set went missing after we cut the cake and has yet to be found. I went in the next morning to see if they had looked for it any further and was treated as if the set was not that important. I have yet to hear from the manager or the owner in reference to the items they lost or even an apology for the problems that arose. While this is a very beautiful space, I would not recommend it to anyone.

ed in a timely and professional manner. As a result planning from 3,000 miles away was a little less stressful for us. The food and staff the day of our event were outstanding too. I think our guests are still talking about their delicious shrimp & grits and crab stuffed flounder. Thank you Rebecca, Justin and staff for helping to make our special day perfect!