Pros
- Natural beauty of setting
- Affordability relative to the immediate DC area
- Manager secured several items of importance to the ceremony (including chuppah and easel) at no additional cost
- The manager worked with us, at no additional ...cost, to secure Kosher-certified meals from an outside vendor for those guests who strictly observed Jewish dietary restrictions
- The manager worked with us, at no additional cost, to provide meals for people with special dietary restrictions, include gluten-free diets
Cons
- Frequent staff/managerial turnover, especially in terms of the chef, manager, and on-site/day-of wedding coordinator
- Lack of communication and consistent miscommunication
- Empty promises for day of, including not providing 2 full-length mirrors available for bride in bridal suite. There was only 1 small square mirror (about 20 inches). I had no idea how I looked on my wedding day.
- Extremely poor A/C system that clearly did not produce the proper temperature as set on the thermostat – the thermostat displayed actual temperature as being at least 13 degrees warmer than it was set to, both before, during, and several days following the wedding.
- Requiring 3 food tastings (necessitated by a change in staff from the first chef, whose food we really liked, to a second chef, whose food during the second tasting was far below par and whose showing in the third tasting still didn’t match that of the original chef).