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ery detail of my wedding. The Sunset room is so specious and having their help to set up was so important while I got ready: I worked with Kim on my flowers! She made my vision come to life and all my guests complimented me on the beautiful flowers all night. The appetizers, food, dessert, beverages and the cake options with Ranch Events made me, my husband and guests very happy and I would strongly recommend working with them on your special day! You have the best at your fingertips. There's no need to search for several vendors when Ranch events can do it all. Please contact them for a food and cake tasting! You will be blown away!! Thank you Paula and Kim! Carmen

guests had an amazing time. Thank you Ranch Events for making our wedding day unforgettable.

e practically held our hand and gave us her opinion and insight when we asked, and helped us to stay within our budget. A huge plus! Sylvia was our florist, and she is great! She understood exactly what I wanted and put together the most beautiful floral arrangements! She also guided us and was mindful of our budget when making suggestions! We used their bakery to place a small cake on each table, four different kinds cake total, they looked and tasted great! The Seaside Room is beautiful, large, and photographs very well. We fit a large photobooth and additional games in the room with space to spare. My one tip is to purchase the 1 ounce drink pourers to help the alcohol last all night.

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one showed up at all. My coordinator had to call and figure out what was going on, only for them to say the people delivering the chairs and tables were in a "accident" and won't be able to make it till the next day. At no point was I or my coordinator contacted to be informed of the situation, which led to my coordinator having to call them. Then they were scheduled to be at the venue at 10am the next day to set up and didn't arrive till 11:30am. During the set up my coordinator had to explain to the staff multiple times where stuff goes because they kept putting the dance floor, tables, etc. in the wrong places. The food serving staff did a great job, but there was a discrepancy with the appetizers we paid over $1000 for. We ordered 3 different appetizers and they only brought out 1 on 3 trays that were passed around. When I informed my event coordinator Rhonda about the situation, she kind of just blew it off and sent my complaint to management in which they did nothing nor did they contact me. Overall Ranch Events is reasonably priced, and has great food and decor, but the staffing needs to be reevaluated immensely.

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s taken care of and that we didn’t have to worry about anything during the event. The food, cake and desserts were delicious and the guests raved about it and the service. Thank you to the Ranch Events team for making our special day so perfectly.

m me they have to remove them from the table because we had white table cloth and didn't want the kids to color all over it. So they made another table for them with black table cloth which was fine except no one knew what happened to the crayons and play dough I bought. It wasn't until around after dinner my mom found the crayons and play dough, the kids got to play at the table like I wanted which was fine I just wished they hadent lost the things I bought for the kids. Everything else was absolutely beautiful

lage, but when we met with Bernardo from Ranch Events, we knew that he was the one to help plan our day and Ranch Events was going to make our wedding perfect. We had close to 175 guests and Bernardo made sure we got the best deal possible and stayed within our budget. There are so many details to planning your perfect day and Bernardo made things so much easier than I could have imagined. He was very responsive to answer all of my questions via email or phone call. We had a beautiful ceremony on the patio of the seaside room that Ranch events covered for privacy. The reception hall was beyond beautiful with my colors black and coral. Everyone told me how delicious the food was and even as the bride myself I made sure to eat up. We even got to take home the leftovers to enjoy. And don't get me started on the cake. We had 4 layers of pure bliss. My groom wasn't hesitant on getting 4 flavors because he knew I'd want to eat them all. Which of course I did...just a bite of course. I am beyond grateful to Bernardo and all of his hard working staff for making my wedding the most beautiful day I could have ever imagined!!

ew minor communication issues but, all-in-all, the wedding was lovely, food was great, and Ranch did a wonderful job. I specifically liked not having to rent linen, glassware, china, chairs, etc., from an outside company, but I'm sure the convenience of Ranch Catering offering these rentals is built in to the price. Bottom line, read your final contract to make sure everything is included.

orked within our budget and made great suggestions to keep costs within our price range. We even got two food tastings, because at our first food tasting we were so stuffed after sampling all of the apps & entrees that we couldn’t decide on the cake flavor. So we scheduled a second cake tasting and Rhonda provided us with an unexpected entrée tasting as well. The food was even better at the reception than at the first and second tastings. At the tastings I wasn’t impressed with the asparagus, but at the reception they were steamed perfectly. Honestly, my guests raved about the food and cake. They are still talking about it! Rhonda suggested a creative, unique & cost effective touch to our table centerpieces, they were cake centerpieces and they turned out equally beautiful as delicious. She was able to find a specific type of rose to top the cake centerpieces in order to match the bouquets. Also there were a couple extra bonuses: RE served chocolate & strawberries with our cheese station, gummy bears & several candy toppings at the ice cream sundae bar and RE even supplied large decorative, blue light-up globes throughout the reception venue. The Seaside Room has comfortable & charming vibe and truly everything surpassed my expectations. Thank you everyone at RE, Rhonda, kitchen staff, wait staff, bartenders, decorating team and set-up/clean-up crew! The service was outstanding and the venue was decorated perfect! (If you have a special request, then just ask you’ll be surprised how accommodating RE/Rhonda can be.) Thank you for creating our best day ever!!!

staff has been wonderful. Having shared that - no matter how great the service is - if the food isn’t good there will be unhappy guests. The food Ranch has served has always been of the highest quality and expertly prepared. I still don’t know how they manage that when some of our dances have had 200+ guests. They have their craft down to an art form. I’m looking forward to working with Ranch Events again for our December 2016 dance and know that once again we’ll be in great hands!

ate our vision. Early on in the planning process we had budget concerns. Ramon listened to our concerns and found a way to make it happen. We rented to Seaside room at Marina Village. It came with an adjoining outside area that we used for our cocktail hour. The venue to perfect, and came with a few pre-installed decor, which fit seamlessly with our decor. Ranch Events provided the food for our cocktail hour, reception, cake, and bar staff. Everyone LOVED the food and cake! In fact, the cake was the best I have ever tasted! We are still getting feedback from guests on how much they loved the food! Salvador, the event captain was amazing. He ensure everyone was fed in a timely manner, and even cut up the entire cake for people to take home at the end of the night. My only complaint was that someone in the bar staff did not want to use some of the mixers we had purchased for our signature drink, and instead had one of the groomsmen run out at the last minute and purchase a different mixer, even though the ones we had would have worked just fine. Overall I recommend Ranch Events, especially if you are planning on hosting your event at Marina Village.

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genuine interest in what we wanted for the wedding and reception. The fact he controlled the room setup, décor and catering was a tremendous advantage and made it easier for us to focus on other vendors. The reception went exactly as promised, the buffet lines went smoothly and there were no significant delays to get everyone served. We received compliments on the food quality and it exceeded our expectations. Choosing the cupcake option allowed us to choose a variety of flavors and guests were able to sample the multiple options. Bringing our own alcohol saved us a significant amount of money and allowed us to have an open bar for the entire reception. The Ranch bartenders were responsive and professional and made sure that we got back everything that was not used. Highly recommend this location. Our first impression was that the empty room looked a little dated, but once Bernardo and his team worked their magic we were left with a gorgeous setting for a lifetime of memories. Clay O

er is accurate, as others have mentioned. At first everything was great. Rhonda assured us over and over again that they have 20+ years experience and there was nothing to worry about. 1. The outside bar at the Seaside room wasn't set up. We hired an acoustic guitarist to utilize the area during cocktail hour. It wasn't set up so we had to cancel him last min. End of the world? Not at all! Mistakes happen. Rhonda admitted the error & we were credited for the 2nd bar, ($247.00). 2. The food tasted good. For the ones who got served all the food on the menu were happy. Some tables didn't receive the Salmon, others didn't receive all the appetizers. Ok, family style clearly isn't their thing. 3. The room was hot, no airflow! My bridesmaids asked the floor manager to turn the air on or open the doors. (The same doors which were to be used going in and out of our outside bar). After an hour of no change, I left the dance floor to ask again. Air turned on around 9pm. OK, back to dancing! 4. Dinner was late. My mother had to tip the floor manager to have them hustle. Why would you tip after we paid in advance for it? My mothers words: "dinner was to be served at 7pm. At 7:30pm I asked since dinner is running late to please being out more appetizers. At 7:45pm there was no food so I tipped him to get moving." Dinner was served at 8pm. 1hr late. Their explanation was: "dinner was late because your mother was demanding for food!" You mean to tell me that my mother caused the 1hr delay?! Funny. (Our agreement was that appetizers were to served throughout the night, not just cocktail hour. Which we're told was not an issue). So overall it was a great night and people were happy, even with the few hiccups along the way. But..... .... Where it went HORRIBLY wrong and the reason for my 1 star is the morning after. We (my mother, my husband & myself) went in the next morning to pickup items we left behind. We couldn't find the box of 50+ glasses we left behind and went into the main office to see if Rhonda was there and knew where they were & ask about the bar situation. That's it.. to talk like adults and find out what happened with the outdoor planned bar we talked about. I mean come on.. We were all still on cloud nine for the wedding. :) no need to get too upset over, yes it was a huge error, but things go wrong. We were greeted by someone and they let us know Rhonda wasn't there to find out where our glasses were and he called Kathy the GM. I never asked to speak with her and Jesus I wish I never had. I was handed the phone and told, "this our GM Kathy, maybe she could help". I couldn't believe what happened next!!!!! I told her I came in to see if Rhonda knew where our glasses were and to see why our bar wasn't set up and that as a result we had to turn our guitarist away. Her response while laughing in a condensing tone was, "Turning away your vendor because of that is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard!" * review cut off due to space :( But that's a sample of the treatment from this company as a whole.

ate the event. Mary flowers was amazing, she captured exactly what I wanted. My flowers were gorgeous, fresh and just wonderful. I will always recommend Ranch catering to anyone and will use them for any events in the future.

rything! They throw in a LOT of stuff in the price also. Know this going in: they are negotiable! They really do want to give you the best possible experience and will work hard to do so within your means. All dinnerware and linens are included, with no hidden "upgrade" options or fees. The only reason they didn't get 5 stars is you really need to be explicit and DETAILED with what you want, and make sure it gets documented and not just verbally agreed upon. Wedding cake review: We used this vendor for our catering (~120 people) and decided to use them for our wedding cake as well because their cakes taste AMAZING! We had so much trouble deciding on a flavor, so we chose one for each tier (3)! We showed our rep pictures of what we wanted for the design of the cake and what we got was GORGEOUS! Adding flowers to your cake is included in the price, and we had circus roses and blue orchids. We used our own topper, and they put it on the cake for us. The cake was truly so beautiful, we hated cutting into it! And everyone raved about the taste!

en! We also did our wedding cake through them which was 3 tiers and gorgeous!!! It was exactly like the picture I gave them. And tasted fabulous... Far better deal and better tasting than the bakeries we'd gone to. Our guests loved the food as well, so major plus there! I highly recommend them and Julie (whom we dealt with primarily!)

excellent job on all the linens as well! The wait staff was amazing. They even gave my mother-in-law a napkin full of money that my husband and I had left!

ill be worry-free. Sandy is truly one of the best in the business, very professional, always nice, always helpful and proactive in reaching solutions. I noticed an earlier review that Sandy doesn't open or close her emails with a greeting....really? I have 50+ emails that say otherwise! On the day of our tasting, almost a year ago, we sat down with Sandy and tried just about everything Ranch had to offer. We had sat down with two caterers before Ranch and we had been underwhelmed with them...Ranch blew us away. The food was amazing, the prices were competitive, and that cake.....oh wow. We have a favorite bakery and had been considering them for our cake, but after we tasted cake by Ranch's bakery, we were SOLD. (Our cake was a huge hit at the wedding...we had the chocolate with chocolate chips and the marble.) For dinner, we had a buffet of parmesan-tossed asparagus, twice-baked potatoes, baron of beef carved on site, and mediterranean chicken (cream cheese inside, wrapped with bacon...omg.) We had so many people come up to us at our wedding to tell us it was the best wedding food they have ever eaten....that is totally what you want to hear at your wedding!!! My aunt, who makes the best pot roast you will ever eat in your life, said it tasted like her roast beef....so good job, Ranch! My tables, chairs &highchairs were also perfectly set up just as I asked them to be. Our bartender, Carl, was AWESOME. Carl, we love you! We had an open bar of wine, beer, and champagne for which we supplied all of the alcohol. Carl was fun and made conversation with everyone. Our servers were Sonny, Jorge, and there were two other ladies whose names escape me, but all were AWESOME and on point the whole night. My day of coordinator said they helped her all day, and Jorge even made sure my train looked good right before I walked down the aisle. They truly went above and beyond and I hope management knows they have a really great team in those 5. They brought my husband and me a plate full of hors d'oeuvres while we were taking pictures while everyone else was at the cocktail hour...MUCH appreciated!!! We were so hungry at that point! (Also they were delicious...we chose mini turkey pot pies, filet mignon skewers, and bacon wrapped shrimp......mmm my mouth is watering!) I wasn't made aware of this until after my wedding (I have the best bridal party ever that knew to shield me from any bad news that day!), but apparently, our cake fell apart on the way to the wedding in the truck! We had flower petals on the front of our cake that came together to make one big flower. I don't know the name of the girl who came to fix it, but she came to make it perfect, and she told Carl, the bartender, who told my husband, that it looked even better than before. What if Ranch didn't have excellent communication? What if no one thought it important enough to come fix it? BIG PROPS to Ranch for fixing what would have been a catastrophic wedding-day ruiner. There were some MINOR snags at the wedding that I do need to point out...when it came time to cut our cake, they had not placed a cake cutter next to the cake. (I do not have enough space to complete my review, read my review on Yelp for Ranch events on Quivira!

ion, all for about $18/person (unbeatable). Their dates were filling up super fast and we didn't want to be engaged for years so we put down our deposit. Couple days later we went and worked out the details with our contract, all of the sudden there were these extra random charges and we were looking at 10k total (much more than we had calculated at their previously mentioned prices). Rhonda acted like she was cutting us a deal and said she would discount this and this since it was a Sunday and we were looking at 8k. Couple weeks later we came back for our taste testing, this is one thing that didn't get screwed up, I will say that their food and cake are delicious. Didn't have much contact with Rhonda for awhile until I went to pick out my linens. After bragging that they had over 4 million dollars worth of linens, the colors she pulled for me didn't match my colors at all. She pulled blues and oranges when my colors were wine, sage, and champagne. When I pointed this out, she told me my colors were strange and impossible to match. Strange to me, I picked these colors because they were easy to match with products from multiple vendors, and this coming from the woman with 4 million in linens. Whatever, went with Ivory Damask, I was getting annoyed and it looked alright day of. Couple weeks later we went again to give final numbers, this is when I lost my cool. I was over by about 10 adults on my count, no big it's only 18/head plus tax/tip. Well, that had somehow changed, it was now 53/head, and whereas previously kids under 10 were free, they were now the full cost if not in a high chair. BS, period. The new price per head came from the claim that those "discounts" had been her packaging me so no my price per person was the total divided by my original number. I never agreed to a package, let alone pricing that way. Plus the kids thing screwed me as I have a huge family with a ton of kids that I now had to pay for. We fought, I cried, and walked away paying an extra 2k that I didn't have, because hey what was I going to do 2 weeks out from my wedding. Fast forward to day of..... not enough chairs at ceremony half of the guests were standing, NO A/C (later she told my mom none of the buildings there had A/C because it was on the bay..BS the workers the day of kept assuring us it was on, and we have been to plenty of weddings at Marina Village where A/C was aplenty), rude/rude workers the day of, the day of "captain" spent the entire cocktail hour arguing with my mom - we had already pre-paid for an hour hosted and he was demanding payment from her..after promising a card machine for the rest of the bar, none was there..they took away the water/lemonade/tea stand early forcing people to go to the bar, which was accepting cash only, so people were thirsty with no A/c in the middle of August..the cake they provided and promised would have a specific flower on it, had a random bright purple flower all over it and made it stick out like a sore thumb..I could go on but I am running out of room Beware-get every little thing no matter how minute in writing, and I hope you aren't working or have a life, you have to stay on them for everything, so much for 1 stop shop making life easie

any amazing options that it was hard for us to decide what to have at our reception. We heard wonderful things from our guests about the food, and we even got to take all the leftovers with us (so we could actually eat some!). Ranch is remarkably affordable and has such a broad selection of food items and serving styles that it seems like a no-brainer to use them for any wedding.

inclusive package which included the food, linens, china, flowers/decor & cake. Her tone & attitude changed when we told her we werent interested in using them for the flowers or cake and we got attitudes and "no's" after the deposit was given & contracts signed. She told us our wedding colors, which were deep purple & dark teal were very "unpopular" colors so we didnt have much to chose from for the linens. What ever happened with the "hundreds of shades?" The good thing is we were happy with the ONE shade of dark purple they had. We also had only two choices of china to pick from which were just ok. She added more unnecessary stress by rescheduling appointments & later on my wedding planner had informed me she had badmouthed me (very unprofessional). She kept changing the amount she had originally quoted us (she did this on two seperate occassions) we thought we had straightened it out and at the end told us we owed them more then we did SO annoying especially when dealing with so many other things so close to the wedding day. The day before my wedding she sent me an email stating they dont have the dark teal afterall (very disappointing) all along she blamed the linen and their accounting department for the mistakes (never taking responsibility for anything) She caused me a lot of sleepness nights leading up to my wedding day. I had struggled with her so much I was confident everything was going to go wrong day of. On the day of my wedding however, everything turned out BEAUTIFULLY (I was missing the teal!).. the staff knew my venue very well and they were all on point, professional and courteous...the food was amazing and if it wasnt for Rhonda I wouldve given Ranch Events 5 stars. The onsite staff is what helped make my wedding reception run smoothly. Bottom line, I would recommend them because their finished product was great. If you decide to go with them and you work with Rhonda, have patience, expect to have your appts rescheduled and her being all over the place... have most of your communications through emails and save everything until after the fact, believe me that saved me.

ms of choosing the menus, table settings, flowers and cake. They are full service so that could be why it was not the best in terms of organization.

h our needs. I can't say enough about what an asset he was! Day of the wedding we had several mistakes that I feel would have been easily avoided if Ramon would have been there, but Ranch Events overbooked Ramon and he had other events to oversee, which unfortunately reflected poorly at my event. Ramon did compensate us for the errors that took place but this by no means makes things right! Mixed Reviews: Ramon 5 stars Food 4 stars Waiters 2 stars Mistakes 0 stars :(

rable. They make it so easy for you to plan your wedding, because they take care of absolutely everything. The food was delicious, the cake was delicious and beautiful, and they are super easy to work with. They were more than happy to work with our budget and I highly recommend them to couples who are looking to make their day fabulous without sacrificing their life savings, LOL. My only disappointment with them was the florist that they had assigned us. After expressing our discontent with the florist, Rhonda worked hard to get us our refund. Our wedding turned out beautiful and relatively stress free thanks to Ranch Events.

r reception a woman making handmade tortillas would be included in the cost. I came to find out that we were charged extra for this service. Further, Ramon suggested that she could be outside making the tortillas as a sort of entertainment for our guests during cocktail hour and that she could even make little quesadillas for them. Easier said than done. We should have gotten this in writing. A few days before the wedding I was told the tortilla lady would be in the kitchen and no one would see her. My husband confronted Ramon and when all was said in done he was told that we could have the tortilla lady outside making quesadillas if we provided the cheese, plates and napkins. Are you kidding me? We were already planning on spending thousands of dollars to have them cater the buffet. They could provide that stuff?! We found out after the wedding that they didn't even use the plates and napkins and cheese wasn't even part of the main buffet!! While the food was good, the troubles we had with Ramon were not worth it. Also, it turns out that if our guests were away from their seat when they were serving the cake, they didn't get any. We went home with an ENTIRE sheet cake that never got served. As far as I am concerned, EVERY seat should have had cake at it, so when our guests were done dancing or came back from wherever they were, cake would be waiting for them. Use Ranch events with CAUTION and GET EVERYTHING IN WRITING!!!!

nch Events is rather over priced. We got the Mexican Buffet for dinner and I asked for shredded chicken which, when I went to get my plate, none of the chicken was shredded. After starting 25 minutes late for dinner because the food wasnt started on time, I was pretty upset. The cake was suppose to be 3 different flavors and after cutting into all of them, it ended up only being 2 different flavors and the flavor that we really wanted wasn't one of them. The dance floor was the biggest upset. We asked for 16x21 and we got 12x12 and my mother in law had to go to home depot 20 minutes before the ceremony to get plywood because the dance floor was breaking apart. When someone would step onto the dance floor it would sink in and it was very unsafe. I would not recommend Ranch Events to anyone.

favorite was the white chocolate rasberry). In the price Ranch includes a groom's cake. We emailed them the Jacksonville Jaguar's logo (jaguar's head) and they put it on the cake and it looked exactly like the image I gave them. Don't know how they did it but it was amazing. Also included is a 1 year anniversary top layer of our cake for us so that we could cut up the whole cake at the wedding. Ranch was awesome!!!!!

ers were so nice and professional! We will totally be using them again for out next big event!

eant we would be able to have things we might not otherwise be able to afford (chargers, nice linens, cigar ash trays...) and we wouldn't have surprise charges for things like a tent for the patio (which we ended needing). We got creative with our menu and Ranch was very willing and successful in creating the special dishes for us. Over all I think we would pick them again. The disappointments were that the beautiful candy jars we were shown we not used that day, dinner servce was slow (the groom's parents were feed late), our appetiziers were not served properly: there was no slaw on the fish tacos (big mistake) and the carpaccio was served on breat not toast points. The fondant on the cake was ridicously thick! The cost per head is not applicable to compare with most caterers as all flowers, cakes, linens, dishes, extra tables, tents are all included. We were charged $75/head.

that everyone just loved! People took bags of cookies home because everything- from gingerbread men to old fashion chocolate chip- were soft and delicious. The only major complaint was that the guy carving meat didn't know what he was doing and didnt have the correct knife

't have asked for more!

south Orange County area. They provided delicious Mexican food (and trust me, I know my Mexican food). Not only was the food great but their price was WAY less than the other catering companies I called. They also do great wedding cakes which are so yummy and beautiful (you can give them any picture and they either have done it already or could do it). We had a 4 tier cake and I had to get 4 different flavors because so many were so good. The cake price ($4/ person in 2010) also included fresh seasonal flowers, and I'm not just talking a couple of dinky flowers, but my cake had tons of flowers. What was also awesome was that they do furniture and linen rentals so I only had to deal with one company for all my reception needs. They also have a wide variety of furniture and linens for all price ranges. But what I loved best was that they let me bring my own alcohol which saved me a LOT of money. The bartenders and staff were very friendly and professional.

ceremony venue (Marina Village's South Lawn), the reception room I wanted to use at the same location was only rented through Ranch Catering. After viewing their Yelp! ratings, I was unsure, but decided to at least meet with them and see what kind of deal they would offer us. After our initial tasting with Ramon, my groom and I decided to go ahead and use them. The food we had was really delicious; we figured even if it wasn't as good at the reception (as food for large groups of people tends to be less amazing than in smaller parties), it would still be pretty tasty. Also, because we decided to hold our wedding on Monday, they gave us an amazing rate on the reception room. Ranch Catering also includes coffee, tea, and breads with whatever meal package you choose; as well as floor-length linens and plates, glasses, and flatware. They have a nice selections of china/plate patterns and shapes; and a huge warehouse of linen colors and types. Ranch will allow you to bring in your own appetizers, drinks (as long as they're non alcoholic), and desserts. We brought in our own sparkling cider (we had a dry wedding), and we were planning to bring our own appetizers, but Ramon called us a few days before the wedding and told us that he had arranged that for us at no extra charge. It was a huge blessing for me, as it was one less thing to pay for and to worry about. The day of the wedding, Ramon was there to go over things with the captain, which is what Ranch calls the person who heads the actual event. And when I walked into my reception several hours later, everything was perfect. I loved it, and I would HIGHLY recommend them for good food, good service, and great prices.

and not only did our guests enjoy the atmosphere of the venue, but the view as well, especially as the sun was setting. If you have less than 150 guests, take this spot. I think it looks the best of all the other venues around the area.

ngements to the lounge furniture on the outside terrace and finally to our beautiful cake!! Rhonda, Jenn (the florist) and the rest of the Ranch staff created such an elegant and posh ambiance, it was just perfect. And...we were able to keep some cash in our pockets!

was taken care of and beautiful, which is what ultimately counts.

ve a wide menu variety. The cost reflects dinner, appetizers, and cake.

st as good as the food we tasted ahead of time. We realized that as the bride and groom, we wouldn't get much of a chance to eat, so we asked for a to-go box, which made a great midnight snack. The cake was delicious, but not at all what we envisioned. I would say it was the ugliest wedding cake I've ever seen, without actually getting to the point of calling it a Cake Wreck. We did not get the requested wines, even though we were told we would. They also forgot to pour the champagne during one of the toasts, but I think that was because the event captain hadn't been told to do so. The caterer also provided all of the tables, chairs, etc. They put up one more table than requested, and did not initially put out enough chairs at the head table. Because of the extra table, the numbering of the tables did not match the diagram they had given us, and some people who were not supposed to be sitting anywhere near each other ended up sitting at adjacent tables. Fortunately, everyone was on their best behavior and we didn't have any problems because of this.