The Ranch at San Patricio

Beautiful venue and great wedding! The staff was very unprofessional and disrespectful. Premising this review by saying that the brides grandmother passed not even a month before the wedding. When the bride was crying and mourning her mother Shena was talking (very obviously gossiping) and rolling her eyes with the CHILDREN ( she had as staff). The whole weekend of the wedding you could tell she was uninterested in being there, the night of the wedding she wore a bright green hideous dress (come-on you work for a RANCH, How hard was it to ind a decent outfits and boots) and very publically talked about the bride and her catering staff( mind you this was at around 4:30 and hour after the vows ) Before the wedding even begun, in planning, she was very rude about their policy. On the contract they have a 6 hr time limit, when asked if they could move the ceremony from 3 to 3:30 she fought but eventually agreed; with that being changed she still wanted doors locked at 9 and wasn't letting the family get their own decorations. Pictures of past loved ones and a unity board almost being left behind and Shena threatened she would throw away. In emails she nit picked that we needed to be careful of their staff attending but upon arrival they were children, actual children maybe about 13 years old. She did not even have them in a uniform to identify that they were staff and she is now having them leave reviews to up their rating. Shena says that people were fighting and being belligerent but there were no cops at the wedding, despite the fact that we paid for it in our contract. However they must've called a constable in but no one was every thrown out. Being in charge she could've easily had people kicked. Shena is name dropping brides and talking about people being intoxicated. But they must've been just fine if their bar never cut anyone off or refused service. If you take anything from this review let it be that Shena and everyone at the ranch is HIGHLY UNPROFESSIONAL and need to find better people to represent their beautiful venue. I'm sure with all the money coming in from multiple weddings being held on property every weekend, they could find a great crew of people so Shena and her kids can focus on writing reviews but what can you expect from a bunch of rude mannered, penny pinching, B WORDS.

Let me start off by saying my wedding itself was beautiful but the dark cloud over my day was the owners daughter with her resting bitch face and eye rolling from the time the rehearsal started to the end of my wedding. The entire time I’m complementing that everything turned out beautiful trying to get her to get out her out of her mood but no luck at all she just continued to roll her eyes at myself and my guests. They tried to cut my party time to 5.5 hours instead of the 6 my contract stated until I brought up the contract where it say 6 hours from my CEREMONY start time, they said for the safety of their employees but advertised they stayed open till 12 and the only employees I saw were 2 14yo girls sitting by the bar the entire time. My package included a day of planner but it was just the moody lady that did pretty much nothing but complain and roll her eyes the entire time like she hated her life, all she did was tell us when to walk and where to stand but beyond that did nothing else, I’m about to walk down the aisle and nobody knew where the rings were along with the pillow so I’m having to run around in my dress looking for them at the last min(something my “day of planner” should have had prepared) they keep commenting on these reviews to try to justify their actions but the truth is they were rude from the beginning NOT after people started beginning some of my guests even felt they might be a little prejudiced. Also at weddings people get intoxicated that is the industry you are in if you don’t like it maybe your in the wrong business. As for your stolen centerpiece maybe if you were doing your job instead of leaving 2 teenagers who where just on their phones the entire time you would have caught that. The end of the night was horrible after the sparkler exit they tried locking us out but didn’t realize my sister was still in the building along with all my stuff so my sister called the rest of my family to pack everything quickly bc they were threatening to throw all my stuff away even tho in a meeting Shena said all my stuff would be packed up and cleaned up for me but when it came to our night they were just complaining about what a mess it was.

I absolutely loved my experience with The Ranch at San Patricio. For those looking for a wonderful venue near the Corpus Christi area, this is the place to book. I had to postpone my wedding due to the COVID-19 pandemic and they worked with me every step of the way. Really meant the world to me that they were understanding with this crazy time. For the property, they have two different venues to choose from depending on guest size - both are beautiful each with a chapel for the ceremony if needed. Depending on the options you choose with them, you can have decor, flowers, and either Shena or Jessie coordinate the day of your event. The Ranch has a stockpile of decor options for centerpieces, signs, antique tables, yard games etc. For the flowers, I sent them pictures of versions of bouquets and ideas I had and they turned out beautifully. Plus, they did all the decorating with the flowers throughout the venue and at the chapel. They are very responsive and informative about any little question you have (I had wayyyyy too many). Jessie was my coordinator and she was perfect for me. She handled all the timeline and whisked me away whenever needed. I highly recommend the day of coordinator service! Took away practically all the stress from me as a bride. The Main House is a wonderful addition for those to stay at during the wedding weekend. I used it the night before for all my bridal party to stay at and then the night of for family to have. They also allow you to have the rehearsal dinner at the property if needed! Every guest kept commenting on how beautiful of a place it was. I could go on and on about how wonderful it was working with them. 10/10 best venue around!

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