We just got married at The Ridge Club 10/12/12 and we had the most amazing night. We chose The Ridge Club because of the clean, fresh, updated space, the layout, and also the price was great. We were working on a bit of a budget, and they incl...ude so much more than so many other places I looked into! The venue is gorgeous, the views are gorgeous, and the food was great. I haven't stopped getting compliments on the food and the overall atmosphere since the wedding. Amanda was great to work with, but there were a few small things that could have been better/more organized.
I was very disappointed we didn't get appetizers brought to us while we were getting pictures taken during the cocktail hour..especially since I asked about this a few months in advance. We were just past the outdoor patio space on the green so it's not like we were far, and it was freezing so food may have made the cold more bearable! I got to taste one cold left over stuffed mushroom while we were waiting to be announced! I was also a little annoyed, though we opted not to have a champagne toast, we only had water to toast to for the speeches! It would have been awesome if someone had taken a drink order and had it on our table for us to toast to. I hardly got any responses to emails I sent Amanda, but my calls were returned promptly. I thought the rehearsal was really disorganized, we didn't have much direction, and we kind of just threw it together. Also nothing was set up for the rehearsal so I was a little stressed I couldn't set anything up myself or see how it would look. My centerpieces were a lot to handle, but I will say Amanda pulled off all the little details, everything was better than I expected the night of the wedding.
The night of the wedding there were a few times we were looking for some direction, like how to handle the cupcake "cake cutting", and we couldn't find anyone. We hired a band, it was getting late, we weren't sure if they needed to make an announcement or when we should have people come up for cupcakes..small stuff but it would have been nice to have someone take control so I didn't have the band, my mom, and guests asking me what they should do, I had no idea! We ended up "feeding each other" our cupcakes after a bridesmaid ran around telling everyone to help themselves..the cupcake stand was half empty by the time we got up there! Also about the band, if you hire one, be sure to let them know they aren't permitted to have any alcoholic beverages from the bar! It's pretty normal for band members to have a beer or two throughout the night at a gig, so they were not pleased when we were all surprised by this policy!! Overall I'd definitely recommend the Ridge Club. It was a phenomenal night, great atmosphere, and overall Amanda was very helpful and on top of things. Everything was beautiful and everyone had such a good time. I'll just say that I can't help but feel the service we received reflected the budget we we were on.