Yamashiro Hollywood

at first, but the actual experience was stressful due to the in-house event manager, Sydney, who you're required to coordinate with. Communication and actual planning was very limited on her end. Sydney never answered the phone or returned voicemails. The first time we talked to her was at our tasting (which we initiated). When emailing questions almost every time she would half answer one or two and ignore the rest. As another reviewer mentioned, her answers would change day by day when asking her about things like whether we could play music, do speeches, etc... Despite it being in our contract and discussing in detail, there were at least three times when she made it seem like she didn't expect us to do the ceremony at the venue. We were nervously waiting for the other shoe to drop and find out she had double booked us or something. She also tried to casually increase the pricing a couple months before the wedding and backtracked when we referred to our contract. She ended up not even coming on actual wedding day, which honestly made me more relieved than anything. She never neglected to mention how she was busy coordinating other, much larger events than ours. When we arrived at Yamashiro at the time we arranged with Sydney, the doors were locked and we had to wait for the staff to arrive. In addition, there was construction blocking out sections of the venue and Halloween decorations everywhere, something she didn't mention would be there (we worked around them for our photos). We had to spend time fishing pumpkins and plastic body parts out of the bushes of the ceremony garden. The rest of the wedding went pretty smoothly. The restaurant manager, Tyler, was super helpful and the rest of the staff was great. Everyone especially loved the bartender, Jordan. However I would never recommend Yamashiro as a wedding venue to anyone with Sydney coordinating.

t of money we spent on such a small wedding. However, the event coordinator Sydney, was really terrible. She took a long time to respond to emails, didn’t answer most of my questions, and her answers changed depending on the day. The day before the wedding she was texting me, asking me things about the wedding that she should have known the answers to. She was asking me if we planned on having the ceremony there, after we clearly paid extra specifically for it. She was asking me about music, if I planned on bringing my own music… this is the DAY BEFORE THE WEDDING. I had to initiate a food tasting a few weeks before. I specifically asked about vegan options since I’m vegan and so were some of my guests. She brought out food that, we found out later, wasn’t in fact available for the wedding buffet and wasn’t actually vegan! The day of the wedding, she was nowhere to be found during the ceremony/cocktail hour. Our guests and us were standing around waiting for the cocktails and appetizers to be served. There was nothing going on until my sister found the manager and asked him where is the service we paid for. I found out later that Sydney was giving a tour of the restaurant to other potential clients during that time. And, one of the most disappointing things noted that day, was during the reception my guests were trying to tip the bartender and staff, but they saw Sydney taking their tips. I find that absolutely unacceptable, considering we paid an extra fee for Sydney. She shouldn’t be taking tips from the staff serving us. In conclusion, the location is incredible, one of the best in LA, however, a bad event coordinator can really add extra stress to an event that is already extremely stressful. I got incredible photos, but I would warn anyone from having their wedding there as long as Sydney is their event coordinator.

nice and roomy still. Sydney, was so easy to work with. Always nice and fast to answer any questions we had. We are very pleased with the venue and how beautiful it was to hold our big day there.

ibs, and strawberry doughnut tower we had instead of a cake. Our guests loved the beauty and intimacy of the garden courtyard at night. Plus, you can’t beat the view of LA from the front over a cigar at the end of the night!