Gypsy
Super_Ideal_Rock
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Please help me be reasonable. Be as HONEST as you want. If I need a kick in the pants (holly, surfgirl, deco, T-gal... etc.) please deliver me one.
Bullet points of issue:
* Went to tasting for venue. 1/2 food was good. 1/2 sucked.
* Worried because half that sucked was NOT complicated or predicable stuff.
*Contacted catering manager with concerns. She thanked me for expressing them. That was about it.
*Contacted Director of catering wtih concern. Was defensive, didn''t apologize or even VALIDATE my concerns, jut offerecd excuses. I asked very clearly for another tasting, this time of the EXACT dishes I will be serving. I offered to pay for it.
*Also... found out the the Director of catering-- is the head chef''s wife. So, great. I complained about his lousy cooking to his wife who told him RIGHT AWAY I was complaining.
SO... here''s the thing. I''m 4.5 months out to my wedding. My photographer, baker, makeup artist, invitation maker, florist are all engaged (although nothing, including my invites has been set into stone, beyond my deposits).
I love the look of my ceremony site and the cocktail hour site. My cake will be fabulous, and so will the flowers and decor.
I am SO worried about the food I just started looking at other venues for the same date. It won''t be a big deal for any of my other vendors AS LONG AS THE DATE and TIME aren''t changed.
But a) its such a pain and it''s stressful. And many won''t do pre-booking tastings. And I''ve got to get this done so that I can print out the invites.
B) I''ll lose my deposit and even if I find a place that costs about the same, it''s going to put my over budget... and I really can''t do that without a ton of stress.
Is is worth it?
Should I try and do the switch?
Or should I just try to work as best as I can with my current venue (which would mean asking John to step in as I am the ''enforcer'' and he''s ''public relations'')
What would you do?
I have a few venue options, but they are all ones I didn''t book for one reason or another. HOWEVER, I can honestly say that if I''d known the food was going to this bad, I would have looked at the other ones harder.
Bullet points of issue:
* Went to tasting for venue. 1/2 food was good. 1/2 sucked.
* Worried because half that sucked was NOT complicated or predicable stuff.
*Contacted catering manager with concerns. She thanked me for expressing them. That was about it.
*Contacted Director of catering wtih concern. Was defensive, didn''t apologize or even VALIDATE my concerns, jut offerecd excuses. I asked very clearly for another tasting, this time of the EXACT dishes I will be serving. I offered to pay for it.
*Also... found out the the Director of catering-- is the head chef''s wife. So, great. I complained about his lousy cooking to his wife who told him RIGHT AWAY I was complaining.
SO... here''s the thing. I''m 4.5 months out to my wedding. My photographer, baker, makeup artist, invitation maker, florist are all engaged (although nothing, including my invites has been set into stone, beyond my deposits).
I love the look of my ceremony site and the cocktail hour site. My cake will be fabulous, and so will the flowers and decor.
I am SO worried about the food I just started looking at other venues for the same date. It won''t be a big deal for any of my other vendors AS LONG AS THE DATE and TIME aren''t changed.
But a) its such a pain and it''s stressful. And many won''t do pre-booking tastings. And I''ve got to get this done so that I can print out the invites.
B) I''ll lose my deposit and even if I find a place that costs about the same, it''s going to put my over budget... and I really can''t do that without a ton of stress.
Is is worth it?
Should I try and do the switch?
Or should I just try to work as best as I can with my current venue (which would mean asking John to step in as I am the ''enforcer'' and he''s ''public relations'')
What would you do?
I have a few venue options, but they are all ones I didn''t book for one reason or another. HOWEVER, I can honestly say that if I''d known the food was going to this bad, I would have looked at the other ones harder.