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nycbridetobe Posted: Oct 14, 2012 01:27 PM+
nycbridetobe MEMBER SINCE: 12/11 TOTAL POSTS : 11 WEDDING DATE: Sep 03, 2012
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Updated: with pictures..Wedding Review-09.03.23 Westbury Manor, After Hours, Patken, etc.. Great vendors... horrible vendors

Hi Girls..

(This review has no pics.. how do I add pics into the reviews??..)

Here is my wedding review from 09.03.2012.. Here is the great , the good and the down right ugly..

How we met A+++++++.. My dear husband and I met on the not so wonderful A train.. we should thank the crazy woman who sat next to us during our ride home because thanks to her we started talking after she got off ... and four years later we got married :).... so thank you to the crazy woman and the always unreliable MTA :)

engagement ring...












Now on to the wedding...




Dress: Grade A....RK BRIDAL.. Great selection and amazing price!... however, the seamstress there barely spoke English so it was hard to communicate and they were always running late.. but overall can't complain...






The dress looked much better in person :)



Bridesmaid's dresses.. ignore my weird expression :)







Exclusively Weddings: A+++++++..I got my wedding invitations and favors from here.. Everything was delivered promptly and as described. My wedding invitations only cost me $150 bucks!!! and everyone loved them... For favors, I ordered little jars from exclusively weddings and I bought M&Ms (silver and blue). Note to future brides.. the M&M idea was cute and everyone loved them but I didn't realize how expensive M&Ms are!! so beware .. but I would still do it again :)



Westbury Manor: A+++++++++++.... I got tired of writing pluses otherwise I would have continued... Everybody was great and every one of my guests absolutely loved Westbury. Sadly I didn't get to eat because I was too nervous..but everyone told me the food was absolutely amazing and it was the most organized wedding they have ever been to! Everything ran smoothly and everything was exactly as I wanted... I had a combination of Polish food (for my side of the family) and Puerto Rican food (for my husbands) .. and not a single person complained... perfect :)









wedding toast...






Camelot Limo.. A+++++++++...Great Limo service... Everything was wonderful about Camelot.. the staff was extremely friendly and nice and the Limo was nice and clean.. we changed our limo several times as we kept on adding or subtracting people and Camelot was extremely accommodating! I would definitely recommend it to all the future brides out there!

Limo person (sorry forgot the name) helping me not fall hehe..



After Hours: A+++++++++.. We had Brett without an MC... and it was amazing!.. People were dancing from the start and the floor was always full. We had American music, Polish and Puerto Rican so it was a nice mix.. Brett played all the right music and people were having an amazing time the whole night.. I had people ask me after the wedding where we found our DJ because he did such an awesome job with the music.We also had gotten lights for the room and they came out absolutely amazing!!!! The whole room had a beautiful blue glow around it and it looked better than I originally imagined it!!!! Definitely recommend them to any bride!! also, they are really really fast with replying to your emails!!!:)

Patken Photography ( For now A++++ ) We didn't get our photos or video back yet but on the day of the wedding both the photographer and videographer were extremely nice and funny. Both were extremely professional and helpful. They were on time and didn't leave till the party was over. I also requested extra photos in some of the places throughout Westbury Manor and I got them all so I was very happy! Also, while booking with Patken, everyone was super nice and friendly which was a big plus!!

Make up: A+++++ Oksana did my make up and it came out wonderful.. I don't like a lot of make up and she did a great job. It was not too much and very pretty and she is super nice! Definitely recommend her!!



Now on to the UGLY!!!

Francesco's Bakery..F...Wedding disappointment #1.... Completely unreliable and rude... My wedding cake was wrong flavor and missing parts I paid extra for.. When called to speak to manager, I was told to speak to person I booked the cake with.. ( So what is the manager's job???..if the the person I booked with messed up.. why would I WANT to speak to them??).. They kept on telling me my cake was what I ordered even tough I had pictures clearly showing that the $75 dragees I paid for were no where to be found on the cake.. perhaps they walked away before the reception??? ( Funny part.. I watched my friends video of mY first bite of the cake.. and you could see my upset face and whispering to my husband this is NOT RED VELVET.. it was chocolate..) Francesco's comment on this..'we make our red velvet cake dark'..

(I asked Westbury to assist me as I was getting nowhere with this bakery and they were great with helping me get my money back!! Gooooo Wetsbury!!!) Definitely would never ever recommend this place.. stay far far far away!!!

Below is the cake.. some neon blue color I didn't ask for :(.. and those flowers were suppose to be dark blue orchids ... soo sad




Flowers by Brian. Before the wedding A.. after the wedding D.... Let's start with my wedding disappointment number#2... I originally wanted to only spend $1000 dollars for the flowers, but then i saw wedding flowers in these large vases with blue lights inside and I immediately fell in love with the idea. I booked my flowers and I have emphasized over and over again that I wanted the huge vases so they have blue lights in them so my tables and the room can have a nice blue glow to it. (Half the tables had huge vases with flowers, the other half candle with orchids) I went to see my sample centerpieces before the wedding and just like I wanted, the vases had a beautiful blue lights in them which made the centerpieces looked absolutely gorgeous. I also clearly told Flowers by Brian that the larges vases were to go on the parents tables, ( I even drew them the layout and showed them where each table is and where to put them). So what happens on the wedding day.... They put the candle centerpieces on the parents tables and the huge vases on my other guests tables.. and on top of it ... all the vases were completely clear!!!!!! They forgot to put the blue lights in all the vases!!!!! I was completely heartbroken as the vases just look plain empty and the whole look of the room was different.. so after emailing flowers by brain for a MONTH this is their response ..'Please accept a refund in the amount of $40.00. There will be no further actions for the wrongful doings by flowers by Brian on your wedding day' and how they are sorry, of course! I paid almost $2000 dollars ! and they are nice enough to refund me $40 dollars... STAY AWAY!!!!!!



Below is the picture of the sample flowers with the nice blue glow... the room would have looked so beautiful with all of these vases around :(





Instead it looked liked this :(




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futurearias Posted: Oct 14, 2012 08:12 PM+
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Wedding Review-09.03.23 Westbury Manor, After Hours, Patken, etc..

congrats & sorry to hear about the flowers :(
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vanillataco Posted: Oct 14, 2012 09:14 PM+
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Re: Wedding Review-09.03.23 Westbury Manor, After Hours, Patken, etc..

Thanks for the review and congrats! I was thinking about Flowers by Brian, but not anymore. How rude of them!
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kdkaboom38 Posted: Oct 17, 2012 09:22 PM+
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loved your blue color
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Nichelmus Posted: Oct 17, 2012 11:37 PM+
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Re: Updated: with pictures..Wedding Review-09.03.23 Westbury Manor, After Hours, Patken, etc.. Great vendors... horrible vendors

Congratulations and thank you for the review! Sorry to hear about your disappointments. Is Franciscos the only baker for Westbury Manor?
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Pretty_In_Pink Posted: Oct 18, 2012 01:39 PM+
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Yea another WM garden room bride!! I'm sorry for the hiccups OMG !! But I am happy WM was great for you.
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ChristineNorah Posted: Oct 18, 2012 02:02 PM+
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Congratulations!! It looks like you had a beautiful day sorry about your vendors who missed the mark.
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Rivera2be Posted: Oct 18, 2012 02:30 PM+
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Congrats! Everything looked beautiful!

I had the same issue with Francesco's! We drove all the way from Brooklyn on a rainy day for a tasting and picked vanilla cake with this great hazelnut filling they had. Day of it was vanilla w/ vanilla filling. Never would have picked this combo!
Glad you were able to get a refund for the extras you had paid for.
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Karin Posted: Oct 18, 2012 08:24 PM+
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Beautiful wedding and I think your flowers were beautiful but NOT whr you wanted. The way it was handled was awful. Flowers by Brian is off our list for sure.
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newlyengaged75 Posted: Oct 21, 2012 12:55 AM+
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congrats on your special day so sorry bout your cake and flowers i know the centerepieces were not what you wanted exactly but they were still beautiful.
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katnwill Posted: Oct 23, 2012 09:27 AM+
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Congratulations!!! Your flowers were beautiful eventhough it was not what you wanted. Sorry about your cake. I love your e-ring it looks similar to mine.
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newlyengaged75 Posted: Nov 10, 2012 06:07 PM+
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congrats looks like you had a wonderful day despite the cake incident!
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