Any info on Oheka Castle?

Has anyone had their wedding at Oheka Castle? Does anyone know what the price tag is? Is the food any good? Please let me know... thanx!

(P.S. this is my first post on liweddings... i have been trying to login forever. I have been reading everyone else's posts --- thanx for all the info -- u guys are great)

the food is very good there -

the site fee for a saturday is around $10,000
a little less for friday or sunday

only one wedding per day

the price per person is about $250-400 mattering what you add on

georeous gardens -

BethSiar and am470 both had their weddings there and everything looked amazing in the photos. Here are links to their wedding reviews:

am470 review

bethsiar review

am470 had her wedding in september and wrote a wonderful revue

there are also one by bethsair

just do a search for their name and ohka review

I heard it is amazing, but extremely expensive!!!!!

Good luck and welcome!

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Posted by Goldi1021

Joey from N Sync got married there. Not that I like N Sync. OK OK. Maybe a couple of songs.

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You are too funny.

I'm actually getting married there in May of 06! I just fell in love with it and everything that they had to offer....from the food/desserts (OMG!) to the grounds and all of the rooms! Plus the people who work there are sooooooo extremely nice and helpful! Any questions feel free to ask.....

Oh yes and I almost forgot they let me look at Joey's wedding albumn!! LOL!! They had a gigantic and I mean gigantic picture/banner/poster thing of his bride hanging from the ceiling of the front staircase! It was the first thing everyone saw when they first walked in! It scared me a little.....

Thanx for replying to my post. I am going to see Oheka Castle this weekend for the official tour. I just wanted to ask you if there was a minimum guest list and if they were negotiable at all on the price (you dont have to tell me what you got it for, just if they wavered at all from what they asked).
By the way, you are so lucky for booking the castle! Maybe if i cant' have it for my wedding... you will invite me to yours? !!

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Posted by Goldi1021

Joey from N Sync got married there. Not that I like N Sync. OK OK. Maybe a couple of songs.

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Didn't Rudy Gulianni get married there too?

They are expensive, but once we booked/signed the contract they worked with us and came down in the pp. price, which I think has a lot to do with how many people you guarantee them.....we gauranteed 200. They also came down with the initial guest room price as well......by quite a significant amount which I was really excited about because now the guest rooms are reasonable and more people will definitely stay as opposed to the first price they gave us, which I nearly choked on! I hope that you meeting with Rick....thats who I am working with and he is sooooo nice and helpful and will work with you as much as he can with the pricing! He did tell us that it is harder for them to come down so much in pricing because of the whole contest thing that the NY Lottery was/is having.....Good Luck and let me know how it goes!

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Posted by LaurenluvsTJ

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Posted by Goldi1021

Joey from N Sync got married there. Not that I like N Sync. OK OK. Maybe a couple of songs.

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Didn't Rudy Gulianni get married there too?

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No, he got married at Gracie Mansion.

sweetnessconfused also had her wedding there.

http://www.liweddings.com/chat/topic.aspx?ID=183197

So wait, there is a $10,000 site fee PLUS a $240 per person charge?

Holy Crappola!!!!
That's $35,000 for just the reception for a guestlist of 150 people. Yikes!

I am getting married at Oheka on August 5th, 2005
a little less than 6 months.
I have most of my planning done if you have any questions
:o)

Ohhh Yay! I am so excited....now we can ask each other questions! We are in the process of doing or band and florist search....its hard because everyone is so nice and I feel bad saying NO! I am sure I will have tons of questions and if you have any for me I am here too.....

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Posted by jill13bean

hmm..

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From my notes.

Oheka site fee for 2004 was $10K for Saturday (all day)
Sunday $9K
Friday $8K
M - Thurs $5500

The per person is $165 M - Thur Nov - Mar 05

$190 Mon - Thur April - Oct (04/05)

Fri $200 ($190 off season)

Sun $230 ($210 off season)

Sat $290 ($260 off season)

Minimum 125 Fri, 150 Sun & 200 for Sat

20% service & tax

Plus the $500 approval fee for outside vendors (vendors pay for this if they want to become an Oheka recommended vendor)

Valet $95 each (this can be included but is listed as a separate fee on the price sheet)

There are tons of menu upgrades too. A seafood station is part of the regular menu.

Overtime is $2K w/o bar (per hour) & $3500 with bar.

Chaplins (the on site Pub) $20pp & $300 for 1 bartender & 1 manager. This is per hour.