any NJ brides??? i am torn

do you feel a connection with either location? (for example, I grew up in woodbury and it was such an amazing experience to plan my entire wedding in the town that I grew up in...it kind of just worked out that way when we chose the Woodlands but nonetheless, it was so amazing!)

where are you having your ceremony?

where are the vendors you hope to use located?
will your vendors travel?

where are the majority of your guests coming from?

no connection to either really as I am a city girl and one is queen and one in LI..

but all my vendors that i have been looking at are in LI ( i thought i was going to be a LI bride ) and joined this site and have an idea of the vendors i wanted to use..


russo's is closer but seasons is not far either my guests should be able to get to them with no problems..

I am in love with them both

FH and I just went to a wedding at Seasons for this past october!!!

Can I say that their cocktail hour is SICKKKKK!!! I have never seen that much food ever. FH says he will now forever compare all cocktail hours with that one.

I felt that the place was all about abundance. The viennese hour was nuts as well. I know that the bride was very, very happy with her experience there.

I would say pick the place that is most convenient for you and your family/guests to attend...That is if they are truly tied right now.

FH and I live in jersey and already there are some people who are complaining about driving and paying for hotel

ALso, I did make it a lot harder for myself shuttling back and forth during this whole planning process

OMG really!!!! i was goin over the menu yesterday and yes lotsss of food during the CH.. I love the place but I also love russo's

tell me a little more about the wedding? how was the ballroom entrees service etc.. maybe u can make my decision a little easier

I thought the service was really good. They were constantly on top of taking old plates away during cocktail hour, and always asking us if we needed anything to drink during dinner.

The ballroom was nice, FH noticed that it looked like uplighting was built into the ceiling lights? That's good, maybe it will save you some money if uplighting is included?

I don't know if the place is one wedding at a time, if it isn't I definitely didn't notice another party.

I was pretty full by the time the entrees came. To be honest, I don't remember what I ate. It was fish though. i think FH got steak but again, everyone was stuffed!!!

I didn't have much of dessert either but people were going to town. the cotton candy machine and ice cream cart were cute touches.

do you live in jersey?

I am not from NJ but alot of my family is.. are u? have u booked ur place? if so where?


yes the uplighting is in built in but we have to pay a lil extra for it the ballroom is amazing no carpet very modern and the back drop of the water fall I LOVE.. I am soo happy u told me all this I think u made my decision alot easier... they have a smaller ballroom upstairs but from what they told me they dont hold 2 parties at the same time.. and the linens are included in the price ( whatever color) we were contimplating about the VH if er should or not but i think just to have an extra hour of partying i might add it in..

thank u sooo much

I just looked at Season's last weekend. We met with Carl who was nice but my mother thought he was a little pushy. I absolutely loveddddddddddddd the grand ballroom at Season's (with the built in lighting). It was gorgeous!

My friend's friend had her wedding there and my friend raved about it. Cocktail Hour and Viennese Hour are out of this world. FH especially liked the game room next to the bridal suite.

The only thing I wasn't crazy about was that the lobby area is a little on the small side. When you walk in, you're basically in your cocktail room. I also didn't like how the cocktail room is spread across three different rooms.

We're actually having our wedding in NJ at the Estate at Florentine Gardens.

BTW - They do hold two parties at the same time but they don't start at the same time.

i loveddddd the ballroom the most and how modern the whole place looks..

i met with carl as well and was very nice to us.. ( didnt seem pushy)


i didnt get to really see the set-up of the ch since there was a party going on that was finishing, when we go back we will try to during the week when its quiter...

we called the estate but their price was out of our budget and we didnt even bother seeing it.


yes they hold 2 parties but not at the same time was what he told me.

do u mind fm'ing me the price u got at the estate? also did u see any other places in NJ?

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Posted by hildie

i loveddddd the ballroom the most and how modern the whole place looks..

i met with carl as well and was very nice to us.. ( didnt seem pushy)


i didnt get to really see the set-up of the ch since there was a party going on that was finishing, when we go back we will try to during the week when its quiter...

we called the estate but their price was out of our budget and we didnt even bother seeing it.


yes they hold 2 parties but not at the same time was what he told me.

do u mind fm'ing me the price u got at the estate? also did u see any other places in NJ?

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They'll have the two parties start at different times.

Ex.: One party will be going on that started at 5pm and the other party won't start until 7pm.

I'll FM you the quote. We only looked at Florentine and Season's in NJ. I wanted to look at Rockleigh, but FH's friend got married there and he's getting divorced so I decided to cross that one off the list b/c I didn't want him to feel uncomfortable.

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Posted by hildie

i loveddddd the ballroom the most and how modern the whole place looks..

i met with carl as well and was very nice to us.. ( didnt seem pushy)


i didnt get to really see the set-up of the ch since there was a party going on that was finishing, when we go back we will try to during the week when its quiter...

we called the estate but their price was out of our budget and we didnt even bother seeing it.


yes they hold 2 parties but not at the same time was what he told me.

do u mind fm'ing me the price u got at the estate? also did u see any other places in NJ?

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They'll have the two parties start at different times.

Ex.: One party will be going on that started at 5pm and the other party won't start until 7pm.

I'll FM you the quote. We only looked at Florentine and Season's in NJ. I wanted to look at Rockleigh, but FH's friend got married there and he's getting divorced so I decided to cross that one off the list b/c I didn't want him to feel uncomfortable.

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I wanted to see that one as well but they gave me a quote over the phone and it was also out of my budget, besides the guy over the phone there was really nasty lol

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Posted by hildie

yup, thats what I was told we were there for over an hour and a bar mitvah was going on then it finished at 65and they had a weddign that was going to start at 7 so they were really busy when we went we couldnt see much i couldnt see the sports room ur FH loved bc they had guests in there and could'nt see the bridal suite bc the bride was in there as well.

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Definitely go back during a quieter time. It's a huge arcade - FH loved it. lol

omg- really?? we did not see that.. LOL


we have to go back to book so when we do we will try to go on a Monday or something like that

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Posted by hildie

omg- really?? we did not see that.. LOL


we have to go back to book so when we do we will try to go on a Monday or something like that

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It's right next to the bridal suite downstairs.