If I see 1 more RH, I am going to scream! Please help!

Original post by LoveyDovey

Mar 23, 2010 07:27 PM

ugghhhhh

as some of you may know...FH & I have had a verrryyyy hard time finding an RH...we've prob seen at least 15

the hall is either not our taste or too expensive!

what do we do??? do we settle for something not our taste to save some $ or splurge and get the hall of our dreams?? p.s. we haven't found the hall of our dreams yet!

Here's what we saw so far

Woodbury CC
Smithtown Landing
Timberpoint CC
Bellport CC
Woodlands
Chateau La Mer
Riviera
Land's End
Bourne Mansion
Vanderbilt Mansion
Three Village Inn
Royalton Mansion
Carlyle on the Green
North Ritz Club
Hamlet Willow Creek
Hamlet Wind Watch
Giorgio's
Rafael Vineyards

Top 2 places are
Royalton
Carlyle on the Green

but they are a lot of money

Giorgio's was nice...but not a fan of the carpet, love the outdoor area tho- we felt like Caryle was the perfect mix of the royalton and giorgios- simple and elegant ballroom of the royalton with the beautiful outdoor space of giorgios

the runner up would be North Ritz Club which is beautiful but after seeing royalton and carlyle, it feels like i'd be settling

going to prob disappoint myself and see Inn at NHP this weekend- but scared about their 175 minimum

here's our must have list...maybe you girls can help with other suggestions...

MUST BE ONE WEDDING AT A TIME- nooooo compromising on that

preferably, NO carpet!

pretty chandeliers but not gawdy

simple and elegant- no marble or crazy colors

MUST have nice grounds, outdoor ceremony and outdoor CH option

MikesBride2B Posted: Mar 26, 2010 11:30 PM

Re: If I see 1 more RH, I am going to scream! Please help!

If your FH wants a dance floor in the middle of the room, then Old Field Club is out...however if he can get over that it really matches everything you are looking for, and its absolutely gorgeous.

Indoor ceremony option is in the main ballroom in front of a wall of french doors overlooking the water...they push all the tables onto the dance floor and put up dividers, you cant even see them...the first time I was there it was pouring and they were all set up for an indoor ceremony...even then it was beautiful.

LBride Posted: Mar 28, 2010 10:24 AM

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I got married at the Royalton and my brother got married at the Carlyle... you can't go wrong with either of these places! well worth the expense!

ABC1111 Posted: Mar 30, 2010 12:21 AM

Re: If I see 1 more RH, I am going to scream! Please help!

I felt the same way a few weeks ago!!

There seemed to be something off about every hall.

I ended up choosing Sand Castle.

They have one wedding at a time. Although the style of the ballroom isn't my favorite, the rest of the place makes up for it. It is gorgeous and spacious.

And the food menu looks amazing.

Good luck!

Lovebug2016 Posted: Mar 30, 2010 12:32 AM

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Posted by dCa51899

what if you change the time of year you want to get married to a more off-peak time? The halls you love might be more affordable then and you can get exactly what you want.....only thing is I know you mentioned about wanting the outdoor ch & ceremony...

the same thing happened to us - we fell in love with the woodlands and it was out of our budget for the months we wanted (sept/oct) so we moved it back a few months and we got the hall we loved! I wanted to take beautiful outdoor pix in gardens and have the nice outdoor CH too, but I figured that we could get married in sept (our ideal month) and it could rain and all of that goes away, so then the outdoor space started to lose some of its importance on our list of what we were looking for in our hall

soooo true!! we are having our reception at chateau la mer this saturday and the price just about doubled when i had originally asked about having the reception in may or june! This is definitely something to look into

MrsDR2010 Posted: Mar 30, 2010 12:58 AM

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Posted by MrandMrsP

Sandcastle or Floral Terrace

I know they are all marble and 1 wedding at a time

THE LAMB THERE IS CRAZY GOOD

ITA

krimmer1022 Posted: Mar 30, 2010 07:30 AM

Re: If I see 1 more RH, I am going to scream! Please help!

We are getting married at the Thatched Cottage in Oct. Everyone seems really nice... its one wedding... on a cute little inlet... and we had our tasting and the food was great! You should check it out!