Leonard's of Great Neck 09er's Question & Answer thread
Original post by MrsGRod09
Welcome to the Leonard's thread hopefully we can help each other out with anything that may puzzle us regarding our beautiful RH .
Any Leonard's brides out there? Let me know so i can add your name and dates.
January
February
March
April
May Aliaxtra-5/3/2009 makeez21-5/29/2009
June JamieAnt06202009-6/20/09 Emily0423 - 6/28/09
July Littlepixie12-7/3/09 Caramelatta-7/25/09 Meli722-7/26/09
August lady_movements- 8/15/09 Alisha2010- 8/22/09 Soon to be Mrs B- 8/30/2009
September
October GRod2Be-10/10/09
November SoulMates4Ever-11/6/09 cbakos85-11/7/09 kmiller-11/20/09
December
MrsGRod09
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Posted by Soon to be Mrs B
Hi Ladies I am not new to this site but this is my first post. I am a leonards bride August 30, 2009 and I met with Ian yesterday. I must say I went in expecting the worse but he is actually a really cool guy. We went over our room where ceremony will be held and reception, not sure which room I will be getting for cocktail hour (reception is in continental). He showed us the cakes, the two free ones look a little old school so we opted for an upgrade. The upgrades run from about 250 to aprox. 400 if im not mistaken. I took some pictures of the cakes which I will attempt to attach. He offered VH which he says is usually 14 but will give it to us for 8 pp. He also offered at cocktail hour to pass around strawberry daquiri and pina colada for an extra hundred dollars. Table and chair covers will be ivory, If you want to change bow colors it's an extra 2.50 per chair. Napkin colors can be changed for free. I hope this helps.
Thank you so very much for all the great info . My reception is also in the Continental room..love that room!!
Soon to be Mrs B
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You're welcome. I love that room to, I was originally in the empire but when I saw the continental I had to make that switch. Sorry could not post pics of the cakes, the file is too big to attach. Does anyone know how I could bypass that?
littlepixie12
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Posted by EmiNoa628
Progams & Menus????
Ladies .. I didn't upgrade the menu..
I want to start on my menus and program printing soon..
Any suggestions on how the menus should look or say?
I can send you our menu if you want to see how I did it....
I made fan programs too ..
littlepixie12
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Posted by tiff940
I got married in March of 08 at Leonards. The 18% is actually a service charge and does not go to the wait staff. They recommend you tip the wait staff separately. I didn't...there was no way I was going to come off even more money than I already did. I only tipped the BM that's it. As far as the extras...I would pay extra for the premium bar and cake...thats it. They threw in alot of the 'extras' they claim they charge for..Including the seafood station and the chocolate fountain. Remember these reception halls have no set rules..Its all about negoiation. Talk them down until they are sick of talking. I paid for the premium bar because my family and us are big drinkers (we aren't alcoholics so that sounds bad) but what I mean is that we know the difference between the cheap stuff and good stuff and it was important to us that everyone drank and had a good time. Secondly, the cakes that they include are horrible. Unless you want the cake with the fountain in the middle and the bridesmaids going up the stairs from 1985 I would suggest upgrading. We ended up paying for a basic fondant upgrade. It wasn't fancy but it was fondant and it was good enough..$1 extra per person. You can see my review for pics and FM me with any questions you may have.
I actually read your review and it was great! Thank you so much .. I also upgraded to the premium bar and we added passed frozen drinks like pina colada at the CH. We upgraded our cakes (they added new ones since 08 lol) but you know wedding cake never really tastes that good so we also got the VH. Other than that we added the shrimp entree. Hopefully everything will be good!
littlepixie12
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Posted by Soon to be Mrs B
Hi Ladies I am not new to this site but this is my first post. I am a leonards bride August 30, 2009 and I met with Ian yesterday. I must say I went in expecting the worse but he is actually a really cool guy. We went over our room where ceremony will be held and reception, not sure which room I will be getting for cocktail hour (reception is in continental). He showed us the cakes, the two free ones look a little old school so we opted for an upgrade. The upgrades run from about 250 to aprox. 400 if im not mistaken. I took some pictures of the cakes which I will attempt to attach. He offered VH which he says is usually 14 but will give it to us for 8 pp. He also offered at cocktail hour to pass around strawberry daquiri and pina colada for an extra hundred dollars. Table and chair covers will be ivory, If you want to change bow colors it's an extra 2.50 per chair. Napkin colors can be changed for free. I hope this helps.
Thank you so very much for all the great info . My reception is also in the Continental room..love that room!!
I am in the Continental room too!!
littlepixie12
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Posted by Soon to be Mrs B
You're welcome. I love that room to, I was originally in the empire but when I saw the continental I had to make that switch. Sorry could not post pics of the cakes, the file is too big to attach. Does anyone know how I could bypass that?
You can use the resizer button at the top of the page, next to FM button
Soon to be Mrs B
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Posted by Soon to be Mrs B
You're welcome. I love that room to, I was originally in the empire but when I saw the continental I had to make that switch. Sorry could not post pics of the cakes, the file is too big to attach. Does anyone know how I could bypass that?
You can use the resizer button at the top of the page, next to FM button
Thanks!
Soon to be Mrs B
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These are the Pictures of some of the cakes. I think there were about 3 or 4 more that I did not get. My cake is the first one. I hope this works
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Posted by Soon to be Mrs B
More cakes!
The top one is my cake!!! I love it!!!! We are getting little edible pearls separating the layers. How did you get all of the pictures?
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Posted by Soon to be Mrs B
More cakes!
The top one is my cake!!! I love it!!!! We are getting little edible pearls separating the layers. How did you get all of the pictures?
I asked Ian if I could take pictures of the cakes and he said go ahead.
MrsGRod09
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Love those cakes!! How much extra are they?
JamieAnt06202009
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I think our cake was around $425 extra.
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Posted by GRod2Be
Love those cakes!! How much extra are they?
Mine was 325 extra. They start at about 250 and up for the upgrade.
MrsGRod09
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Thanks ladies!!
littlepixie12
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Posted by Soon to be Mrs B
These are the Pictures of some of the cakes. I think there were about 3 or 4 more that I did not get but they were not worth it. My cake is the first one. I hope this works
The one I upgraded too looks like #3 but its round and not square!
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Posted by Soon to be Mrs B
These are the Pictures of some of the cakes. I think there were about 3 or 4 more that I did not get. My cake is the first one. I hope this works
The one I upgraded too looks like #3 but its round and not square!
what filling did you get?
littlepixie12
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Posted by littlepixie12
Posted by Soon to be Mrs B
These are the Pictures of some of the cakes. I think there were about 3 or 4 more that I did not get. My cake is the first one. I hope this works
The one I upgraded too looks like #3 but its round and not square!
what filling did you get?
I got the canoli filling and I guess the cake will be like white cake
EmiNoa628
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LADIES!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was just talking to Maria at Leonards and she forward me to the reception so that she can take a msg for Ian...
When the reception picks up the line (she thought I was Maria!!!) she said ' THESE ******* PEOPLE ARE GETTING ON MY NERVES!!!'...
I was like 'Hello!! I'm Emily and my event is june 28th!! Great Customer Service!!!' ...
She was so shocked!! She didnt know what to say!!
In reality its not funny!! That is wrong .. She shouldnt say that of people who call!! When Ian calls me back I'm going to let him know.. Thats wrong!!
