NRC Guest Review
I went to a Saturday night wedding at the NRC a couple of weekends ago. Here's my guest review! ![]()
Ceremony had to be done indoors bc the weather stunk! This was a shame bc I heard the grounds are very pretty, but we never got to see them. To be honest, the chapel room they have at the NRC to do indoor ceremonies was not great. It was downstairs, had no windows, low ceilings, and was sooo hot!! It felt like we were in the basement or something. Also, the way the room is set up, the aisle is SO thin, that it seemed the bride could barely get down the aisle with her dad!
CH - I really liked the cocktail hour room. It was very pretty, quite spacious, and there was enough seating for pretty much everyone. (the wedding size was about 150 - 160 people). There was also an outdoor patio for people to go on which I loved. They had a great selection of food! So many different things to choose from I felt so ovewhelmed!!![]()
My favorites were the fried calamari (i had about 3 plates of this alone!) and the spinach pie!! Yum!! FH really liked the penne alla vodka...he couldn't stop eating it!! The only thing about the CH that I didn't love, was that the plates were sooo small. They were the smallest plates I've ever seen at a CH. You could only try one or two things at a time bc they were so small! You either had to keep going back up every few minutes, or try to carry a couple of plates at a time.
Reception - The reception room here is very nice! I love that the bride and groom's table is elevated!! Nice size dance floor is a plus too! As far as the food goes, I didn't touch the salad (bc I was dancing!) so I can't comment on that. For dinner, both FH and I had the talapia and it was delicious!! The dessert was wedding cake and a plate of cookies on the table...both which were good.
The service was pretty good too. The only thing I thought was weird is that the waiters did not bring us drinks to the table....so we constantly had to go up to the bar. Secondly - and this may be something to think about for girls who aren't planning on doing menus - the waiters came around and read us the meal choices...however, they did not know how they were prepared or have a description of them. For instance, FH loves chicken and asked what the 'chicken medieraneo' was....and the waiter was like 'hmmm... I dunno'. So FH just decided to get the talapia...which was fine bc it ended up being great....but it's something to think about.
Finally, the last thing is that I wasn't crazy about the bathrooms being downstairs. It was fine for me....but there were quite a few elderly guests at the wedding that I imagine might have a tough time getting downstairs. If there was an elevator to get downstairs....I didn't see it.
All in all, I think this was a great wedding. The NRC is a beautiful place and really has great food!![]()
ETA - Feel free to FM me if you have any specific questions!!
Ceremony had to be done indoors bc the weather stunk! This was a shame bc I heard the grounds are very pretty, but we never got to see them. To be honest, the chapel room they have at the NRC to do indoor ceremonies was not great. It was downstairs, had no windows, low ceilings, and was sooo hot!! It felt like we were in the basement or something. Also, the way the room is set up, the aisle is SO thin, that it seemed the bride could barely get down the aisle with her dad!
CH - I really liked the cocktail hour room. It was very pretty, quite spacious, and there was enough seating for pretty much everyone. (the wedding size was about 150 - 160 people). There was also an outdoor patio for people to go on which I loved. They had a great selection of food! So many different things to choose from I felt so ovewhelmed!!
Reception - The reception room here is very nice! I love that the bride and groom's table is elevated!! Nice size dance floor is a plus too! As far as the food goes, I didn't touch the salad (bc I was dancing!) so I can't comment on that. For dinner, both FH and I had the talapia and it was delicious!! The dessert was wedding cake and a plate of cookies on the table...both which were good.
The service was pretty good too. The only thing I thought was weird is that the waiters did not bring us drinks to the table....so we constantly had to go up to the bar. Secondly - and this may be something to think about for girls who aren't planning on doing menus - the waiters came around and read us the meal choices...however, they did not know how they were prepared or have a description of them. For instance, FH loves chicken and asked what the 'chicken medieraneo' was....and the waiter was like 'hmmm... I dunno'. So FH just decided to get the talapia...which was fine bc it ended up being great....but it's something to think about.
Finally, the last thing is that I wasn't crazy about the bathrooms being downstairs. It was fine for me....but there were quite a few elderly guests at the wedding that I imagine might have a tough time getting downstairs. If there was an elevator to get downstairs....I didn't see it.
All in all, I think this was a great wedding. The NRC is a beautiful place and really has great food!
ETA - Feel free to FM me if you have any specific questions!!
