Villa Lombardi's brides

Original post by markdea7699

Apr 14, 2008 10:11 PM

where are all the VL brides out there?

markdea7699 Posted: Apr 19, 2008 01:05 PM

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yayy everyone's coming out the VL closet

SoonToBeMrsSchombs Posted: Apr 19, 2008 10:29 PM

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I'm a Lombardi's on the Sound bride, I think there's only 3 of us on the boards. WAY more of you VL brides.

markdea7699 Posted: Apr 19, 2008 10:31 PM

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it's okay.. same thing VL & Lombardi's on the Sound

markdea7699 Posted: Apr 19, 2008 10:32 PM

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is it just me or does VL & LOTS cakes look crooked? i'm so not over the cake thing

JasonandDana Posted: Apr 19, 2008 10:45 PM

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Your making me nervous....I haven't done cakes yet!

markdea7699 Posted: Apr 19, 2008 11:15 PM

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i havent either.. lol but looking at pictures of them make me nervous.. they dont come out as 'pretty' as they do in their display book

SoonToBeMrsSchombs Posted: Apr 20, 2008 04:59 PM

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I know they used to use rolling pin bakery at Lombardis on the sound , imo is the BEST bakery around. Now they switched to La Bon Bolagierie(sp) that is imo one of the most expensive bakeries around. I havent done the cake thing yet, but I'm not thrilled about it. I think you VL brides still get Rolling Pin, right? Whatever pics you've seen...have faith. I have grown up in port jeff, and as long as I can remember, Rolling Pin is the place to go for cakes! They did the cake for my cousins wedding in october this year and it was wonderful. If I can find a pic, I'll post it.

markdea7699 Posted: Apr 20, 2008 05:35 PM

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thanks for the reassurance.. i so needed that.. yep even for the cake .. i was thinking of getting an upgrade

MIssBridalBliss Posted: Apr 20, 2008 06:57 PM

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Posted by SoonToBeMrsSchombs

I'm a Lombardi's on the Sound bride, I think there's only 3 of us on the boards. WAY more of you VL brides.

I am a LOTS bride. They are strict.

anneandchris Posted: Apr 20, 2008 10:07 PM

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Posted by markdea7699

thanks for the reassurance.. i so needed that.. yep even for the cake .. i was thinking of getting an upgrade

I haven't done cakes yet either but my cousin got married there last year and their cake was nice. nothing elaborate but I know it came out of the book and was really nice and tasted GREAT!!!!!!!!

SoonToBeMrsSchombs Posted: Apr 20, 2008 10:10 PM

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What did they tell you the timeline is for when to go and pick your cake, menu, etc? My wedding is in September, and they told me I dont need to do anything until the end of July? I think I would rather get it all done earlier, rather than later...

markdea7699 Posted: Apr 20, 2008 10:30 PM

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they made my appointment for next month May 8 (exactly 3 months before).. i think they made it 'earlier' cos I was at VL trying to figure out if i wanted color kinetics for our room or not (from an outside vendor).. since i was there they asked me when i wanted to make an appointment.. of course i wanted to ASAP. .next month

MAY24BRIDE Posted: Apr 20, 2008 10:58 PM

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Posted by markdea7699

ahhh i know..they're so strict.. i really want a nice cake too.. i dont like the ones they have.. they look so small who's your banquet manager? mine used to be charles but we went to the country club. i meet up with them next month to choose my menus.. i hope my cake situation works out =/ ive always wanted a big one

bm was cynthia (not a huge fan), but the last time...when we did our menu and things...we met with nicole.

MAY24BRIDE Posted: Apr 20, 2008 11:00 PM

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Posted by tinaval

hi girls - sorry for posting here but my sister just got engaged and i told her to look here but we have heard it can be quite pricey...

do any of you mind either posting of fming me what you are paying pp?

also what day and what time?

thanks!!!!!!!!!

Definitely depends on how many people you guarantee and day/time, and what you want included in the package.

Ours is a Sat afternoon, guarantee of 400 people, and it's like $79.99++....they wanted us to guarantee 700 for a sat evening wedding though, which I thought was a bit ridiculous.

MAY24BRIDE Posted: Apr 20, 2008 11:02 PM

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Posted by anneandchris

Posted by MAY24BRIDE

Posted by 1nicetouch

IM here
how's everyone's experience so far?

It's been alright......I feel like they're very strict on their packages....if you want to change anything, there's an additional cost. And definitely important to have EVERYTHING written in your contract...even if they say you don't have to....make sure they do.

We recently found out that there's an additional charge for the baker to create a cake that's not in their book (their book has all of 5 cakes in it)...even if it is very similar to one they have....and when we first signed, the bm told us it shouldn't be a problem.

We also recently found out that a few alcohol brands we thought would be considered top shelf, actually isn't for them.

But, FH has been to a few weddings there and says it's always great....the food's amazing, so I'm not worried at all.

You are having 700 people and they still aren't working with you? The day I booked it must have been your wedding they were telling me about. Not personal details, but how they had a wedding coming up for 700 people and how they opened the rooms and stuff like that.

Yea, they're not willing to budge on the food things really, possibly because they're known for how good the food is. And every little change costs more $. FH & I went to brunch at lots and had this dessert we absolutely loved....we asked if we could substitute that for something and they wouldn't let us......actually cynthia said no, i think im going to try asking nicole though.

MAY24BRIDE Posted: Apr 20, 2008 11:02 PM

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Posted by futuremrsred

I am a Lombardi's on the Sound Bride.....mind if I join you ladies here?! Just curious...what liquor don't they consider top shelf??

I don't remember off the top of my head, but after we found out, FH asked them to fax him a liquor list...and they did.

MAY24BRIDE Posted: Apr 20, 2008 11:04 PM

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Posted by SoonToBeMrsSchombs

What did they tell you the timeline is for when to go and pick your cake, menu, etc? My wedding is in September, and they told me I dont need to do anything until the end of July? I think I would rather get it all done earlier, rather than later...

We just did our menu and stuff a couple of weeks ago. I sent them a pic of a cake I really like and asked them to find out if it would cost extra and if so, how much (I think it's up to the baker). But they have choices of cake/fillings.....that was a pretty simple process, mainly because you don't get to try it so you kind of have to go with what you think will taste good.