What made you

Mary08 Posted: Jun 24, 2006 01:34 PM

What made you

Choose your hall, how did you know? To me and my fiance the food is our #1 concern, I have not been to a lot of places and the ones I was at the food didn't necessarily stand out as GREAT. Where have you been that the food was

cherish83 Posted: Jun 24, 2006 01:37 PM

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We wanted a place that had great landscaping, scenery. My mom kept trying to convince me to have it at the local halls here in Queens because they would've been about 40-50 a plate. But they have not outdoor grounds! So when i was looking online, I came across Chateau La Mer. It was everything i wanted.. It is on the water and you can arrive on their yacht and the dock area is so pretty, and in the summer they have palm trees outside.. It was the first and only place we looked at and i couldnt be happier!!!

Mary08 Posted: Jun 24, 2006 01:41 PM

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Wow , they have a yacht you can arrive on, where does it pick you up? Is it used like the bridal suite, that sounds neat.

ahall04 Posted: Jun 24, 2006 01:48 PM

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Posted by Mary08

Choose your hall, how did you know? To me and my fiance the food is our #1 concern, I have not been to a lot of places and the ones I was at the food didn't necessarily stand out as GREAT. Where have you been that the food was

The food at our RH is AWESOME!!! the Metropolitan in Glen Cove. Went for a tasting and it was simply amazing! We also chose our place because it had a homey feel to it. Dark wood, not your average bright location.

ant n tilde Posted: Jun 24, 2006 02:01 PM

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well when FH and I were walking into Jericho Terrace we had big plans to play hard ball, and to act disinterested to get the best deal - well all that went out the window when we walked in - We were practically giddy at how gorgeous the place was (especially decorated for christmas) - if the entrance had that effect on us, i picture it having that effect on my guests which was very important to me -

I haven't tried the food there in years but I have only heard great things about the food

AND every single person we came in contact with was smiling and they were very friendly and EXTREMELY helpful

ALSO - since I am having a winter wedding they have GREAT indoor places to take pictures

cnj Posted: Jun 24, 2006 02:15 PM

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We also choseThe Metopolitan because of their reputation for quality food. Food & one wedding at at time were our 2 criteria.

BRod-Cheng Posted: Jun 24, 2006 02:17 PM

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We are getting married at the reception hall so, apart from the regular concerns, we really wanted a beautiful outdoor setting.

North Ritz just had everything we were looking for. The outdoor setting is beautiful, as are the ballroom and the cocktail hour room, andthe banquet manager that we met with was great.

Finally, once we saw all the great reviews posted in this website we were sold.

We went to a tasting back in April and I finally got the see for myself how great the food is.

mbm750 Posted: Jun 24, 2006 02:25 PM

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We picked the Milleridge Cottage for two reasons - food and the atrium where the cocktail hour is held. The food there was amazing! I am still hearing about it.

AMGBride2008 Posted: Jun 24, 2006 02:49 PM

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I haven't booked my hall yet but there are a few things I know I want going in. I want it on the water for sure... I want to be the only bride there that day, in other words, no other weddings or functions going on at the time of my wedding, and this sounds silly, but I want the room to have a lot of windows overlooking the scenery.

RadioLau Posted: Jun 24, 2006 03:28 PM

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We wanted a place that had good food, one wedding at a time, the possibility of an indoor/outdoor cocktail hour weather permitting, on the water, and not too expensive. High hopes right?! Well we found all that in the Harbor Club.

moonlithaze Posted: Jun 24, 2006 04:24 PM

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We chose our hall because we heard a lot of good things about the service, food, etc. They were also very affordable which was a big plus because my FH and I are on a tight budget.

citycrab705 Posted: Jun 24, 2006 04:39 PM

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i chose the jericho terrace for a few reasons, i had already been to about 5 halls and when i walked in i got a really good feeling, as previously stated by someone else the people were very friendly and i thought it was beautiful and elegant, also i have never been to a party there so the food concerned me,
remember this was the first time we were there and they brought us a tray of antipasta and dish of pasta, they were both delicious, that clinched the deal for us, although we didn't tell them that.

Maybride519 Posted: Jun 24, 2006 04:42 PM

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Dh was my date to my HS prom and my prom was at Jericho Terrace. I always had it in the back of my mind so when we got engaged, we looked at few other halls and left JT for last. We knew the food was good and just loved it, so we booked it right on the spot.

debbiedee77 Posted: Jun 24, 2006 04:57 PM

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I definitely wanted a reception hall on the water and my husband and I attended a wedding at the Riviera and fell in love. We loved the whole atmosphere, it's very cozy and the bridal room is awesome. Only 1 wedding at a time, which was very important to me. We really liked the long, mohagony bar and the fact that we could have an outside cocktail hour. Also, it's in a residential area, not off a main road, which I also liked. Oh and the food and people who work there are great too!

MrsR72806 Posted: Jun 24, 2006 05:22 PM

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Food was our biggest concern...then we wanted a place that was just beautiful and of course affordable. The CB has amazing food...the inside is reminisant of the old ocean liners, very 40's....and we got hooked up with the price(b/c my friend used to work there)
I highly recommend them!

diamondgrlie Posted: Jun 24, 2006 05:41 PM

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We wanted a hall with great food and grounds so we could take pictures at the hall. It turns out WCC had that and more that we loved... especially the price pp.

elisabeth71506 Posted: Jun 24, 2006 06:11 PM

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Go to the Harbor CLub - the food is outrageous and there is SO MUCH of it also. My sister was married there and when I got engaged I didnt look at any other hall

Its also got beautiful scenery on the Huntington Harbor

Love it!

M&LSept1606 Posted: Jun 24, 2006 06:28 PM

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ability to have an outside ceremony (beautiful grounds)

and food. and what has been wonderful is the staff at the Vineyards. I love them all.

AlmostMrsKelly Posted: Jun 24, 2006 07:31 PM

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VC was the last place we looked at and i knew it was the 'one' instantly. FH just saw my face and was like 'okay, this is it'. the grounds and the cocktail hour room are AMAZING. and the staff is so sweet and helpful and accomodating. some other places i felt the people were snobby. i took my mom back a few days later (since my parents are paying) and i was practically skipping through the place to show her. they were like 'i guess we don't have to sell this place to her!' lol since we have booked, i haven't heard a bad thing about it... we went for our tasting and were very happy.
i hear the thatched cottage is supposed to have great food.