My June 12th Villa Lombardi's review
I should definitely be sleeping by now, but will start my review and add to it when I wake up later. ![]()
GOWNS AND BM DRESSES
Angel Bridal in East Islip: B-
I was hoping to recommend them highly because I really like the shop owners, but there were several problems. First, ALL of our dresses were late. My gown was about 3 weeks late and the BM's dresses came in about 10 days before the wedding and that's only because I bugged them to death to make some phone calls. Then all of the girls' dresses were way too big. Finally, we got overcharged on one girl's alterations (they double-charged us for the extra material she needed) and I still have to go back to get a refund on it. Seamstress was very good and the ladies in the shop are very nice, but it got very stressful in the end!
PHOTOG & VIDEOG
Duet
(REVISED RATING!: D)
Revising this on 2/8/05:
It's been 8 months and I have no albums and no DVD.
On the positive side, the guys were great-- they stayed with us for 13 HOURS, never sat down, never took breaks, and were a lot of fun. But to have to wait more than 8 months to get the albums and DVD? Totally ridiculous.
MAKEUP
Jacqueline Nicole: A
A total angel and a total professional. My girls loved her, my mom's going to take makeup lessons from her, and the airbrushing looked great on everybody. The only reason for no A+ is that my lipstick wore off in 5 minutes and my eyeliner made my eyes tear (Don't know why- it didn't happen in the trial), so it's kind of running in some of the early shots. I wound up applying my own eyeliner later and it held up fine.
HAIR
Mya: C
She did a fantastic job on me. And that's the only compliment I can give. She and her 'assistant' were 45 minutes late and offered one lame apology. Her 'assistant' was awful. She kept asking Mya for instructions on what kinds of products to use and what to do... she was obviously very inexperienced and didn't belong doing a wedding party! Got to the point where my sister washed out her hair and had to start over.
HALL
Villa Lombardi's: A
Food was outstanding, service was very good. They broke my toasting flutes but offered to replace them. Only dumb rule was that I wasn't allowed to leave the bridal suite without getting permission! I had gone to the regular bathroom to get something out of my basket, and it turns out the other bride complained because she was in the main area taking pictures and I walked past (couldn't stand seeing another bride?). After that, they scolded me and told me that the rule was that we were never supposed to see each other and I needed permission to leave the suite. Silliness. But a small detail. Everything else was great.
Will finish tomorrow, but will leave you with a photo to tide you over.![]()
GOWNS AND BM DRESSES
Angel Bridal in East Islip: B-
I was hoping to recommend them highly because I really like the shop owners, but there were several problems. First, ALL of our dresses were late. My gown was about 3 weeks late and the BM's dresses came in about 10 days before the wedding and that's only because I bugged them to death to make some phone calls. Then all of the girls' dresses were way too big. Finally, we got overcharged on one girl's alterations (they double-charged us for the extra material she needed) and I still have to go back to get a refund on it. Seamstress was very good and the ladies in the shop are very nice, but it got very stressful in the end!
PHOTOG & VIDEOG
Duet
(REVISED RATING!: D)
Revising this on 2/8/05:
It's been 8 months and I have no albums and no DVD.
On the positive side, the guys were great-- they stayed with us for 13 HOURS, never sat down, never took breaks, and were a lot of fun. But to have to wait more than 8 months to get the albums and DVD? Totally ridiculous.
MAKEUP
Jacqueline Nicole: A
A total angel and a total professional. My girls loved her, my mom's going to take makeup lessons from her, and the airbrushing looked great on everybody. The only reason for no A+ is that my lipstick wore off in 5 minutes and my eyeliner made my eyes tear (Don't know why- it didn't happen in the trial), so it's kind of running in some of the early shots. I wound up applying my own eyeliner later and it held up fine.
HAIR
Mya: C
She did a fantastic job on me. And that's the only compliment I can give. She and her 'assistant' were 45 minutes late and offered one lame apology. Her 'assistant' was awful. She kept asking Mya for instructions on what kinds of products to use and what to do... she was obviously very inexperienced and didn't belong doing a wedding party! Got to the point where my sister washed out her hair and had to start over.
HALL
Villa Lombardi's: A
Food was outstanding, service was very good. They broke my toasting flutes but offered to replace them. Only dumb rule was that I wasn't allowed to leave the bridal suite without getting permission! I had gone to the regular bathroom to get something out of my basket, and it turns out the other bride complained because she was in the main area taking pictures and I walked past (couldn't stand seeing another bride?). After that, they scolded me and told me that the rule was that we were never supposed to see each other and I needed permission to leave the suite. Silliness. But a small detail. Everything else was great.
Will finish tomorrow, but will leave you with a photo to tide you over.
