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November 2024 by Desiree Luna
I had my wedding here 09/28/24. Michelle’s team did an amazing job setting everything up; it was better than I could have imagined. The service was excellent and my guest raved about the festa dinner food! My cake, food, linens and DJ were included in the price. My only complaint would be the DJ that was included, I had made a playlist for him and he didn’t play my song choices. My guest also complained about the music selection and it caused the dance floor to be empty most of the time. The DJ also tried charging me $600 extra for the photobooth but I declined and got my own photobooth for $200.
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September 2024 by Deborah Cox
Our wedding was May 11, 2024! We had the best experience. Our guests complemented the location and the food. This place is a hidden gem. We chose the fiesta dinner and everything was amazing. Michelle was very supportive and helpful throughout the entire process. I wouldn’t pay too much attention to the negative reviews. Most people had an amazing experience. However, if you’re a bridezilla, nothing anyone does will make you happy so no need to put a negative review. If you’re looking for a beautiful location and you’re not trying to break your bank, Tenessee Gardens should be your first choice. So much is included in the cost! (Added before and after photos so you can see The difference with and without decorations).
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July 2024 by Josie Guerrero
Great place!! Mechelle is a excellent hostess!! Food was great!! Beautiful atmosphere plenty of room.
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May 2024 by Nataly Fernandez
I just had my wedding reception. And it was amazing. Michelle and her staff did amazing. I had last minute changes to centerpieces and champagne flutes ? and she was super supportive. Everyone complimented the food, cake, and snacks.
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January 2024 by Justin Erickson
My wife and I got married here in July of '23 and are still thrilled with our decision. Everyone we've talked to that was there keeps commenting about how great the venue is and that we were lucky to find and have it for our day. Michelle and her staff did a fantastic job of making sure we had as perfect of a day as we could despite the heat. They have everything you could need to pull off your event.
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September 2023 by Michelle Luckey
The venue is amazing! I was not expecting it to look the way it did. My cousin had her wedding here over the weekend. I've passed by this place plenty of times and had no idea that this hidden gem was there. My cousin was satisfied as well. She raved about it the next day. Thanks for making her big day very special! The staff was attentive and accommodating. I'm not sure what was used, but I noticed that there were no pesky bugs!
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September 2023 by bill holderby
Xlnt wedding venue
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September 2023 by Reyna P.
I hate to say this but Michelle was the worst the day of my wedding. Celebrated at this venue Sept 2, 2023. It is a very nice outdoor venue, Michelle was pretty helpful throughout the months leading up to my party, so I though all the negative reviews were maybe just not true. Boy oh Boy was I wrong. To begin with she was not excited that I was bringing shot glasses, she advised against it saying guest can get out of hand if they drink too much. She was not excited with the amount of beers we dropped off the night before, even made a comment stating "i hope you like Modelos, because you will have lots left over". We did not use the dj that the venue offers simply because he had to much trouble sending me a simple email with the contract. If he can't get that right, there was no way he was going to dj my event. I was under the impression Michelle would be available if needed at my event and that was not the case. Venue opened at 5pm. It was hot and humid day, guest approached the bar to find themselves drinking hot beers! We asked the bartender why the drinks were cold and he was no help at all, he stated he had just put beers in the small fridge they had & not sure why the beer was hot. Mind you, we dropped the beers off the night before and asked Michelle on multiple occasions if we needed to provide ice for the drinks and she always said no. My husband approached a young lady who appeared to be the "manager" her name was Maddie, and asked to see Michelle and Maddie would not tell us where she was. My Husband voiced his disappointment about the drinks and the young lady finally put out ice in large trash bins to out our beers in, why they waited til my party to start and us to complain for them to do this is poor service!! Her bartender as well was rude. We asked him if we can bring an ice chest to help cool the beers and his response was "and where will I stand"? No help at all! He also did NOT use our shot glasses. He was pouring into their regular glasses, until I confronted him about it and he took out shot glasses and poured out of their cups into the shot glasses, why he wouldn't use the shot glasses is beyond me. I am 100% sure the beers being hot was intentionally to prevent my guest from drinking "too much" as Michelle had said many times. They ended up putting the beers in there kitchen fridge during our party hours, why they didn't do that previous to the start of our party proves it was on purpose. Dinner was to start at 530pm, it was 545pm and no food in sight. I approached the kitchen and asked for Michelle and again the manager Maddie stated she was warming up tortillas! Which was a lie, I complained about food being late and it was brought to my attention that the kitchen was informed dinner was to start "around" 530pm-6pm. I was livid! I provided a freaken itinerary to Michelle per HER request and she didn't even follow it. My photographer has had experience photographing there and told me Michelle was "special" and does what she wants. At the end if the night Michelle finally came out of her hiding spot as if everything was perfect. we confronted her about the drinks being hot and she gave a b.s excuse that the fridge had broken down, we asked why she didn't think it was important for her to tell us about this so that we may get ice and she just ignored us and kept blabbing defending her lack of attention to this matter. as the owner it was her job to inform us if this but didn't care to. She never apologized for this issue and instead continued to say excuse after excuse. We ended that night gathering our belongings & nit looking back. The only positive thing from this venue was the beautiful garden setting, the delicious cake & the mexican fiesta menu was delicious as well. Do not book here and if you do bring your own, dj/band & bartender! thankfully my family, photographer & dj were advocating for me and we ended up having a nice evening NO THANKS to Michelle!
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June 2023 by Mysti Holmby
Such a beautiful place to have a wedding, they provide all you need for a nice venue in the IE. My only complaint was the food (tacos) were very bland not much flavor
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April 2023 by Eduardo Muniz
Beautiful atmosphere, nicely decorated and very comfortable for all.
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March 2023 by S DV
Traffic made the vows difficult to hear. The worst Italian food ever, & I can judge after living & working in Italy for 2 months & travelled Europe extensively this was worse than cafeteria food, Gordon Ramsey would say "*%$@# shame on you" & walk outThe DJ music was excessively loud, guests had to yell to converse, dinner music should be softer so guests can converse as opposed to a night club. Cupcakes served tuned guests lips dark blue, hard to wash off, thought I was at a Goth or punk rock themed wedding. A skunk strolled around the parking area & behind the Bride & Groom during vows- like it owned the place . If you are looking for a place for your wedding PLEASE look elsewhere, Remember! this is your day choose carefully & do not pay in full until after- as you would a contractor on your home, or you will have no recourse as others, who have taken this venue to small claims. If you are the owner or manager of this venue Shame on you for ruining countless numbers of newly married couples- 1st & most important day of their lives. Take a few classes, learn about the service industry & hire a proper chef in order to charge a starting price of $16.50 per plate.
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March 2023 by Bonnie B.
WOW!!! Where do I begin? Yesterday I attended a wedding. - WEDDING VENUE: The location of the wedding is very small, honestly-it looks like a really old run-down house. There were not enough parking spaces for large crowds. The location was very loud, trains,cars, buses & motorcycles were very loud during the ceremony which made it very difficult to hear the wedding vows. -Wait time for dinner, after the ceremony was 1.5-2 hours. The wedding was over at 5:30pm, dinner was served around 7:30pm. It was such a shame, some people had to leave due to not eating earlier. Dinner, was like eating at the worst cafeteria you could ever eat at. Plain rotini or tortillini noodles, you could either choose from marinara sauce or alfredo sauce thrown on the noodles. Raw carrotts & brocoli which smelled a bit like stinky feet. The meatballs were mixed with a ton of itailain bread crumbs cooked in marinara sauce bought in bulk at costco. There was also garlic bread that tasted like it was bought from costco. It seemed like it was very cheap food & quickly prepared for ease of preparation. You cannot call this Italian food, as Chef Michelle Faraj says on her Tennessee gardens website- her "ABOUT ME" section, "was trained by the best culinary cooking experts in the country". In addition, she claims she has worked at the famous chef Wolfgang Pucks restaurant. If you are going to over pay for the best food you have eaten at your special event this is not the place, in my opinion. THE music was very loud, some of the wedding guests had to leave because the food took so long & the music being very loud, it was a bit too much. Having a normal conversation with people was impossible, pretty much Yell OR not understand the other person. There is a difference between background conversational music during dinner & club music. If you decide to go with this place. PLEASE make sure you go over the contract terms, retainer, insurance & alcohol permit documentation. in addition to the refund & cancellation policy, prior to signing anything. Remind the venue you may pursue them for consequential losses if they breach the contract & Consequencial losses can include anything in the contract.
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March 2023 by Shannon M.
One star because I had to. My niece got married there on 3/3/23, the person in charge name Michelle was not professional at all, she did not assist on managing the the schedule and was down right rude at times, the dj didn't even know how to announce the wedding party nor did he know how pronounce names. Luckily the show went on and it was beautiful still. My niece and her husband had expressed to me that during the last couple months Michelle had been very difficult to work with. They also expressed that one of the Dj's that was originally appointed to work their wedding; during their initial meeting the dj didn't want work with them with the music they wanted and he had stated " I'm expecting a big tip since you're making me download all this music" . Over all the place is pretty, Michelle needs to pass the torch and need staff who are flexible with the modern times.
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January 2023 by Karigan M.
The venue it's self is beautiful and everything included is amazing but the food was so bland it makes me super nervous for the wedding.
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October 2022 by Bradley Strain
It was very nice cozy. It was a quick reception we were in we were out
