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August 2023 by Steve Tran
The food is very good. Roomy. Very nice and clean
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February 2023 by Chi V.
This is a bad wedding venue. Please think this over and try other options to celebrate your wedding. DO NOT GO HERE. The management is very incompetent and they will take magical out of your wedding if anything happens . They don't take care of you after your paid. I was there for my friend's son's wedding. The waiter who carried a heavy tray of soup accidentally spilled the soup all over my friend at the same table from her head down. It spilled onto her dress, her purse, and her jacket hanging on the chair. I called to see if there was anything they could do for my friend. The management was so rude and said there was nothing they could do for my friend. This bothered me so much. There was no customer service department to handle complaints. You would be on your own if anything happens to you. The person who answered the calls said that there was no one higher than her that I could talk to regarding this situation. The manager kept on saying that there was nothing that she could do. The management here was extremely unreasonable, unresponsive and unprofessional. I am not fluent with writing review on yelp, but the experience when dealt with the management here was worse than bad which forced me to learn to share my experience and hoping that I can help the next person who interested in booking this venue can think again before signing the contract.
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February 2023 by Dina D.
I am so long overdue, but better late than never, right? LOL Our wedding reception took place on 6/25/2022 at the Villa. We booked our reception venue back in 2020 and Alyssa was so amazing! She helped us with so much. She was always there to answer any of my repetitive questions via email. I cannot explain how much Alyssa and the team at the Villa went above and beyond for our wedding. Our wedding was incredibly beautiful. I wish I can relive the moment over again. My family and friends cannot stop talking about how delicious the food was. The 7 course meal Vietnamese style was delicious. I loved their lobster and garlic noodles. Hands down, the best. There is nothing bad I can say about Alyssa and the Villa Team. They were amazing and we're so thankful we chose this reception venue for our wedding. They made our wedding night become a living dream. It was just so beautiful!! Words cannot explain. I would definitely recommend chosing The Villa for your wedding venue.
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August 2022 by Tracie N.
This is a LONG OVERDUE review as our wedding was May 28, 2022.We booked The Villa for our original wedding date in 2021 because the space was just too beautiful to pass up. Unfortunately we had to postpone our wedding by a year due to Covid, but Alyssa was amazing throughout the entire process. She responded to all of my questions and many follow up questions with patience and grace. I'm sure she was as stressed as the couples she was working with, but she didn't show it at all. She and her team were also very accommodating in arranging for my friend and cousin to tour the venue to help me plan (since I'm living in NJ and doing all of my planning from afar).On the day of my wedding, Alyssa, Natalie, and the team kept everything running smoothly. The venue was beautifully decorated and the staff was attentive to all our needs. We were able to come early to put our DIY decor together. My guests RAVED about the food (Vietnamese family-style) and still talk about it to this day.My only minor qualm (but not enough to take away a star) is that I wish they had an organized book of decorations they've done in the past or decorations they can do. We were told to look through their various social media accounts to see what they've done before.I definitely recommend this hidden gem for your wedding or special event!
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August 2022 by Michael Lam
Beautiful surroundings, beautiful atmosphere, secure and safe parking, spacious interior, lots of Spanish flare, lots of photo opportunities. Just stay within the compound.
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August 2022 by Bo Jean
Nice place for Wedding banquet
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August 2022 by Ravi Kiran Peethala
Great place for events....
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July 2022 by Mary Quimson
My experience with this venue started out great up until the pandemic happened. This is where things got very ugly and continued to get uglier.I booked this venue in fall 2019 for an October 2020 wedding. Our payment was split into 4 and we had already paid our first + second installment by the time the pandemic happened. At the beginning of the pandemic (March 2020), we had an estimated 200 guest list, so we were worried that it would be greatly affected. We reached out to ask if we would be able to postpone our wedding to October 2021 due to fear that the government would not allow a gathering that size to happen.The venue refused saying that things were expected to resume normality by August 2020 and if we really wanted to postpone our date, we would have to pay our 3rd installment (which is about 50% of the total). I refused to pay that amount so early on, especially if we were in a situation where we didn’t know what was going to happen. We emailed back and forth for a month, trying to get them to compromise on a fair agreement. They finally offered to move out date if we paid a non-refundable $2,000 fee that wouldn’t apply towards the cost of the wedding.At that point, I was ready to take them to small claims court to fight for all of my money that I have already given them and take my business elsewhere. I understand that the pandemic affected businesses everywhere, but for them to be so money-hungry even when people were out of jobs, shutting down, and businesses going out of business were absolutely selfish and greedy.After threatening them with small claims court, they agreed to postpone our wedding date to October 2021 without any fees or third installment having to be paid a year in advance.During the 6 months leading up to the wedding, they have been unresponsive and unhelpful. I understand that emails aren’t answered from Thursday-Sunday due to weddings, but my emails would get ignored for 2 weeks at a time before I got a response AFTER I send a follow up email.After I finalized my guest and table count, they approved it… but then went back 4 days later and said that I was short one table so I would have to pay out of pocket to cover it. I refused because I do not want to give this establishment anymore of our money. We had already put the rest of the money into the bar tab to hit the minimum for this venue. They decided to just give it to us by taking the table cost out of the bar tab.All in all, they were NOT helpful, unreasonable, unresponsive and a terrible experience to work with. They took so much magic out of our wedding.
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March 2022 by Mary Q.
My experience with this venue started out great up until the pandemic happened. This is where things got very ugly and continued to get uglier.I booked this venue in fall 2019 for an October 2020 wedding. Our payment was split into 4 and we had already paid our first + second installment by the time the pandemic happened. At the beginning of the pandemic (March 2020), we had an estimated 200 guest list, so we were worried that it would be greatly affected. We reached out to ask if we would be able to postpone our wedding to October 2021 due to fear that the government would not allow a gathering that size to happen.The venue refused saying that things were expected to resume normality by August 2020 and if we really wanted to postpone our date, we would have to pay our 3rd installment (which is about 50% of the total). I refused to pay that amount so early on, especially if we were in a situation where we didn't know what was going to happen. We emailed back and forth for a month, trying to get them to compromise on a fair agreement. They finally offered to move out date if we paid a non-refundable $2,000 fee that wouldn't apply towards the cost of the wedding.At that point, I was ready to take them to small claims court to fight for all of my money that I have already given them and take my business elsewhere. I understand that the pandemic affected businesses everywhere, but for them to be so money-hungry even when people were out of jobs, shutting down, and businesses going out of business were absolutely selfish and greedy.After threatening them with small claims court, they agreed to postpone our wedding date to October 2021 without any fees or third installment having to be paid a year in advance.During the 6 months leading up to the wedding, they have been unresponsive and unhelpful. I understand that emails aren't answered from Thursday-Sunday due to weddings, but my emails would get ignored for 2 weeks at a time before I got a response AFTER I send a follow up email.After I finalized my guest and table count, they approved it... but then went back 4 days later and said that I was short one table so I would have to pay out of pocket to cover it. I refused because I do not want to give this establishment anymore of our money. We had already put the rest of the money into the bar tab to hit the minimum for this venue. They decided to just give it to us by taking the table cost out of the bar tab.All in all, they were NOT helpful, unreasonable, unresponsive and a terrible experience to work with. They took so much magic out of our wedding.
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January 2022 by Kim D.
we started our wedding planning with lifetime weddings and events back in 2019. alyssa was our coordinator - she was super responsive and organized, and made planning for our reception relatively easy despite us living in the bay area and not able to meet with her as often to go over details together. the wedding packages are reasonably priced, and you are really getting a good deal for delicious food, service, and a beautiful venue! one thing that i was concerned about was how customized our wedding could be since we had to stick to the all-inclusive packages that the villa offered. alyssa really listened and worked with us to make our vision for our wedding a reality with the ambient lighting, the beautiful florals for the photo area, the centerpieces, the sweetheart table and backdrop, and the gorgeous chandelier for the dance floor.our wedding was also originally scheduled for april 2020 but we had to postpone to november 2021 because of covid - alyssa and team were very understanding and tried to accommodate for the changes as much as possible, which we really appreciated since the whole process of rescheduling and wedding planning during covid was very stressful.we had even thought about canceling the wedding but we're so glad we didn't. it was so good to see family and friends, after not seeing each other for years, and having something to celebrate together. alyssa and team made the day so memorable and beautiful and worked vigilantly behind the scenes to ensure everything went smoothly. everyone enjoyed the food and drinks, commented on how lovely everything was, and had so much fun on the dance floor. we had a great experience and would highly recommend lifetime weddings and events at the villa!
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December 2021 by Ray C.
We just got married here and We can't recommend it enough. Great location, beautiful inside area, outside garden area and beautiful architecture. Best part about this venue was they had a private parking lot with assigned security. It was nice that we got to pick from a variety of food menu. The venue coordinator, Alyssa was amazing and helpful the entire way through. We really liked the option of having everything go through the venue, for example the florist. This really helped saved us a lot of time and stress. Alyssa had a lot of great vendors that she was able recommend to us.
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September 2021 by Tri M.
Beautiful venue with a rustic look but just many logistical things/restrictions adding up. Read below. Pros: Beautiful venue. There's a large space for welcome pictures and it also opens up to a large area to socialize for cocktail hour. Also a bridal suite upstairs to leave your stuff with own restroom. Per guests, food was delicious (guests liked the hor d'oeuvres, the Peking duck, fish and lobster). Wedding was amazing but would probably go somewhere else due to lack of flexibility and fees. Cons: upon rescheduling in 8/2020, Villa made us pay extra 2,000 to reschedule after May 2021 (we knew that there was still a high chance of covid restrictions being active up until March 2021 and did not want to risk rescheduling again so we had to pay $2000 to have our wedding in August 2021), they don't allow "outside food" - all food except cake has to come from them or pay vendor fee, we wanted to do our own charcuterie table as a dessert table but that was not allowed because it was outside food and said it would cost us $1400 if we wanted Villa to make one for us, we wanted in n out food truck and boba but that would've cost us minimum of $500 extra per vendor fee, we had to buy food from Villa to feed our vendors ($35 per person) because we couldn't bring in outside food, cannot stock bar with outside purchased alcohol, they said it was an extra $150 fee if the bridal party wanted to come before 5pm (tried to say it was due to covid but then why pay..), cognac only for bottles at table (aka no tequila, whiskey, etc), weren't allowed to have beers already set at the tables - guests had to go up to the bar for beer, could not buy and stock our own beers, made us pick up boutonnières and flowers day before wedding instead of dropping it off day of wedding. There is also a 20% service charge that goes to booking the venue, which is a large additional price tag considering there is a minimum $20k needed to book the venue itself. Nikki does not respond to emails in a timely manner or respond at all sometimes. We were fortunate to have an amazing wedding coordinator (OH MISSY EVENTS) that was the communicator between me and Nikki.Overall, if we did it over, we would've had our wedding at a different venue with less restrictions. Been to weddings where there are no vendor fees, "outside food"restrictions or alcohol limitations. Our other vendors were great and helped make the night amazing.
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June 2021 by Jasmine L.
Beautiful venue/space/florals/decorations but we were let down with the food on our wedding day!!! Such a huge disappointment after all the money we spent to have our dream wedding here!!! We chose this venue for furiwa catering but we were not at all happy with the food we received. After postponing our wedding we decided to stick to this venue because we loved the space so much. We went to their tasting back in 2019, it was great! Although the menu changed and their prices increased, we still paid extra to have lobster and steak for our guests but that was the biggest disappointment. Our steak was dry, hard and salty. Our guests said they couldn't eat it. They were still hungry after their dinner. Honestly, i dont know how anyone can pay so much for food and not be happy with what they received. I wish they cared about their customers. Bad experience for our wedding day! I hope this doesn't happen to anyone else.
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August 2019 by Gerardo Melgoza
, happy atmosphere very friendly
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August 2014 by bophan chhim
Attended a friend's wedding reception here, beautiful place. We had a great time.
