We had an excellent time at our reception held at Andre's South. Everything was taken care of by them and there were no worries on our end. We had our reception in the Stage Room on a Saturday afternoon. You cannot beat the value that you receive in their afternoon package. Great price for everything that was included If you are looking to save money and still have a nice reception, this is the way to go! You would not have known it was held during the day as they close the doors and it was just like having an evening reception. The food was awesome - hot, fresh and delicious. Their one-stop shopping is great as we booked our photographer, DJ, limo, tuxes and cake all through Andre's and none of them disappointed. I would recommend Andre's to anyone looking for a wedding reception venue.

Andre's did a great job catering my wedding reception. Sometimes buffet food at a wedding can be questionable. Not with Andre's! The food was delicious! I had more guests comment on how wonderful the meal was.

We had our daughters wedding reception at Andres last month and all our guests raved about the atmosphere and food. The staff from dealing with John all the way down to the bartender and bussers were excellent.

The set up at Andre's South is wonderful, but BEWARE. They do not tell you everything up front. My daughter's wedding reception was at this location August 2012 and we had multiple problems. The largest problem was during the reception. Several guests were standing in line waiting for appetizers and the staff took the food away. There was still plenty of food in the tray (that we paid for), which disappeared into the back, in front of the line of waiting guests. Second, if you turned your back on your plate or drink, the staff would take it. My food and drink disappeared MULTIPLE times. Third, they cleared ALL food away after just 1 hour. As the host, I hadn't eaten very much at first so that I could greet all of our guests and by the time I went to get food, it was gone. The cake was also plastic wrapped (not sure when), so several of us in the wedding party did not get a piece of it either. We had not been told the food only stayed out an hour. Fourth, they do not tell you that the food which you paid for is not yours unless you make arrangements when you sign the contract. ALL of that food disappeared into the back and they would not give it to us at the end of the night until we made a significant fuss. Fifth, the staff was unhelpful and belligerent when we were trying to ensure vegetarian choices for our guests. The did not even tell us that the green beans had bacon in them. We found out when in line to eat. Despite the poor service, we had a wonderful time; but if you are considering Andres on Telegraph, read VERY carefully and ask questions about EVERY detail. We felt like caring for the clients was definitely second to a pre-defined set of rules that had not been shared with us. There is a difference in being efficient and making your guests feel like you are rushing them out the door.

wonderful food, wonderful service, loved the chocolate fountain and the cake table.

Loved Andres West! They worked well for our budget and we had a blast!

Awesome! Unique space, great food, people are really easy to work with! I would definitely recommend this venue.

Andre's South Reception

It's wonderful that though they do this as a job they are not burnt out and give each person upbeat and personal service!! Our reception was set up timely and they did great setting up our table cloths. We were able to get into the facility in enough time to set up the decor, cake etc. The food table was wonderful and we are still hearing from guests how great the food was! A cousin in law went to your Festus facility and sent me a text saying we're having Andre's food!! She was soo excited!

Here is a breakdown of what we loved and what we hope will help future brides...

What we loved:
*Personable service- Sarah Buford was amazingly helpful!! Patient through out our date changes(our church was booked for our original date and we moved our wedding back a couple of weeks due to the holiday weekend).
*The Facility
-LED Lighting- definitely a plus and made our pictures look great! We liked the changing colors! In my opinion it's not worth the extra charge to have single color lighting
-The Andre's standard décor was a great touch for our food table -Chandeliers and mirrors another plus
*The Food- memorable because it was delicious!!

Suggestions:
*The individual who was our MC from Andre's for the reception showed up in khaki pants and a button down blue striped untucked shirt. The contrast between his less then business casual attire and our formal attire was noted by our in-laws and some guests. They initially thought he was a wedding crasher until he begin introducing himself and we remembered that he works at Andre's. I might suggest that he speak with the bride and groom to get an idea of what the dress code is prior to the reception. Unfortunately he is in some of our pictures and our wedding video in this attire. It just reflects badly on Andre's in my opinion. I would have liked to have seen him in a tux or a the very least a black suit and tie.

We had our daughter's wedding reception at Andre's on Telegraph on 6/2 and I have to say their food was a hit. So many compliments from our guests. They offer a good number of vendor that you can work with to help coordinate you wedding planning Greg was wonderful to work with and was alway very professional.

The food was delicious and the drinks were flowing! We had an amazing time and couldnt have asked for anything more. The staff was friendly and we had no problems!

Andres made the whole entire planning process so easy. There food is amazing and there so reasonably priced. There banquet rooms are very up to date and dress up very nice. I couldn't have thanked them enough for making our day so special

Loved working with the Andres team! They made eveything so easy!

We went to Andre's South, located at 255 and Telegraph!

This place is beautiful! We had "The Stage" room, and about 250 guest, the room was very nice. We got in early morning to set up our centerpieces. They are very flexable, our cake lady got there and set up later and our DJ got there approx. an hour before our reception started to set up!

The food was great!

The staff there was extremely helpful through our whole wedding process. They called to check in with us almost monthly to see if there was anything they could help with. I did a lot of DIY, but they have a wide array of services, from tuxes, cakes, invitations, etc. to help you with if you need it.

Eveything was great with andres until the night of the reception. Prior to our reception we had set a schedule for the evening for dinner, cake cutting, toast, ect. Dinner was to be served approx 7:45, well we ended up eating withing 5 minutes of us arriving. Everything was rushed and pushed into the first hour of the reception. Found out why after speaking to some of our guest, the matre d had worked all day and actually told one of our tables that she was tired and wanted to leave asap. The bus boys started clearing tables when people were still eating their cake. The favors that were set out for guest were cleared off the tables prior to 11 (which is the time we paid for the reception to end). So now I am stuck with 150 votive candles that were meant to go to my guest. I spent alot of time of these candles so I was extremely disappointed that they were cleared off the tables before people left. Then I found out that people in the ballroom next to us were coming into our wedding and drinking from our open bar. The food was great though and they set up our tables exactly how I wanted them. Overall the value was good but the service at the reception not so much.

We keep hearing from our guests about how wonderful our reception was. Andre's definitely surprised us with their delicious food and amazing service throughout the planning process. The only qualm I had was a fee to had their back-lit sconces remain on a single color instead of cycling through a rainbow of colored lights (this included plain old white). Kind of silly, if you ask me.

We used the Shalimar Room at the Best Western in Festus. Sarah did an outstanding job in making sure everthing was ready to go and that there was no problems. She also would come over to check with the bride and groom to make sure they or anybody didn't need anything and if they did she or someone else got it for them. Great job.