My wedding was a dream come true.. and in great part was due to the outstanding service I received from the team at Solar do Minho. Beginning with my meetings with their coodinators Alexandra, later Laura to Alvaro which was there during our special day making sure everything come out as planned. He was trully awesome!!!!!! The food is outstanding, their display was amazing, the sangrias was to die for!! All of our guests were amazed with the food and also with the beauty and presentation of the venue!! I will never be thankfull enough for the outstanding service and quality that they provided us on our wedding day! Thank you Solar do Minho!

I got married @ Solar Do Minho in October of 2010 and my event and experience were both wonderful.

I began the process with Alexandra and was very sad to see her go but Laura was able to step in an provide me with impeccable service.

While I did have a wedding coordinator who handled a bulk of the communication with Laura I never felt neglected or out of the loop.

The event flow was wonderful - all guests enjoyed the layout, feel and decoration of the room.

The event staff was amazing and beyond accommodating - they made sure to work with our two Gluten Free guests and even provided our Vegan guest with a entree of his liking. The food was wonderful and not typical MASS PRODUCED wedding food.

The biggest compliment we received was about both the pitchers of sangria on the table and the wedding cake. We requested two types of cake and provided them with a photo of the cake we wanted. I was beyond impressed with the taste and look of the cake.

We did not want for anything the entire evening and had no issues with service, flow or food.

Thank you for a wonderful event.

I recently had my wedding at Solar do Minho. I should have known when I called to check in a few months prior to wedding to hear I now had a new coordinator, whom I never met nor ever called me to introduce herself. Now I know it is under new management the last 3 months, and lots of changes to come left my event having slipped thgrough the cracks.
I was promised my cocktail hour to start at 6pm. My guests were supposed to be welcomed with a red carpet, small detail yet included in my contract. Guests were to walk in, see my reception card table with photos of our deceased grandparents, and be led down the stairs inside through the pretty hallway to the other side where cocktail hour was taking place. I arrived at 6:15pm, to see my guests being herded like caddle around the side/front of buidling, walking on a main highway. I flipped when I saw this and rushed into the venue. When I walked in, MY FAVORS AND PICTURE FRAMES (AND NOTES WHERE EVERYTHING WAS SUPPOSED TO GO) WERE IN CARDBOARD BOXES ON THE FLOOR! The table was empty, nothing was set up, and my guests were crammed in the foyer. To top it off, there was an employee standing right there, not directing anyone or alerting anyone or moving the ugly boxes! I couldn't believe it.
Then, I walked through my reception room, to see obviously none of my favors arranged at the tables as I had requested. I had my family and friends placing them out, but without the coordinators notes of how many guests were to be seated at each table, there wasn't enough and we had to just place them wherever quick. So I ran downstairs demanding to speak to my maitre de, which he was nowhere to be found. I kept speaking with a guy in a chef's jacket who said he had no idea. My bridal suite was empty, lights off, noone to assist me despite my hysterics.
So guests started to filter into cocktail after 6:15, food around 6:30, and bartender finally soon after. So much for a cocktail HOUR! Little did they realize that by pushing everything back so late, m vendors had to stay late. With a 9 person band,@ $50/15 min. overtime, it adds up fast.
There was no communication, bacon was undercooked with the bacon wrapped scallops, there was 1 bartender for 150 people who took 15 minutes to go get ice b.c she had no bar back, I literally had to wipe my tears and fake a smile the rest of the night and TRY to enjoy my wedding night. I was promised an exceptional dessert presentation, where the chefs walk out with decorated platters, band announces them, they walk arond to guests and then set up. However this never happened. The maitre de/chef literally put plates in our hands and rushed us to the dessert. No band announcement, nothing. Then the one little thing I had REALLY wanted was a chocolate fountain. I was told I could get it and it was written into my contract. I had to remind the maitre de, and when he finally found it he put it out and it was BROKEN! There was no chocolate but lumps of it in the basins, and it tasted terrible. I demanded he take it away immediately before I got embarrassed by it. So since I could only afford band to stay 15 minutes late, guests literally had to eat dessert with no music since everything ran late. For a Sunday wedding, you don't want guests to be inconvenienced or rushed.
There was so much more in my contract I did not get, but they only give me so much space here. Under this new management, I’d stay FAR AWAY unless you want to be in tears the way I was or have to hassle them for money back for all that they screwed up.

Well we just got married about two weeks ago and as a bride I can honestly say that we still think about our perfect wedding night at Solar Do Minho. They were so professional and truly made our night special. They were always available when we needed them and our wedding planner Alex went above and beyond to make our night perfect and just how we wanted it. We would recommend Solar do Minho to anyone who wants great service, food, and memories because that is what they will provide!

My husband and I were truly pleased with our experience at Solar DO Minho. The venue was perfect and Alexandra (wedding/event coordinator at Solar DO Minho) was such a great help and burst of inspiration each time we met. She was very accommodating and receptive to our needs and ideas. The ambience was warm and versatile, the accent lighting (LED) adds an extra effect to your color scheme because they can be changed, the floor plans are also adjustable to your needs, the service on the day of the wedding was fantastic, the maitre d' and the servers were VERY ATTENTIVE to our guests and their needs as well as my husbands and I, and the FOOD was FANTASTIC. Alexandra also helped me make last minute mini-bouquets for the bridesmaids (talk about going above and beyond). We had our cake made by their on-site pastry chef and it was absolutely delicious, we had cupcakes and provided them with decorative cupcake liners but they really topped it off with the beautiful 'open roses' made of frosting. They were truly beautiful with a taste to match! Just make sure that ALL details are reviewed and finalized at most one week before the wedding. The beautiful cupcakes didn't fit in the towers that I bought and I didn't know till I walked into the reception. We should have definitely tried that a week before BUT Solar DO Minho provided a tower, moved around the cupcakes and still used my towers for their pastries. We were also not able to have the ceremony on the patio because we feared it would've been too chilly so we changed it downstairs the day of. Once again, Solar DO Minho and Alexandra were extremely accommodating and I would have done it all over again at Solar DO Minho. Oh, and very welcoming when we came back for dinner recently.

The service was great. There were a few things that could have been handled differently. My wedding day was a rainy one and the cocktail hour was outside and instead of sending my guest through the ballroom, they sent them all around the restaurant. Other than that, the food was great and they treated us very nicely. The night before we went to leave our favors, cameras, etc and they handled everything.

We loved it there. Great service from the time we sat down with them & they are great!

Beautiful place and great food.

Excellent service. They went above and beyond my expectations.

At our reception at Solar Do Minho, we were the first couple to have the cocktail served outside and it was amazing! Our guests have not stopped speaking about how wonderful everything was at our wedding after several attended weddings there before hand and were not as satisfied as they were with ours. Couldn't ask for a better place! Thank you Carlos for everything!!