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The Grand Plaza was wonderful! But the event coordinator, Liz Smith, is AWESOME!!! She is incredibly friendly and helpful from start to finish. Things went fairly well for me up to the wedding day...no stress, etc. Then when things started to go a little awry, Liz was there to save the day. When we added more people 2 days before the wedding, she took care of it...I had forgotten to call the other vendor to add chair covers, Liz had already made the arrangements by the time I remembered. When my flowers hadn't opened by the morning of the wedding, Liz called the florist. When I was unable to do anything while getting my hair and makeup done, Liz brought me drinks. She continued to help through the wedding, bringing us food before the reception and seeing to it that my day was perfect! Which it was! The Grand Plaza has 2 beautiful reception sites and the beach ceremony was wonderful (They have 2 rain back-ups as well). The food was really good, wait staff was on top of everything. We would recommend the Grand Plaza and Liz to anyone!
Our ceremony/reception site provided us with a wedding cake through two avaiable vendors. We chose Le Cheesecake (based on hotel staff recommendation). They were delicious! The tasting was amazing, and it was so hard to chose, but we finally decided on the white almond cake with canoli filling, which was to die for!!! Since we were having a New Year's Eve wedding, we wanted a less than traditional cake. We decided we wanted a topsy-turvy or mad-hatter cake. They designed a beautiful cake with the top layer being a top hat with our wedding date. Everything was amazing and we would use Le Cheesecake for any of our bakery needs in the future!
I actually purchased my wedding gown in Fort Lauderdale, moved to the Tampa area several months before the wedding, so I needed someplace locally to have my dress altered. From the first time I called, they were wonderful! I had waited until one month before the wedding beacuse I thought I might lose some weight. I called another vendor who scolded me and told me that I had waited too long. When I called Emelina's, they had gotten me in right away. They had the first set of alterations done in 2 days! I was amazed! And they did a fantastic job! My wedding was on New Year's Eve so I bought a second dress to change into which I got there. It was a great price, and they altered it at no charge. I also bought my shoes and tiara there! I took my bridesmaid and cousin to have their dresses altered there as well. I read a review about the area where they're located...it isn't the best, but it's accessible, and I was never there more than an hour (usually a lot less). Spanish is also their first language, but I never had a problem with what I needed. They were terrific and I would definitely recommend them to anyone...and use them again if I needed to.
Review Date: 01/21/2009 Services Used: Beauty & Health
5.0 out of 5.0
Quality of Service:
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Responsiveness:
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Professionalism:
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Value For Cost:
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Flexibility:
(5.0/5.0)
Cari with KyleLynn is terrific! She is sweet and friendly and wonderful at makeup. The trial run was great...she took my ideas from my head and put it to my hair. She made suggestions and accepted my comments on what I did and didn't like and made it work for the wedding day. She was extremely flexible (I added people last minute) and I thought she was very reasonably priced compared to other places. She came to use, which was very important to me, and she did a terrific job on my makeup and hair! I loved it! What more can I say!
Nadia is the BEST!!! Let me start by saying that I was probably the laziest bride ever! All my other bride friends had eveything picked out before they were proposed to. I didn't know what was going on when my man proposed to me! So, when I booked the reception/ceremony site 10 months before the wedding, I thought I was doing well. I was referred to A Linen Valley and I called Nadia to ask about chair covers and sashes. She sent me color samples and I called her and told her what color and how many I thought I may need. Then she sent me the contract, which was very reasonably priced. This was in March. I never sent the contract back.... Then I called in December (4 weeks before the wedding) to ask if she was still available. She had already tentatively scheduled me, so there was no problem, and I also rented chairs from her for a personal party we were having at our home the day after the wedding (for a great price!) And if she wasn't wonderful enough, I had acidentally asked her for white chair covers, but the hotel for ivory table linens. When her associate was at the hotel the morning of the wedding to put the chair covers and sashes on, she had called me and explained the situation. I told her that when I saw them, I realized that I had made the mistake, but said it probably wouldn't matter since it would be dark. She was insistent on changing them out for me, and everything was perfect before the wedding even started! I am amazed at the service that Nadia has provided me, for what I considered to be a small part of the wedding. A Linene Valley is wonderful!!!
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