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July 25, 2009
Ceremony Location: Honey Brook, PA
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Ceremony & Reception Venue
Brandywine Manor House
Honey Brook, Pennsylvania 19344
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Review Date: 08/14/2009
Services Used: Ceremony & Reception Venue

4.7
out of 5.0
Quality of Service: 5.0 out of 5.0(5.0/5.0)
Responsiveness:5.0 out of 5.0(5.0/5.0)
Professionalism:5.0 out of 5.0(5.0/5.0)
Value For Cost:3.5 out of 5.0(3.5/5.0)
Flexibility:5.0 out of 5.0(5.0/5.0)
Brandywine Manor House is one of the most beautiful wedding venues that, in my opinion, Pennsylvania has to offer. If you live in or around the Philadelphia/Delaware County/Chester County area, this should be at the top of your list for venues to check out before making your final decision. You'll feel as though you've just stepped into a fairytale. It's that beautiful. I'm still hearing from loads of our guests that it was the most beautiful wedding they've ever attended and how charming and beautiful Brandywine Manor House is! Take my word for it. You don't want to miss out on such a fine place to have your wedding!
In addition, I must say that working with Nancy Eck was wonderful. She is a delightful woman who maintains her professionalism while making you feel right at home in her company. She never waiting more than a day, if not just a few hours, if not just a few minutes, to get back to me which was fantastic! The tent looks magnificent on the day of our wedding! I could not have asked for a more picturesque location - can't say enough about this place - really!

Catering
Wedding Planning
Sage Catering
Berwyn, Pennsylvania 19312
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Review Date: 08/14/2009
Services Used: Catering, Wedding Planning

4.3
out of 5.0
Quality of Service: 3.5 out of 5.0(3.5/5.0)
Responsiveness:5.0 out of 5.0(5.0/5.0)
Professionalism:5.0 out of 5.0(5.0/5.0)
Value For Cost:3.0 out of 5.0(3.0/5.0)
Flexibility:5.0 out of 5.0(5.0/5.0)
Sage Catering made choosing a caterer extremely easy in my opinion. We went to their office, walked through a traditional front door into a charming little dining room where we were served a little bit of everything - the food was delicious and we were certain that this was the caterer!
Darby Venema was delightful. I just loved her! I thought that she was very professional, very reliable and just all around a joy to work with. She also didn't miss a beat - she reminded me of things that I would've otherwise forgotten about which made me even more confident that we made the right choice!
Aside from catering and ALL things involved in that part of the deal - in other words, you won't have to think about another thing where your food and service is concerned; they'll take care of everything, they also offer a wedding planner as a part of their service which is fantastic and, again, Darby was wonderful to plan with!
As for the day of our wedding, I do have a suggestion for Darby on future planning/execution. I guess I assumed that because Darby was playing the roll of our "planner" that she would be the only person I'd be dealing with on the night of our wedding. In other words, I didn't expect to be bothered with dictating to the DJ what announcements he was supposed to be making and whether or not dinner was over and it was OK to begin playing dance music. I didn't think that it would be up to my husband and I to round everyone up for photos and direct everyone where they should be going. I didn't think it would be our responsibility to get everyone together to enter the reception and tell the DJ when he could start announcing us. There is just so much going on that day which makes it hard for any bride to really kick back and enjoy herself but if you're paying the kind of money that we paid for a caterer/planner, there should be no need for the bride to have to interact with anyone beside the planner since it's likely that the planner would be able to provide most answers anyway, leaving the bride and groom to enjoy the day that they spent so much time and money planning. So for me, the night seemed very unorganized and therefore I had a difficult time relaxing and enjoying myself. However, everyone else has reported over and over again about how much fun they had and how splendid the food was!