My husband and I had our delayed wedding celebration at the Marina after it was postponed due to COVID-19 and it was above and beyond what we hoped and imagined. The marina is even more beautiful than the photos and you can tell what a special place it is the second you set foot in the pavilion. The marina holds a lot of sentimental value to us as it's near a family cabin we frequent and Cindy and Kelly went above and beyond accommodating for our event and showed us grace and flexibility as we had to reschedule (twice). The venue is such a great value with all that is included (tables, chairs) and you can provide your own beer and wine which saved us a ton of money. Cannot recommend this venue enough!

Hello, I am the Groom of a recent wedding at Fair Harbor Marina. The reason I will NEVER recommend this place for a wedding and caution lovely couples to stay away is below. I would like to start off and say the physical venue is perfect for a wedding around 100 people. They have a nice area next to the water for the ceremony and the reception area is amazing. We had Mama Stortini’s cater the wedding and I cannot recommend them more. They are a little expensive but worth the price.

The owner, Kelly, seems like a very friendly person. He is very much a salesmen’s when it come to talking about his venue. In the contract it states “Shots of alcohol are not permitted at any time during the rental period”. That was fine because when my wife and I toured the place he informed us the way around the that rule is to buy premade cocktails in a can. He even recommended “Sex on the Beach” and “Jack and Coke” to us to purchase for the bride and groom quarters.

Given the recommendation that we were able to bring canned cocktails, the wedding party bought small 8oz cans if “Cutwater” that are made with tequila to be drank in the Grooms quarters only, in the designated drinking area Kelly gave us. In the grooms quarters (designated drinking area by Kelly), there are no trash cans. A wedding party member went up to the reception area to find a trash can to throw away 2 EMPTY cocktail cans away. Upon going to the reception area, he could not find a trash can either so they sat the 2 empty cans at their parents table to be disposed of as they had to return for pictures with the rest of the bridal party.

Kelly found one of these cans on the table (empty and even crushed) and became very irate. He proceeded to go to my wedding coordinator and inform her to make an announcement through the DJ that these drinks were not allowed. In the contract, it says there needs to be a “day of” wedding coordinator for the wedding in case any problems were to arise. My coordinator followed his instructions and the DJ started to make his announcements.

During the DJ’S announcement, Kelly, came up to him and ripped the microphone out his hand and decided to make his own announcement. Kelly stated there was guests at the wedding drinking hard alcohol and threatened to shut down the whole wedding. He did this in a tone that was very disrespectful and unprofessional.

Again, in the contract that I signed states, “Shots of alcohol are not permitted at any time during the rental period”. That’s it. No where in the contract does it state that canned cocktails are not allowed.

When Kellys announcement was made, my wife and I were taking wedding pictures and not present for the speech. My wife and I received multiple text messages and calls the day of and the day after regarding Kelly’s announcement being rude and threatening towards our guests who had no idea what he was talking about. I then decided to call Kelly the day after my wedding to understand more of what happened.

Kelly stated he made it clear that there was to be no hard alcohol at the reception. When I brought up the fact that there wasn’t, only the canned cocktails that he recommended to us, he stated I put his whole business at risk. He also stated he usually has fun at weddings and he didn’t at mine because “He had to be that guy”. I informed him I did not care if he had fun at MY wedding, its not for him. He then told me the canned cocktails are supposed to be Wine and Malt Liquor based, which is nowhere in his contract. Here are some issues with that:
1. That is not a cocktail. Also, why would he suggest 2 drinks clearly made with hard alcohol?
2. That was not specified before the wedding, and day of my wedding is when decides to make that known to all of my guests with a threatening speech.
3. Once again, it does not state any of this in his Venue Rental Agreement terms and conditions.

After about 15 minutes of Kelly and I going back and forth on the phone, it was clear, he was not sorry for being unprofessional and very rude to my guests and I. He never apologized nor did he return our $750 damage deposit. Nothing was broken and technically no rule was ever broken according to his own terms and conditions. I would also like to make it clear; this review has nothing to do with the money, it is about the principle of someone saying one thing in person and on their contract and delivering another.

If you are willing to roll the dice and hope Kelly does not make any unplanned speeches and threats, the venue is beautiful. But based on my wedding, I will never recommend getting married here.