Mission Table Reviews
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Samantha Sent on 05/21/2018We got married at Mission Table and we couldn't have asked for a better day. Not just because it was beautiful out but the venue atmosphere was just as we imagained. A big thank you to Barb for lending us their floral arrangements for our ceremony so we didn't have to purchase our own, we appreciated that so much. And a huge thank you to Kate for everything you did, big and small, you were so great to work with and made things go so smoothly and stress free, we can't thank you enough. Kevin was also great to have for our reception, the service couldn't have been better. And lastly, the food was AMAZING!! Cannot say enough good things about Mission Table, will definitely be back!
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Amber Sent on 10/30/2011We had our wedding and reception at Mission Table and it was a beautiful location. The food was phenomenal as well. The only complaint I have was that the coordinator Barbara was a little disorganized. No one let the day of staff know the times we wanted dinner or desserts so everything was late. The day of staff was very apologetic and understanding that the message just wasn't given to them. Other than this, the wedding was a dream and the location was perfect. -
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Dan Sent on 09/18/2012We had our rehearsal at the Jolly Pumpkin and our ceremony in the front of the property. Overall our experience was positive with Mission Table. We primarily worked with the event coordinator, Barbara, and she did help us save quite a bit of money on our events. She must be a very busy person though because she was difficult to get a hold of at times and did not always return emails in a timely manner. The good, however, far out-weighed the bad for us. The reception venue is incredible and the price is very good compared to counterparts in the area. The Jolly Pumpkin has exceptional food and is a nice atmosphere for a laid-back rehearsal. We would recommend others to use Mission Table for an outdoor ceremony site and the Jolly Pumpkin as a rehearsal location. -
Ari Sent on 08/08/2024
If you don't care about details this venue is for you
I'm a bride that got married at the PR this past spring. When I first saw this venue online, I saw mixed reviews about brides feeling unheard, Barb, and the venue, which most of these bad reviews are gone now. My friend + aunt met w. staff and saw the venue in person, they both told me they didn’t have a good feeling about it due to the rudeness they were met with. I was naïve and in awe of the beauty + location of the venue and ended up choosing it anyways. I constantly felt unheard through emails, in person or a phone call. I’ve been too upset to write a review, so my mother wrote a review in my honor, but the PR reported her and took it down.
Here were my issues while planning and the day of:
1.Before booking, I made it clear we wanted a venue that could accommodate a special app from our fav date night spot + have our favorite MI beers on tap (2 small kegs). Initially, the venue said yes, so we were so happy and signed the contract. Months later, Barb told us she couldn’t do our special app nor the beer kegs. After being met with resistance on something she initially said yes to, she ended up including the kegs in our beer package since we chose the top tier package.
2.We flew from out of state to do our tasting in Jan. The bartender wasn’t available to make us drinks. Since we chose the top tier bar package, we were able to do bride + groom drinks. I requested the two drinks I had in mind and only requested no Bacardi or Kahlua in the drinks. I was presented with Bacardi in my first drink.
3.I was disappointed to find out the bride and groom drinks are batched and served to guests that way instead of being made fresh, I had to fight that too.
4.The day of, guests complained to me that there was absolutely no liquor in the cocktail drinks and one of our specialty drinks tasted like soda water only. It turns out my husband and I were being served amazing drinks but our guests were being served lesser versions of the drink. I had to go up to Madi and tell her that guests complained to me, she seemed receptive and quickly changed it around.
5.We had brought in dessert and cultural food items. My coordinator the next morning told me the PR lost the items and it only got put out once and never refilled, and our guests were asking for more. Pictures Attached.
6.My mother was served the wrong food dish the day of the wedding.
7.The day of the wedding I felt so bad for my husband who got ready at the PR the morning of, it was so hot and humid in the room all the men were seating through their suits. He was so miserable that he had to request some sort of AC unit.
The biggest lesson for me is that if you feel unheard with any vendor, listen to your gut and don’t choose them. My only sanity and positive out of this is that all my other vendors were 100% amazing and some came out to be great friends of mine. My only wedding regret is choosing this venue when I constantly felt unheard. I think it’s telling that PR never reached out after the wedding to say congratulations or see how the wedding day went after we spent 10K+ at this venue. -
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Krystle Sent on 12/22/2019Left me Disappointed
I got married at the Harbor Room in Mission table and let me start by saying I LOVE the look of the room, the food is great, and the grounds are beautiful for photos by the water and vineyard. I initially worked with the owner Barb who was very difficult to get a hold of, but for event details I worked with Sarah. She was very friendly and awesome at answering any questions I had along the way. However, I was sadly disappointed the day of my wedding. I had met with Sarah a few weeks before the wedding to go over all the day of details and on the day of things were not followed. We were told that we could get in the morning of for setup, but when we got there at the agreed upon time nothing was put together. So we had to wait about 20 minutes to find someone who worked there and set up our tables and chairs for us. On a plus side we had place cards on a table outside which Sarah kindly offered to set out for us later in the day so the wind would not blow them away, which was really nice of her. My biggest complaint is that dinner was 50 MINUTES LATE. I had given them my timeline and it was approved, yet dinner was late with no explanation as to why. They didn't even reimburse us a percentage of our food bill for being late, which is ridiculous. The entire night after we finally got dinner was rushed because we had cake cutting and first dances, and by the time that was over our rental time had ended and staff started cleaning up our decor, basically kicking us out. I was very strict about sticking to our timeline since they only give you 4 hours, so in my opinion if they throw you off by almost an hour then they should extend the rental time to make up for it. To make matters worse, after we paid for the bill I realized they charged us for a cake cutting fee (which we didn't even have cake except for a small one for the cutting) and charges for soda (again we never ordered soda, but they tried claiming it was a regular charge they always have, but I was never told this). They did reimburse for these fees, but it is a mistake that never should have happened. Overall I had a good wedding, but all these errors definitely leaves a cloud over the day. -
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Paul Sent on 06/19/2024The Peninsula Room Wedding Venue: Great food, beautiful venue, stressful owner.
I just want to start this review by stating the food at our wedding was great. All our guests loved it and we did as well. The venue was also very beautiful and the backdrop for our ceremony was picturesque.
My wife and I chose the Peninsula Room because we cared a great deal about the food for what venue we chose. The locally sourced options and ability to “customize all menus to please your palate” was very enticing to us. Unfortunately, dealing with the owner caused us great stress and sorrow throughout the process. For our tasting, we were only allowed to try 5 things on the menu for appetizers. We had discussed with her prior that we wanted to do a customized app for 1 of those five options. Initially when we talked we were told it wouldn’t be a problem and they could accommodate it. Right before the tasting we were told they couldn’t make our item because they didn’t have the capability of “pan frying/sauteing” in their kitchen. This was a huge disappointment to us since we were told they initially could accommodate it. Since we were planning to serve an a la carte appetizer we also wanted to try it at the tasting as 1 of our 5 items but were met with resistance at first. Eventually after pulling teeth, we were able to try it. Something else that disappointed us was the fact that we couldn’t try anything else after we didn’t enjoy a few of the options we tried. So we then had to choose blindly on serving something. The bride/groom cocktails at our tasting were the most problematic of the experience. We had specifically stated we didn’t want a specific liquor used in them. When we tried one of them we could tell something was off. For one thing, our cocktails were batched instead of being made fresh. The other issue we discovered was that our drink was indeed made with the liquor we requested it not be made with and they were planning on hiding that fact from us. We were told ahead of time we’d have “full bar access” and time to work with the mixologist, which we were not permitted because there was an event that day. We weren’t even able to try any other cocktails, just the two that were batched. So instead they suggested we schedule another tasting the morning of the wedding! We then had to reschedule it for the monday before the wedding and meet with the actual mixologist because we only had our drinks made by a bartender.
In addition to having bride/groom cocktails, we also talked to them about having bride/groom beers as well. We wanted to make it easy, so we went with two relatively local breweries. We had plenty of correspondence over email about the decision to include them and initially we were told it wouldn’t be a problem. I even went as far as to get the size/pricing for the kegs to make it easier for logistics. Then we were told they would just buy cans instead because it’s easier and that was a huge problem. Eventually they went back to what they initially agreed with us and they’d give us the quote at the tasting. And to no one's surprise, they didn’t have the quote at the tasting for us.
We did indeed have another tasting the week of the wedding and thankfully it went very well with freshly made drinks and the mixologist working with us. The day of the wedding however, there were complications. We were served drinks that tasted great but then we noticed guests were complaining about the drinks. We had some ordered and the bride drink, which we had specifically made a tasting twice to fix, was being served as 90% soda water and incorrectly. We yet again had to express our frustration of why it was being made incorrectly after numerous assurances it’d be correct. It was an awful feeling that my wife and my drinks were made perfect, but the rest of our guests were made incorrectly. The other complaint from our guests was how light on the alcohol the drinks were. We had quite a few guests complain that the cocktails had little to no alcohol in them. For choosing the highest open bar package, this was very disappointing.
We had provided some homemade chips and a dessert bar for our guests as well. During cocktail hour when the chips were served, everyone loved them. Almost all our guests stated after the wedding they wished there were more after they ran out. We had purchased almost 6 lbs of chips, so to our surprise we discovered they were set out once and not refilled even though there was an immense amount of chips left. The day after the wedding, our coordinator told us that the venue “lost our chips”. She then presented us with the chips and one of the boxes being completely untouched while the other was still almost full. The Peninsula Room also lost a box of cannoli that guests could’ve enjoyed as well. The last food issue was our late night food. We chose to have late night pizza and special ordered some mozzarella sticks. The mozzarella sticks that we paid for were not fully cooked. They were served room temp and had no cheese pull.
Now all of these issues we had were very disappointing and provided us with lots of stress throughout the process for what should’ve been a wonderful experience. But that wasn’t the main issue. We were misled and lied to on multiple occasions as I stated above which resulted in the venue dropping the ball on a great deal of important things to us on our special day.
The Peninsula Room is a beautiful place and the food really is good, it’s just run by someone who is very business centric instead of making you the priority on your big day.
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Ruth Sent on 05/13/2025DO not book this venue unless you want a bad experience
I hope this review helps other couples make the right decision if you've been considering Mission Table for your wedding.
We initially booked Mission Table for our October 2025 wedding and ultimately decided to change our plans due to unforeseen life circumstances.
From the beginning, communication was challenging. I had to follow up multiple times on basic planning questions — like scheduling our ceremony rehearsal — and often received delayed, vague, or conflicting responses. At one point, we were contacted to provide guest meal choices a full year before the event, which added to our growing concerns about how organized and prepared the team was.
Barb, the event director, was difficult to communicate with and came across as unhelpful and inflexible. Madi, who was introduced as our main contact, seemed unaware of key details and unprepared to support us in the way most couples reasonably expect when booking a high-end wedding venue.
When we ultimately let them know we’d need to cancel the event (six months in advance), their response was brief and dismissive — no empathy, no effort to work with us, and no goodwill gesture despite our proactive and respectful communication.
Looking back on the entirety of our experience with their team, we honestly feel like we dodged a bullet by not holding our wedding there. The venue is beautiful, and that’s what initially drew us in — but unfortunately, the lack of professionalism, warmth, and basic coordination behind the scenes was not something we felt we could trust with such an important day.
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