Chique Catering at the Meadow of Saucon Valley Reviews
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Brandi Sent on 11/16/2009The Meadows is a first class establishment from the food right down to the silverware. The band was absolutely wonderful. They sounded great, played a wide variety of songs and made sure any song you wanted that was obscure was found and played. The food was amazing, they have a huge variety of choices for all palettes. The staff was welcoming, accomidating, and very professional. The cake they made was delicious and looked exactly like the picture we provided. And the best part - the price was extremely reasonable. So reasonable you almost thought you were robbing them somehow.
I would recommend this establishment to any and all bride and grooms. -
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Jenny Sent on 09/16/2008I could not have been more impressed with The Meadows. We chose to have our ceremony outside on the deck. Our reception was both indoors and outdoors. The food was unbelievable and the band was fabulous. Our guests were all pleased and continue to tell their friends and family what a great time they had.
The room was decorated with chair covers and bows to match our colors. The cake was provided and turned out beautiful. The Meadows also provided a dessert table. Everything was delicious.
All of my calls were promptly returned and all of my questions answered. Russell (the owner) was very flexible and helped make this a perfect day for us. -
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Jatnna Sent on 12/06/2010Russell and his wife Denisse were great!!! they are really afortable and you will b e surprised forb all you get. they work hard to make your dreams come true. i loved them and the food was great too!!! -
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Kourtney Sent on 09/11/2017I had my wedding at the Meadows 9/9/17. I had never been a part of any wedding planning so I had absolutely NO idea what I was doing. Denise and Rust were extremely helpful! They explained everything thoroughly...even multiple times! We had several meetings with them and every single detail was explained every step of the way! We had a couple of "bumps" but nothing drastic at all! A staff member grabbed the wrong toss bouquet right before I was set to walk down the aisle but she literally ran and retrieved it for me in time and apologized profusely! Our cake topper was put on incorrectly but the cake itself was so gorgeous that I doubt anyone even noticed. The entire venue is extremely photogenic! Our photographer and even guests were in love! I was able to customize so many parts of the ceremony and reception. The staff did a perfect job of being very helpful without getting in the way or being over bearing. I am pretty sure every single one of my guests complimented the food! It was juicy and cooked perfectly and was served at the perfect temperature! I didn't get many drinks from the bar personally but when I did speak to who seemed to be the head bartender, he was awesome! He was VERY outgoing and clearly loved what he was doing. You could give him an idea of something you like and he will go whip up something different that he knew you'd like! Clean up was a breeze! Of course, being the bride, any time I wanted to go anywhere, I was bombarded by guests congratulating me so I had absolutely no time to even attempt to assist with clean up. At the end of the night when I had finally made my way inside, the staff already had all of my belongings organized in piles and even provided a cart to assist us with taking the items out to the car. They even boxed up our cake topper and knife set without us prompting. They boxed up the cake and everything. They disassembled and organized our center pieces. We weren't rushed out the door at the end of the night. -
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Heidi Sent on 11/09/2010Let me start by saying that I work at a similar wedding banquet facility in the area so I know what is normal and what is not...
I loved The Meadows because it was so pretty. I met with the owner, Russ, several times and spoke to Denise, one of their bartenders and office people, on the phone often. I was always made to feel very welcome, where at my own place of work, we don't really enjoy it when people come in 100 times before their wedding. So, I was impressed that I was so welcome there. I was also impressed with the prices. I went in with a budget in mind, told them what I wanted and they made it work. In fact, they added several free items, like a shrimp cocktail, dessert table, shuttle service, and upgraded our dinner to surf and turf and our hors to the top level. I'm not sure how they could do all of that for what we paid, but I was happy.
A few days before the wedding, I got a few frantic phone calls asking why I never sent in my seating chart, which I did; why I didn't bring a picture of my wedding cake, which I did; and what time I was ending, which I had spoken to the owner about only a few days prior. So, it made me nervous to have these calls coming in that would have been solved if they took the time to look at their notes in my file before they called me.
The day of the wedding, everything was going well. The ceremony out on the deck by the creek was beautiful, the landscaping was perfect for pictures, and our host, Donna, seemed very willing to help the bridal party with whatever they needed. My only complant is that I wish she would have brought the hors over to me instead of just to my bridal party. I only got one bacon wrapped scallop :( Also, she only asked if I wanted a drink once during the whole cocktail hour. Of course, I could have been more vocal about my wishes as well, so it's not all her fault.
Next, we got ready to be announced. This went wonderfully and lead right into our first dance. Again, no problems. However, the next hour was not so perfect... As we were walking off the dance floor to the head table we heard a huge crash. The table where all of my parents and little brother were seated had fallen down because the table legs were not locked into place on one side. My $100 centerpiece was destroyed, all of the plates and glassware were broken, and several guest were soaking wet because of all the liquid. Unfortunately, my little brother got hit the worst and cried for awhile while the staff cleaned up the mess. About 20 minutes later, a new table had been brought in and was set up again with the remaining flowers stuffed into one of their vases. Our host, Donna, came to speak to me about the problem and said that our last hour (we already told them we wanted to add an extra hour at the end) was going to be free (it would have been $100 for the room and $100 for the band and dj).
We started eating dinner, which was perfect! Everyone loved the food. Then, one of our groomsmen came back from the bar with a martini. My husband commented on how the grromsmen was "living large" to which the groomsmen replied that he surely was since it cost $6.00. I was shocked to hear this since we were supposed to have an open bar, middle shelf (which included, the liquor, two beers, three wines, two frozen drinks, and hot hard apple cider). I questioned the people around me and they said that the bar had been charging people to upgrade from bottom shelf all night and that no one knew about the hot and frozen drinks! That's when I lost it! After some words, the bartender came over and said there had been a mix up and since they would be unable to return the money to our guests since they didn't know who it belonged to, they were going to upgrade us to top shelf for the rest of the night and give us the last extra hour of bar for free.
After that, the rest of the night was pretty good. Our guests loved the food and music and kept saying how beautiful the place was. We partied all night and had a blast. We are now able to laugh about the falling table, since no one really got hurt, but the bar situation still has me upset since I am the head bartender at my work and nothing like that would ever happen under my watch.
Overall, we had a great experience with The Meadows. The staff was helpful and friendly and we got a great deal. Just make sure you are getting what you wanted and paid for by asking questions and checking on things yourself once you get there. -
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Laura Sent on 04/15/2012For us they provided the Reception Site (THE PARAGON ROOM), Favors, Catering, Cake & DJ... but unfortunately did not follow through on Shuttle Service (which we paid for) and had confirmed 2 days prior with pick-up to and from our venue. Minus the transportation mishap, our Reception was perfect in every way. The food was EXCELLENT, the hall was beautiful. There is a wonderful private room for the bride & groom to wait prior to being announced and wonderful for any primping of other private time. The nice thing about this reception hall is that it's the ONLY THING happening on site! There is plenty of parking. -
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Sandy Sent on 10/17/2010The Meadows was a beautiful location and all of our guests were very in love with the ceremony and reception. We had horrible rain and The Meadows was underwater for a better part of the day, but they managed to pull off a beautiful day for us. There were a few little things that I didn't expect from them: they called my husband several times asking how to set things up (not complicated set up at all-vases with floating candles and a few leaves on the tables) and this wouldn't be a big deal but I was reassured several times that all we had to do was drop everything off and it would be set up without any problems, when I showed up I had to ask several people to find my hostess to ask questions, and there wasn't much direction when it was time to cut the cake either. Oh and the cake we ended up with was pretty, but not quite like the picture I gave to them 2 weeks prior to the wedding.
Over all we were happy with The Meadows, but there were a few little things that were unexpected due to the professionalism of the facility. -
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User1495874 Sent on 01/05/2014Good value for the price, but don't expect anything fancy. Oh, and buy your own aisle runner. They supplied mine and didnt even reach to the last row of the chairs.
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